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. Mildred?Copy !req
7. Mildred, are you all right?Copy !req
8. Oh, my God.Copy !req
9. Mildred?Copy !req
10. Mildred.Copy !req
11. We took the call.
Found the door jimmied.Copy !req
12. Bashed in is more like it.Copy !req
13. Neighbors? Nobody
home. Everybody works.Copy !req
14. Went through the place hit
or miss. Dialing for dollars.Copy !req
15. They didn't bother
breaking this drawer open.Copy !req
16. Maybe something scared them off.Copy !req
17. It sure wasn't her.Copy !req
18. Mildred Bauer, 82.Copy !req
19. Bruises on her arms,
cut along her jaw.Copy !req
20. Think the burglar knocked
her around? Or she fell.Copy !req
21. Is this her?Copy !req
22. Looks like she lost
about 30 pounds.Copy !req
23. Yeah, well, there's no way
she put up much of a struggle.Copy !req
24. Would you check the
bottom drawer of the dresser?Copy !req
25. Ma'am, you really ought
to let us take you in.Copy !req
26. That's where she kept her jewelry,
and you'll need to know what's missing.Copy !req
27. If you don't let us take you in,
I'm gonna ask you to sign this.Copy !req
28. I gave her a pair of
Georgian silver candlesticks...Copy !req
29. eight Christmases ago. No, 10
Christmases ago. They're gone.Copy !req
30. And as for her furs,
she... Oh, that's right.Copy !req
31. Oh, she, uh...Copy !req
32. She gave them away. Ma'am,
are you sure you're all right?Copy !req
33. No. But I'm alive.Copy !req
34. Old people living
alone, get sick, fall down.Copy !req
35. Sayonara.Copy !req
36. This one may have had some help.Copy !req
37. Her apartment was broken
into. What, the bruises?Copy !req
38. Don't jump to conclusions. People
her age get them rolling over in bed.Copy !req
39. Well, what about a heart attack?Copy !req
40. I mean, the intruder
scares her, that's homicide.Copy !req
41. She looks like the poster girl
for about six different diseases.Copy !req
42. A heart attack might
have been redundant.Copy !req
43. How about time of
death? At least 12 hours.Copy !req
44. You'll get my report on Tuesday.Copy !req
45. Morgue. Yeah?Copy !req
46. Hold them there.Copy !req
47. Waiting room. Next of kin.Copy !req
48. Laura and I begged her to get out
of that apartment and go into a home.Copy !req
49. We found one, a nice one.Copy !req
50. My mother-in-law was stubborn.Copy !req
51. Even my dad, when he was
alive, tried to get her to move.Copy !req
52. She heard "nursing home,"
it meant she was gonna die.Copy !req
53. To think someone
killed her for that stuff.Copy !req
54. There was nothing valuable.Copy !req
55. Do you know... Were there
any delivery people or anybody...Copy !req
56. who might have known that
she was living there alone?Copy !req
57. She didn't. I hired
a live-in for her.Copy !req
58. Didn't you talk to Maria? There
was no one in the apartment.Copy !req
59. Maybe she was running errands.Copy !req
60. There was no sign of
anybody else living there.Copy !req
61. I saw Maria on Tuesday. She
and Grans were playing checkers.Copy !req
62. Maria Gonzales.Copy !req
63. Do you have an
address? She lived in.Copy !req
64. Maria Gonzales. Dominican.
She was paid in cash.Copy !req
65. There's no address. She's
probably illegal. Good luck.Copy !req
66. You want to knock on every
door in Washington Heights?Copy !req
67. You want to let it sit? I
wouldn't mind checking out...Copy !req
68. the new Thunderbirds
at the auto show.Copy !req
69. All we've got for
sure is a B and E.Copy !req
70. And she lived there.
Why would she break in?Copy !req
71. Right, she lived there.
So where the hell is she?Copy !req
72. She was supposed to
be taking care of the lady.Copy !req
73. She's probably taking care
of another old lady right now.Copy !req
74. Illegals don't like trouble.Copy !req
75. She's out shopping, comes
back, the lady's dead, she takes off.Copy !req
76. Maybe she got tired
of being a maid...Copy !req
77. and decided to give
herself a little farewell bonus.Copy !req
78. You want to find a
maid, talk to other maids.Copy !req
79. She is Dominica, I am Haitian.Copy !req
80. We are not friends
at home, or here.Copy !req
81. I didn't ask if you sent her
valentines. I just asked if you know her.Copy !req
82. She worked for a Mrs. Bauer.
Lived in that building there.Copy !req
83. No, I don't think
so. All right. Thanks.Copy !req
84. I'm looking for a girl named Maria.
She's a maid. I think she hangs out here.Copy !req
85. That one doesn't speak English.
That one doesn't like Dominicans.Copy !req
86. How about this one?
She doesn't do windows?Copy !req
87. No, this one doesn't
know any Marias. Right?Copy !req
88. No. No Marias.Copy !req
89. That lady that was killed,
are you investigating that?Copy !req
90. Yes, we are, ma'am.Copy !req
91. Rosa, you remember Mildred
Bauer. I used to talk to her.Copy !req
92. No, I don't remember.
You know her, Rosa.Copy !req
93. The skinny lady with the kidney.Copy !req
94. Maybe we better talk
this over down at the INS.Copy !req
95. You do have your
green card, don't you?Copy !req
96. You want Maria Gonzales?
I'll tell you where she's staying.Copy !req
97. She's staying with my
boyfriend, Felix Ortega.Copy !req
98. Write it in your book.
She took him away.Copy !req
99. What do you want?Copy !req
100. Maria Gonzales.Copy !req
101. We can wait.Copy !req
102. Felix?Copy !req
103. You are here about Mrs. Bauer.Copy !req
104. I am very sorry for her. Really?Copy !req
105. How'd you know there was
anything to be sorry about?Copy !req
106. I have friends who work
on that street. They told me.Copy !req
107. Weren't you supposed to be
with Mrs. Bauer when she died?Copy !req
108. No. Not after Tuesday.Copy !req
109. What happened after Tuesday?Copy !req
110. You get distracted?
They fire me.Copy !req
111. Mrs. Bauer fired you? Not
Mrs. Bauer, her granddaughter.Copy !req
112. You weren't there yesterday?Copy !req
113. You mind if we come
in and look around?Copy !req
114. You got a warrant?
I know the law.Copy !req
115. Look, we don't find
anything, you're in the clear.Copy !req
116. Yeah, don't do us any favors.Copy !req
117. Hey, did we forget to mention?
Your other girlfriend said hi.Copy !req
118. Maria said I fired
her? That's crazy.Copy !req
119. Oh, my God, she must
have robbed the place.Copy !req
120. But why would she hurt Grans?
Did your grandmother ever...Copy !req
121. Sorry. I'm hungry.Copy !req
122. The last couple of months,
my mother and I noticed...Copy !req
123. some things missing
from the apartment.Copy !req
124. Nothing much. An
old radio, a winter coat.Copy !req
125. Wouldn't that be a
reason to fire her?Copy !req
126. It was small stuff. My
grandmother was incontinent.Copy !req
127. You know what that means.Copy !req
128. It's not easy to find people to
take care of someone like that.Copy !req
129. You didn't think Maria's stealing
was worth mentioning before...Copy !req
130. when we're investigating a burglary that's
connected to your grandmother's death?Copy !req
131. I guess so. But Maria lives
there. You said someone broke in.Copy !req
132. The maid's boyfriend, the lovely
and appealing Felix Ortega...Copy !req
133. two burglary convictions.Copy !req
134. What about Laura's boyfriend?
Think we ought to check him out?Copy !req
135. Why?Copy !req
136. I want to know who's
associating with the suspect.Copy !req
137. Since when is she a suspect?Copy !req
138. Now that you know the maid was stealing,
you get a search warrant for the asking.Copy !req
139. Well, why didn't she mention the
maid was stealing until we asked?Copy !req
140. And tell me again, why would the
maid break into the place she lived?Copy !req
141. To throw us off the scent? Is
Maria Gonzales actually that smart?Copy !req
142. Or did Laura Bauer fire
her and take away her key?Copy !req
143. An old lady wetting her pants? You don't
fire somebody who's willing to clean up.Copy !req
144. Even if they do walk off
with the occasional ashtray.Copy !req
145. My old man got
pretty hard to handle...Copy !req
146. when he started thinking my
mother was trying to poison him.Copy !req
147. Alzheimer's? Yeah.Copy !req
148. Couldn't stop him from
throwing his dinner in the toilet...Copy !req
149. and eating birdseed.Copy !req
150. I told Mike, if I ever start to drift,
to take my gun and shoot me.Copy !req
151. You got nothing better to
do, you hassle a Dominican?Copy !req
152. Hey, everyone needs a hobby.Copy !req
153. $400? Somebody been to
the pawn shop since yesterday?Copy !req
154. I work the trucks.
I save my money.Copy !req
155. "Rafeal Nava...Copy !req
156. "Barahona, República
Dominicana."Copy !req
157. My nephew. For his birthday.Copy !req
158. You're gonna have to buy some
more brown wrapping paper.Copy !req
159. See, what we have here is one
of those little cultural differences.Copy !req
160. Now, I gave my
nephew a baseball mitt.Copy !req
161. That's them.Copy !req
162. I know that Mildred told her
to polish these once a week...Copy !req
163. but they haven't been
polished in months.Copy !req
164. Now, you're
absolutely certain...Copy !req
165. that these are the candlesticks
you gave to Mildred Bauer?Copy !req
166. Well, just because I'm old,
Detective, doesn't mean I'm senile.Copy !req
167. Maria tells us that Mrs.
Bauer gave them to her.Copy !req
168. If she gave them to anyone she'd
give them to her granddaughter.Copy !req
169. They were very close.Copy !req
170. She ever tell you she was
gonna give them to Laura?Copy !req
171. She didn't tell me
anything the last few weeks.Copy !req
172. I'd go to visit, and the
maid wouldn't let me in.Copy !req
173. She said Mildred
couldn't be disturbed.Copy !req
174. The only thing that disturbed Mildred
was a Democrat in the White House.Copy !req
175. It's your basic "he said,
she said," Detective.Copy !req
176. Miss Gonzales says that Mrs.
Bauer gave her the candlesticks.Copy !req
177. Now there's no one
alive that says she didn't.Copy !req
178. Which kind of brings us to
the main event, Counselor.Copy !req
179. Regarding Mrs. Bauer's death...Copy !req
180. Miss Gonzales is prepared
to cooperate completely.Copy !req
181. Really? She's gonna
give us her boyfriend?Copy !req
182. Laura caught me giving Mrs.
Bauer extra food and water.Copy !req
183. She told me not to.Copy !req
184. She told you not to
feed her grandmother?Copy !req
185. She said give her
just a little water...Copy !req
186. spread the food around on
the plate so it looks like more.Copy !req
187. I did, but she was hungry.Copy !req
188. She was so thin. I
tried to give her more.Copy !req
189. Miss Bauer came in and saw.Copy !req
190. - She was very angry.
- You were fired, right?Copy !req
191. Well, how'd you feel about that?Copy !req
192. I was worried. I knew
she wouldn't feed her.Copy !req
193. I went on Friday with Felix.Copy !req
194. We knocked on the door.Copy !req
195. Mrs. Bauer didn't come.Copy !req
196. Felix broke it open.Copy !req
197. We saw her.Copy !req
198. We knew she was dead.Copy !req
199. And you looted the place.
No. We didn't take anything.Copy !req
200. I didn't believe it, either,
till she showed me these.Copy !req
201. "One chopped, cooked carrot.Copy !req
202. "Half a potato only."Copy !req
203. Laura Bauer left them
on the refrigerator.Copy !req
204. Little reminders to starve
her grandmother to death.Copy !req
205. "Only one cup of water today."Copy !req
206. You sure the maid wasn't
over-watering the plants?Copy !req
207. It wasn't the plants that died.Copy !req
208. When my old man lost his mind, I
never thought of starvation as a solution.Copy !req
209. Well, the maid still has
a little credibility problem.Copy !req
210. You think she made this up?
That's a hell of an imagination.Copy !req
211. ME's report was
due this morning.Copy !req
212. Before we go after a
grieving relative for murder...Copy !req
213. why don't we make sure we
know how Mrs. Bauer died?Copy !req
214. You wanted me to look for trauma.
Nothing. For a heart attack. Nothing.Copy !req
215. Well, what were we supposed to think?
She was found dead during a break-in.Copy !req
216. She was found dead
during the war in Bosnia,Copy !req
217. too, but that didn't
kill her, either.Copy !req
218. Hypotension, diminished
organ size, kidney shutdown...Copy !req
219. these are all signs
of dehydration.Copy !req
220. How was she eating? She wasn't.Copy !req
221. High levels of amino and fatty acids in
her plasma. She was catabolizing muscle.Copy !req
222. So she was starved
to death. Absolutely.Copy !req
223. Unless she didn't have an
appetite, because she was sick...Copy !req
224. or she didn't want to eat,
'cause she was depressed.Copy !req
225. Well, don't go out on a limb.Copy !req
226. Look, I can tell you how she ended
up. I can't tell you how she got that way.Copy !req
227. But she definitely
starved to death.Copy !req
228. Why are you asking me?Copy !req
229. You found Maria. She had
my grandmother's things.Copy !req
230. Laura, your grandmother
didn't die during the burglary.Copy !req
231. She died of a lack of food and
water. You recognize these?Copy !req
232. What are you saying? Do you
think I neglected my grandmother?Copy !req
233. I'm just asking if the
handwriting looks familiar.Copy !req
234. Yeah, I wrote them. I had to
give Maria specific instructions.Copy !req
235. You admit you told Maria to
restrict your grandmother's food?Copy !req
236. She was feeding her empanadas.Copy !req
237. All those spicy sauces.
Was the water spicy, too?Copy !req
238. Her intake had to be monitored.Copy !req
239. Liquid balance was very
difficult with her condition.Copy !req
240. Her condition?Copy !req
241. My grandmother had pneumonia
last spring. It led to a kidney problem.Copy !req
242. Did you make that
diagnosis yourself?Copy !req
243. No, Dr. Matthewson did.
He's on East 56th Street.Copy !req
244. She had arthritis. I
had her on painkillers.Copy !req
245. Last year she broke a hip,
spent six weeks in the hospital.Copy !req
246. This year, pneumonia,
then acute kidney disease.Copy !req
247. Did you tell the granddaughter
to restrict her water?Copy !req
248. To minimize fluid retention. She
had to watch her protein intake, too.Copy !req
249. These diet restrictions, how
long were they supposed to last?Copy !req
250. Depends on how
the case progresses.Copy !req
251. How did Mrs. Bauer's
case progress?Copy !req
252. I'm afraid I don't know. She
missed her appointments.Copy !req
253. Don't you take some kind of an oath to
follow up on the treatment of sick people?Copy !req
254. My receptionist called.Copy !req
255. She was told Mrs. Bauer
was seeing another doctor.Copy !req
256. Told by Mrs. Bauer?Copy !req
257. By her granddaughter.Copy !req
258. So the medical excuse holds up.Copy !req
259. Yeah, but Laura Bauer said her
grandmother was seeing another doctor.Copy !req
260. No one asked the old
doctor for her records.Copy !req
261. So she took her
home and left her there.Copy !req
262. And applied the low-protein
diet a little overenthusiastically.Copy !req
263. Come on, Mike. You really
believe that girl did it on purpose?Copy !req
264. The old lady was left alone.
There was no food in that apartment.Copy !req
265. The maid didn't have a
motive to starve or kill her.Copy !req
266. Okay, what's the
granddaughter's motive?Copy !req
267. Some old ladies
have bank accounts.Copy !req
268. The granddaughter
is an heir. To what?Copy !req
269. Mildred, rich? What's rich?Copy !req
270. Anything with six
zeros. Not Mildred.Copy !req
271. A couple of hundred grand
in bonds. All left to charity.Copy !req
272. So Laura Bauer didn't
stand to inherit a dime?Copy !req
273. What about Laura's
mother? No love lost there.Copy !req
274. When Mildred's son divorced her,
she got enough for a summer wardrobe...Copy !req
275. and a few lunches at Schraft's.Copy !req
276. Okay, so the old lady wasn't
crazy about Laura or her mother.Copy !req
277. She liked Laura once she
started taking care of her.Copy !req
278. Set up an education fund.
Laura's planning on law school.Copy !req
279. Mildred liked to slip her a
little extra. Bought her a BMW.Copy !req
280. A little extra? Used.Copy !req
281. Now wait a minute. Did Laura
know she wasn't inheriting?Copy !req
282. I mean, maybe she figured
she was getting something.Copy !req
283. Video will. I use it
with my elderly clients...Copy !req
284. to demonstrate competence.Copy !req
285. Where am I supposed to
look, dear? Over there, Grans...Copy !req
286. There's Laura right there, Mike.Copy !req
287. I guess she knew
what she wasn't getting.Copy !req
288. Laura didn't need Mildred's money.
She was going to law school...Copy !req
289. and Mildred said that she
brought over her fiancé...Copy !req
290. Kent Halliwell, a
fine old Boston name.Copy !req
291. Mildred was a bit
of a snob. Here.Copy !req
292. I give and bequeath
my entire estate...Copy !req
293. to United Charities
of Manhattan.Copy !req
294. Mildred was old-fashioned.Copy !req
295. She took care of
Laura's education.Copy !req
296. Beyond that, she thought
inherited money made people soft.Copy !req
297. If anything, the kid had a
motive to keep the old lady alive.Copy !req
298. When she went, so did all
the goodies. I don't know.Copy !req
299. How about if we prove Laura
Bauer was lying to her grandmother?Copy !req
300. Then would you
buy she's lying to us?Copy !req
301. About the fiancé?Copy !req
302. You think that black guy she's shacking
up with is from a fine old Boston family?Copy !req
303. Black Irish.Copy !req
304. What'd the lawyer say the
fiancé's name was? Kent Halliwell?Copy !req
305. What you say we find
Mr. Halliwell? Check out his tan.Copy !req
306. Laura and I are friends,
sure. What's this about?Copy !req
307. We heard that you
were engaged, right?Copy !req
308. Well, no. I mean, not really.Copy !req
309. We went out for a while.Copy !req
310. Then you know that Laura's
going out with someone else, right?Copy !req
311. Well, so am I. But we still
see each other sometimes.Copy !req
312. What does this have to do
with her grandmother's death?Copy !req
313. It was that maid, wasn't it?Copy !req
314. Did you tell Mrs. Bauer
that you were Laura's fiancé?Copy !req
315. I liked the old lady.Copy !req
316. She was sick, and Laura
said it would cheer her up.Copy !req
317. Hey, I want to cheer up an old lady, I
buy her a 10-year subscription to TV Guide.Copy !req
318. She was dying...Copy !req
319. and she wanted to feel like
her life meant something.Copy !req
320. That the Bauers would carry on.Copy !req
321. She told her we loved
that awful apartment...Copy !req
322. and that we couldn't wait to
live in it after we were married.Copy !req
323. Which would be when?
Never? She was dying.Copy !req
324. She liked to hear that
Laura was doing well.Copy !req
325. Laura told her she
was going to law school.Copy !req
326. She wasn't going to law school?Copy !req
327. Look, she was just trying
to make her feel better.Copy !req
328. I mean, what does it
matter? She loved Laura.Copy !req
329. She even left her that
apartment, for God's sake.Copy !req
330. Here, three months ago.Copy !req
331. "Mildred Bauer and Laura Bauer
became tenants in common...Copy !req
332. "with right of
survivorship." Co-owners.Copy !req
333. So the apartment
wasn't in the estate.Copy !req
334. Remember Halliwell said
she told her grandmother...Copy !req
335. they wanted to live there
after they got married?Copy !req
336. The old lady signed it over.
Maybe not a wise move.Copy !req
337. Yeah, tell me about it. I did
it before my second divorce.Copy !req
338. That's why I can't
go home, anymore.Copy !req
339. Hey, this girl works fast. The
bank filed a UCC-1 yesterday.Copy !req
340. Laura has already borrowed
against the property.Copy !req
341. Still think she was an innocent
bystander? Okay, maybe not.Copy !req
342. "Westside Financial, $75,000."Copy !req
343. Now that buys a pretty
nice funeral wreath.Copy !req
344. Let's get a subpoena
for her checking account...Copy !req
345. and find out what else
was on her shopping list.Copy !req
346. She gave you a
check for $60,000.Copy !req
347. Yeah, the minimum
for limited partners.Copy !req
348. It was a good investment, so I
offered Laura a chance to get in.Copy !req
349. Hey, arugula salad, $12.Copy !req
350. She'll make her money
back in a week. Maybe a year.Copy !req
351. Body-healthy food presented
with style. People like it.Copy !req
352. Sounds like it was lucky for Laura
her grandmother died when she did.Copy !req
353. She was pretty old.Copy !req
354. How'd Laura take the news?
She was sad. They were very close.Copy !req
355. The other night, Thursday,
we were going to a club...Copy !req
356. Laura insisted on stopping
to check on her grandmother.Copy !req
357. Thursday? You sure? Yeah.Copy !req
358. Did you go in with her?
We waited in the car.Copy !req
359. She came back. She said
her grandmother was sleeping.Copy !req
360. Why?Copy !req
361. Look at the timing, Miss
Kincaid. Thursday night.Copy !req
362. The maid was fired on
Tuesday. If she fired the maid.Copy !req
363. It doesn't matter. Laura's the one
we know who's been lying to us.Copy !req
364. She said she hadn't
been there since Tuesday.Copy !req
365. The maid and her boyfriend came
calling on Friday. The old lady was dead.Copy !req
366. You sure she wasn't still alive,
and they didn't finish her off?Copy !req
367. They weren't there long
enough to starve her to death.Copy !req
368. Worse case, she was almost
dead, they did nothing to help.Copy !req
369. You're saying when the granddaughter
stopped by Thursday night...Copy !req
370. that she was
definitely still alive?Copy !req
371. Laura left the beautiful
people outside...Copy !req
372. and ran in to check and see if
her grandmother was dead yet.Copy !req
373. If she'd have been dead already,
Laura would've packed the body off...Copy !req
374. to the funeral
home, case closed.Copy !req
375. But she's still alive, starving,
and Laura runs off to the disco.Copy !req
376. Tough case. No weapon.
More omission than commission.Copy !req
377. What's tough about it? She starved
an 82-year-old woman to death.Copy !req
378. Depraved indifference to
human life. It's homicide.Copy !req
379. Bring her in.Copy !req
380. Detective, what are you...
Laura Bauer, you're under arrest...Copy !req
381. for the murder of Mildred Bauer.Copy !req
382. You have the right
to remain silent.Copy !req
383. Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.Copy !req
384. Do you understand that?Copy !req
385. You have the right to an
attorney. Should you refuse...Copy !req
386. Look, Mildred Bauer
had diabetes, arthritis...Copy !req
387. heart condition,
high blood pressure...Copy !req
388. and kidneys you could
have used as doorstops.Copy !req
389. What I'm saying, Ben, is that
she died of natural causes.Copy !req
390. Starvation is a natural cause in
Somalia. In New York City, it's murder two.Copy !req
391. Come on, Ben. She
lied to her grandmother.Copy !req
392. She lied to her
grandmother's doctor.Copy !req
393. She ordered her grandmother's
maid to withhold food.Copy !req
394. And now she ends up with
her grandmother's apartment.Copy !req
395. Well, she just happens to be
Mrs. Bauer's granddaughter.Copy !req
396. Who should the woman give
the apartment to, the PLO?Copy !req
397. She might have
lived longer if she had.Copy !req
398. I didn't kill Gran.Copy !req
399. Look, even if Laura had made errors
in judgment, which I do not grant...Copy !req
400. she, at most, hastened Mrs.
Bauer's inevitable death by, what...Copy !req
401. a matter of weeks? Days, maybe.Copy !req
402. Danielle, do you remember
the bar exam? Yes.Copy !req
403. And, Miss Bauer,
this might interest you.Copy !req
404. A woman falls off the top
of the Empire State Building.Copy !req
405. She passes the second
floor, where a man shoots her...Copy !req
406. and kills her seconds
before she hits the ground.Copy !req
407. - Is that man guilty?
- Yes.Copy !req
408. But what if the man
doesn't shoot her?Copy !req
409. What if, as she falls, she
asks him for a ham sandwich...Copy !req
410. and he's just a little
slow in handing it to her?Copy !req
411. Is that what
happened, Miss Bauer?Copy !req
412. You just took your time
feeding your grandmother?Copy !req
413. I don't believe
this is happening.Copy !req
414. No. I made sure my
grandmother was well-cared for.Copy !req
415. You made sure she didn't eat.Copy !req
416. I did what the
doctor told me to do.Copy !req
417. I was going to school. I
was trying to have a life.Copy !req
418. How many old people did you take
care of while you were studying for finals?Copy !req
419. I was there all the time.Copy !req
420. Believe me, Mildred's own daughter never
cared for her the way Laura and I did.Copy !req
421. I didn't know she had a daughter.
Shirley. Lives in California.Copy !req
422. She didn't even
come to the funeral.Copy !req
423. You have to understand.
Mildred was a very difficult person.Copy !req
424. She refused to eat.Copy !req
425. What I understand is...Copy !req
426. your daughter got Mrs. Bauer's
apartment, and you got nothing.Copy !req
427. What's that supposed to mean?Copy !req
428. Maybe I wasn't fond of Mildred,
but I wouldn't want to see her suffer.Copy !req
429. You weren't fond of her, but
you helped take care of her?Copy !req
430. At first, then Laura took over.Copy !req
431. Look, Laura was her grandchild.
I was just her son's ex-wife.Copy !req
432. Is Laura as bitter as you are?Copy !req
433. I'm not bitter. I'm realistic.Copy !req
434. The mother knows more
than she's willing to say.Copy !req
435. Maybe we should push her.Copy !req
436. It's a stretch, but we could indict her
as complicit in neglecting Mrs. Bauer.Copy !req
437. Penal Law 26025.Copy !req
438. It's only illegal to
neglect an old person...Copy !req
439. if the victim's incompetent
because of mental disease or defect.Copy !req
440. A curiosity of the law.Copy !req
441. Well, we argue hunger and thirst
affected Mrs. Bauer's mind before she died.Copy !req
442. It's only a misdemeanor.
Greater curiosity of the law.Copy !req
443. Murder by starvation, I think
that's enough to move a jury.Copy !req
444. Well, be sure you
get one with gray hair.Copy !req
445. The young get impatient with old
people, especially cantankerous ones.Copy !req
446. Oh, really? Speaking
from personal experience?Copy !req
447. I'm a sweetheart,
and I'm middle-aged.Copy !req
448. I don't know anything about it. All
I watch on TV is the nature shows.Copy !req
449. Do you think someone who's arrested
and brought to trial is probably guilty?Copy !req
450. I'm open-minded. The
police make mistakes.Copy !req
451. Indeed. Thank you.Copy !req
452. Miss Kincaid. Juror 14.Copy !req
453. Mr. Stern, are you married?Copy !req
454. I'm a widower. Nine years.Copy !req
455. So you live alone? Nine years.Copy !req
456. You have children? Two boys.Copy !req
457. A draftsman and a businessman.Copy !req
458. The recycling business.Copy !req
459. Have you ever thought about what
arrangements you would make...Copy !req
460. if you were unable to live
alone? If? You mean when.Copy !req
461. When.Copy !req
462. Move in with my kid sister. West
Palm Beach. She has a room ready.Copy !req
463. Okay, thank you.Copy !req
464. Miss Melnick?Copy !req
465. No questions, Your
Honor. Ready to approach.Copy !req
466. Approach.Copy !req
467. Your Honor, the People have
only one challenge for cause.Copy !req
468. Juror number 6.Copy !req
469. The gentleman who said, "God doesn't want
anyone to live past three score and ten?"Copy !req
470. Granted.Copy !req
471. No challenges for cause, Your
Honor, but I will exercise peremptories...Copy !req
472. against 2, 11, and 14.Copy !req
473. Jurors 2, 6, 11, and 14...Copy !req
474. you are excused, with
thanks, from service here.Copy !req
475. Your Honor...Copy !req
476. she's removing every juror over 65
without even bothering to question them.Copy !req
477. They're peremptories, Ben. I can
use them against anyone I want.Copy !req
478. The Supreme Court does not
entirely agree with you, Danielle.Copy !req
479. Really?Copy !req
480. In Georgia v.Copy !req
481. "White defendants accused
of assaulting blacks...Copy !req
482. "cannot exclude
blacks from the jury."Copy !req
483. Now we have an old woman
murdered. Old people are being excluded.Copy !req
484. It's an exact parallel.Copy !req
485. Are you saying the defendant
isn't getting a jury of her peers?Copy !req
486. I am saying the jury should
represent the community.Copy !req
487. People who look like the
victim, as well as the defendant.Copy !req
488. The principle of McCollum has
already been extended to gender.Copy !req
489. It's appropriate for
you to extend it to age.Copy !req
490. And I can extend it to
left-handed redheads.Copy !req
491. Maybe I'm overly
humble, Counselors...Copy !req
492. but I don't feel up to rewriting
the Bill of Rights this week.Copy !req
493. Ben, if your case is any good...Copy !req
494. you can convince
jurors under 65, too.Copy !req
495. That Mildred was strong.Copy !req
496. When she got pneumonia...Copy !req
497. as she asked me to sell her ticket
for that month's matinee club...Copy !req
498. she said she'd be better
in time for Miss Saigon.Copy !req
499. And was she? I don't
know. I went to see her...Copy !req
500. and the maid, Spanish girl, said
that she had orders from Laura...Copy !req
501. no one could come in.Copy !req
502. Laura had us all fooled.Copy !req
503. Objection. Hearsay. Sustained.Copy !req
504. The jury will disregard
the last remark.Copy !req
505. Mrs. Hodge, please confine
your testimony to what you saw.Copy !req
506. Well, Mildred disappeared
into the apartment...Copy !req
507. with a bad cough...Copy !req
508. and next time I saw
her, she was dead.Copy !req
509. Did you have any reason to believe
that Mrs. Bauer should have been isolated?Copy !req
510. Of course not.
She wasn't a child.Copy !req
511. And when was the last
time you heard from her?Copy !req
512. She sent me a note a
few weeks before she died.Copy !req
513. She wanted to know if I could contribute
to the engagement gift for Laura.Copy !req
514. A tablecloth.Copy !req
515. Mildred said she was going
to give Laura some bonds...Copy !req
516. for her future
great-grandchildren.Copy !req
517. And that was to celebrate the defendant's
engagement to Mr. Halliwell, correct?Copy !req
518. Yes.Copy !req
519. I gather the engagement
is off. Thank you.Copy !req
520. No further questions.Copy !req
521. Mrs. Hodge, you had no
way of really knowing...Copy !req
522. how sick Mrs.
Bauer was, did you?Copy !req
523. All my friends are
dying fairly regularly now.Copy !req
524. Mildred didn't have
that look they get.Copy !req
525. Yes, but you didn't see her for
the last weeks of her life, did you?Copy !req
526. They wouldn't let me.Copy !req
527. Yet you said you didn't see any reason
to keep the world away from Mrs. Bauer.Copy !req
528. Now, for instance, did you know
that her grocer was overcharging her?Copy !req
529. How could I know that?Copy !req
530. Did you know that a plumber charged her
$800 to fix pipes that weren't even broken?Copy !req
531. She didn't need to be
protected from me. Really?Copy !req
532. Isn't it true that you borrowed $300
from Mildred Bauer over a year ago?Copy !req
533. Well, the Medicare didn't
cover some dental work.Copy !req
534. Well, she knew
that I'd pay her back.Copy !req
535. Did you? I would have.Copy !req
536. Could that be why you
were kept from seeing her?Copy !req
537. Because you were one of those
people who were taking advantage...Copy !req
538. of your so-called friend?Copy !req
539. She twisted everything.
Couldn't you stop her?Copy !req
540. Mrs. Hodge, I asked you...Copy !req
541. if there was anything in your
relationship with Mrs. Bauer...Copy !req
542. that they could
hold against you.Copy !req
543. Now, how could I tell it
mattered if I had my teeth fixed?Copy !req
544. I also said that there are
rules in the courtroom...Copy !req
545. that do not apply
in the outside world.Copy !req
546. Well, don't patronize
me, young man.Copy !req
547. I'm trying not to
patronize you, ma'am.Copy !req
548. Politicians want our votes,
and everybody wants our money.Copy !req
549. Otherwise, they don't even see
you, unless you're walking too slow...Copy !req
550. and then they push you aside. If
you're a burden, now they can kill you.Copy !req
551. It's no problem. We have the
lying and thieving illegal alien maid.Copy !req
552. I wouldn't count on that.Copy !req
553. Her lawyer called. INS is
deporting her in six hours.Copy !req
554. It was understood that my
client wouldn't face any charges.Copy !req
555. The burglary was dropped. Well,
thanks for nothing. You had no case.Copy !req
556. And we talked to Immigration.Copy !req
557. Proceedings against Miss
Gonzales will be suspendedCopy !req
558. until after Laura Bauer's trial.Copy !req
559. That won't do her any good. Miss
Gonzales has grown fond of New York.Copy !req
560. God knows why.Copy !req
561. Charlie, you know the jurisdiction
was federal. It's out of my hands.Copy !req
562. We will need assurances that
deportation proceedings will be dropped.Copy !req
563. Or what? Or Miss Gonzales...Copy !req
564. gets on that airplane tonight, and
you fly solo in the courtroom tomorrow.Copy !req
565. Wrong. She testifies, or
she's jailed for contempt.Copy !req
566. She serves that sentence,
and then she's deported.Copy !req
567. I told her...Copy !req
568. you got to feed her
or she's gonna die.Copy !req
569. And how did Miss Bauer
respond when you said that?Copy !req
570. She said, "You want to
work here, do what I say."Copy !req
571. And did you do what she
said? I couldn't just do nothing.Copy !req
572. I gave her extra food.
That's when she fired me.Copy !req
573. So what happened after
she fired you? I called Felix.Copy !req
574. He came to help me take
my things. We were going.Copy !req
575. That's when I remembered I had
Mrs. Bauer's medicine in my bag.Copy !req
576. She wouldn't take
it that morning.Copy !req
577. So please tell the court what
happened next, Miss Gonzales.Copy !req
578. I went back upstairs and told
Miss Bauer I had the medicine.Copy !req
579. She said, "Keep it."Copy !req
580. Her grandmother
didn't need it, anymore.Copy !req
581. Thank you. Your witness.Copy !req
582. Miss Gonzales, you and
your boyfriend, Felix Ortega...Copy !req
583. broke into Mrs. Bauer's apartment
the day she died, didn't you?Copy !req
584. We wanted to see if
she was all right. Yeah.Copy !req
585. But she wasn't
all right, was she?Copy !req
586. She was lying on
the floor, dead...Copy !req
587. and you stepped over
her to steal her valuables.Copy !req
588. No. We ran away.Copy !req
589. You were arrested for
burglary, weren't you?Copy !req
590. Yes.Copy !req
591. Mrs. Bauer's
silver candlesticks...Copy !req
592. were found in Mr. Ortega's
apartment, were they not?Copy !req
593. Yes.Copy !req
594. And yet, the District Attorney chose
to drop those charges, didn't he?Copy !req
595. I didn't take anything.Copy !req
596. You were scheduled to be
deported yesterday, weren't you?Copy !req
597. Objection. Relevance. It's
relevant if the District Attorney...Copy !req
598. used his power, for the second time,
Your Honor, to influence the testimony...Copy !req
599. of this witness. That
is not true, Your Honor.Copy !req
600. Approach.Copy !req
601. The truth of any testimony
here will be decided by the jury.Copy !req
602. If I'm slandered, Your
Honor, I have to reply.Copy !req
603. Miss Melnick...Copy !req
604. any more remarks that provoke
Mr. Stone will also provoke me...Copy !req
605. and you will regret
it. Yes, Your Honor.Copy !req
606. Mr. Stone, your
objection is overruled.Copy !req
607. Miss Gonzales...Copy !req
608. you were scheduled to be
deported yesterday, were you not?Copy !req
609. Yes.Copy !req
610. And the District Attorney took action
to prevent that deportation, did he not?Copy !req
611. I don't know. You don't
know? You're here, aren't you?Copy !req
612. Nothing further.Copy !req
613. Miss Gonzales, did I or anyone
in the District Attorney's office...Copy !req
614. ever tell you to say anything
but the truth? No. It is the truth.Copy !req
615. And in regard to Miss Melnick's
inference about your deportation...Copy !req
616. what are your plans tomorrow?Copy !req
617. They are sending me
back to Santo Domingo.Copy !req
618. Thank you.Copy !req
619. Grans had some cousins in New
Jersey, too. They never visited, either.Copy !req
620. So the care of your grandmother fell
entirely upon your shoulders, didn't it?Copy !req
621. I didn't mind. She
could be kind of difficult...Copy !req
622. but she said we were a lot alike,
that crankiness ran in the family.Copy !req
623. Laura, would you please
explain to the court...Copy !req
624. why you told your grandmother
that you were going to law school?Copy !req
625. Because I am going to go.Copy !req
626. My grades just weren't good
enough to apply right now.Copy !req
627. I'm taking courses
to get my average up.Copy !req
628. When you gave Maria Gonzales instructions
about feeding your grandmother...Copy !req
629. did you ever believe that these
instructions would be harmful?Copy !req
630. Of course not. I was
following the doctor's orders.Copy !req
631. But she stopped seeing
that doctor, didn't she?Copy !req
632. My grandmother didn't like
him. She was very particular.Copy !req
633. I tried to get her to see someone
else, but she said she was feeling better.Copy !req
634. I just tried to keep
her comfortable.Copy !req
635. Laura, when you stopped by
your grandmother's apartment...Copy !req
636. the night before her body was found,
why didn't you do anything to help her?Copy !req
637. She was in bed. I
thought she was sleeping.Copy !req
638. I thought everything was fine.Copy !req
639. Thank you. Your witness.Copy !req
640. I assume you have more than
a few questions, Mr. Stone?Copy !req
641. Yes, Your Honor.Copy !req
642. We'll recess until
tomorrow morning.Copy !req
643. The loving grandchild
versus the undesirable alien.Copy !req
644. Now there's an even match.Copy !req
645. Everything undermines
the maid's credibility.Copy !req
646. The boyfriend, the
burglary, the deportation.Copy !req
647. The INS doesn't deport people
who blow up Lower Manhattan.Copy !req
648. Why did they suddenly get
interested in a Dominican maid?Copy !req
649. Let's ask them.Copy !req
650. Her name was on our watch list.Copy !req
651. We check it against arrest
records, there she was.Copy !req
652. And here we are.Copy !req
653. Why was her name on the list?
Was she some kind of notorious maid?Copy !req
654. Anonymous telephone
informant, a couple of months ago.Copy !req
655. Gave us her name,
told us where she lived.Copy !req
656. Like we can spare
people to pick people up.Copy !req
657. We put her on the
list. Worked out fine.Copy !req
658. Somebody gave you her address?Copy !req
659. Probably her boyfriend's
other girlfriend. That's the usual.Copy !req
660. What was the date
on that phone call?Copy !req
661. I only wanted my
grandmother to be happy.Copy !req
662. So to make her happy, you
lied about going to law school...Copy !req
663. and you lied about
investing in a restaurant...Copy !req
664. and you lied about your
engagement to Mr. Halliwell, correct?Copy !req
665. It wasn't done to harm her.Copy !req
666. You see no harm in
lying to an old woman...Copy !req
667. in order to get her to
give you her apartment?Copy !req
668. She gave me that apartment
because she loved me, and I loved her.Copy !req
669. And you didn't have any
resentments toward her...Copy !req
670. for demanding your
time and your attention?Copy !req
671. No, I didn't.Copy !req
672. And you didn't resent her for
wanting another kind of granddaughter?Copy !req
673. One who could go to law school
and marry someone like Kent Halliwell?Copy !req
674. She had high standards.
I respected that.Copy !req
675. And you didn't resent her
denying you an inheritance?Copy !req
676. One that you and your mother
thought was rightfully yours?Copy !req
677. I am not my mother.Copy !req
678. Well, you are either the most
patient person I ever met...Copy !req
679. or you're lying now to
make the jury happy.Copy !req
680. Objection, Your
Honor. Withdrawn.Copy !req
681. Miss Bauer, on the day
that your grandmother died...Copy !req
682. you told the police
that you did not know...Copy !req
683. where Maria Gonzales
lived, is that correct?Copy !req
684. Yes.Copy !req
685. Yet the same day, someone called the
Immigration and Naturalization Service...Copy !req
686. told them exactly where
Miss Gonzales lived...Copy !req
687. and suggested that she
be picked up and deported.Copy !req
688. Did you make that call? Objection.
Where did this call come from?Copy !req
689. Your Honor, we would like
to introduce into evidence...Copy !req
690. the local usage details
on Miss Bauer's telephone.Copy !req
691. Yes, I called them.Copy !req
692. So you lied to
the police, as well.Copy !req
693. Why all the lies, Miss Bauer?
And why the call to the INS?Copy !req
694. Because Miss Gonzales
knew what you were up to...Copy !req
695. and you didn't want
her telling anybody?Copy !req
696. That's not it. I was
confused. I felt guilty.Copy !req
697. Of course you did, because
you killed your grandmother.Copy !req
698. No, because I couldn't save her!Copy !req
699. I knew she was dying. She
refused to go to a hospital.Copy !req
700. She said all of her
friends were dead...Copy !req
701. the pain was so bad she couldn't sleep,
and it wasn't going to get any better.Copy !req
702. She told me that
she wanted to die.Copy !req
703. I begged her to eat. I argued
with her, but she was so stubborn.Copy !req
704. I felt guilty because I
hadn't argued harder.Copy !req
705. When she asked me why
she should go on living...Copy !req
706. I couldn't give her an answer.Copy !req
707. Mr. Stone, a priest has been
waiting to see you since 8:00...Copy !req
708. so I put him in your office.Copy !req
709. Thanks.Copy !req
710. Mildred Bauer
was my parishioner.Copy !req
711. When Laura was arrested, the
papers made it sound like she was guilty.Copy !req
712. I didn't know what to
think. But now, I feel that I...Copy !req
713. Excuse me, Father, I
have to ask you this.Copy !req
714. Did her lawyer call you?Copy !req
715. No. She doesn't know.Copy !req
716. I heard about Laura's
testimony on the news.Copy !req
717. I mean, I don't know
what I know for sure, really.Copy !req
718. Mildred came to see
me a few months ago.Copy !req
719. She was ill. She was in pain.Copy !req
720. She said she didn't think God
would want her suffering to continue.Copy !req
721. I knew where she was headed.Copy !req
722. Then she asked if
she let herself die...Copy !req
723. if she let God's
course manifest itself...Copy !req
724. would it be the same as suicide?Copy !req
725. Now, I cautioned her:Copy !req
726. Despair is an insult to God.Copy !req
727. God doesn't want her
help to work his ways.Copy !req
728. And if she did what I
thought she wanted to do...Copy !req
729. I couldn't bury her.
But you did bury her.Copy !req
730. She didn't shoot herself. She didn't
take pills. I didn't know anything.Copy !req
731. I had to give her
the benefit of a doubt.Copy !req
732. Miss Bauer, it's pretty
damn convenient.Copy !req
733. You suddenly remember that your
grandmother wanted to commit suicide...Copy !req
734. after you're put on trial for murder,
and the case turns against you.Copy !req
735. If you're not a Catholic,
it's hard to explain.Copy !req
736. I am a Catholic,
Miss Bauer. Try me.Copy !req
737. Then you know.
Suicide is a mortal sin.Copy !req
738. My grandmother wanted to be buried in
consecrated ground next to her parents.Copy !req
739. I couldn't tell anyone.
Murder is a mortal sin, too.Copy !req
740. You just don't get
it. She wanted to die.Copy !req
741. Why do you think she never called for
help? There was a phone next to her bed.Copy !req
742. It doesn't explain
why you called the INS.Copy !req
743. Maria is a Catholic, too.
What if she said something?Copy !req
744. What if I had to bury my
grandmother in a public cemetery?Copy !req
745. You were willing to go to
prison to keep this a secret?Copy !req
746. I never conceived of being
arrested, let alone convicted.Copy !req
747. I'm innocent.Copy !req
748. Danielle, how can I
possibly know this is true?Copy !req
749. Your client has a pretty
good record of lying.Copy !req
750. I had to lie.Copy !req
751. I can be forgiven for lying.Copy !req
752. Suicide is the only sin
that can't be forgiven.Copy !req
753. In all honesty, Adam, I'm not sure
of anything involved in this case.Copy !req
754. It's the jury that
has to be sure.Copy !req
755. I talked to the funeral home.Copy !req
756. Mildred Bauer called a month before
she died to make arrangements for herself.Copy !req
757. There you are.Copy !req
758. Two years ago I
bought a cemetery plot.Copy !req
759. I wake up one morning,
I'm depressed, I skip lunch.Copy !req
760. You gonna lock me in
my closet and starve me?Copy !req
761. Adam, help me out here.Copy !req
762. If Mildred Bauer wanted to die, this
is not the case we started out with.Copy !req
763. You don't know what Mildred
Bauer wanted, nor did that girl.Copy !req
764. She should have taken her
grandmother to the hospital.Copy !req
765. To die hooked up to a
bunch of machines? Or to live?Copy !req
766. I think we ought to offer
her a deal. Assisted suicide.Copy !req
767. If you believe the girl,
she's hardly guilty of that.Copy !req
768. That's my problem. I don't
know if she's not lying again.Copy !req
769. Melnick'll take the
plea? I think so.Copy !req
770. She knows we've
got a shot to convict.Copy !req
771. So the two of you want
to pressure the girl...Copy !req
772. to plead to a lesser offense
that she might not be guilty of...Copy !req
773. because she's about to be
convicted of a more serious crime...Copy !req
774. she might be guilty of.Copy !req
775. Does that make sense
to you? With our system...Copy !req
776. and imperfect knowledge, yes.Copy !req
777. How long would I
have to be in jail?Copy !req
778. Two years.Copy !req
779. I still don't think I
did anything wrong.Copy !req
780. They remove feeding
tubes in hospitals all the time.Copy !req
781. If you're convicted of
murder, you'll serve 25.Copy !req
782. It was so hard to
know what to do.Copy !req
783. Some days she was so
clear about what she wanted.Copy !req
784. Other times...Copy !req
785. Other times?Copy !req
786. We've accepted the deal, Ben.Copy !req
787. That girl ought to send
you a thank-you note.Copy !req
788. She's going away
for two years, Adam.Copy !req
789. And when she gets
out, she'll be, what, 24?Copy !req
790. Twenty-five. Twenty-five.Copy !req
791. I'd do two years in Attica
happily, if I walked out 25.Copy !req