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