1. In the criminal
justice system...Copy !req
2. the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups:Copy !req
3. the police who
investigate crime...Copy !req
4. and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.Copy !req
5. These are their stories.Copy !req
6. On a school night, she did that?Copy !req
7. What am I gonna do?Copy !req
8. Don't let her out.Copy !req
9. Well, she says if I lock
her in the bedroom...Copy !req
10. she's going out the window.Copy !req
11. You ever seen those
clubs they go to?Copy !req
12. Fifteen years old.Copy !req
13. Your hell years
are just beginning.Copy !req
14. 2:30. Cooper's already in?Copy !req
15. Not on a Wednesday, he ain't.Copy !req
16. Hey, Billy? Cooper?Copy !req
17. Hey, Coop.Copy !req
18. Oh, man...Copy !req
19. What the hell
happened in here? Coop!Copy !req
20. Billy!Copy !req
21. Oh, man...Copy !req
22. Look at that.Copy !req
23. Practically singed
the buttons off.Copy !req
24. Couple of feet away at the most.Copy !req
25. Yeah, two in the
chest at close range.Copy !req
26. Somebody wasn't
taking any chances.Copy !req
27. Cooper, William. 56.Copy !req
28. Owned the place.Copy !req
29. Jimmied open.Copy !req
30. Some crackhead didn't
expect to find anybody home.Copy !req
31. Right. So they struggled,
and the crackhead shot him.Copy !req
32. I hope Officer Kenney isn't taking
the Sergeant's Exam real soon.Copy !req
33. Tough going on the
spatial relations test.Copy !req
34. I'm good at geometry.Copy !req
35. Yeah?Copy !req
36. Well, you got an
overturned file cabinet here...Copy !req
37. lot of papers on the floor...Copy !req
38. but nothing much in the middle.Copy !req
39. So, what did they
do, have a fight...Copy !req
40. take a break for a snack...Copy !req
41. and then switch to
the other side here?Copy !req
42. Then, when the bell
rang at the end ofCopy !req
43. round one, they walked
into the back office.Copy !req
44. I guess maybe
there was no fight.Copy !req
45. It's worth thinking about.Copy !req
46. Outside. CSU thinks
he used it to pry the door.Copy !req
47. Oh, let me see that.Copy !req
48. I love it.Copy !req
49. He breaks in, shoots the guy...Copy !req
50. then he goes outside
and breaks in again.Copy !req
51. Guy was in a hurry.Copy !req
52. In the back alley.Copy !req
53. Gets better by the minute.Copy !req
54. Kills for petty cash,
tosses a $500 gun.Copy !req
55. Get this to Forensics.Copy !req
56. Any other brilliant
theories, let us know.Copy !req
57. You keep pictures around
of your daughter like that?Copy !req
58. It's not his daughter.Copy !req
59. Unless he's into incest.Copy !req
60. Mister and Missus.Copy !req
61. Who? I mean, who
would kill William?Copy !req
62. Well, did your husband have
any problems with his employees?Copy !req
63. I mean, anyone who
was angry at him?Copy !req
64. Why did he go down there?Copy !req
65. People work for him.
Why does he do it himself?Copy !req
66. What about friends?Copy !req
67. Could he have possibly
gone to see a friend?Copy !req
68. I know of no one like this.Copy !req
69. I don't know William's friends.Copy !req
70. Maybe if we could see
his phone list, datebook...Copy !req
71. I look for this, okay?Copy !req
72. We were going to have our
second anniversary soon.Copy !req
73. I came here to be safe...Copy !req
74. they kill my husband.Copy !req
75. Well, Mrs. Cooper, I'm
sorry to do this to you...Copy !req
76. but I'm going to have to ask
you where you were last night.Copy !req
77. Me?Copy !req
78. Mrs. Cooper...Copy !req
79. I understand.Copy !req
80. In Moscow, they ask where were
you, it's certain you'll next go to jail.Copy !req
81. No, no, we're not arresting you.Copy !req
82. Now, please, just tell
us where you were.Copy !req
83. I was home.Copy !req
84. Like always.
Waiting for William.Copy !req
85. Okay. Were you home all night?Copy !req
86. Yes... Well, no.Copy !req
87. I went out...Copy !req
88. to get pastry...Copy !req
89. for his breakfast.Copy !req
90. I can bake for him, but he
likes it better from the market.Copy !req
91. I told him, "For God's sake,
don't go down there alone."Copy !req
92. The dumb son of a bitch.Copy !req
93. Phil, he's dead. Getting
angry isn't going to help.Copy !req
94. You saw Irina? She's okay?Copy !req
95. Poor broad.Copy !req
96. You know, she was the best
thing ever happened to him.Copy !req
97. Vacation in Russia.Copy !req
98. We all think he's nuts, till
he comes back with her.Copy !req
99. Well, she said...Copy !req
100. he had some paperwork.Copy !req
101. Yeah, weekend orders.Copy !req
102. We're restaurant trade.Copy !req
103. I could've done them tonight.Copy !req
104. It'll be like Grand Central Station
down there, getting ready for the rush.Copy !req
105. Well, then he must've had some
reason for going there last night.Copy !req
106. Well, him and Irina had plans
tonight, for their anniversary.Copy !req
107. What are you asking?
Why he was there?Copy !req
108. It was a break-in, right?Copy !req
109. You were close to
Mr. Cooper, weren't you?Copy !req
110. Close enough.Copy !req
111. Mr. Guardino...Copy !req
112. this is a murder investigation.Copy !req
113. You think Billy wasn't clean?Copy !req
114. The meat business has an odor all
its own, not always from the cattle.Copy !req
115. Billy was the guy who stood
against the wall at the junior prom.Copy !req
116. Forget enemies, the
guy didn't have friends.Copy !req
117. Mr. Excitement.Copy !req
118. Did he happen to own a gun?Copy !req
119. Yeah. A Browning.Copy !req
120. He kept it next
to his desk. Why?Copy !req
121. Fifteen million hand guns, most
of them don't stray far from home.Copy !req
122. Killed with his own
gun. Big surprise.Copy !req
123. No employees with yellow
sheets or O.C. connections...Copy !req
124. no prints on the gun
or the screwdriver.Copy !req
125. And a phony struggle.Copy !req
126. The shooter knew him,
or knew he was there.Copy !req
127. Or not.Copy !req
128. Someone shows up, doesn't
look threatening, he lets them in.Copy !req
129. Yeah, the wife wouldn't look too
threatening wrapped in one of those furs.Copy !req
130. Come on, man. She said she was
a student in Russia, not an actress.Copy !req
131. Hey, I can cry
at a traffic ticket.Copy !req
132. I mean, two cops. She
could work up some tears.Copy !req
133. You know, the
back security door...Copy !req
134. of her apartment building
leads directly to the street.Copy !req
135. Now, she could have gone out
without the doorman ever seeing.Copy !req
136. Wives always shoot husbands?Copy !req
137. Do you happen to have a motive?Copy !req
138. He's 56, she's 26. He's
rich, she's gorgeous.Copy !req
139. I gotta be a genius?Copy !req
140. How rich was he? Do we
know what he was worth?Copy !req
141. Bloomingdale's was $2,000 a
month, up until three months ago.Copy !req
142. Then it just stops short.Copy !req
143. Like maybe he cut
up her charge card?Copy !req
144. Not for lack of cash.Copy !req
145. $190,000 in a money market.Copy !req
146. Would you kill for that?Copy !req
147. If you can live on
$6,000 a year in interest.Copy !req
148. Two years ago...Copy !req
149. $10,000 to the Russian-American
Friendship League.Copy !req
150. He must've really loved
her mother country.Copy !req
151. Russian-America... We got that.Copy !req
152. That $10,000 wasn't
out of generosity.Copy !req
153. Magda, age 20.Copy !req
154. Svetlana, 22...Copy !req
155. and looking for a considerate
American gentleman.Copy !req
156. All that's missing is
the appliance section.Copy !req
157. This is a Sears
catalogue for wives.Copy !req
158. Cooper...Copy !req
159. A week at the Hotel Metropol,
met with several women...Copy !req
160. fell for Irina.Copy !req
161. The first Mrs. Cooper.Copy !req
162. How about you fellas?Copy !req
163. You still cheek-by-jowl
with your blushing brides?Copy !req
164. Two priors, no conviction.Copy !req
165. You run a lovely business.Copy !req
166. Cooper wanted what a lot of guys
want, and bitch they aren't getting.Copy !req
167. Hot meals and no migraines
when you blow in her ear.Copy !req
168. What about Irina?Copy !req
169. I guess all she cared about
was the bulge in his wallet, huh?Copy !req
170. How do girls like her feel
after they get their citizenship?Copy !req
171. When you're on your first coffee break,
Ivan and Boris are on their third vodkas.Copy !req
172. Cooper would look
good to you, too.Copy !req
173. Maybe it isn't
love, but what is?Copy !req
174. Whatever it is, you're not
gonna find it in a catalogue.Copy !req
175. So Cooper wanted a wife
and didn't know how to do it.Copy !req
176. Who are you to
smile down your nose?Copy !req
177. Who, me?Copy !req
178. I'm the kind of guy who thinks
you don't buy women like groceries.Copy !req
179. About the citizenship papers.Copy !req
180. When does Mrs. Cooper get hers?Copy !req
181. Normally two years. Irina
had another eight weeks.Copy !req
182. How easy is it?Copy !req
183. All right, I'll wait.Copy !req
184. Buys his wife from a catalogue.Copy !req
185. Whatever happened to
long stems and chocolates?Copy !req
186. Hey, the guy was
a middle-aged nerd.Copy !req
187. You gotta feel sorry for him.Copy !req
188. I feel sorry for her.Copy !req
189. What, two lonely people in the
night? Wait till you get to be 55.Copy !req
190. I don't care how lonely he was.Copy !req
191. Hey, you want to hang out with
someone, you want to get to know them...Copy !req
192. you talk to them, maybe
they come home with you.Copy !req
193. You don't have to buy some
desperate kid from Russia.Copy !req
194. Excuse me, Robert Redford.Copy !req
195. Yeah?Copy !req
196. All right. Thanks, Eddie.Copy !req
197. Boy, the INS really
believes in marriage.Copy !req
198. You get divorced before two
years, you don't get to salute the flag.Copy !req
199. And if you're still married when
your sponsor stops a bullet?Copy !req
200. Then they call it special circumstances,
and Irina gets her papers without Billy.Copy !req
201. All right, it's only a motive if he
was getting divorced, which he wasn't.Copy !req
202. Maybe.Copy !req
203. Look, the marriage
broker said...Copy !req
204. that Cooper stayed in touch
with another couple he arranged.Copy !req
205. You're new here, maybe you talk to
other people in the same boat, huh?Copy !req
206. Come on. I'll drive.Copy !req
207. It's been at least a year.Copy !req
208. This Cooper fellow, he was...Copy !req
209. pardon me, not so big in
the socializing department.Copy !req
210. How about the wife?Copy !req
211. Well, we really didn't
know her that well.Copy !req
212. Irina and Billy nice people.Copy !req
213. Very nice, very happy. Like me.Copy !req
214. I give her whatever she
wants, so she's happy.Copy !req
215. Well, Mr. Berman...Copy !req
216. your wife just said how
happy the Coopers were.Copy !req
217. You just said you hadn't
talked to them in a year.Copy !req
218. So how would she know?Copy !req
219. What's this about?Copy !req
220. Mrs. Berman...Copy !req
221. did Irina have any
problems at home?Copy !req
222. Irina, she wants to
be out of the house.Copy !req
223. She wanted a separation?Copy !req
224. No, to be out.Copy !req
225. To have, you know, own life.Copy !req
226. She gets job to have own money.Copy !req
227. William is not happy.Copy !req
228. So, the hot meals and the housework
weren't quite enough for her?Copy !req
229. My wife made a friend.Copy !req
230. I didn't like Cooper.Copy !req
231. I wouldn't have
him in for cocktails.Copy !req
232. Irina is some kind
of lab technician.Copy !req
233. I'll get you her number.Copy !req
234. Irene worked three
afternoons a week.Copy !req
235. I told her to take
a few days off.Copy !req
236. Irene? I guess she was more
American here than at home.Copy !req
237. She does excellent work.Copy !req
238. I don't know how you judge
people, but that's enough for me.Copy !req
239. Her husband must use a
different kind of yardstick.Copy !req
240. We heard he didn't
want her out of the house.Copy !req
241. If you're suggesting that...
Hey, really, that's crazy.Copy !req
242. Excuse me. I have to
check on some blood tests.Copy !req
243. They've become friends.Copy !req
244. Maybe you can tell us what she's
keeping locked up in her test tube.Copy !req
245. Cooper was here one night.Copy !req
246. The only night she
ever worked late.Copy !req
247. And he wanted her to come home.Copy !req
248. Nothing major.Copy !req
249. You were here the night her
husband stopped by, right?Copy !req
250. Do you know why
Cooper went to Russia?Copy !req
251. These guys want women to
clean the house, raise the kids...Copy !req
252. and then prance around in
a teddy when they get home.Copy !req
253. Well, Miss Farrell, are we talking
about Irina Cooper's problems or yours?Copy !req
254. Her husband was a jerk.Copy !req
255. Irina has a son in
Russia, six years old.Copy !req
256. Cooper wouldn't bring him over.Copy !req
257. Maybe she felt
she deserved better.Copy !req
258. I deserve better
from this company.Copy !req
259. Doesn't mean I'm
gonna kill my boss.Copy !req
260. The lady's got a point.Copy !req
261. Every disgruntled wife kills her husband,
they'd be lined up to Poughkeepsie.Copy !req
262. Hey, disgruntled is when they're
picking your underwear up off the floor.Copy !req
263. I mean, Irina travels 10,000
miles to get a new life...Copy !req
264. and Billy boy slips a piston every
time she looks out the window.Copy !req
265. Plus, he leaves her
kid stranded in Moscow.Copy !req
266. Is that motive?Copy !req
267. Well, he cut off
her charge cards.Copy !req
268. I mean, he promised her the
dream and he gave her dreck.Copy !req
269. And if he says "divorce,"
she goes back to Russia.Copy !req
270. That's motive. Prove
it, I'd be convinced.Copy !req
271. Mike?Copy !req
272. I don't know. Yeah, she
probably knew he had the gun.Copy !req
273. I just don't see this
particular woman...Copy !req
274. going down there, popping him...Copy !req
275. and crying three hours
later when we walk in.Copy !req
276. I don't see that.Copy !req
277. Wait a minute.Copy !req
278. Cooper was down there alone that night
because they had plans for the next night.Copy !req
279. The night he was supposed
to go into the office.Copy !req
280. Now, what I want to know
is, who made the plan?Copy !req
281. Thursday night, "Irene,"
followed by a question mark.Copy !req
282. Now, this guy made a note to
himself every time he hiccupped.Copy !req
283. How come he didn't know
what kind of plans she had?Copy !req
284. Does that matter?Copy !req
285. Yeah, it matters if she
didn't have any plan.Copy !req
286. If she was just trying to
get him down there alone.Copy !req
287. Your husband wasn't
happy about your working.Copy !req
288. William understands.Copy !req
289. I have education,
I want to work.Copy !req
290. You have a son in Russia.Copy !req
291. Mr. Cooper didn't want
him to come over here.Copy !req
292. Oh, no, no.Copy !req
293. William just wanted to wait
until we have child together.Copy !req
294. Mrs. Cooper, your
husband worked that night...Copy !req
295. because you both made
plans for the next night, right?Copy !req
296. Can you tell us what
those plans were?Copy !req
297. It was William's idea.Copy !req
298. He likes Broadway
musicals, so we had tickets.Copy !req
299. Well, you wouldn't have gone to the
theater the night after your husband died.Copy !req
300. So, do you happen
to have those tickets?Copy !req
301. This is not right,
what you are doing.Copy !req
302. You think I wanted
my husband to be shot?Copy !req
303. You call my friends,
go where I work...Copy !req
304. So, you don't have the tickets?Copy !req
305. If I do not?Copy !req
306. You think I lied to
William so I could kill him?Copy !req
307. William would've liked to go.Copy !req
308. Maybe you can trade
them in. Take your wife.Copy !req
309. Thursday night. $65
apiece. Guys and Dolls.Copy !req
310. It's possible.Copy !req
311. The tickets keep him out
of the office Thursday...Copy !req
312. when it's busy, get him
in when it's deserted.Copy !req
313. Listen to what we're saying. She
didn't have the tickets, we nail her.Copy !req
314. She did have the
tickets, we still nail her.Copy !req
315. The only way she wins is if
she's in a sauna with six witnesses.Copy !req
316. Mike, she did know
he was there alone.Copy !req
317. That's right.Copy !req
318. Oh, yeah? Well,
if she's so smart...Copy !req
319. how come she didn't make
that phony break-in look real?Copy !req
320. You know what I think? She reminds
you of some kind of wife you don't like.Copy !req
321. Okay, so I'm not
crazy about her.Copy !req
322. From what I hear, I'm not crazy
about her late husband, either.Copy !req
323. Look, I listened to
her, I looked at her.Copy !req
324. You can call it instinct, you
can call it whatever you want.Copy !req
325. No way she pulled the trigger.Copy !req
326. Maybe she had help.Copy !req
327. Maybe.Copy !req
328. I could buy she's involved.Copy !req
329. Say she was home
when he got hit.Copy !req
330. She went out. Maybe she
was waiting for a phone call.Copy !req
331. Yeah. Job's done, honey.Copy !req
332. Then she goes and meets somebody,
and they get their stories straight.Copy !req
333. But not over the phone.Copy !req
334. The doorman said Danish
from a Korean market.Copy !req
335. Get a picture of the
lady. Take a stroll.Copy !req
336. This is eight.Copy !req
337. How many more of these
delis are we gonna do?Copy !req
338. Wait, you don't think
this is worthwhile?Copy !req
339. Listen, Cooper wanted her home.Copy !req
340. Midnight.Copy !req
341. Shouldn't she have already bought
the Danish and be home waiting for him?Copy !req
342. Unless she knew he
wasn't coming home.Copy !req
343. Thank you. Let's keep going.Copy !req
344. Yeah...Copy !req
345. The Russian fox.Copy !req
346. I guess you know
her pretty well.Copy !req
347. She's in a lot. What'd she do?Copy !req
348. You see her Wednesday
night, 12:00, 12:30?Copy !req
349. She was...Copy !req
350. She was here late once. I
don't remember the night.Copy !req
351. Buying stuff with her
husband, lucky guy.Copy !req
352. Yeah, 50s, a little
overweight, right?Copy !req
353. What are you talking
about? He was in his 30s...Copy !req
354. looks kind of like
you, but shorter.Copy !req
355. I really need to
know which night.Copy !req
356. Ma.Copy !req
357. Wednesday night. Some kid
spilled soda on my chemistry book.Copy !req
358. All right, now the guy
with the Russian fox...Copy !req
359. did you get a good look at him?Copy !req
360. Sort of. He was...Copy !req
361. He was hanging around outside.
Kept looking in to hurry her.Copy !req
362. Here's my card.Copy !req
363. I'm gonna be calling you, okay?Copy !req
364. All right. Thanks a lot.Copy !req
365. I was wrong. Oh?Copy !req
366. We got enough to get a
warrant to go to her apartment?Copy !req
367. Judge Beck'll think so.Copy !req
368. We'll wake him
up in the morning.Copy !req
369. I'll bring him some Danish.Copy !req
370. I do not have a boyfriend.Copy !req
371. Who were you with that
night, the dog-walker?Copy !req
372. Oh, the clerk.Copy !req
373. He always looks at me. He
wants to dream about me.Copy !req
374. Your boyfriend was 10 feet away.Copy !req
375. I don't think the
clerk was dreaming.Copy !req
376. Hey, Mike.Copy !req
377. "Submitted to Federal Insurance
Company by William Cooper.Copy !req
378. "A bill from the
Westside Women's Clinic.Copy !req
379. "Services for Irina Cooper.Copy !req
380. "D and C, vacuum suction.
Outpatient elective...Copy !req
381. "abortion."Copy !req
382. It was a medical problem.Copy !req
383. We were sorry to lose the child.Copy !req
384. It says elective abortion.Copy !req
385. What made you decide?Copy !req
386. I might remember
her. I might not.Copy !req
387. I wouldn't tell you if I did.Copy !req
388. Come on, Doc, we know the rules.Copy !req
389. Then you know patients have
the absolute right to confidentiality.Copy !req
390. Yeah, that's as far
as medical records.Copy !req
391. We don't care
about her blood test.Copy !req
392. We just want to know
what her husband said.Copy !req
393. Is that under patient privilege?Copy !req
394. Doc, I'm gonna break our rules.Copy !req
395. Now, we're not supposed to talk
about an ongoing investigation...Copy !req
396. but would it stir your memory if I
told you that her husband's dead...Copy !req
397. and we think she killed him?Copy !req
398. No. Not this couple.
The guy adored her.Copy !req
399. He'd have held her hand
through the procedure if we let him.Copy !req
400. He was about 5'9",
in his 30s, right?Copy !req
401. Well, I didn't notice
his height, but, yeah...Copy !req
402. 30ish, good-looking
Puerto Rican guy.Copy !req
403. I didn't ask who the father was.Copy !req
404. I was helping a friend.Copy !req
405. Well, if she was about
to have a tanned...Copy !req
406. wavy-haired baby, I'd say
you're more than friends.Copy !req
407. What happen, her
husband find out about you?Copy !req
408. The abortion was
his idea, wasn't it?Copy !req
409. He didn't want to play Russian
roulette, in case the kid wasn't his.Copy !req
410. I did a friend a favor.Copy !req
411. Yeah, you're quite a friend.Copy !req
412. Even went with her to buy
Danish for her husband.Copy !req
413. I don't know what
you're talking about.Copy !req
414. Well, let us make it
easy for you, Mr. Nunez.Copy !req
415. You and Mrs. Cooper,
Wednesday, midnight, Third Avenue.Copy !req
416. The night her husband was
killed, I was working here.Copy !req
417. All night. Alone.Copy !req
418. Well, the medical log says
you checked out at 10:15.Copy !req
419. I have work to do.Copy !req
420. Excuse me.Copy !req
421. We do have a witness
who saw you with her.Copy !req
422. No, sir.Copy !req
423. I went out for a walk, I
came back 15 minutes later.Copy !req
424. I must've forgotten to sign in.Copy !req
425. Now, if there's nothing else...Copy !req
426. You notice those lab gloves?Copy !req
427. Yeah.Copy !req
428. You don't want
to leave prints...Copy !req
429. There's talc on those gloves.Copy !req
430. Could've left some on the gun.Copy !req
431. Oh, terrific. CSU
uses the same gloves.Copy !req
432. Same kind of gloves,
yes. But are they identical?Copy !req
433. In the garbage.Copy !req
434. I think that means
I didn't steal them.Copy !req
435. You probably think it's
easy, finding talc on a gun.Copy !req
436. I had a girlfriend who loved the
stuff. Stayed on her body forever.Copy !req
437. Yeah, I bet you never
dusted her for prints.Copy !req
438. Never mind. I
don't want to know.Copy !req
439. Dusting contaminates
the surface...Copy !req
440. so we took apart
the butt casing.Copy !req
441. Voilà, talc.Copy !req
442. The bad news is, the talc in CSU's
gloves and Mr. Nunez's is identical.Copy !req
443. I hope that means
there's good news.Copy !req
444. The anti-caking agent.Copy !req
445. Nunez's brand uses
microcrystallines.Copy !req
446. Does the job, bad
for the environment.Copy !req
447. CSU switched to a brand
with organic dehydroxants.Copy !req
448. The environment's not on my
mind today. What about the gun?Copy !req
449. Mr. Nunez's talc.Copy !req
450. Give me two hours,
and I'll sign my name to it.Copy !req
451. Well, the D.A.'s gonna want to
know why the boyfriend went along.Copy !req
452. Hey, the jury takes one look
at her, it's not such a big leap.Copy !req
453. Talc on a gun?Copy !req
454. We'll have the parade
of the expert chemists.Copy !req
455. A witness puts him with her
the night Cooper was killed.Copy !req
456. Circumstantial.Copy !req
457. Claire, the boyfriend took
her to get an abortion...Copy !req
458. but the husband filed the insurance
claim. Is that circumstantial?Copy !req
459. What if it was the
boyfriend's baby?Copy !req
460. That's reason to abort,
not to kill her husband.Copy !req
461. Her husband probably
forced her to have the abortion.Copy !req
462. I mean, how would you feel? Lose the
baby, sweetheart, or go back to Russia?Copy !req
463. Meanwhile, she's got a kid
over there he won't bring over.Copy !req
464. I'd want to kill the guy.Copy !req
465. We're not indicting you.Copy !req
466. Cooper divorces her, she's
on the next plane to Moscow.Copy !req
467. You know what Immigration
thinks of green card marriages.Copy !req
468. She could wait five
years for another chance...Copy !req
469. Yeah. This broad's
had a taste of Zabar's.Copy !req
470. There's no way she's gonna go back
to waiting in line for day-old borscht.Copy !req
471. I don't know where they are now.Copy !req
472. Unless you have some kind of
warrant, this is private property.Copy !req
473. Excuse me.Copy !req
474. Now you'll take me to jail.Copy !req
475. That's right, Mrs. Cooper.Copy !req
476. Now we will take you to jail.Copy !req
477. Alex Nunez, Irina Cooper, you're under
arrest for the murder of William Cooper.Copy !req
478. Okay, let's go. You have
the right to remain silent.Copy !req
479. Anything you do say can
and will be used against you...Copy !req
480. "Docket number 680821.Copy !req
481. "People of the State of New York
v. Irina Cooper and Alejandro Nunez.Copy !req
482. "Charges are murder in the second degree
and conspiracy in the second degree."Copy !req
483. Mr. Morrison, your
client have a plea?Copy !req
484. Not guilty.Copy !req
485. Mr. Feldman?Copy !req
486. Not guilty.Copy !req
487. Life is beautiful, all God's
children are innocent.Copy !req
488. Let's talk bail.Copy !req
489. Your Honor, Mr. Nunez
has relatives in Puerto Rico.Copy !req
490. The People feel
flight is a risk.Copy !req
491. We ask both defendants
be held without bail.Copy !req
492. Your Honor...Copy !req
493. last time I looked, Puerto Rico was a
Commonwealth of the United States.Copy !req
494. And, I doubt they'll be
running off to Russia.Copy !req
495. I don't want them
running anywhere.Copy !req
496. Mrs. Cooper isn't a citizen, she
has motive to flee, no bail for her.Copy !req
497. $200,000 for Mr. Nunez,
cash or bond. Next.Copy !req
498. Come on, Ben, I mean,
circumstantial isn't the word for it.Copy !req
499. What word would you like?Copy !req
500. Greed? Adultery?Copy !req
501. Either of them
spells premeditation.Copy !req
502. They also spell
"if" and "maybe."Copy !req
503. Now, granted, you
might have a case.Copy !req
504. These people were
caught in a terrible trap.Copy !req
505. They're hardly
cold-blooded killers.Copy !req
506. It was an accident.Copy !req
507. Both of your clients conspired
to get Mr. Cooper into that office...Copy !req
508. so Mr. Nunez could shoot him.Copy !req
509. Was it your idea, sir?Copy !req
510. Or did she persuade
you to do it?Copy !req
511. She didn't persuade
me to do anything.Copy !req
512. Is there an offer on the table?Copy !req
513. If Mrs. Cooper
pleads to man one...Copy !req
514. and Mr. Nunez
takes murder two...Copy !req
515. we can talk about a
sentencing recommendation.Copy !req
516. Plead them both
down, or no deals.Copy !req
517. Mr. Nunez gets man
one, three-to-nine.Copy !req
518. Mrs. Cooper doesn't serve a day.Copy !req
519. Mr. Nunez, are you gonna take
the whole rap because you love her?Copy !req
520. Doesn't matter what you do to
me, as long as Irina doesn't go to jail.Copy !req
521. You're facing
25-years-to-life imprisonment.Copy !req
522. Now, if she talked
you into doing this...Copy !req
523. You heard him.
They're in this together.Copy !req
524. Fine. Then they
go to trial together.Copy !req
525. Alex.Copy !req
526. Oh, I guess you're sure
that the gun makes your case.Copy !req
527. Yeah, it better. I wouldn't
count on your eyewitness.Copy !req
528. You think he's bluffing?Copy !req
529. Tom Morrison?Copy !req
530. He couldn't bluff if he was
holding an ace-high straight flush.Copy !req
531. The Korean grocer has no record.Copy !req
532. He has 20/20 eyesight, and
picked Nunez out of a line-up.Copy !req
533. He's a perfect witness. Yeah.Copy !req
534. Trial Lesson Number
12. A perfect witness...Copy !req
535. always has dirt under his nails.Copy !req
536. So, what's the
argument, Counselor?Copy !req
537. The victim buys a bride, and he treats
her like property. She has an affair.Copy !req
538. He finds out about it, and
the fact that she's pregnant...Copy !req
539. with God-knows-whose child.Copy !req
540. And he forces her
to have an abortion.Copy !req
541. He threatens to send
her back to Russia.Copy !req
542. She tells her lover he'll be
alone at the office, take care of it.Copy !req
543. Convict the boyfriend.Copy !req
544. You don't prove that
they had an affair...Copy !req
545. the mail-order bride
gets her postage back.Copy !req
546. That won't be easy.Copy !req
547. The doorman at Cooper's
building never saw Nunez.Copy !req
548. Nunez lives in a brownstone
basement. His neighbors never saw Irina.Copy !req
549. We checked credit
card receipts. No hotels.Copy !req
550. Go through the credit cards
again. They weren't invisible.Copy !req
551. And this affair wasn't carried
on in the back room at work.Copy !req
552. Somebody knows something.Copy !req
553. I told the police, if they were
having an affair, I didn't see it.Copy !req
554. You saw them
leave together often.Copy !req
555. You knew Irina was getting an abortion.
Why did she ask Mr. Nunez to go with her?Copy !req
556. She needed moral
support. Wouldn't you?Copy !req
557. If I needed moral support, I'd probably
ask somebody I cared very deeply for.Copy !req
558. You're not stupid.Copy !req
559. A good-looking guy, a beautiful
woman with an older husband.Copy !req
560. Alex Nunez saw what he
wanted, and he went for it.Copy !req
561. If you don't testify,
he gets away with it.Copy !req
562. You've got some nerve.Copy !req
563. Where'd you go to school? Radcliff?
Vassar? One of those places?Copy !req
564. Alex worked his way
through City College.Copy !req
565. He's no gold digger.
He is not like that.Copy !req
566. I'm not questioning his
motive, only the result.Copy !req
567. Look, Alex wanted to help her. He
was going to pay to bring her son over.Copy !req
568. All Cooper wanted was a housekeeper
during the day and a hooker at night.Copy !req
569. You make me testify...Copy !req
570. you won't get what you need.Copy !req
571. We can make them look guilty.Copy !req
572. They'll also look sympathetic.Copy !req
573. They also killed her husband.Copy !req
574. The men on the jury
won't be weeping for her.Copy !req
575. The women will.Copy !req
576. And any witness we use
makes Cooper look bad.Copy !req
577. He did buy a bride.Copy !req
578. Sympathy is not
our only problem.Copy !req
579. It's whose version of
the truth the jury'll believe.Copy !req
580. Now, if they agree with us...Copy !req
581. that Nunez killed Cooper...Copy !req
582. "I only went there to talk
with him. He pulled a gun...Copy !req
583. "we struggled. I didn't
intend to kill him."Copy !req
584. Maybe that was
part of the truth.Copy !req
585. If they had said
that in the first place.Copy !req
586. But they wrecked the
office after the killing...Copy !req
587. make it look like a burglary.
And how did Nunez know...Copy !req
588. that Cooper would be there?Copy !req
589. They can sell it as coincidence.Copy !req
590. Irina Cooper could walk. So?Copy !req
591. Call Stan Feldman.Copy !req
592. If I say it was Alex?Copy !req
593. No.Copy !req
594. It wasn't his fault.Copy !req
595. Whose fault was it, Mrs. Cooper?Copy !req
596. It's nobody's.Copy !req
597. Mrs. Cooper.Copy !req
598. Mrs. Cooper.Copy !req
599. You lied.Copy !req
600. You cheated on your husband.Copy !req
601. You arranged to
have him in his office.Copy !req
602. What do you think a
jury will do with that?Copy !req
603. William...Copy !req
604. took me from Russia.Copy !req
605. I loved him for that.Copy !req
606. He was not a bad man.Copy !req
607. Only...Copy !req
608. very simple.Copy !req
609. He was like... He
was like a child.Copy !req
610. Irina. No!Copy !req
611. I say nothing about Alex!Copy !req
612. He was giving Irina
a tour of the office,Copy !req
613. right after she came over.Copy !req
614. He took the gun out
and he showed it to her.Copy !req
615. How did Mrs. Cooper
respond to the gun?Copy !req
616. She talked about some Russian
gun a Tokev, Tokarev, something.Copy !req
617. And she said it
was just as nice...Copy !req
618. and that she'd used
it in the Russian Army.Copy !req
619. Thank you. Your witness.Copy !req
620. Mr. Guardino...Copy !req
621. you testified that Mr. Cooper
liked to brag about his gun.Copy !req
622. What did you mean?Copy !req
623. He waved it at just about
everybody who came in the place.Copy !req
624. He told them he took
lessons, he was a good shot.Copy !req
625. So, many people
knew he had the gun.Copy !req
626. Anybody could have come
in and shot him, is that right?Copy !req
627. Objection. Calls for a
conclusion. Sustained.Copy !req
628. Mr. Guardino...Copy !req
629. was your boss well-liked?Copy !req
630. I wouldn't say he
was well-liked, no.Copy !req
631. Billy, Mr. Cooper, didn't
do real good with people.Copy !req
632. He said that's
what he had me for.Copy !req
633. Isn't it true that no one in
all the nearby businesses...Copy !req
634. had a decent word
to say for him?Copy !req
635. That he'd angered many of
them by being rude and hostile?Copy !req
636. Yeah, you could
say that was true.Copy !req
637. And isn't it also true...Copy !req
638. that several employees quit...Copy !req
639. because they felt Mr. Cooper
had cheated them on their hours?Copy !req
640. Yeah, they did.Copy !req
641. What a surprise he got shot.Copy !req
642. Thank you. No more questions.Copy !req
643. I knew where they were
going. It doesn't prove anything.Copy !req
644. That her lover went with her to an
abortion, that doesn't prove anything?Copy !req
645. She needed company. So,
they were having an affair.Copy !req
646. I didn't say that.Copy !req
647. Your Honor, permission to
treat the witness as hostile.Copy !req
648. You may do so.Copy !req
649. Miss Farrell...Copy !req
650. did Mr. Nunez...Copy !req
651. give Mrs. Cooper
presents at the office?Copy !req
652. Didn't he give her a silver
compact from Tiffany's?Copy !req
653. And didn't you, in
fact, select it for him...Copy !req
654. and watch him charge
it to his credit card?Copy !req
655. How would you know that?Copy !req
656. The salesperson remembers you.Copy !req
657. Now, did what I just
describe in fact happen?Copy !req
658. Yes.Copy !req
659. Were these presents given
as a friend or as a lover?Copy !req
660. Weren't they, in fact,
more than friends?Copy !req
661. I guess they were.Copy !req
662. Now, Miss Farrell, didn't
you dislike William Cooper?Copy !req
663. He was a bully.
Nobody liked him.Copy !req
664. But didn't you advise Mrs.
Cooper and encourage her...Copy !req
665. to have her affair
with Mr. Nunez?Copy !req
666. Well, I told her
that... Told her what?Copy !req
667. That American women...Copy !req
668. don't have to put up with
the likes of William Cooper?Copy !req
669. I only wanted to help her. I
didn't know this would end up...Copy !req
670. With her husband dead?Copy !req
671. You don't understand!Copy !req
672. What is it that we do not
understand, Miss Farrell?Copy !req
673. She missed her son! She wanted to
bring him over, and he wouldn't let her.Copy !req
674. He made her have an abortion!Copy !req
675. He told her he'd divorce
her. He'd have her deported!Copy !req
676. She didn't have any choice!Copy !req
677. Any choice but to
kill her husband?Copy !req
678. Was that her only choice?Copy !req
679. Why did she have to cry?Copy !req
680. She didn't want to say
they were having an affair.Copy !req
681. At least Ben got
her to admit it.Copy !req
682. That jury hears any more
about the dead Mr. Cooper...Copy !req
683. they'll wish they'd killed him.Copy !req
684. They can hear that he was mean
and domineering, and they can call it...Copy !req
685. grounds for divorce...Copy !req
686. but I won't let them accept
it as a defense for murder.Copy !req
687. Since when do they accept
that these two murdered him?Copy !req
688. They have to accept it
when they hear about the gun.Copy !req
689. You better nail that boyfriend.Copy !req
690. They're sure not gonna
believe that she put him up to it.Copy !req
691. If they don't believe
that he did it...Copy !req
692. any reasonable doubt...Copy !req
693. all this crying will get
them both acquitted.Copy !req
694. He was hanging around
outside. He was in a real hurry.Copy !req
695. Is the man who called to
Mrs. Cooper from the street...Copy !req
696. is he in the courtroom today?Copy !req
697. Yes, he's right over there.Copy !req
698. Let the record
please indicate...Copy !req
699. that the witness pointed to
the defendant, Alejandro Nunez.Copy !req
700. The record will so indicate.Copy !req
701. Thank you. No further questions.Copy !req
702. So...Copy !req
703. the defendant is
the man you saw?Copy !req
704. The one I pointed to.Copy !req
705. And he wore a suit
and tie, is that right?Copy !req
706. That's what I said.Copy !req
707. Can you see those three men in
suits in the back of the courtroom?Copy !req
708. Your Honor, objection.Copy !req
709. Counsel will approach, now.Copy !req
710. What are you doing?
That's what I want to know.Copy !req
711. What kind of theatrical crap
are you pulling in my courtroom?Copy !req
712. The witness is Korean.Copy !req
713. I want to see if he can
identify non-Asians.Copy !req
714. What the hell are you talking
about? I have case law on point.Copy !req
715. I hope to God you do, Tom.Copy !req
716. I'll see you in chambers now.Copy !req
717. Recess. We'll be
back. Don't go away.Copy !req
718. The case is People v. Lawson.Copy !req
719. Criminal Term, Part
48. It was last February.Copy !req
720. The eyewitness is Japanese,
the defendant's Hispanic.Copy !req
721. The court allowed expert testimony
on cross-racial identification.Copy !req
722. Mainly that Japanese...Copy !req
723. can't identify people
of other races.Copy !req
724. And what he's doing
with it, Your Honor...Copy !req
725. is legalized racism...
I'm sorry, but...Copy !req
726. there's a long history...
I know the history...Copy !req
727. A long history in the New
York courts. In Lawson...Copy !req
728. the witness was from
Japan, Your Honor.Copy !req
729. And in all those cases, the
witnesses were from foreign countries...Copy !req
730. had no contact with
other ethnic groups.Copy !req
731. My witness, however...Copy !req
732. grew up on East 28th
Street, New York City.Copy !req
733. That's a hair I'm not
willing to split. I'll split it.Copy !req
734. I don't like it any more than you do,
Ben, but there's a lot of cases here.Copy !req
735. What I won't allow is
that stunt you just pulled.Copy !req
736. You have an expert witness?Copy !req
737. I do, Judge. A psychologist.Copy !req
738. Why didn't we hear about
this witness before trial?Copy !req
739. Gee, Ben, I'm sorry.Copy !req
740. I was a little late with
my legal research.Copy !req
741. You knew about this weeks ago.Copy !req
742. You warned me that this
witness would be a problem.Copy !req
743. I don't recall that, Ben.Copy !req
744. Off the record, please.Copy !req
745. I can't prove this, Tom,
but I think you're lying.Copy !req
746. Your Honor, really...
Don't play dumb with me.Copy !req
747. You didn't want Ben to
know where you were going.Copy !req
748. I'll let you have your witness.Copy !req
749. One of these days you'll get
caught, you're gonna get disbarred...Copy !req
750. and I'll be there to applaud.Copy !req
751. Court's back in session.Copy !req
752. Ben...Copy !req
753. was that necessary?Copy !req
754. You better brush up on your dumb
act. You almost lost a career back there.Copy !req
755. My obligation is to
get my client acquitted.Copy !req
756. At any price? Set any precedent?Copy !req
757. Relax, Ben. I don't see
any reporters around.Copy !req
758. Think this through
with me, okay?Copy !req
759. All blacks are to be excluded from
identifying whites, and vice versa?Copy !req
760. That's a license for
interracial homicide.Copy !req
761. Excuse me, Lorenzo de' Medici.Copy !req
762. You know, who made you
the great arbiter of justice?Copy !req
763. A Chinese guy could blow
you away and get off scot-free...Copy !req
764. because of cross-racial
identification.Copy !req
765. And that's the most comforting
thought I've had all day.Copy !req
766. It's a common phenomenon.Copy !req
767. It's not about racism.Copy !req
768. Well, what is it
about, Dr. Holtz?Copy !req
769. Well, we tend to see people's
faces in terms of our own race.Copy !req
770. But facial structures
are different.Copy !req
771. If an Asian, for example...Copy !req
772. tried to see a Hispanic's cheekbones
as if the person were Asian...Copy !req
773. he wouldn't make
the correct distinctions.Copy !req
774. So, can we make this more specific?
Are there statistics in the field?Copy !req
775. Well, my studies show that people
identifying those of another race...Copy !req
776. make four times as many mistakes as
they do with members of their own race.Copy !req
777. Four times as much?Copy !req
778. That's a lot, isn't it? Eyewitness
identification is risky enough.Copy !req
779. Cross-racial identification
simply can't be trusted.Copy !req
780. Thank you.Copy !req
781. No further questions.Copy !req
782. Sir...Copy !req
783. are you telling this courtroom
that, white Americans, for example...Copy !req
784. cannot identify black Americans?Copy !req
785. I didn't say that. I said they're
more likely to make mistakes.Copy !req
786. Do they always make mistakes?Copy !req
787. Well, no. Of course not.Copy !req
788. Now, sir, this is
a police report...Copy !req
789. about a line-up.Copy !req
790. Do you recognize it?Copy !req
791. Yes, Mr. Morrison
showed it to me.Copy !req
792. Yes, would you please
read Section 3 out loud?Copy !req
793. The line-up consisted
of six Hispanic men...Copy !req
794. all between 5'6 " and 5'9".Copy !req
795. The witness, Richard Kim...Copy !req
796. picked suspect Nunez as the
man he saw with suspect Cooper.Copy !req
797. Six men...Copy !req
798. all the same race...Copy !req
799. all the same height...Copy !req
800. yet the witness, a
Korean-American...Copy !req
801. picked the defendant.Copy !req
802. That's not a 1-in-4
chance, sir, that's 1-in-6.Copy !req
803. And he picked the only person...Copy !req
804. personally connected...Copy !req
805. to both the victim...Copy !req
806. and the co-defendant.Copy !req
807. Is that a coincidence?Copy !req
808. Well...Copy !req
809. statistically, I mean,
one could argue...Copy !req
810. the witness simply
made a mistake.Copy !req
811. Yes, but couldn't one argue that
he is a normal American citizen...Copy !req
812. who is able to recognize
his fellow citizens...Copy !req
813. and he picked the right man?Copy !req
814. Yes. Fine. Thank you.Copy !req
815. Quick, lock the doors. Somebody
might walk in with a case we can win.Copy !req
816. Come on, Adam.Copy !req
817. The jury didn't buy it.
Cross-racial identification?Copy !req
818. I wouldn't count your chickens.
Your omelet just hit the fan.Copy !req
819. We still have motive.
They were having an affair.Copy !req
820. Lots of women have affairs.
They don't kill their husbands.Copy !req
821. You could hear "not guilty" twice.
We should be looking for a deal.Copy !req
822. I think they'll
convict on Nunez.Copy !req
823. And Miss Moscow will be
out winning beauty contests.Copy !req
824. Maybe not. What if I...Copy !req
825. drop the murder charge on her...Copy !req
826. and only go with conspiracy?Copy !req
827. You're gonna do what?Copy !req
828. Stan, let's be honest. I know that
Mrs. Cooper could walk on murder two.Copy !req
829. You know that with only the
lower charge, they'll convict.Copy !req
830. Maybe.Copy !req
831. If they convict, guaranteed, she gets
out of prison, she goes back to Russia.Copy !req
832. Unless she turns on Mr. Nunez.Copy !req
833. Right.Copy !req
834. If she does, she
doesn't get deported.Copy !req
835. Okay.Copy !req
836. Why do I get the feeling you've
already talked to Immigration?Copy !req
837. 3-to-9 is better than 8-to-25.Copy !req
838. If she's convicted,
we'll fight for the max.Copy !req
839. Meet me at Rikers in two hours.Copy !req
840. My client won't leave her cell.Copy !req
841. She's not interested.Copy !req
842. Did you tell her what would
happen if she was convicted?Copy !req
843. The truth? I don't think she
cares, one way or the other.Copy !req
844. Not that I believe in such things,
but I think she loves Mr. Nunez.Copy !req
845. Excuse me.Copy !req
846. Maybe he doesn't
love her quite as much.Copy !req
847. But then maybe he does.Copy !req
848. We say nothing.Copy !req
849. Mr. Nunez feels differently.Copy !req
850. Irina, listen... No, you're
not going to prison.Copy !req
851. Irina, you could
both go to prison.Copy !req
852. I did it.Copy !req
853. You can't blame her. Alex...Copy !req
854. not another word.Copy !req
855. Did you do it alone?Copy !req
856. Who told you that Mr. Cooper
would be in his office?Copy !req
857. Can we get an
offer on the table?Copy !req
858. Mr. Nunez pleads to
man one, he does the max.Copy !req
859. Mrs. Cooper,
accessory, 3-to-9...Copy !req
860. she does not get deported.Copy !req
861. Stop it!Copy !req
862. Listen to the lawyer.
Don't tell them anything!Copy !req
863. Irina, if we lose,
you go to jail.Copy !req
864. You want to go back?Copy !req
865. Why did we do this?Copy !req
866. So you could stay, so
you could have your son.Copy !req
867. You talk too much!
I talk too much?Copy !req
868. You don't get it.Copy !req
869. They look at me, they see a
greedy spic! They look at you...Copy !req
870. they see a whore.Copy !req
871. You see this beautiful woman?Copy !req
872. You know how dumb she is?Copy !req
873. She didn't know that going
out with a Puerto Rican...Copy !req
874. was supposed to be
such a lousy catch.Copy !req
875. Tell them, Irina. Tell them!Copy !req
876. William...Copy !req
877. William treats me like a cow.Copy !req
878. I am a woman.Copy !req
879. He promised me he would
bring my son, and then he said no.Copy !req
880. I do not want to fall
in love with Alex...Copy !req
881. but I do.Copy !req
882. William sees us at work.Copy !req
883. He knows. He said I
must have an abortion.Copy !req
884. He doesn't want Alex's child.Copy !req
885. We didn't know what to do.Copy !req
886. We didn't know if it was mine...Copy !req
887. and he wanted to get rid of it.Copy !req
888. Like...Copy !req
889. like it was some dirty shirt.Copy !req
890. And then...Copy !req
891. he said maybe I'm
going back to Russia.Copy !req
892. And he said it again,
and again, and again.Copy !req
893. I told Alex he would be there.Copy !req
894. I begged him.Copy !req
895. I said, stick it out just two
more months, then let her go.Copy !req
896. You're saying you
didn't plan to kill him?Copy !req
897. You did wear plastic gloves.Copy !req
898. Yes.Copy !req
899. I knew I could
do it, if he said no.Copy !req
900. Irina told me where the gun was.Copy !req
901. I just didn't want
her to go back.Copy !req
902. She comes from Russia, ends up
in a cell at Bedford for three years.Copy !req
903. Nunez wanted to save her, he ends
up killing a guy, and goes away for 15.Copy !req
904. I think she might wait for him.Copy !req
905. She came for the American
dream, waited all her life for it.Copy !req
906. Maybe she'll wait for him.Copy !req