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Presumed Innocent
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I am a prosecutor. |
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I'm a part of the business of accusing... |
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...judging... |
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...and punishing. |
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I explore the evidence of a crime... |
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...and determine who is charged... |
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...who is brought to this room... |
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...to be tried before his peers. |
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I present my evidence to thejury... |
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...and they deliberate upon it. |
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They must determine |
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If they cannot... |
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...we won't know if the accused deserves |
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If they cannot find the truth... |
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...what is our hope ofjustice? |
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Where's Nat? |
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Burying a goldfish. |
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That he forgot to feed. |
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He's nine. |
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When you were nine, |
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...and made dinner, |
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...and, in your spare time, |
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I didn't practice law until I was ten. |
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Listen to this. |
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"ln their first face-to-face debate, |
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"...appeared to throw |
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"...with an opening swipe |
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"...twelve-year tenure as |
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"'...and slow-motion surrender to thugs, |
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The guy's unbelievable. |
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I'm finally starting to get used to that rug |
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Don't eat standing up. Sit down. |
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Food goes down easier. |
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Oh, God. |
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Yet another lawyer. |
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I won't be home till late. |
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Like his father, he doesn't come home |
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If Raymond loses this election, |
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Rick, I looked this over last night. |
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Top count, max. |
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It's a first offense! |
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No plea to anything |
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On all of them? |
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All of them. |
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And no promises on the sentence. |
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-Good morning. |
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This is for you. |
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Someone put it under the door last night. |
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I found it when I came in. |
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Mr. Big Cheese wants to see you now. |
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I'll be right along. |
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He said "now," now. |
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What's wrong? |
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Carolyn Polhemus was murdered last night. |
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Her cleaning lady found the body |
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Some creep got into her place |
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It looks like she was raped. |
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...he beat her with some instrument |
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No weapon. No sign of forced entry. |
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Unless you want me here, |
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That's all right. Go on, get out of here. |
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I can hear Della Guardia now. |
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"lf Raymond Horgan can't protect his own |
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Tommy Molto's secretary said |
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Some fucking Acting Head of Homicide |
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I should have fired him when we fired Nico. |
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If I had balls, I'd do it now. |
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I want you to handle this case personally. |
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I will assign it to somebody. |
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Who will you assign it to? Homicide? |
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Tommy Molto? For Christ's sake! |
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Della Guardia would love that. |
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They're so close you can see Molto's nose |
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Listen to me. |
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What a waste. |
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Beautiful, sexy gal. Hell of a lawyer. |
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That's her ending. That's her au revoir. |
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The first thing we got to think about... |
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...is what the public thinks |
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Take charge of this one for me, okay? |
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If you care about my health. |
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You're the only around here I can trust. |
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Greer's a good investigator, but I'd prefer |
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Lipranzer. |
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Whatever you want. |
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Just catch me a bad guy. |
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So, I'm here. |
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What the hell was she doing with a B file? |
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Bribery of elected officials. |
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But the case itself isn't among |
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Why? Did she take it home? What? |
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Maybe it was taken? |
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Check the apartment. |
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Bunch of pictures of a dead lady. |
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-No weapon found, yet? |
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It's a weird one. |
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She was strangled by the ropes |
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...it's like he put himself |
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...so they tightened up like he was trying |
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Like he was trying to fuck her to death. |
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Look at the next one. |
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Check the computer for sex offenders |
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...or this business with the ropes. |
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Find out which of the creeps she put away |
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I never did understand why you put her |
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She wanted it. And she was good. |
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Yeah, too good, maybe. |
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I'm not grabbing this, yet. |
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You worked with this broad. |
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She wouldn't leave her fucking door |
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She was drinking with him. She gave him |
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-Fingerprints on the glass? |
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Greer sent it down to the lab. |
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You mean somebody she let in opened |
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She wasn't going to let some sex maniac |
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On the other hand, we're talking Carolyn. |
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Mac... |
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...tell me what Carolyn Polhemus |
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I had no idea Carolyn was interested |
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It's on her computer, |
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That makes no sense. |
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Why don't you ask Raymond? |
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Ready for something else? |
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Molto's left. |
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His secretary came back from lunch |
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Exercise? |
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Masturbation. |
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The refuge of the lonely housewife. |
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Missed the 8:35. I tried to call, |
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Nat had dinner at Josh's, |
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I tried to get in a little extra time |
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Get anything done? |
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Who am I kidding? |
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Still working on my dissertation at my age. |
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You were the best mathematician |
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Second best just made |
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All I've made are beds. |
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And now, the Channel Six local news. |
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Carolyn Polhemus, assistant prosecuting |
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...was found brutally murdered |
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Police are about to release a statement |
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You hear? |
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Eugenia was thrilled to be messenger |
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Yeah, I'll bet. |
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From top to bottom |
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We must expose and punish it... |
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...especially when inflicted |
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You sound like a woman with a mission. |
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I am. |
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The murder of Ms. Polhemus-- |
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You have a suspect? |
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We have diddly-shit. |
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So Dan Lipranzer and Rusty Sabich |
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...to catch Raymond a killer. |
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You're in charge of this investigation? |
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Raymond insisted I take it on. |
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With 1 50 lawyers, they couldn't find one |
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Did you tell Raymond? |
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This is a conflict of interest. |
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Barbara, I'm Raymond's chief deputy. |
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You are so predictable. |
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It's your way of reliving the whole thing. |
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She's dead and you're still obsessing. |
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Rusty. |
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Nico. |
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She was just.... |
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-Splendid. |
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Raymond's pressing hard |
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Raymond presses hard on every case, Nico. |
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You know who would've been hard |
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You would've been tough. Very tough. |
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You are really something. |
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Molto? |
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I thought he'd come to the funeral |
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You must really have him scrambling. |
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Judge. |
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Who's that with Raymond? |
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I'm told that's her ex-husband. |
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I didn't know she had one. |
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Teaches college someplace. |
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Carolyn Polhemus worked for me. |
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I hired her... |
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...over the objections of... |
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...many of our prosecutors |
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I see those prosecutors here today... |
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...along with thejudges she defied... |
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...and the defense attorneys she defeated. |
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Why are they all here? |
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They're here because Carolyn Polhemus |
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She stood forjustice. |
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The Prosecutor's Office, |
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...has a conviction rate of over 91 percent. |
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Mr. Della Guardia, or... |
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...as he is known to those of us |
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There's food here for 1 00 people. |
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A lot of no-shows. |
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They smell a loser. |
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-Good speech. |
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Everything's in the works. |
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I reassigned her cases, and this afternoon |
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What's with this reassignment shit? |
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Goddamn it, Rusty! |
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I told you to give this investigation |
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Nico is eating me alive with this thing. |
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If you don't find Carolyn's killer, |
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Turn all of that administrative bullshit |
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Mac has more than she can handle. |
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And let me remind you, |
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You only have time for the election. |
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Fuck the office! |
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If you don't find me a killer, |
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I want you right on top |
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Run out every ground ball and do it |
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Start acting like a fucking professional! |
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The campaign is a total disaster. |
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Haven't taken a poll in two weeks. |
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You're ten minutes late |
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Call them and tell them I'm on my way. |
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Did you assign a bribery case to Carolyn? |
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There's a file missing. |
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Loretta, find my driver. |
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She had a case on her computer |
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It was logged in as a B file. |
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Nobody knows where it came from. |
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Nobody knows where it went. |
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Where the hell is my speech? |
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Cody has it. |
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You're giving me a runaround. |
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Cody, pull the car around. |
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Give me a straight answer, will you, Boss? |
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There's the B file, Tiger. |
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"Dear Mr. Horgan. |
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"This is about a deputy prosecuting |
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"Five years ago, |
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"l gave him $1 ,500 to pay somebody off. |
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"We went out to North Branch. |
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"...took him into the PA's office, where |
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"Ten days later, Noel went to court |
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"...told the judge that |
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"l can't remember the lawyer's name. |
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"l hope you get Noel, too. |
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-Unsigned. |
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Five years ago. |
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That guy must write real slow. |
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"Noel equals Leon." |
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This is Carolyn's handwriting. |
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Looks like she went to North Branch |
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You'll love what I got from Painless. |
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There's this guy's semen |
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...but there's nothing outside. |
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Painless figures she didn't spend |
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He says, normally, |
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...swimming upstream in the womb, |
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Instead, this guy's was all dead. |
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Nothing went nowhere. |
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So Painless figures he's sterile. |
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He's got blood type A. |
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My very own. |
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I thought of that. But you got a kid. |
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Anything from hair or fiber? |
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No hair or skin fragments under her nails. |
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Carolyn would've fought back. |
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Maybe she was playing sex games |
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The rope is K-Mart, Sears, Walgreen's. |
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They found carpet fibers |
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It's only the biggest seller. |
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You call the Fingerprint Lab |
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Oh, I forgot. |
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You are a class-A fuck-up, you know? |
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They ain't going to expedite it for me. |
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I got the phone company printout |
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I notice that one of the numbers |
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At the office. |
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No, she's calling your home. |
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She never called me at home. |
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I made these calls... |
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...to Barbara from Carolyn's apartment. |
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"Late again, kid." |
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"This trial's a bitch. |
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I'd just as soon you'd let it go. |
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If Barbara sees a phone company |
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Under the circumstances, |
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...l'd appreciate it. |
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I gave Barbara... |
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...enough pain. |
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Polhemus was bad news. |
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Know what they're calling you |
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Spare me. |
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"Mission lmpossible." |
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Guerasch, bring that shit in my office. |
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So you're figuring what? The guy |
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I figure it was somebody who knew |
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Cop. PA. A private dick. |
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Remember that lady PA |
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Yeah, nice set of lungs. |
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This kid's gonna make a copper. |
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He wants to know |
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She was looking for someone |
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It took me a week to find this crap. |
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Five years back, |
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Public indecency. |
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They were cleaning out the faggots. |
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Back when Raymond got some balls |
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-She find anything? |
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When I gave these files to her, |
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The bitch just trashed them. |
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She never gave a shit |
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One's completely missing. Look. |
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See right here? It skips a number. |
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Tommy Molto been looking at these? |
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What does Molto have to do with this? |
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Would there still be a court file |
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That far back, it'd have to be in storage |
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You don't want to say |
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Gee, Lionel, I can't. |
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She used to ask about you, you know. |
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Five, six years ago when she worked |
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-Five years ago I didn't know her. |
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The night you brought the Night Saints in. |
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You were hot stuff. A regular fucking hero. |
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Breaking the meanest guy |
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There was a lot of talk |
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She wanted to know what you were like. |
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I told her you didn't fuck around. |
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Dad, look who's here. |
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-How are you? |
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How'd you know I'd be on this ferry? |
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Took a chance. |
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How was your day? |
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Well, I figured out today, |
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...that I'm working on my dissertation. |
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I thought we'd celebrate. |
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Why don't you just give up |
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It makes you miserable. |
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Your mom's not a giver-upper. |
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Maybe that's her problem. |
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I sure wouldn't do math unless I had to. |
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You got my genes in the math department. |
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If not for your mom, |
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I had to be good at something. |
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You were good at everything. |
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School. |
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Did you ever cheat? |
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Like borrow someone else's homework? |
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Copy it and pretend it was mine? |
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Why do I have the feeling that question |
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I didn't say I did. |
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It's all right, kid. |
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It's good to see you guys happy. |
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Pretty. |
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It's new. |
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It's very pretty. |
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Mr. Polhemus? I'm Rusty Sabich. |
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Seems so strange to be talking about her |
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You hadn't had much contact |
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None since she left. |
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What about her family? |
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I have no idea where she came from. |
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She lied her way into the university. |
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She was very good at playing roles. |
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When she left me, I lost all pride. |
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I begged her not to leave. |
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The last time she looked at me, |
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Disgust that somebody she'd looked up to |
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At that moment, I had the most |
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Maybe she made a man feel like that |
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Would you like to see what she looked like |
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Yes, I would. |
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They were taken at about the time |
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This isn't just work? |
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No. |
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On the Polhemus thing, what the fuck |
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Don't give me that computer crap! |
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They want to know how big a field |
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We could do convicted felons... |
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...anybody ever fingerprinted, |
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Just do felons. |
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Do them all. I may never get back on. |
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Do everybody. How soon? |
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What the fuck takes a week? |
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The man has the biggest murder case |
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...and he has to kiss your ring? |
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I know. I know. |
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We don't have jurisdiction |
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-A week. Probably ten days. |
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I'll push, but I don't think |
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Have your copper get the glass back |
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...in case they need it for anything. |
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Ah, Mr. Sabich. |
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Real important stuff. |
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We got the chief deputy with us. |
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Lipranzer and I were wondering, |
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...are you indicating the guy bashed her |
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Read the fucking report. |
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This report? |
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No, not that report. My report. |
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See anything with bruises on the wrists... |
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...bruises on the ankles, |
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Are you saying she was raped |
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Tied up last, yeah. |
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She already died |
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Rape? Now I'm thinking... |
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...no. |
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Why? |
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Read the fucking report. |
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-This report? |
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This report? The chemist's report? |
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Yeah, the chemist's report. |
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She had a two percent solution |
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A spermicide used with a diaphragm. |
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Diaphragm? You missed a diaphragm |
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No. You've been to autopsies. |
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No diaphragm in that lady. |
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What happened to it? |
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Somebody took it. |
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I think it's a setup. |
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This man... |
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...is her lover. He comes over. |
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This lady has intercourse with him. |
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But he's an angry guy. |
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Tries to make it look like rape. |
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Ties her up. |
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Pulls out the diaphragm. |
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That's what I think. |
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What does Tommy Molto think? |
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You got his phone number right there. |
| 00:31:29 |
Next time you talk to him... |
| 00:31:31 |
...tell him to call me so I can find out... |
| 00:31:33 |
...what's going on |
| 00:31:37 |
Painless... |
| 00:31:39 |
...you tell Molto, and you tell Nico, too... |
| 00:31:41 |
...that this is cheap, cheap politics. |
| 00:31:44 |
Cheap Police Department bullshit. |
| 00:31:47 |
God better help them and help you, too. |
| 00:31:51 |
Our poll shows Della Guardia's leading |
| 00:31:57 |
At least it's made somebody happy. |
| 00:31:59 |
I don't want to see you out of here. |
| 00:32:01 |
Come on, pal. We're old news. |
| 00:32:03 |
I'd miss you. Who else here can talk |
| 00:32:07 |
Voters smell an exhausted man who's lost |
| 00:32:12 |
Issues? Bullshit. |
| 00:32:14 |
The only issue is Raymond Horgan |
| 00:32:17 |
...and Nico Della Guardia will fuck the law |
| 00:32:25 |
Rusty.... |
| 00:32:27 |
Have you ever been to an lrish wake? |
| 00:32:31 |
Come on over and pull up a glass. |
| 00:32:34 |
Know what Della Guardia |
| 00:32:37 |
You run for office because... |
| 00:32:40 |
...you think you can make people do things, |
| 00:32:44 |
But you can't. |
| 00:32:45 |
Nobody can. |
| 00:32:48 |
You get a few potholes filled, |
| 00:32:51 |
But in the end... |
| 00:32:53 |
...all you can do is try to hang on |
| 00:33:00 |
I never used to drink when I started here. |
| 00:33:03 |
Then, you still believed |
| 00:33:09 |
Funny, part of me still does. |
| 00:33:14 |
A guy as tough as you are... |
| 00:33:16 |
...you're still hanging on |
| 00:33:20 |
The shreds are all I got. |
| 00:33:24 |
You're a good man, Rusty. |
| 00:33:29 |
God bless you. |
| 00:33:34 |
So, tell me, who's our bad guy? |
| 00:33:37 |
It could be a boyfriend. |
| 00:33:42 |
Whoever it is knew enough about her |
| 00:33:47 |
Could be a law-enforcement type. |
| 00:33:52 |
Jesus. |
| 00:33:53 |
One of us. |
| 00:34:05 |
You and Carolyn have a thing? |
| 00:34:08 |
Don't beat around the bush. |
| 00:34:15 |
I'll say that the decedent and I |
| 00:34:21 |
I had a thing with her. |
| 00:34:23 |
She thought like everybody else thought... |
| 00:34:26 |
...that I wasn't going to run again. |
| 00:34:28 |
That I could just hand the mantle over |
| 00:34:34 |
...so why not a broad? |
| 00:34:36 |
Why not her? |
| 00:34:40 |
One more question? |
| 00:34:41 |
I gave her the B file |
| 00:34:47 |
Because I was fucking her. |
| 00:34:50 |
Stupid, huh? |
| 00:34:53 |
She went over to Northside... |
| 00:34:57 |
...shoveled through the records. |
| 00:35:01 |
There wasn't anything there. |
| 00:35:06 |
At least that's what she told me. |
| 00:35:11 |
What are you going to do now? |
| 00:35:14 |
Once the party's over? |
| 00:35:16 |
I don't know. |
| 00:35:18 |
I got an idea. |
| 00:35:21 |
Suppose we try to get you on the bench. |
| 00:35:23 |
I should still have enough clout |
| 00:35:28 |
Why don't we just see |
| 00:35:35 |
Would that have satisfied her? |
| 00:35:38 |
What's that? |
| 00:35:39 |
A judgeship. |
| 00:35:40 |
I wonder if a judgeship |
| 00:35:59 |
Rusty! |
| 00:36:00 |
Come say hello to Carolyn Polhemus. |
| 00:36:04 |
I've seen Rusty. |
| 00:36:06 |
I want to bring Carolyn on board |
| 00:36:10 |
She's been working probation, Northside, |
| 00:36:15 |
Congratulations. |
| 00:36:17 |
Thank you. |
| 00:36:18 |
She comes very highly recommended. |
| 00:36:22 |
Why don't we see if we can find |
| 00:36:25 |
I'd like the lndex Division. |
| 00:36:27 |
That's not a job, it's a jail sentence. |
| 00:36:30 |
Rape, sex crimes, child molestation. |
| 00:36:33 |
We can do better than that. |
| 00:36:35 |
It's hard to get a conviction on a rape. |
| 00:36:39 |
So you get the worst attorneys |
| 00:36:44 |
Listen to this. We got another idealist |
| 00:36:57 |
He's five years old. |
| 00:36:59 |
The doctors found 23 healed fractures |
| 00:37:05 |
Victim of his own beloved mother. |
| 00:37:09 |
I need your help. |
| 00:37:11 |
Your wife called. |
| 00:37:16 |
Why don't you fire her? |
| 00:37:18 |
Civil service. They're here forever. |
| 00:37:21 |
Why don't you give this to Nancy. |
| 00:37:25 |
Nancy's not available. |
| 00:37:27 |
And, besides, |
| 00:37:32 |
With your help. |
| 00:37:34 |
Outline it for me. |
| 00:37:37 |
About a month ago... |
| 00:37:38 |
...the mother brought him |
| 00:37:42 |
The boy was unconscious |
| 00:37:45 |
She said he fell. |
| 00:37:46 |
The doctor says... |
| 00:37:48 |
...the head wounds were too symmetrical |
| 00:37:52 |
He told me... |
| 00:37:54 |
...he was treating a child whose mother |
| 00:38:00 |
We have any proof it was the mother? |
| 00:38:03 |
Just the testimony of the child. |
| 00:38:05 |
When he sees the mother in |
| 00:38:10 |
I've examined him several times and... |
| 00:38:13 |
...l think he's begun to trust me. |
| 00:38:15 |
Look, how many child abuse cases |
| 00:38:19 |
Over a thousand. |
| 00:38:21 |
Every one of them terrible. |
| 00:38:23 |
Every one of them heartbreaking. |
| 00:38:25 |
But I can't stop everything else |
| 00:38:29 |
You're going to have to get somebody else |
| 00:38:32 |
You don't like me, do you? |
| 00:38:36 |
I think you've turned out to be |
| 00:38:39 |
You're angry I didn't have to go |
| 00:38:44 |
Clearly, you're not like everyone else. |
| 00:38:47 |
You think I got this job because |
| 00:38:55 |
Look, it's late.... |
| 00:39:00 |
Come on, I'll drive you to your ferry. |
| 00:39:06 |
This is not the way to the ferry. |
| 00:39:08 |
I want you to meet somebody. |
| 00:39:10 |
Wendell, this is Rusty Sabich. |
| 00:39:15 |
He's a very important man in our office. |
| 00:39:18 |
He's going to help me |
| 00:39:22 |
Remember what I told you about court? |
| 00:39:25 |
Yeah. |
| 00:39:27 |
Now, tell me. |
| 00:39:29 |
There's a judge and some nice people. |
| 00:39:32 |
They're called a jury. |
| 00:39:34 |
And you're gonna ask me questions. |
| 00:39:37 |
About what? |
| 00:39:42 |
About what happened. |
| 00:39:44 |
When? |
| 00:39:46 |
When I got hurt. |
| 00:39:48 |
What else did I tell you? |
| 00:39:51 |
You said that if I told what Mommy did... |
| 00:39:54 |
...the judge and the nice people |
| 00:39:58 |
...and Mommy wouldn't hurt me anymore. |
| 00:40:01 |
Do you think you can do that? |
| 00:40:03 |
Answer my questions in court? |
| 00:40:06 |
And tell what Mommy did to you? |
| 00:40:11 |
I think you can. |
| 00:40:13 |
Mommy will be there. |
| 00:40:16 |
She can't hurt you. |
| 00:40:20 |
You'll be completely safe. |
| 00:40:25 |
You promise? |
| 00:40:28 |
I promise. |
| 00:40:38 |
His father got to him last night. |
| 00:40:40 |
Told him God would put him in hell |
| 00:40:43 |
He's terrified. |
| 00:40:44 |
If you're not ready, we'll ask the judge |
| 00:40:47 |
No. |
| 00:40:49 |
We've got to do it now |
| 00:40:51 |
Your mommy took you to the hospital |
| 00:40:55 |
What part of you was hurt? |
| 00:40:58 |
My head. |
| 00:41:00 |
How was it hurt? |
| 00:41:06 |
Wendell, how did you hurt your head? |
| 00:41:12 |
I don't remember. |
| 00:41:18 |
Have you ever seen this? |
| 00:41:21 |
Yes. |
| 00:41:22 |
Where? |
| 00:41:23 |
-In the cellar. |
| 00:41:25 |
Yes. |
| 00:41:27 |
Did somebody put your head inside it? |
| 00:41:31 |
Wendell? |
| 00:41:34 |
What did you say when somebody |
| 00:41:39 |
You told me you screamed |
| 00:41:44 |
Remember? |
| 00:41:46 |
You told me. |
| 00:41:50 |
"l promise... |
| 00:41:52 |
"...l'll be a good boy. |
| 00:41:54 |
"l'll be a good boy." |
| 00:41:56 |
Did somebody answer? |
| 00:42:00 |
Mommy. |
| 00:42:02 |
Mommy said I was a bad boy |
| 00:42:06 |
And then what did Mommy do? |
| 00:42:08 |
She made it tighter and tighter. |
| 00:42:11 |
On your head? |
| 00:42:12 |
She hurt my head. |
| 00:42:17 |
No further questions, Your Honor. |
| 00:42:19 |
The doctors have told us... |
| 00:42:22 |
...that the wounds... |
| 00:42:24 |
...that Wendell suffered |
| 00:42:27 |
...as the defense would have you believe. |
| 00:42:30 |
The police told us they found a vise |
| 00:42:35 |
Medical experts have testified... |
| 00:42:38 |
...that the size and the shape |
| 00:42:41 |
...exactly match the size and the shape |
| 00:42:47 |
And this evidence is clear... |
| 00:42:49 |
...and uncontested. |
| 00:42:53 |
But the most compelling evidence |
| 00:42:56 |
...comes not from doctors, |
| 00:42:59 |
...or other expert witnesses. |
| 00:43:01 |
The most damning testimony... |
| 00:43:04 |
...comes from an abused |
| 00:43:07 |
...who overcame his fear and his pain... |
| 00:43:11 |
...to tell you, in his own words... |
| 00:43:14 |
...what really happened. |
| 00:43:17 |
If you're to remember nothing else |
| 00:43:22 |
...remember Wendell's words: |
| 00:43:24 |
"My mommy hurt my head." |
| 00:43:28 |
"My mommy hurt my head." |
| 00:43:35 |
"My mommy hurt my head." |
| 00:44:15 |
Congratulations. |
| 00:44:23 |
It's gonna be so good. |
| 00:47:02 |
You're still in love with her. |
| 00:47:08 |
It was never love. |
| 00:47:11 |
What was it, then? |
| 00:47:19 |
It was never love. |
| 00:47:24 |
What did she have |
| 00:47:39 |
Ladies and gentlemen... |
| 00:47:41 |
...Raymond Horgan. |
| 00:47:58 |
Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:48:02 |
I wanted to come down |
| 00:48:05 |
...before I call Mr. Della Guardia |
| 00:48:10 |
No, no, no. Come on. |
| 00:48:13 |
Of all the wonderful things |
| 00:48:18 |
...the best has been... |
| 00:48:20 |
...knowing and working with all ofyou. |
| 00:48:24 |
Wait till you hear what's going down. |
| 00:48:26 |
Someone's fucked up over at the Hall. |
| 00:48:30 |
-Why? |
| 00:48:31 |
I'm supposed to be in the chief's office |
| 00:48:36 |
By Molto. |
| 00:48:37 |
No discussion. Interview. |
| 00:48:39 |
It's like they're after me, right? |
| 00:48:40 |
Another thing. When I came back tonight... |
| 00:48:43 |
...they took all the receipts |
| 00:48:46 |
No questions asked. |
| 00:48:49 |
Sounds like you're off the case. |
| 00:48:50 |
Sure. Fine, but figure this in. |
| 00:48:53 |
I'm at the North Branch before 5:00, |
| 00:48:57 |
All of this hits by 6:00, 6:30. |
| 00:49:01 |
Look what I picked up |
| 00:49:04 |
The case number matches |
| 00:49:06 |
...that was missing |
| 00:49:08 |
Five years ago. Bingo. |
| 00:49:11 |
And look who's listed |
| 00:49:17 |
"Carolyn Polhemus." |
| 00:49:18 |
Wait. Here's the best. |
| 00:49:21 |
Who do you think was the deputy |
| 00:49:26 |
Tommy Molto. |
| 00:49:28 |
You keep this because I don't know |
| 00:49:39 |
Tommy Molto. |
| 00:49:41 |
Tommy Molto once worked here, |
| 00:49:46 |
Raymond's inside. |
| 00:49:48 |
We've been waiting for you. |
| 00:49:58 |
Rusty. |
| 00:50:01 |
Molto and Delay... |
| 00:50:04 |
...have questions about |
| 00:50:08 |
This should not be handled this way. |
| 00:50:11 |
You should speak with Rusty alone. |
| 00:50:14 |
What's this about? |
| 00:50:15 |
You were at Carolyn's apartment |
| 00:50:18 |
Bullshit. |
| 00:50:26 |
What was it, a Tuesday night? |
| 00:50:30 |
Barbara was at the university. |
| 00:50:33 |
Keep your fucking mouth shut. |
| 00:50:35 |
We got the fingerprint results... |
| 00:50:38 |
...the ones that you could never remember |
| 00:50:40 |
They're your prints all over the bar glass. |
| 00:50:43 |
Yours, Rozat K. Sabich. |
| 00:50:46 |
Five feet from where the woman |
| 00:50:49 |
Or maybe you didn't remember |
| 00:50:57 |
This is absurd. |
| 00:50:59 |
The phone records |
| 00:51:03 |
We had the phone company |
| 00:51:05 |
You were calling her all month. |
| 00:51:07 |
There's a call from your house |
| 00:51:16 |
My God, you're serious. |
| 00:51:22 |
Tommy, for Christ's sake! |
| 00:51:24 |
Sabich. |
| 00:51:25 |
I want you to know one thing. I know. |
| 00:51:28 |
Sure you do. |
| 00:51:29 |
Go ahead, play cool. I know. |
| 00:51:31 |
You killed her. You're the guy. |
| 00:51:34 |
Oh, yeah? |
| 00:51:35 |
Yeah, you're right. You're always right. |
| 00:51:45 |
They think I killed her. |
| 00:51:49 |
Don't be seen with me, man. |
| 00:51:55 |
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. |
| 00:52:00 |
Are you sick? |
| 00:52:05 |
Nico and Molto are charging me |
| 00:52:11 |
They found my fingerprints |
| 00:52:19 |
What does this mean? |
| 00:52:21 |
Grand jury investigation. |
| 00:52:24 |
They will or they won't indict me. |
| 00:52:31 |
It's not going to go that far. |
| 00:52:36 |
I'm going to need a lawyer. |
| 00:52:41 |
A very, very good lawyer. |
| 00:52:47 |
It could break us financially. |
| 00:52:51 |
We can mortgage the house. |
| 00:52:54 |
Or sell it if we have to. |
| 00:52:59 |
What time does Nat get home? |
| 00:53:02 |
Nat? |
| 00:53:06 |
Oh, Rusty! |
| 00:53:21 |
A lot ofpeople think Raymond |
| 00:53:25 |
If he agrees to step aside, the party |
| 00:53:32 |
They know he won't hand it all to Nico. |
| 00:53:35 |
That's for sure. |
| 00:53:38 |
Who would he choose? |
| 00:53:41 |
Somebody from the office. |
| 00:53:44 |
Carry on his traditions. |
| 00:53:46 |
You? |
| 00:53:51 |
Mac, maybe. |
| 00:53:54 |
She'd make a great candidate, |
| 00:53:57 |
That chair is not very telegenic. |
| 00:54:01 |
I think he'd pick you. |
| 00:54:06 |
You're the natural. |
| 00:54:14 |
Rusty... |
| 00:54:15 |
...if you let him know you want it, |
| 00:54:19 |
I should just tell Raymond his time is up? |
| 00:54:22 |
-You could be tactful. |
| 00:54:25 |
Why not? |
| 00:54:27 |
I'm not going to bite that hand. |
| 00:54:30 |
If Raymond wants out, that's up to him. |
| 00:54:32 |
He's still the best candidate around, |
| 00:54:36 |
Without Raymond, |
| 00:54:39 |
Pull the party's people and Raymond's |
| 00:54:43 |
...that person would walk |
| 00:54:47 |
It wouldn't be close. |
| 00:54:57 |
You've thought a lot about this. |
| 00:55:00 |
He just needs a push. |
| 00:55:06 |
Push him yourself. It's not in me. |
| 00:55:14 |
What? |
| 00:55:16 |
Were you all set on being chief deputy? |
| 00:55:21 |
Carolyn... |
| 00:55:24 |
...if I can get away tonight |
| 00:55:29 |
I like you, Rusty, but I think it's over. |
| 00:55:32 |
It's just not right for me now. It's over. |
| 00:55:35 |
I don't accept that. |
| 00:55:37 |
You don't accept it? |
| 00:55:39 |
Do I have a say? |
| 00:55:43 |
I don't want us to end up enemies. |
| 00:55:53 |
Mac said it was all right. |
| 00:55:56 |
Have it your way. |
| 00:56:00 |
Someone's in my office. |
| 00:56:04 |
What is it, Rusty? |
| 00:56:05 |
I wanted to talk about this rapist |
| 00:56:08 |
There's some problems. |
| 00:56:11 |
I'm late for an appointment. |
| 00:56:13 |
I would appreciate it |
| 00:56:17 |
You keep avoiding me. |
| 00:56:19 |
You communicate through memos. |
| 00:56:22 |
It's affecting work. |
| 00:56:24 |
My work? |
| 00:56:26 |
My work. |
| 00:56:29 |
I tried to make it easier for you. |
| 00:56:34 |
You make me feel uncomfortable. |
| 00:56:36 |
I just want to be with you. |
| 00:56:41 |
I'm involved with someone else. |
| 00:56:45 |
Since when? |
| 00:56:46 |
What is it you want from me? |
| 00:56:50 |
What do I have to do? |
| 00:56:54 |
Grow up. |
| 00:57:33 |
Rozat K. Sabich? |
| 00:57:37 |
Rusty, I don't like to be here. |
| 00:57:39 |
A search warrant for these premises. |
| 00:57:44 |
Come on in. |
| 00:58:02 |
They're taking swatches from your suits. |
| 00:58:05 |
They'll try to match threads |
| 00:58:08 |
...with fibers they might find |
| 00:58:11 |
They're not looking for a murder weapon? |
| 00:58:14 |
I wouldn't be stupid enough |
| 00:58:16 |
If they look for it and don't find it, |
| 00:58:21 |
I'll have to give a blood sample. |
| 00:58:24 |
If you refuse? |
| 00:58:26 |
They've got a warrant. |
| 00:58:28 |
It's all routine. |
| 00:58:30 |
I'm going to ask Sandy Stern |
| 00:58:39 |
Hi, Sandy. |
| 00:58:48 |
I realize you would like to avoid |
| 00:58:52 |
...but I don't think it is wise |
| 00:58:57 |
I'm flattered that you want me |
| 00:59:00 |
You have been my toughest adversary. |
| 00:59:05 |
Did you get my subpoena |
| 00:59:08 |
This morning. |
| 00:59:13 |
Sandy, you expect me |
| 00:59:16 |
Of course. |
| 00:59:19 |
That I cannot do. |
| 00:59:22 |
You don't want to prepare the prosecutor |
| 00:59:27 |
Sandy, I don't think this case |
| 00:59:31 |
If I take the Fifth and refuse to testify |
| 00:59:35 |
...it could destroy my reputation. |
| 00:59:39 |
The results of the blood tests |
| 00:59:42 |
They have identified you as someone |
| 00:59:46 |
...just like the man who had last been |
| 00:59:49 |
Chances of this being a coincidence |
| 00:59:52 |
So, I believe you will be charged |
| 00:59:57 |
Have you anything to tell this grand jury |
| 01:00:02 |
On the advice of counsel, |
| 01:00:05 |
Wouldn't it be fair to say you were rather |
| 01:00:09 |
On the advice of counsel, |
| 01:00:11 |
Weren't you, in fact, |
| 01:00:16 |
On the advice of counsel, |
| 01:00:20 |
You are under arrest. |
| 01:00:23 |
"Anything you say can and will |
| 01:00:26 |
"You have the right to have a lawyer |
| 01:00:30 |
"lf you cannot hire a lawyer, |
| 01:00:36 |
"You may stop answering questions |
| 01:00:39 |
Do you understand the rights |
| 01:00:42 |
Call Sandy Stern to make bail. |
| 01:00:58 |
Sandy should be available in a few hours. |
| 01:01:01 |
Let's see what they got. |
| 01:01:03 |
Can't believe there could be |
| 01:01:06 |
That's when they come. |
| 01:01:13 |
Do we now understand |
| 01:01:17 |
Yes, I think I do. |
| 01:01:20 |
Let me hear it. |
| 01:01:25 |
Sabich is obsessed with Polhemus. |
| 01:01:28 |
She ditches him for another man. |
| 01:01:31 |
Sabich becomes enraged. |
| 01:01:33 |
He can't let go. |
| 01:01:35 |
One night, knowing his wife is out... |
| 01:01:37 |
...he calls her and begs her |
| 01:01:40 |
Carolyn finally agrees. |
| 01:01:44 |
She rolls around with him |
| 01:01:47 |
Then something goes wrong. |
| 01:01:48 |
Sabich is jealous. He wants more |
| 01:01:53 |
He blows it. |
| 01:01:54 |
Gives her what for |
| 01:01:57 |
Decides to make it look like rape. |
| 01:01:59 |
Sabich is a prosecutor, |
| 01:02:04 |
He ties her up. |
| 01:02:05 |
Opens the latches to make it look |
| 01:02:10 |
And this is the diabolical part... |
| 01:02:13 |
...pulls out her diaphragm |
| 01:02:16 |
But in his haste and confusion, |
| 01:02:20 |
He forgets the glass he drank from. |
| 01:02:23 |
He doesn't think the forensic chemist |
| 01:02:28 |
But we know he did evil to this woman... |
| 01:02:30 |
...because he lied about his presence |
| 01:02:35 |
His fingerprints on the glass... |
| 01:02:38 |
...his blood type A identified from semen... |
| 01:02:41 |
...fibers from the carpets in his home, |
| 01:02:47 |
Very convincing. |
| 01:02:50 |
But their evidence of motive is weak. |
| 01:02:53 |
That's where we must attack. |
| 01:02:55 |
Is there any proof of prior |
| 01:03:00 |
A few telephone calls. |
| 01:03:01 |
They can be accounted for |
| 01:03:03 |
-Any diary? |
| 01:03:05 |
No note that came with flowers? |
| 01:03:08 |
-No. |
| 01:03:10 |
Gossip will not be admitted. |
| 01:03:11 |
There are calls from my home to Carolyn's |
| 01:03:15 |
You were trying the case |
| 01:03:19 |
Reason enough for calling her. |
| 01:03:21 |
Why did I tell Lipranzer not to get |
| 01:03:24 |
I take it for granted that a person |
| 01:03:27 |
...would rule himself out as a suspect... |
| 01:03:30 |
...and save a busy detective |
| 01:03:34 |
Clearly, they hope to win the case |
| 01:03:38 |
I'd like to look at that glass. |
| 01:03:41 |
List a motion for production |
| 01:03:43 |
I want an inventory of everything |
| 01:03:46 |
Where's the contraceptive jelly... |
| 01:03:49 |
...the chemist is saying he finds present? |
| 01:03:53 |
I don't know. |
| 01:03:57 |
I'll hear worse in court. |
| 01:04:00 |
I never asked her what she was doing. |
| 01:04:02 |
One word of caution. |
| 01:04:04 |
We do not want to lead Della Guardia... |
| 01:04:07 |
...to evidence he has not thought to obtain. |
| 01:04:10 |
Best we conduct a search ourselves |
| 01:04:15 |
Also, your mention of Carolyn's |
| 01:04:20 |
We should subpoena her doctors. |
| 01:04:23 |
Who knows what we might discover. |
| 01:04:25 |
There's one big surprise, however. |
| 01:04:29 |
Raymond Horgan's on their witness list. |
| 01:04:32 |
Why? |
| 01:04:35 |
It's a hell of a way to impress |
| 01:04:38 |
I'm here three days |
| 01:04:42 |
I was wondering what we might expect, |
| 01:04:47 |
I'm going to testify about Rusty's conduct |
| 01:04:52 |
-How he volunteered to handle it. |
| 01:04:56 |
You insisted I take it on. |
| 01:04:58 |
I don't remember it that way. |
| 01:05:00 |
What are you trying to do to me? |
| 01:05:02 |
What am I trying to do to you? |
| 01:05:04 |
What are you trying to do to me? |
| 01:05:10 |
I thought I had your loyalty. |
| 01:05:16 |
Why didn't you tell me |
| 01:05:19 |
Under the circumstances, |
| 01:05:24 |
Clearly, he would like to. |
| 01:05:26 |
Let me ask you something. |
| 01:05:29 |
Why were his fingerprints |
| 01:05:33 |
That's what I'm going to testify. |
| 01:05:36 |
That he wanted the case. |
| 01:05:38 |
That I had to chew his ass |
| 01:05:42 |
He seemed more interested in if, |
| 01:05:45 |
...l was fucking Carolyn Polhemus |
| 01:05:48 |
When push came to shove, |
| 01:05:51 |
...he told us he'd been nowhere near |
| 01:05:59 |
That's what I'm going to testify. |
| 01:06:02 |
And I'll be goddamned pleased to do it. |
| 01:06:05 |
How can you think |
| 01:06:12 |
You always had the cork in too tight. |
| 01:06:15 |
We all saw that. |
| 01:06:19 |
When you blew, you blew. |
| 01:06:23 |
Come on, Rusty. |
| 01:06:32 |
When did this relationship take place |
| 01:06:37 |
Just after she stopped seeing me. |
| 01:06:41 |
Delay's got his motive. |
| 01:06:46 |
What if I told you Raymond secretly |
| 01:06:51 |
Some poor son of a bitch |
| 01:06:54 |
...paid off a PA to have his case dismissed. |
| 01:06:57 |
Turns out, the guy's probation officer |
| 01:07:01 |
...and the deputy assigned to the case |
| 01:07:06 |
Day after I find this out, |
| 01:07:12 |
Before we venture down the road |
| 01:07:15 |
...we must consider the matter |
| 01:07:20 |
It can't be a coincidence |
| 01:07:30 |
I mean, I'm innocent. |
| 01:07:39 |
God, I made a fool of myself today |
| 01:07:42 |
How? |
| 01:07:43 |
I told him I was innocent. |
| 01:07:47 |
I thought he would've asked you that |
| 01:07:49 |
No, it's axiomatic. |
| 01:07:51 |
Defendants rarely tell the truth. |
| 01:07:54 |
Lie to the cops, lie to your lawyer, |
| 01:08:00 |
Leave the bastards out there |
| 01:08:09 |
You never asked. |
| 01:08:13 |
If you're innocent? |
| 01:08:19 |
You want me to? |
| 01:08:38 |
Please draw a name. |
| 01:08:48 |
"Judge Larren Lyttle." |
| 01:08:50 |
I have some motions from the defense. |
| 01:08:53 |
Mr. Stern, you want to examine |
| 01:08:56 |
Yes, Your Honor. |
| 01:08:59 |
...to see if it actually proves |
| 01:09:02 |
Mr. Della Guardia? |
| 01:09:04 |
With proviso that nothing be removed, |
| 01:09:07 |
-No objection. |
| 01:09:10 |
Mr. Stern, anything further? |
| 01:09:12 |
We notice that Mr. Molto is listed |
| 01:09:16 |
...and as a witness for the prosecution. |
| 01:09:19 |
I take it you are speaking |
| 01:09:22 |
...responds to Mr. Molto's accusation |
| 01:09:27 |
"Yeah, you're right." |
| 01:09:30 |
Your Honor, the man admitted the crime. |
| 01:09:32 |
Come on, Mr. Delay Guardia. Really. |
| 01:09:36 |
Tell a man he's engaged in wrongdoing |
| 01:09:40 |
Everyone knows that's facetious. |
| 01:09:44 |
Shit, if Mr. Sabich had come |
| 01:09:47 |
...he would've said, "Your momma." |
| 01:09:51 |
But, in Mr. Sabich's part of town |
| 01:09:55 |
"Yeah, you're right." |
| 01:09:57 |
And what they mean is, "You are wrong." |
| 01:10:00 |
Just to be polite. |
| 01:10:04 |
Your Honor, isn't that a question |
| 01:10:07 |
On the contrary, Mr. Delay Guardia, |
| 01:10:13 |
If you use Mr. Sabich's statement |
| 01:10:18 |
...then I will bar Mr. Molto |
| 01:10:20 |
But if he is the prosecutor... |
| 01:10:23 |
...then Mr. Sabich's statement |
| 01:10:27 |
And I'll see you in court in three weeks. |
| 01:10:31 |
Ernestine, show in the next bunch. |
| 01:10:42 |
What the fuck are you doing with those? |
| 01:10:44 |
We don't want Molto thinking fingerprints |
| 01:10:51 |
We're not going to plant anything, |
| 01:10:57 |
The law's the law. |
| 01:11:00 |
Yeah, I know, Glendenning. |
| 01:11:09 |
Diaphragm? |
| 01:11:11 |
I don't know. The bathroom? |
| 01:11:13 |
Where? |
| 01:12:02 |
Nothing. |
| 01:12:03 |
Fucking cops always forget something. |
| 01:12:06 |
What is it? |
| 01:12:08 |
Her phone book. |
| 01:12:10 |
Check with her doctors |
| 01:12:13 |
Carolyn never seemed worried |
| 01:12:16 |
She's got them under "D." |
| 01:12:21 |
If the chemist says spermicide is present, |
| 01:12:25 |
...then you tell me where it's at? |
| 01:12:27 |
I don't know. Maybe I took it |
| 01:12:32 |
It doesn't make sense. |
| 01:12:35 |
You got to remember, |
| 01:12:40 |
If I had been, I wouldn't have left |
| 01:12:46 |
You were a former chief deputy prosecutor. |
| 01:12:48 |
How does it feel to be on the other side? |
| 01:12:53 |
Think you might be a political scapegoat? |
| 01:12:56 |
Sorry, we're not about to try this case |
| 01:13:00 |
How do you feel about your husband, now? |
| 01:13:02 |
All rise. |
| 01:13:06 |
The Superior Court for the county |
| 01:13:10 |
The Honorable Larren L. Lyttle, |
| 01:13:14 |
Draw near and give your attention |
| 01:13:17 |
God save the United States |
| 01:13:21 |
The People vs. Rozat K. Sabich, for trial. |
| 01:13:25 |
May it please the court. |
| 01:13:27 |
The State's evidence will show |
| 01:13:31 |
...Carolyn Polhemus, a deputy prosecutor |
| 01:13:35 |
...was brutally murdered. |
| 01:13:38 |
The proof will show that this murder |
| 01:13:42 |
...Rozat K. Sabich. |
| 01:13:45 |
How are we to answer this, |
| 01:13:50 |
Mr. Della Guardia's case involves no facts |
| 01:13:55 |
Guess upon guess. |
| 01:13:58 |
When you listen to the evidence, |
| 01:14:01 |
...why Rusty Sabich... |
| 01:14:04 |
...the finest prosecutor of this county... |
| 01:14:08 |
...a man who has devoted his life |
| 01:14:11 |
...and punishing criminal behavior, |
| 01:14:17 |
...sits here as the accused. |
| 01:14:21 |
Why? |
| 01:14:22 |
The State calls Detective Harold Greer. |
| 01:14:24 |
May we have a word with the bench? |
| 01:14:28 |
This witness will testify about a bar glass. |
| 01:14:33 |
What about this? |
| 01:14:35 |
I learned the first time last night, |
| 01:14:38 |
Hold it right there. Inside, gentlemen. |
| 01:14:41 |
I request that Mr. Sabich join us |
| 01:14:44 |
He is an integral part of the defense. |
| 01:14:50 |
Where is the fucking glass? |
| 01:14:52 |
Police Evidence Room was where it |
| 01:14:57 |
We won't be talking about evidence |
| 01:15:04 |
We don't object to the photographs, |
| 01:15:09 |
I will reserve decision, gentlemen. |
| 01:15:13 |
A stroke of luck. Their disorganization |
| 01:15:17 |
They'll find the glass. They always do. |
| 01:15:19 |
Ladies and gentlemen, |
| 01:15:22 |
...you may be expected to react to |
| 01:15:26 |
But I am instructing you, |
| 01:15:28 |
...they are proof of nothing |
| 01:15:46 |
How you doing? |
| 01:15:48 |
-They making it tough on you? |
| 01:15:52 |
Is there anything you need? |
| 01:15:55 |
Yeah, I got to find this guy, Leon. |
| 01:15:58 |
The guy who's supposed to have bribed |
| 01:16:03 |
I wouldn't ask, but it might really matter. |
| 01:16:07 |
Think Molto's kinky on this? |
| 01:16:11 |
You want to hear me say |
| 01:16:14 |
Okay, after I testify. |
| 01:16:17 |
They got their eyes on me. |
| 01:16:19 |
When I'm off the stand, they'll ease up. |
| 01:16:23 |
You're a pal. |
| 01:16:27 |
Is he gonna help? |
| 01:16:30 |
After he testifies. |
| 01:16:34 |
I think it's going well. |
| 01:16:37 |
The jury's gonna remember pictures |
| 01:16:43 |
They'll want somebody to pay |
| 01:16:45 |
Tomorrow, Raymond... |
| 01:16:47 |
...my friend and mentor, |
| 01:16:53 |
Then come the physical proofs: |
| 01:16:55 |
Fingerprints. Fiber. Bodily fluids. |
| 01:17:02 |
They all point to me. |
| 01:17:05 |
You know the defendant, Rozat Sabich? |
| 01:17:08 |
Sure, I know Rusty. I've known him |
| 01:17:12 |
He was my second in command. |
| 01:17:13 |
Would you identify him? |
| 01:17:21 |
That's him. |
| 01:17:24 |
You assigned Mr. Sabich to supervise |
| 01:17:30 |
He volunteered. |
| 01:17:32 |
And I accepted. |
| 01:17:34 |
He promised to pursue it vigorously. |
| 01:17:36 |
Did he? |
| 01:17:37 |
Not to my way of thinking, no. |
| 01:17:41 |
I got the feeling he was stalling |
| 01:17:44 |
I let him know that I wasn't happy |
| 01:17:49 |
He brought in his own detective |
| 01:17:52 |
Then he gave his new partner instructions |
| 01:17:56 |
...about telephone calls |
| 01:18:01 |
He tried to limit the scope of |
| 01:18:07 |
He was more interested in whether I had |
| 01:18:12 |
...than in the facts surrounding her murder. |
| 01:18:14 |
What did you tell him |
| 01:18:17 |
I told him the truth. |
| 01:18:19 |
That we'd been together |
| 01:18:21 |
This, of course, was after I was divorced. |
| 01:18:23 |
At that time, or any other time... |
| 01:18:26 |
...did he inform you |
| 01:18:29 |
There is no proof in the record |
| 01:18:33 |
I'll let the question stand. |
| 01:18:36 |
But Mr. Della Guardia is asking a question |
| 01:18:41 |
...that something was going on |
| 01:18:46 |
Just because he thinks it's so... |
| 01:18:48 |
...doesn't make it so. |
| 01:18:51 |
Proceed. |
| 01:18:53 |
I never would've let him handle |
| 01:18:55 |
...if I thought he'd been intimate |
| 01:18:59 |
Nothing further. |
| 01:19:01 |
Have you any... |
| 01:19:03 |
...personal knowledge... |
| 01:19:05 |
...that there was ever a relationship |
| 01:19:10 |
That's the point. He didn't tell me. |
| 01:19:11 |
Please answer the question I asked you. |
| 01:19:15 |
Do you remember the question? |
| 01:19:17 |
I do. |
| 01:19:19 |
But you chose not to answer it. |
| 01:19:22 |
I apologize, Mr. Stern. |
| 01:19:24 |
I have no personal knowledge |
| 01:19:28 |
Assuming there was something |
| 01:19:31 |
...you believe he should have informed |
| 01:19:35 |
I do. |
| 01:19:36 |
Certainly you would give any information |
| 01:19:40 |
...to your investigating staff? |
| 01:19:42 |
Certainly. |
| 01:19:44 |
Mr. Horgan... |
| 01:19:46 |
...you removed a file, a so-called B file... |
| 01:19:49 |
...from Ms. Polhemus's office after |
| 01:19:54 |
What's the relevance of this? |
| 01:19:56 |
The witness has testified |
| 01:19:59 |
...that Mr. Sabich did not bring |
| 01:20:03 |
...that he regarded as pertinent. |
| 01:20:05 |
The defense is entitled to explore |
| 01:20:10 |
Subject to a later connection, I'll allow it. |
| 01:20:14 |
Continue, Counselor. |
| 01:20:16 |
And you gave that B file to Mr. Sabich... |
| 01:20:19 |
...only after he informed you it was missing |
| 01:20:24 |
That's true. |
| 01:20:26 |
You've told us that you |
| 01:20:30 |
For a short time, yes. |
| 01:20:32 |
B-file cases... |
| 01:20:34 |
...cases involving bribery |
| 01:20:38 |
...are normally assigned |
| 01:20:42 |
At the time, Mr. Sabich. Is that not true? |
| 01:20:44 |
That was the usual practice, yes. |
| 01:20:46 |
You gave this highly sensitive matter |
| 01:20:50 |
...to Carolyn Polhemus |
| 01:20:53 |
That appears to be the time frame. |
| 01:20:57 |
The answer to the question is yes. |
| 01:21:01 |
Weren't you concerned, in the midst |
| 01:21:06 |
...about word leaking out |
| 01:21:10 |
...that was in Mr. Sabich's area |
| 01:21:12 |
...to an assistant with no experience |
| 01:21:15 |
...with whom you were sleeping |
| 01:21:19 |
It may have crossed my mind. |
| 01:21:22 |
Who knows? It was not an ideal situation. |
| 01:21:26 |
Far from it. |
| 01:21:29 |
And, sir... |
| 01:21:31 |
...you come to this courtroom... |
| 01:21:33 |
...where the life of a man... |
| 01:21:35 |
...who served you faithfully for 1 2 years |
| 01:21:39 |
...and you tell us |
| 01:21:42 |
...that might have assisted |
| 01:21:57 |
All right. |
| 01:22:02 |
Is it fair to say... |
| 01:22:04 |
...that the chief deputy is the person |
| 01:22:07 |
...in whose judgement you place |
| 01:22:12 |
I regarded him as the best lawyer |
| 01:22:15 |
And you gave Mr. Sabich the authority... |
| 01:22:18 |
...to decide when and where |
| 01:22:22 |
Gentlemen... |
| 01:22:24 |
...let's stop right there. |
| 01:22:28 |
What is the relevance of who fired who? |
| 01:22:31 |
Judge, it's our theory that Mr. Sabich |
| 01:22:36 |
-I don't believe it. |
| 01:22:40 |
If Mr. Stern is truly going to endeavor |
| 01:22:43 |
...that the case against Mr. Sabich |
| 01:22:46 |
...then this history of antagonism |
| 01:22:50 |
What about this missing B file? |
| 01:22:53 |
We believe it's being withheld |
| 01:22:56 |
...that is necessary to the defense. |
| 01:22:58 |
So, we intend to pursue this matter... |
| 01:23:01 |
...until we have a full understanding |
| 01:23:05 |
I don't know where this will lead us, |
| 01:23:09 |
You'd better be prepared |
| 01:23:12 |
...because he is going to be entitled |
| 01:23:17 |
'Cause I am going to give him that. |
| 01:23:24 |
Do you recall we spoke about a B file |
| 01:23:29 |
I'll remember it for quite some time. |
| 01:23:31 |
-Was Mr. Molto involved in this case? |
| 01:23:34 |
Objection sustained. |
| 01:23:36 |
Mr. Stern, you're playing with fire. |
| 01:23:40 |
Do you know what investigation, if any, |
| 01:23:44 |
I'll answer that! He took no action. |
| 01:23:46 |
He wasn't going to chase |
| 01:23:49 |
Mr. Della Guardia, you will remember |
| 01:23:52 |
...not the witness. |
| 01:24:00 |
Perhaps we can all learn something |
| 01:24:05 |
That is all. |
| 01:24:07 |
This court is adjourned for the weekend. |
| 01:24:11 |
I don't understand what you're doing. |
| 01:24:14 |
You're alienating the judge. |
| 01:24:16 |
When I said they manufactured a case, |
| 01:24:20 |
Clearly, I changed my mind. |
| 01:24:23 |
On the basis of what? |
| 01:24:25 |
Instinct. |
| 01:24:30 |
If you don't like it, |
| 01:24:33 |
I wanna go. |
| 01:24:34 |
All my friends will be there. |
| 01:24:37 |
I'll be okay. |
| 01:24:43 |
Come here. Sit down. |
| 01:24:47 |
Look, I'm accused of doing something |
| 01:24:50 |
This trial is gonna give me a chance |
| 01:24:54 |
-That's what's gonna happen. |
| 01:24:57 |
Of course. |
| 01:24:59 |
Here are the postcards. Use them. |
| 01:25:02 |
-Don't forget to write. |
| 01:25:04 |
What about me? |
| 01:25:17 |
Did Mr. Sabich ever tell you... |
| 01:25:18 |
...he had a personal relationship |
| 01:25:22 |
No. |
| 01:25:23 |
Did Mr. Sabich, at any time... |
| 01:25:25 |
...order you not to get phone records |
| 01:25:29 |
He never ordered me. He asked me. |
| 01:25:32 |
He asked you not to get those records? |
| 01:25:35 |
Did you oblige him? |
| 01:25:36 |
I was taken off the case |
| 01:25:39 |
-You did or did not get those records? |
| 01:25:42 |
We had a lot of higher-priority items |
| 01:25:47 |
A high-priority item... |
| 01:25:48 |
...was the analysis of fingerprints found |
| 01:25:53 |
Who talked with the Fingerprint Lab? |
| 01:25:55 |
Mr. Sabich. |
| 01:25:56 |
Did you ask him to expedite the reports? |
| 01:25:58 |
Yes, sir, I did. |
| 01:26:00 |
What did he say, if anything? |
| 01:26:02 |
He said he forgot. |
| 01:26:04 |
He forgot? |
| 01:26:09 |
Rusty forgot. |
| 01:26:11 |
Would it be fair to say the two of you, |
| 01:26:14 |
...have formed a personal friendship? |
| 01:26:17 |
I suppose so, yes. |
| 01:26:19 |
Were you assigned initially? |
| 01:26:21 |
Harold Greer initially handled the case. |
| 01:26:25 |
Has Mr. Sabich ever expressed to you... |
| 01:26:27 |
...any reservations about |
| 01:26:31 |
Everybody that I know thinks |
| 01:26:34 |
Do you know who decided to replace |
| 01:26:39 |
Mr. Sabich. |
| 01:26:42 |
Do you feel.... |
| 01:26:44 |
Withdrawn. |
| 01:26:45 |
To your knowledge, does the defendant |
| 01:26:49 |
...with anyone on the police force |
| 01:26:53 |
Not that he's mentioned, no. |
| 01:26:56 |
So it's fair to say, Detective... |
| 01:26:58 |
...that you are the police officer |
| 01:27:04 |
I would never believe that. Never. |
| 01:27:07 |
Thank you for your cooperation |
| 01:27:09 |
...what must have been painful |
| 01:27:13 |
...considering your relationship |
| 01:27:15 |
Nothing further. |
| 01:27:20 |
You made reference to a theory |
| 01:27:23 |
...Ms. Polhemus might have been |
| 01:27:26 |
Someone she had once sent to jail. |
| 01:27:28 |
Yes, sir. We thought of that |
| 01:27:32 |
To identify possible suspects... |
| 01:27:35 |
...you reviewed cases she had prosecuted, |
| 01:27:40 |
...going back several years? Correct? |
| 01:27:42 |
Yes, sir. |
| 01:27:43 |
Were you able to find all those files? |
| 01:27:45 |
No, sir. A file was missing. |
| 01:27:48 |
This is the so-called B file... |
| 01:27:51 |
...that was withheld |
| 01:27:53 |
...until Mr. Sabich requested it personally |
| 01:27:57 |
Yes, sir. |
| 01:27:58 |
It involved allegations-- |
| 01:28:00 |
Let's move on. |
| 01:28:02 |
You've been warned about riding off |
| 01:28:06 |
No further questions. |
| 01:28:08 |
No redirect, Your Honor. |
| 01:28:11 |
We need subpoenas for Carolyn's doctors... |
| 01:28:14 |
...and for phone company records... |
| 01:28:16 |
...to check for errors. |
| 01:28:18 |
I don't think we need to bother with that. |
| 01:28:22 |
You said there was something wrong |
| 01:28:25 |
That you never called Polhemus |
| 01:28:31 |
Jamie, I'd like a moment alone |
| 01:28:37 |
-Sure. |
| 01:28:48 |
I used to call Carolyn's apartment |
| 01:28:53 |
I'd call... |
| 01:28:58 |
...just to hear her voice. |
| 01:28:59 |
Then I'd hang up, like a goddamn kid. |
| 01:29:05 |
I'm not sure I called that night or not. |
| 01:29:10 |
Contrary to my original hopes, |
| 01:29:22 |
My first instinct is... |
| 01:29:23 |
...to put Barbara on the witness stand. |
| 01:29:25 |
No. |
| 01:29:26 |
She's an attractive woman |
| 01:29:30 |
She can also support your alibi |
| 01:29:33 |
It's not negotiable, Sandy. |
| 01:29:41 |
When I was a prosecutor... |
| 01:29:43 |
...l always knew I had a winner |
| 01:29:49 |
All I want to do is to tell the truth. |
| 01:29:51 |
The jury wants to hear me say |
| 01:29:55 |
And that, you will do very well. |
| 01:30:01 |
But with every word, you will confirm |
| 01:30:05 |
That you were overwhelmed |
| 01:30:07 |
...that took a wrong turn into rage |
| 01:30:12 |
You will have gone a long way |
| 01:30:18 |
The State offers as evidence... |
| 01:30:20 |
...from the defendant's suitcoat... |
| 01:30:22 |
...a hair identified by the Police Crime Lab |
| 01:30:26 |
The skirt of the deceased contaminated |
| 01:30:30 |
...a carpet fabric found |
| 01:30:34 |
Chemist's identification of blood type... |
| 01:30:37 |
...and semen from the vagina |
| 01:30:41 |
Results of a blood test of Rozat Sabich... |
| 01:30:44 |
...identifying his as blood type A. |
| 01:30:47 |
The shirt of the deceased, |
| 01:30:52 |
...carpet fabric used |
| 01:30:59 |
The State calls |
| 01:31:02 |
This relates to missing evidence. |
| 01:31:04 |
I hope you're not considering |
| 01:31:06 |
...to proceed with the fingerprint evidence |
| 01:31:10 |
If so, we would like to be heard |
| 01:31:14 |
I understand that. |
| 01:31:16 |
You may want to do some research |
| 01:31:20 |
You hit the books tonight |
| 01:31:24 |
And if I were you... |
| 01:31:26 |
...l'd roll up my shirtsleeves |
| 01:31:30 |
...and find that glass. |
| 01:31:32 |
You're not going to get any sleep again. |
| 01:31:35 |
That glass is the strongest piece |
| 01:31:39 |
If I can find solid precedents to keep it |
| 01:31:48 |
Get something to eat |
| 01:31:54 |
Thanks. |
| 01:31:55 |
For what? |
| 01:31:56 |
For hanging in there. |
| 01:32:00 |
What did you expect? |
| 01:32:16 |
Yeah, just a sec. |
| 01:32:20 |
It's your uncle. |
| 01:32:23 |
My uncle? |
| 01:32:32 |
We got something |
| 01:32:36 |
I'm downstairs, in the lobby. |
| 01:32:39 |
We're working to keep the glass |
| 01:32:42 |
Fuck the glass. I found Leon. |
| 01:32:45 |
Feature this. He's a Night Saint. |
| 01:33:14 |
Leon! |
| 01:33:17 |
Answer the door. |
| 01:33:25 |
Open up, Leon! It's the police! |
| 01:33:28 |
We just want to talk, Leon. |
| 01:33:37 |
On the floor! |
| 01:33:40 |
-Don't even breathe! |
| 01:33:47 |
I'm Detective Lipranzer. |
| 01:33:48 |
This is Mr. Sabich |
| 01:33:51 |
We have a few questions, Leon. |
| 01:33:53 |
If you're straight with us, |
| 01:33:56 |
Five, six years ago, |
| 01:33:59 |
...$1 ,500 to make some trouble |
| 01:34:03 |
555-3469. |
| 01:34:05 |
Jack Friedman, you ask for. |
| 01:34:11 |
What the fuck he do that for? |
| 01:34:13 |
He wants your complete attention. |
| 01:34:16 |
Rusty Sabich is getting on the phone, |
| 01:34:21 |
...that five years ago you paid off a PA |
| 01:34:26 |
To wit: |
| 01:34:27 |
Trying to get paid to suck his cock |
| 01:34:32 |
Now, Leon.... |
| 01:34:35 |
How about five minutes of your time? |
| 01:34:47 |
This blonde bitch... |
| 01:34:50 |
...my probation officer, set it up. |
| 01:34:54 |
In the PA's office. |
| 01:34:57 |
Man standing behind me. |
| 01:35:05 |
And she be telling me, when I come in: |
| 01:35:09 |
"Just don't turn around. |
| 01:35:12 |
"Just do what the man say." |
| 01:35:17 |
He said: |
| 01:35:22 |
"Just leave the money in the top drawer." |
| 01:35:27 |
Fifteen hundred dollars. |
| 01:35:31 |
You never saw him? |
| 01:35:33 |
But he knows who it was. |
| 01:35:44 |
Judge Motherfucker. |
| 01:35:48 |
That's what we all call him. |
| 01:35:54 |
Larren Lyttle. |
| 01:35:58 |
I bet Larren was porking her... |
| 01:36:00 |
...and taking the money |
| 01:36:04 |
Sometimes I hate being a cop. |
| 01:36:10 |
Sorry, pal. You were counting |
| 01:36:19 |
If you leak this stuff we got on him |
| 01:36:29 |
Okay, it was just a thought. |
| 01:36:34 |
All rise! |
| 01:36:35 |
This court is in session. |
| 01:36:45 |
Where's Kemp? |
| 01:36:47 |
We just received the medical examiner's |
| 01:36:52 |
He's going over them right now. |
| 01:36:54 |
We may have a surprise |
| 01:37:00 |
Mr. Molto, you have completed |
| 01:37:09 |
Your Honor... |
| 01:37:10 |
...the police have not been able |
| 01:37:14 |
All right. |
| 01:37:15 |
Mr. Stern, I have studied your arguments. |
| 01:37:18 |
You are about to hear the testimony |
| 01:37:22 |
...concerning evidence that he claims |
| 01:37:27 |
I am instructing you as a matter of law |
| 01:37:32 |
...the prosecution's failure to make |
| 01:37:37 |
I am not telling you what to do. |
| 01:37:40 |
But it is permissible |
| 01:37:43 |
...to raise a reasonable doubt |
| 01:37:48 |
Mr. Stern's objection is overruled. |
| 01:37:51 |
His exception is noted for the record. |
| 01:37:55 |
I'm sorry. |
| 01:37:57 |
He's right, under the law. |
| 01:37:59 |
Based on the lateral slash |
| 01:38:04 |
...the distinctive center whorl... |
| 01:38:06 |
...and the exact match on the top swirl... |
| 01:38:10 |
...l am certain the fingerprint on the glass |
| 01:38:16 |
...is identical to that contained in |
| 01:38:21 |
Very good. |
| 01:38:23 |
We are calling Dr. Kumagai, |
| 01:38:26 |
There are three depression fractures... |
| 01:38:29 |
...like from a heavy, blunt instrument. |
| 01:38:33 |
Here...here...and here. |
| 01:38:37 |
This, and this over here, are... |
| 01:38:39 |
...sharp, deep penetrations |
| 01:38:42 |
...like with a hatchet, or maybe |
| 01:38:46 |
I call to your attention the results |
| 01:38:51 |
...State's exhibit 63. |
| 01:38:57 |
I think we might just nail this sucker. |
| 01:38:59 |
That report states the specimen of semen |
| 01:39:05 |
...has been identified as being |
| 01:39:09 |
You are correct. |
| 01:39:11 |
It also indicates the presence |
| 01:39:14 |
...consistent... |
| 01:39:15 |
...with the use of a birth-control device. |
| 01:39:19 |
A diaphragm. |
| 01:39:21 |
It does. |
| 01:39:24 |
Your opinion is that this was... |
| 01:39:26 |
...a staged rape? |
| 01:39:28 |
That is my opinion. |
| 01:39:30 |
And the way it was done... |
| 01:39:32 |
...suggests... |
| 01:39:35 |
...the knowledge... |
| 01:39:37 |
...of investigative techniques? |
| 01:39:40 |
That's what I told Mr. Molto. |
| 01:39:43 |
All of these deductions depend... |
| 01:39:46 |
...on the presence of spermicidal jelly... |
| 01:39:49 |
...in the specimen you sent |
| 01:39:52 |
Yes, sir. |
| 01:39:55 |
How many autopsies do you perform |
| 01:39:59 |
One, two... |
| 01:40:01 |
...ten. It all depends. |
| 01:40:04 |
Would it surprise you to know |
| 01:40:08 |
...in the two weeks surrounding |
| 01:40:11 |
No, sir. |
| 01:40:13 |
Sounds about right. |
| 01:40:16 |
Given that number, |
| 01:40:20 |
...the specifics of any one examination |
| 01:40:25 |
I take notes while I do the autopsies. |
| 01:40:28 |
Notes, yes. |
| 01:40:31 |
These notes led you |
| 01:40:34 |
...that the murderer was sterile? |
| 01:40:36 |
Looking back, you must have thought |
| 01:40:39 |
...to have escaped something so obvious |
| 01:40:45 |
All the sperm were dead. |
| 01:40:48 |
I didn't have the forensic chemist's report |
| 01:40:53 |
In the absence of any other explanation, |
| 01:41:00 |
Do you recognize your notes |
| 01:41:06 |
Yes, sir, my signature. |
| 01:41:13 |
Unless there is any objection... |
| 01:41:15 |
...would you please read the short passage |
| 01:41:20 |
Page two, Counsel. |
| 01:41:23 |
Read it out loud, please. |
| 01:41:25 |
"The Fallopian tubes... |
| 01:41:27 |
"...are ligated and separated. |
| 01:41:29 |
"The fimbriated ends appear...." |
| 01:41:45 |
That's not right. |
| 01:41:47 |
Your own autopsy notes? |
| 01:41:49 |
You dictate them |
| 01:41:57 |
But not right. |
| 01:41:58 |
I show you the records of Dr. Lubin, |
| 01:42:02 |
...who performed this procedure |
| 01:42:09 |
Would you explain to the jury |
| 01:42:18 |
Would you explain, in layman's language... |
| 01:42:21 |
...what a "tubal ligation" is? |
| 01:42:33 |
She had her tubes tied. |
| 01:42:37 |
Is it possible for a woman |
| 01:42:42 |
No way. |
| 01:42:43 |
Can you think of any reason... |
| 01:42:46 |
...for a woman who had her tubes tied... |
| 01:42:49 |
...to use a spermicide? |
| 01:42:53 |
No reason. |
| 01:42:55 |
No medical reason. |
| 01:42:58 |
I think of nothing. |
| 01:43:00 |
Does it not follow, given these facts... |
| 01:43:03 |
...that the specimen you sent |
| 01:43:05 |
...was not taken from the body |
| 01:43:10 |
I can't account for it. |
| 01:43:15 |
So you don't know what happened. |
| 01:43:19 |
Wherever you got |
| 01:43:23 |
...you sent it to the chemist... |
| 01:43:25 |
...while you were secretly communicating |
| 01:43:28 |
...behind Mr. Sabich's back. Am I right? |
| 01:43:30 |
Do you accuse me, Mr. Stern? |
| 01:43:34 |
Sit down, Doctor. |
| 01:43:37 |
I think we have had enough... |
| 01:43:39 |
...unsupported accusations for one case... |
| 01:43:45 |
...Dr. Kumagai. |
| 01:43:48 |
You may step down, Doctor. |
| 01:43:50 |
Do I take it, Mr. Delay Guardia, |
| 01:43:59 |
Judge, may we approach? |
| 01:44:08 |
We would like Mr. Molto to testify. |
| 01:44:10 |
No. |
| 01:44:11 |
Judge, you said we would be entitled |
| 01:44:15 |
...if the defense proceeded |
| 01:44:18 |
Yes, but I did not know then, |
| 01:44:21 |
...that your evidence would disappear |
| 01:44:26 |
I didn't know that Mr. Molto... |
| 01:44:28 |
...and the chief pathologist |
| 01:44:31 |
...and testimony. |
| 01:44:33 |
And I tell you, that is a fair interpretation |
| 01:44:37 |
I'm still considering the question |
| 01:44:40 |
...but what isn't gonna happen... |
| 01:44:42 |
...is him getting up on the witness stand |
| 01:44:45 |
Withdraw, gentlemen. |
| 01:44:53 |
On behalf of the people |
| 01:44:57 |
This court is adjourned. |
| 01:44:59 |
You should savor today, Sandy. |
| 01:45:04 |
What a colossal blunder. |
| 01:45:07 |
Tomorrow I will make the motion |
| 01:45:10 |
If the dismissal is not granted, |
| 01:45:16 |
I need to know |
| 01:45:21 |
Of course, you know my strong objections. |
| 01:45:25 |
Why is he so against your testifying? |
| 01:45:28 |
He's afraid I'll tell the truth |
| 01:45:32 |
...thus giving the prosecution |
| 01:45:37 |
One could argue... |
| 01:45:40 |
...if the jury feels I'm being truthful |
| 01:45:43 |
...they should believe me when I say |
| 01:45:49 |
What would you think? |
| 01:45:52 |
If I were a member of the jury? |
| 01:45:58 |
And I heard you admit |
| 01:46:05 |
I think I'd conclude you were guilty. |
| 01:46:12 |
I want to testify. |
| 01:46:17 |
What would you say? |
| 01:46:23 |
I'd say you were the only man I ever loved. |
| 01:46:28 |
And I still do. |
| 01:46:33 |
Before we begin our presentation, |
| 01:46:36 |
Make a motion for dismissal? |
| 01:46:38 |
Yes, Your Honor. |
| 01:46:39 |
Sit down, Counselor. |
| 01:46:46 |
I have reflected on this case at length, |
| 01:46:52 |
I understand... |
| 01:46:53 |
...the prosecutors have suspicions. |
| 01:46:58 |
Perhaps Mr. Sabich was there that night. |
| 01:47:01 |
The State might be granted that. |
| 01:47:03 |
And if the prosecutors |
| 01:47:07 |
...l might be more convinced. |
| 01:47:10 |
Maybe before yesterday... |
| 01:47:12 |
...l might have said there were |
| 01:47:17 |
But now, I'm not so sure. |
| 01:47:22 |
So after yesterday... |
| 01:47:24 |
...there is no proof of motive here. |
| 01:47:27 |
There is no concrete evidence that |
| 01:47:32 |
There is no effective proof, |
| 01:47:35 |
...that would give a reasonable person |
| 01:47:39 |
...Mr. Sabich had carnal relations with |
| 01:47:45 |
In point of fact... |
| 01:47:47 |
...there's not one shred of direct proof... |
| 01:47:50 |
...that Mr. Sabich murdered Ms. Polhemus. |
| 01:47:55 |
Under these circumstances... |
| 01:47:57 |
...l cannot allow this trial to continue. |
| 01:48:01 |
Mr. Sabich... |
| 01:48:04 |
...you are discharged, sir. |
| 01:48:07 |
I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am... |
| 01:48:11 |
...that any of this has taken place. |
| 01:48:15 |
Not even the pleasure of seeing you free... |
| 01:48:18 |
...can make up for this... |
| 01:48:19 |
...this disgrace to the cause of justice. |
| 01:48:23 |
I wish you Godspeed. |
| 01:48:27 |
Case dismissed. |
| 01:48:42 |
Hey, Rusty! Come on. |
| 01:48:44 |
Give the missus a big hug. |
| 01:48:51 |
Nobody can say anything adequate |
| 01:48:54 |
We're very grateful, |
| 01:48:57 |
I want to go home, now. |
| 01:48:59 |
I'll talk to Nat. I'll phone him, tell him. |
| 01:49:03 |
For the record, I have the highest regard |
| 01:49:06 |
You think you're out of a job? |
| 01:49:11 |
You're the very best. |
| 01:49:18 |
How'd you know what was behind |
| 01:49:23 |
You question the judge's integrity? |
| 01:49:26 |
With just cause, wouldn't you say? |
| 01:49:29 |
You knew that file didn't have |
| 01:49:33 |
Yet you let Larren know you'd drag it in |
| 01:49:37 |
That it would come out |
| 01:49:39 |
That Carolyn was the courier. |
| 01:49:44 |
You blackmailed him, Sandy. |
| 01:49:51 |
We speak now tonight... |
| 01:49:54 |
...and these things |
| 01:49:59 |
Agreed? |
| 01:50:04 |
Larren's divorce left him |
| 01:50:08 |
He was drinking too heavily and fell |
| 01:50:13 |
...self-serving woman. |
| 01:50:16 |
The fact is... |
| 01:50:18 |
...Larren himself grew suicidally depressed. |
| 01:50:22 |
He wanted to resign from the bench. |
| 01:50:24 |
Raymond Horgan talked him out of it. |
| 01:50:27 |
Raymond knew he was taking bribes? |
| 01:50:30 |
Larren told him. |
| 01:50:34 |
Raymond cleaned up the Northside, |
| 01:50:38 |
...and he also rescued |
| 01:50:41 |
...and a career that does honor |
| 01:50:49 |
I believe Larren today did |
| 01:50:55 |
You tell me, Rusty. |
| 01:50:58 |
Was justice done? |
| 01:51:10 |
How are you doing? |
| 01:51:20 |
Christmas present. |
| 01:51:36 |
Jesus.... |
| 01:51:40 |
You're hanging your ass out |
| 01:51:44 |
It was them that fucked up. |
| 01:51:46 |
Remember, they came around, |
| 01:51:50 |
The glass wasn't there. |
| 01:51:54 |
The very next day I get a call from the lab. |
| 01:51:57 |
The test is done. I can pick up my glass. |
| 01:52:00 |
When I went down there, Molto had signed |
| 01:52:06 |
The idea was that I'll put it back in. |
| 01:52:09 |
Only I got nowhere to put it... |
| 01:52:12 |
...since it ain't my goddamn case anymore. |
| 01:52:17 |
So I tossed the thing in my drawer. |
| 01:52:20 |
I figured, sooner or later |
| 01:52:24 |
Nobody did. |
| 01:52:26 |
You think I killed her. |
| 01:52:31 |
The lady was bad news. |
| 01:52:38 |
That makes it okay I killed her? |
| 01:52:40 |
Did you? |
| 01:52:44 |
Oh, pal. |
| 01:53:08 |
Nat! |
| 01:53:10 |
Where's Mom? |
| 01:53:12 |
Upstairs in the bathroom |
| 01:53:14 |
She's got her university interview today. |
| 01:53:17 |
What's the big deal? |
| 01:53:18 |
No eggs for me, thank you. |
| 01:53:20 |
That looks nice. |
| 01:53:21 |
You think? |
| 01:53:23 |
That dumb old college would be lucky |
| 01:53:26 |
You tell her, kid. |
| 01:53:29 |
I'll do some work around the house |
| 01:53:32 |
I've lived to see the day. |
| 01:53:34 |
Give me a hand with the fence |
| 01:53:36 |
I can't. I got a game after school. |
| 01:53:38 |
Good luck, Mom. |
| 01:53:49 |
Go get them, kid. |
| 01:55:53 |
I did it. |
| 01:56:02 |
I fooled them all. |
| 01:56:06 |
The interview. |
| 01:56:09 |
They think I'm qualified. |
| 01:57:18 |
You understand what happened |
| 01:57:22 |
It couldn't have turned out any other way. |
| 01:57:28 |
A woman's depressed... |
| 01:57:32 |
...with herself... |
| 01:57:35 |
...with life... |
| 01:57:38 |
...with her husband, who had made life |
| 01:57:42 |
...bewitched by another woman. |
| 01:57:46 |
A destroyer. |
| 01:57:52 |
Abandoned... |
| 01:57:57 |
...like someone left for dead... |
| 01:58:01 |
...she plans her suicide. |
| 01:58:07 |
Until the dream begins. |
| 01:58:11 |
In the dream, the destroyer's destroyed. |
| 01:58:15 |
That's a dream worth living for. |
| 01:58:22 |
Now, with such simplicity... |
| 01:58:28 |
...such clarity, everything falls into place. |
| 01:58:35 |
It must be a crime... |
| 01:58:37 |
...that her husband can declare unsolved |
| 01:58:42 |
She must make it look like a rape. |
| 01:58:46 |
But she must leave her husband clueless. |
| 01:58:50 |
Once he discovers who it was... |
| 01:58:53 |
...he'll put the case into the file |
| 01:58:59 |
Another break-in by some... |
| 01:59:01 |
...sex-crazed man. |
| 01:59:08 |
But all his life... |
| 01:59:11 |
...he'll know that it was her. |
| 01:59:18 |
She remembers a set of glasses |
| 01:59:21 |
...some time before, a housewarming gift |
| 01:59:26 |
She buys another set. |
| 01:59:29 |
Her husband has a beer one night... |
| 01:59:34 |
...doesn't even comment on the glass. |
| 01:59:38 |
Now she has his fingerprints. |
| 01:59:44 |
Then on a few mornings... |
| 01:59:48 |
...she saves the fluid that comes out |
| 01:59:59 |
Puts it in a plastic bag. |
| 02:00:02 |
Puts the bag in the basement freezer... |
| 02:00:06 |
...and waits. |
| 02:00:10 |
She calls the woman and asks to see her. |
| 02:00:14 |
Stops first at the U |
| 02:00:17 |
Now she has her alibi. |
| 02:00:21 |
She goes to the woman. |
| 02:00:24 |
The woman lets her in. |
| 02:00:27 |
When her head is turned, she removes |
| 02:00:34 |
The destroyer is destroyed. |
| 02:00:40 |
She takes a cord out... |
| 02:00:44 |
...that she brought along... |
| 02:00:48 |
...and ties her body... |
| 02:00:51 |
...in ways her husband described |
| 02:00:57 |
She feels power... |
| 02:01:00 |
...control... |
| 02:01:04 |
...a sense that she's guided |
| 02:01:10 |
Takes a syringe and injects |
| 02:01:16 |
...leaves the glass on the bar... |
| 02:01:19 |
...unlocks the door and windows... |
| 02:01:24 |
...and goes home. |
| 02:01:30 |
And life begins again. |
| 02:01:38 |
Until a trial... |
| 02:01:43 |
...when she sees her husband suffer... |
| 02:01:47 |
...the way she never... |
| 02:01:49 |
...intended. |
| 02:01:53 |
She is prepared to tell the truth. |
| 02:01:57 |
Right up to the very end. |
| 02:02:02 |
But magically... |
| 02:02:06 |
...the charges were dismissed. |
| 02:02:12 |
The suffering was over. |
| 02:02:17 |
They were saved. |
| 02:02:25 |
Saved? |
| 02:02:35 |
The murder of Carolyn Polhemus... |
| 02:02:38 |
...remains unsolved. |
| 02:02:43 |
It is a practical impossibility |
| 02:02:49 |
Even if it wasn't... |
| 02:02:52 |
...l couldn't take his mother from my son. |
| 02:02:58 |
I'm a prosecutor. |
| 02:03:00 |
I have spent my life |
| 02:03:06 |
With all deliberation and intent... |
| 02:03:09 |
...l reached for Carolyn. |
| 02:03:12 |
I cannot pretend it was an accident. |
| 02:03:16 |
I reached for Carolyn... |
| 02:03:18 |
...and set off that insane mix |
| 02:03:23 |
...that led one human being to kill another. |
| 02:03:29 |
There was a crime. |
| 02:03:32 |
There was a victim. |
| 02:03:36 |
And there is punishment. |
| 02:06:32 |
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