1. In the criminal justice system
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2. the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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3. the police who investigate crime
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4. and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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5. These are their stories.
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6. Frank and Count Basie at
The Sands. That'll set the mood.
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7. Then what are you going to do?
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8. Yeah. Hot oil? That sounds good.
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9. Yeah, that'll definitely
get little Johnny's attention.
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10. Wait, wait.
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11. Advanced Studies.
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12. Hello again, Mr. Aronson.
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13. I was just on my way out.
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14. No, I wouldn't leave if your
wife was still here, but she's not.
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15. Okay, okay. I got your number.
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16. I'll take a quick look, I'll
call you back. Bye-bye.
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17. Hello, Jackie? Listen, there's
something I got to do, okay, baby?
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18. I'll be right back.
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19. Keep the coffee
percolating. Bye.
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20. Mrs. Aronson?
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21. Mrs. Aronson?
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22. Mrs. Aronson!
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23. The school custodian, Johnny
Cobb, says he found her about 9:30.
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24. Any other witnesses?
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25. Nobody else was in the building.
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26. The front doors were
locked, the alarm was set.
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27. I saw her around 7:00,
she was grading papers,
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28. she told me she
was leaving soon.
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29. And the first time her husband
called, you checked the classroom?
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30. That was just a
little after 9:00.
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31. I walked by the room, the
lights were out, so I didn't look in.
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32. I called him back, I
told him she wasn't here.
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33. But the second
time, you looked in.
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34. The second time I tried
the door, it was open.
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35. She always locks
up after herself.
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36. She often work late? Yeah.
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37. Damn shame, you know, a young
woman like that, she's a good person.
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38. Yeah, they usually are,
Mr. Cobb. Thank you.
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39. Thought you were
going to call in sick.
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40. Can't afford to give up the
sick days before Christmas.
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41. Okay, so when I get your cold,
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42. is your wife going to
make me chicken soup?
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43. Say hello to Sarah Aronson,
28, taught art and art history,
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44. and according to
Detective Bailey,
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45. she's been history
for about two hours.
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46. Give or take.
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47. Strangled with the
strap from her handbag.
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48. Perp left behind cash,
cards, the whole caboodle.
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49. Well, maybe he got
what he came for.
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50. It must have been the
Immaculate Conception.
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51. Panties are intact,
no fluids anywhere.
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52. Yeah, unless you
count all that red stuff.
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53. No wounds on her I can see,
blood's got to be the perp's.
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54. Anything she might've
used as a weapon?
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55. Yeah, we found a piece of chalk.
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56. Bag her as soon as you're ready.
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57. Did you take art in
high school, Rey?
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58. Physics.
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59. An art teacher,
who'd she ever hurt?
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60. Yeah, an algebra
teacher, I could understand.
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61. This was Sarah's third
year at Advanced Studies.
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62. She was involved in
every aspect of school life.
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63. Coached girls volleyball, headed
the community outreach group.
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64. Do you have any idea
who could have done this?
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65. Some neighborhood scum.
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66. We had a couple of
break-ins last year.
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67. They stole some computers,
vandalized classrooms.
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68. Your people did
a quick inventory,
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69. nothing was stolen,
nothing was vandalized.
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70. And there's no
sign of any break-in.
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71. I can't believe anyone
here would do this.
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72. Two thousand high school kids,
and every one of them's an angel?
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73. We recruit our students
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74. from among the highest
achievers in the city.
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75. They take a battery of tests to
get here, these aren't hoodlums.
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76. Well, Dr. Sabloff, somebody got
out without setting off the alarm.
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77. How many people
have a key to disarm it?
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78. Faculty, some of the staff.
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79. Look, you're barking
up the wrong tree here.
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80. Whoever did this could have
taken Sarah's key to get out.
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81. Sarah told me she was having
dinner with another teacher,
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82. Lana Halstead.
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83. She was supposed to
be home around 9:00.
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84. When can I bring her back?
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85. I've got to arrange the
funeral before the Sabbath.
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86. We'll tell the coroner
to try to speed it up.
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87. Mr. Aronson, if your wife
was having dinner with a friend,
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88. then why did you
call the school?
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89. Well, when Sarah wasn't home
by 9:00, I called Ms. Halstead.
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90. She said that Sarah
never showed up.
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91. She thought maybe she was
still grading papers at the school.
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92. And what did you think?
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93. Mr. Aronson, is it possible
that she was seeing somebody?
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94. No.
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95. No.
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96. But something was going on.
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97. For two weeks now, there
were calls, lots of hang-ups.
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98. Once a man called,
asked for Sarah,
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99. and they wouldn't
leave a message.
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100. Well, what did she
say about these calls?
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101. She just thought I was
making a big deal about nothing.
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102. Can you think of anyone who
could have made these calls?
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103. No.
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104. Sarah and I were supposed
to have dinner together,
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105. I was not covering for her.
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106. Ms. Halstead, you might think
you're helping your friend here.
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107. I am not lying.
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108. Sarah was not the
type to have an affair.
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109. My experience is it's an
equal-opportunity character flaw.
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110. Sarah and I were close.
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111. If she were seeing somebody,
I'm sure that I would know.
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112. Well, her husband said they
got some strange phone calls,
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113. at least one of them from a man.
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114. Ms. Halstead?
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115. She hinted that she was having a
problem with one of the other teachers.
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116. This problem have a name?
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117. Richard Kovax, Advanced Math.
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118. He was her mentor,
her first year here.
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120. Well, maybe not in
Richard's imagination.
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121. Richard's been with
the school for 18 years,
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122. and anytime they need money
for some kind of special project,
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123. he's the one they send to
speak to these foundations.
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124. So that kind of thing breeds
a certain amount of arrogance.
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125. I got along very well
with Sarah. I liked her.
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that, she never told me.
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127. Then why would she want to
talk about you with Ms. Halstead?
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128. Beats me. I may not
be God's gift to women,
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129. but I'm not surprised I'm a
topic among the female staff here.
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130. Well, we got the impression that your
animal magnetism wasn't on the agenda.
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131. Look, Sarah was an
exciting intellectual
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132. and a fine artist
in her own right.
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133. I showed her a
little more attention.
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134. If she mistook that
for something deeper...
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135. Or more sinister?
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136. Did you ever call
her at home, Richard?
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137. Don't bother saying no, 'cause
we have other ways of finding out.
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138. I might've called her last week
to discuss the outreach program.
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139. And last night around 7:30?
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140. I was at the Morningside Gym,
warming up for my session with my trainer.
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141. I was there till
just after 10:00.
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142. He has a regular time,
8:00, three nights a week.
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143. Uh-huh. And what time did
you get here Wednesday?
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144. 7:00. Then I went straight into
the whirlpool to work on my knee.
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till about 7:50.
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up on the treadmill.
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cuts or bruises on him?
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148. No, but he usually
wears a sweatshirt.
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149. See, he had a bypass
about two years ago,
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people to see the scar.
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Anything unusual that night?
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152. No, same as it's been for
the last couple of weeks.
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153. Lousy.
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154. He had the Christmas
blues a few weeks early, huh?
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155. Well, you ask me, he got the
three strikes from his girlfriend.
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156. They used to come in together,
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157. but she called me about two weeks
ago, wanted to change her time.
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158. Two weeks ago, right
around the same time
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159. Aronson started
getting the phone calls.
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160. You get that girlfriend's number,
we're going to need it, all right?
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161. I'm not exactly
shocked you're here.
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162. I knew sooner or later it
would catch up to Richard,
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163. I just didn't expect
it would be this fast.
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164. What would catch up to him?
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166. Believe me, I thought of
calling the police myself.
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167. So what happened?
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168. Did he run off
with her to Vegas?
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169. You're saying he was involved
with one of his students?
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170. I was at his place on Sunday,
a couple of weeks ago.
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171. He went out to get the paper.
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172. The phone rang, I heard
the message on the machine.
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173. It sounded like a young girl.
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175. She was sorry she'd
gotten him in trouble.
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176. She said it wasn't her fault,
she tried keeping it a secret,
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177. but something
about a Mrs. Aronson,
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178. and the girl left
her name. Mattie.
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179. What did Kovax say about it?
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180. He told me I was
jumping to conclusions.
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181. Right.
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182. I know I didn't phone my high school
teachers at home on Sunday mornings.
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183. I got my things and left.
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184. My money's on the girlfriend.
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185. She wouldn't have walked
unless there was something to it.
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186. Oh, yeah? Well, take
it from the old bull,
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187. women can walk because you
leave the cap off the toothpaste.
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188. Besides, this Mattie
could be 90 years old.
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189. I got the work-up on
the blood from the scene.
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190. The perp's male,
most likely Caucasian.
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191. So far that's me.
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192. Well, you better cut
out your morning donut.
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193. The PCR tests indicate our
perp's predisposed to diabetes.
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194. Well, if Kovax had a bypass, maybe
that wasn't his only health problem.
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195. Yeah, I'm still here.
Yeah, go ahead.
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in his 11th grade class.
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199. Lennie, what kind of trouble does a
grown man get in over a 16-year-old?
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200. Come on.
Well, let's ask him.
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201. Uh-uh. Ask the girl first,
might save us some apologies.
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202. The love life of a
16-year-old girl?
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203. Sounds like your department.
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it wouldn't take long.
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at some photos,
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recognize anybody.
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208. I really didn't notice who was hanging
around the school last Wednesday.
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here to look at mug shots,
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210. but I do want to know about your
relationship with Richard Kovax.
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211. He's just my teacher,
what do you mean?
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heard your message.
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at your phone records.
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get your mother.
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about what you think.
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with Mr. Kovax.
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couple of weeks ago
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A's in Advanced Math.
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getting C's and D's.
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what the deal was.
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236. She thought I was slutting
Mr. Kovax for good grades.
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237. She said she was gonna go to the
administration. I said it wasn't true.
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238. I was buying grades
from Mr. Kovax.
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$300 a semester.
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GPA, or forget about Vassar.
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other students in my class.
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244. She said she was going
to speak to Mr. Kovax.
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Year, five years running.
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motivate these kids.
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247. You know how to
pick their pockets.
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friends, they all tell the same story.
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bills each a semester,
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250. that's over $4,000 a year, not
counting the kids we don't know about.
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251. I think I should
talk to a lawyer.
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252. You say the word,
we'll let you make a call
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253. right after we book you for
bribe-receiving and murder.
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254. That's absolutely crazy.
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255. I left that school at 6:30.
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257. We did. That just means
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258. You're dead meat, Richard.
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259. You left your blood
all over that classroom.
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260. What'd she do,
smack you in the nose
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262. Look, I'm an O negative.
You check, it can't be my blood.
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263. Thanks for your
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265. that your blood type matches
the type found at the scene.
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267. Stand up, Mr. Kovax.
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a lawyer anymore?
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what I was doing,
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I stopped taking the money.
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was off, and I told them why.
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was the one who pulled the plug?
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told me she'd gotten threats,
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left on her desk.
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who was responsible.
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282. I teach seven classes, it could
have been any one of 30 kids,
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God, I didn't kill her.
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285. Turns out, we got
everything mixed up.
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286. Your blood type
doesn't match, after all.
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287. She kept a locker in here to
change for volleyball practice.
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288. This one's yours,
Lennie. I did her desk.
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socks. I can't wait.
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292. This is cute.
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293. "Open your big mouth,
Jew bitch, and you'll die."
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294. "Hitler was right, burn with
the rest of the mud people."
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the Met to see our collection
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young artists in her group,
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listening to heavy metal, the better.
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listening to Deutschland über alles?
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done in freehand calligraphy,
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305. meaning each figure was
outlined with one continuous line.
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Japanese sumi-e painting.
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this dress and this.
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suggested by the thickness of the line?
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drew both of these.
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313. Yeah, I drew an angel
for a school project.
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violation of church and state?
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Eddie, your special style.
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a question, wiseass.
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321. And I never sweated Mrs. A.
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322. Oh! Even when she
squirted on your parade?
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323. Yeah, Richard Kovax told us
you were buying grades from him.
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324. Kovax is lying. I earned
my grades in math.
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325. Oh, yeah? How about
a little pop quiz, Eddie?
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326. Let's see, you're 18.
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327. Why don't we add 25 to that,
'cause that's the going rate for murder.
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328. You better watch who you're
cracking off to, you little punk.
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329. Now, we match your prints to
the prints on this drawing, it's over.
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330. So you talk now, or you're
going to be grabbing your ankles
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guys down in Sing Sing.
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332. Look, I didn't do this
stuff, I swear, okay?
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pissed off at Mrs. A.
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you can ask my pops.
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his store that night.
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337. The old man owns a shoe
repair place up on Amsterdam,
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338. kid works the counter till 8:00.
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339. Checked with some of the
customers, he was there.
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340. We showed his folks the
drawing he sent Aronson.
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341. It didn't go over in a big way.
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342. Got to admit it's a
little out of character.
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343. His mother lent us his
high-school year book.
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Design, American History Medal,
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and a letter in wrestling.
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as much as his alibi.
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quote of his, L-A-L,
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something in español?
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Ashton. His quote's K-I-L.
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Hastings. He's got L-K-I.
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Vanna White in here.
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order by the kids' names.
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He's got K-I-L.
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Camarillo, L-A-L.
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the yearbook were awake.
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know all about your deal with Kovax.
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the notes Aronson got.
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to be a joke, too?
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what you're talking about.
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379. Sure, make sure
you scrub real hard.
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speech, it's protected.
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death threats, Matt.
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I never threatened anybody.
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you meant that in a nice way.
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The Sun Also Rises.
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the fool the name of Cohn?
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fun of them, so what?
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lit course on their sense of humor.
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four were buying grades from him.
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for the night of the murder,
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relevant before,
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397. but I came by the school
one evening a month ago.
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398. I saw Matt Hastings
coming out the front door.
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399. He told me he was working
on a chemistry project.
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400. He said he'd gotten the key
for the alarm from Ms. Miller.
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401. You checked this out with her?
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402. She denied giving him the key.
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403. So the kid was lying.
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404. I didn't think so at the time.
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405. I assumed she was covering
up to avoid being reprimanded.
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406. You took a student's
word over hers?
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407. Not just any student.
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408. Matt Hastings was in
the top one percentile,
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409. he was class
president last year.
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410. There was talk of
making him valedictorian.
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411. I never suspected this.
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412. We did handsprings
for the judge.
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413. He still wouldn't sign
off on a search warrant.
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414. You lifted fingerprints
from the notes?
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415. Doesn't help. None of these
kids has ever been printed.
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416. In other words, we're stuck.
We've got the blood at the scene,
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417. but we can't force Hastings
to give us a sample.
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418. The M.E. found a
predisposition to diabetes.
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419. Diabetes can be detected by
looking for high sugar in urine.
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420. We still need a warrant to
make this punk pee in a cup.
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421. The school doesn't.
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422. Hastings is a wrestler.
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423. We ask them to conduct a
drug test of the wrestling team.
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424. And that gets us around it?
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425. The Supreme Court said so in the
Vernonia ruling a few months ago.
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426. That allows the testing of high
school athletes without a warrant.
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427. Hastings, Matthew. That's him.
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428. Let me see the
number on that one.
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429. As our lawyer, this should
make you very uncomfortable.
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430. These children have rights.
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431. Board of Education
gave it their blessing.
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432. This is strictly by the book.
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433. Well, we ran a full
screen on all the students.
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434. As high schools go,
this one's very clean.
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435. Only two positives. One
for THC and one for alcohol.
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436. We're looking for sugar.
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437. Sugar?
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438. My mother warned me, one day
the sugar police would show up.
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439. Yeah, well, we finally got
here. So, did you find any?
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440. Actually, whenever we get
a positive read for alcohol,
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441. we run another test to
determine if the source is external.
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442. As in a glass of wine?
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443. Correct. Otherwise, the
source could be internal.
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444. If there's yeast in the urine
and an abundance of sugar,
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445. presto, body works like a still.
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446. Here we go. The
dip-stick is number 16.
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447. "Presence of alcohol due to
an abnormal high-sugar count."
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448. Kid's a diabetic, and I
bet he doesn't know it.
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449. Number 16. Matt Hastings.
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450. Tell me what he did,
I have a right to know!
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451. You stay out of the
way, Mr. Hastings.
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452. Matt, be careful!
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453. Stand up.
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454. Put your hands up.
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455. All right, turn that crap off.
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456. Matt Hastings,
you're under arrest
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457. for the murder of Sarah Aronson.
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458. You have the right
to remain silent. Dad!
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459. Anything you do say can and will
be used against you in a court of law.
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460. You know, Jack,
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461. I half expected to look out your
window and see Tiananmen Square.
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462. Here, we don't put
people, much less children,
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463. behind bars for their thoughts.
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464. He's a political prisoner?
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465. Alice, please, Bill Kunstler
is spinning in his grave.
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466. You had a suspect. In fact, you
had two, Kovax and Camarillo.
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467. Why go after my client?
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468. Simple. He expressed a
point of view you didn't like.
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469. His crime wasn't
about his point of view.
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470. It was about pumping
up his grades,
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471. and Sarah Aronson
got in the way.
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472. So I'd have to work a
little harder, big deal.
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473. The only reason I paid Kovax is I got lazy.
- Matt...
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474. No, really. Check my math
scores for the past three years.
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475. A's and A minuses, same as
all my courses. That's enough.
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476. Mr. McCoy, Matt
didn't kill anybody.
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477. He was at home with me.
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478. If he were my son, Mr. Hastings,
I'd probably say the same thing.
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479. Now, if he tells me
others were involved,
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480. I might convince a
judge to go easy on him.
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481. Did I ask for a handout?
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482. You should.
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483. We found his fingerprints
on one of the notes.
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484. I was just trying
to scare her off.
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485. We matched his blood
to the blood on the scene,
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486. and his principal told us
he has a key to the school.
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487. He knows I borrowed
it from Ms. Miller.
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488. She told him you didn't.
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489. If you're going to kill people,
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490. you shouldn't advertise
the fact in your yearbook.
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491. A dumb prank, that's all it was.
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492. Not half as egregious as
violating the Fourth Amendment,
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493. which you did when you stuck a
jar of his fluids under a microscope.
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494. Motion to suppress
the drug-test results,
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495. trampling on the
rights of a minor.
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496. How low can you get?
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497. In Vernonia,
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498. the Supreme Court
allowed drug testing to
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499. combat illegal drug
use in public schools.
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500. It did not intend the test as a
subterfuge to identify murder suspects.
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501. This was a properly conducted
search for illegal drugs.
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502. They were looking for drugs,
but they came up with diabetes?
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503. The predisposition for diabetes
was in plain view, Your Honor.
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504. Under a microscope.
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505. The defendant tested
positive for alcohol.
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506. The lab ran a routine test to
find the source of the alcohol.
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507. That's how they found
he had a high-sugar level.
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508. Sounds like plain view
to me, Ms. Marsdale.
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509. Your Honor, the Vernonia
ruling sanctioned random testing.
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510. There was nothing
random about this test.
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511. I refer to Exhibit C of
the moving affidavits,
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512. the statement by the lab
technician who conducted the tests.
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513. When the samples were collected,
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514. the officers singled
out which individual
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515. they were interested
in, namely, my client.
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516. You dispute this, Mr. McCoy?
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517. The officers simply asked
for the identification number
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518. of Mr. Hastings' specimen.
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519. There was no intent to
corrupt the testing procedure.
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520. I don't care about their intent.
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521. You pushed the envelope
too far, Mr. McCoy.
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522. I'm granting the motion.
The test results are out.
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523. Your Honor, since the results
led to my client being charged
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524. and to further evidence
being collected, may I...
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525. Yes, it's all out. The
charges are dismissed.
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526. These officers. A
couple of Chatty Cathys.
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527. They were looking at the
bottom of the bag, Adam.
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528. The drug test was
all we had to go with.
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529. Still have the threats,
still have motive.
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530. Build the house again. Right.
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531. The yearbook and the threats
might have been juvenile hyperbole,
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532. but not what the
police found in his room.
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533. Issues of Aryan Times magazine,
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534. racist literature downloaded
from the Internet,
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535. White Power music.
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536. Let me guess. Wagner.
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537. Yeah, you won't be
hearing this at the Met.
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538. "Jew Boy, better start running,
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539. "rat-faced bastard,
our time is coming."
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540. I'm shocked we have things
like this in a free society.
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541. This kid have an alibi?
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542. Home with his father.
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543. What's his father's alibi?
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544. I was doing home care
in Kew Gardens that night.
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545. I came back just before 11:00.
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546. Joe was watching the news and
Matt was in his room, on the computer.
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547. And your daughter,
where was she?
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548. Carlie had a sleepover
at a friend's house.
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549. But you're sure Matt
was home all night?
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550. Yes, my husband told
me, and I know my own son.
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551. He's nothing like
they say in the papers.
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552. Those people think
we're all anti-Semites.
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553. Those people?
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554. You know very well what
I'm talking about, Ms. Kincaid.
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555. It's clear what your son was
talking about in the yearbook.
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556. He was just trying to
get a rise out of people.
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557. I mean, look at that school.
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558. How do you think he
feels? He's a minority.
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559. What about the hate
literature found in his room?
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560. Who was that aimed at?
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561. Matt reads a lot.
It's just a curiosity.
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562. He doesn't have a
problem with Jews.
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563. For God's sake, he
was seeing a Jewish girl.
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564. Do I think he's an anti-Semite?
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565. When he was with
me, Matt admired Jews.
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566. He was always going on
how intelligent we were.
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567. The first couple of months,
it was kind of flattering.
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568. And then?
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569. Then some of the stuff he told
other people got back to me.
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570. Like, how he was
just with me because
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571. he thought it was
good for his image.
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572. You're smart and attractive.
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573. It could have been some
male chest-thumping.
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574. It wasn't that. It was
because I was Jewish.
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575. He thought it would help him get over
with the other Jewish kids at school.
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576. So that was important to him?
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577. Well, yeah.
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578. It is if you want to become class
president and a bunch of other stuff
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579. that looks good on a college
application, and it worked.
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580. Last month, he got early admission
to Princeton, full scholarship.
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581. Thanks to you.
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582. Is that why you guys broke up?
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583. Yeah. Of course,
he denied using me.
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584. He blamed all the other Jewish
kids for telling lies about him.
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585. He said that they
were just jealous.
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586. It was just so typical
of him, you know.
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587. He never took
responsibility for anything.
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588. Loren, you never
answered my first question.
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589. Is he an anti-Semite, or is it
like his mom says, it's just an act?
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590. No, it's no act.
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591. I mean, I know where he
gets it from, it's his parents.
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592. Like, one time his dad started asking
about this family, the Abramsons.
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593. Like, all us Jews were supposed
to know each other or something.
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594. He said that they cheated
him out of his printing business,
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595. and that it was their fault he couldn't
afford to send Matt to prep school.
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596. It was just stupid.
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597. Even though I know how
Matt feels about Jewish people,
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598. I just can't believe he could
have killed Mrs. Aronson.
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599. Niels and Ashton, I mean, I
could totally imagine them doing it.
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600. Those guys are scary.
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601. What about Eddie Camarillo?
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602. He just follows Matt around.
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603. I mean, they've been
friends since freshman year.
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604. They do crazy stuff together.
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605. They used to break into the school
on Saturdays to lift weights and stuff.
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606. How'd they get past
the alarm system?
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607. Well, Eddie had a key made
on the machine at his dad's store.
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608. You gave him the key, Eddie.
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609. That's how he got out,
after he killed Mrs. Aronson.
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610. That's not true. I
don't have a key.
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611. Our witness says you do.
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612. That makes you an
accomplice to murder.
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613. And whatever plans you
had for the next 20 years,
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614. you better put them on hold.
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615. Now you serve up Matt Hastings,
your future gets a little brighter.
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616. I can't. I'm down with him.
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617. Hey.
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618. Be down with this.
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619. When Hastings talks about the
mud people, who you think that is?
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620. That's you, Eddie.
That's you and me.
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621. We're the mud people.
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622. You're wrong.
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623. My people come from pure
Spanish blood, white Christian blood.
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624. Come on.
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625. After they're done with
the Jews, the blacks,
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626. the Asians, the
Arabs, who's next?
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627. Sooner or later, the mailman
comes to your gate, hermano.
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628. Mrs. Aronson
recognized my drawing.
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629. She called me in.
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630. She said she'd give us a
chance to turn ourselves in.
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631. Matt said he'd
lose his scholarship.
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632. He said he was
going to talk to her.
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633. So I gave him my key.
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634. I never thought he
was going to hurt her.
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635. Pick him up.
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636. I'll never doubt the
law of averages again.
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637. Arrest someone often enough
and sooner or later, it'll stick.
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638. It had more to do with
the law of inevitability.
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639. Once we had
Camarillo's testimony,
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640. Judge Busey had no choice but
to re-admit all the other evidence.
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641. But I'm a gracious
winner, Alice.
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642. If you want to discuss
a plea, I'm all ears.
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643. Sorry to get your
testosterone bubbling,
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644. Jack, but this is
just a courtesy call.
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645. Roy Payne, Jack
McCoy, Claire Kincaid.
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646. Roy will be heading the defense.
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647. Roy Payne?
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648. You recruited a Klan lawyer.
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649. I don't belong to
the Klan, Mr. McCoy.
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650. Wrote a few briefs in support of
their march in Skokie, that's all.
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651. It'll take more than briefs to
get this boy out of the woods.
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652. Well, I doubt it.
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653. Our client's the innocent
victim of a pernicious conspiracy
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654. to frame him and
protect the real murderer.
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655. And who would that be?
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656. Richard Kovax.
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657. The Jews got together to
protect him, and I'll prove it.
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658. If a judge will stop laughing
long enough to let you.
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659. We're completely within
our rights, Your Honor.
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660. Moreover, as defense counsel, we
have an absolute duty to our client
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661. to present an alternate theory
to the crime, if one exists.
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662. A credible theory,
not paranoid fantasies.
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663. They can't offer a shred of
evidence to support this claim.
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664. Well, we have
evidence, Your Honor.
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665. A Jewish detective
led the investigation.
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666. A Jewish teacher was inexplicably
dismissed as a prime suspect.
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667. Another Jewish teacher
lied to implicate my client.
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668. A Jewish forensic technician
allowed evidence to be contaminated.
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669. I get the idea, Mr. Payne.
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670. Your Honor, it's obvious this
defense serves only one purpose,
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671. to confuse and inflame
the jury. It's offensive.
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672. Yes, it is, Mr. McCoy, but
your objection is premature.
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673. I'll weigh their evidence
before it's presented to the jury.
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674. If they can't give
me an offer of proof,
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675. then you'll have your remedies.
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676. Jury selection will
begin tomorrow morning.
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677. It's the golden age of
conspiracy theories, Mr. McCoy.
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678. People love them.
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679. They help them make
sense of an irrational world.
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680. It's theories like yours
that make it irrational.
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681. You know you have
nothing to back it up.
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682. I've got reasonable doubt.
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683. You go outside
with me right now,
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684. we'll ask 12 people on the
street what they think about Jews,
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685. and all I need's one.
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686. Mr. Carson,
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687. have you ever used a racial
epithet to describe a Jewish person?
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688. Maybe, but never
to somebody's face.
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689. I respect the Jewish people.
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690. Thank you. We're
done, Your Honor.
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691. Do you have any Jewish
friends, Mr. Carson?
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692. No, but my landlord is Jewish.
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693. And Mr. Baron?
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694. Have you ever been the victim
of a racially-motivated attack?
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695. No, I haven't. Thank God.
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696. Amen, Mr. Baron.
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697. Just one more thing.
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698. By any chance, are you Jewish?
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699. Objection, Your Honor!
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700. In my chambers.
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701. He has no business
asking the question.
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702. A juror cannot be excluded
because of his race or religion.
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703. He can if he's biased.
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704. My client has a right to know if
Jewish jurors can set aside their bias.
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705. I simply want to put them
under heightened scrutiny.
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706. Mr. Payne simply
wants to exclude them.
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707. That's unconstitutional, even
for peremptory challenges.
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708. If I find some unbiased Jews,
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709. then by all means
they're welcome to stay.
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710. Anyway, this issue
won't come up very often.
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711. Most of them are smart enough
to avoid jury duty in the first place.
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712. Mr. Payne, that is enough.
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713. Mr. McCoy, as odious as
I find Mr. Payne's position,
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714. bias is a relevant
factor in jury selection.
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715. I'll allow his questions.
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716. Payne's already
in the win column.
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717. He's made the justice system
complicit in his client's bigotry.
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718. You mean his own.
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719. Only difference between Payne
and Hastings is a law degree.
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720. Turn back the clock, he'd be
drafting the house rules at Auschwitz.
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721. Get off the soapbox.
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722. You're trying a murderer,
not an anti-Semite.
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723. He's a lot of both.
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724. Well, I couldn't care less.
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725. I don't want this turning into a
farce about who said the K word.
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726. Hastings said it, and
I believe he meant it.
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727. He was probably saying
it when he killed her.
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728. The woman who was lowering the
boom on his Princeton scholarship.
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729. He would have killed her
if her name was McGinty.
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730. Make sure the jury knows it.
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731. When we performed the RFLP tests
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732. on the blood swatches
taken from the scene
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733. and the blood taken
from the defendant,
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734. we found that genetic codes
in both samples matched.
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735. What are the odds that the blood
you found came from someone else?
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736. With this precise
match? One in a million.
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737. Mr. Rosen,
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738. was the RFLP
test first performed
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739. on the blood swatches
from the crime scene
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740. before or after my
client had been arrested?
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741. I'll have to check.
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742. I'm looking at the dates.
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743. It was after he was arrested,
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744. once a blood sample was collected
from him at Central Booking Station.
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745. Who brought the blood
sample to your lab?
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746. Detective Briscoe
signed the evidence sheet.
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747. And were the blood swatches
from the crime scene kept in your lab,
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748. under lock and
key, 24 hours a day?
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749. No, not when
someone's there working.
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750. Then is it possible Detective
Briscoe could have had access
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751. to the blood swatches
from the crime scene
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752. before you performed
the RFLP test?
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753. Anything's possible.
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754. Thank you, Mr. Rosen.
No more questions.
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755. After we collected the blood
sample from the defendant,
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756. I accompanied Detective
Briscoe to the lab.
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757. He signed the evidence sheet
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758. and gave the sample to
the lab technician, Mr. Rosen.
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759. Thank you, Detective.
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760. Detective Curtis, when you
accompanied Detective Briscoe to the lab,
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761. were you with him
the whole time?
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762. Yes.
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763. You didn't go to the washroom?
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764. Didn't make a phone call?
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765. You were literally joined at
the hip to Detective Briscoe.
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766. Is that your testimony?
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767. No, I called our precinct from
the lab to report our location.
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768. That took about a minute.
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769. So there was a moment at the lab
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770. when you and Detective
Briscoe were separated. True?
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771. Yes.
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772. All right, following your interrogation
of Richard Kovax at the precinct,
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773. were you convinced he was no
longer a suspect in this crime?
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774. No, not entirely.
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775. Why is that? He
had a good motive,
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776. and he had a window of
opportunity to commit the crime.
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777. Did you have a conversation with
Detective Briscoe about Mr. Kovax?
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778. Yes.
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779. And following this conversation,
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780. did you then start
looking for other suspects?
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781. Yes. So is it fair to say
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782. you were overruled
by your senior partner?
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783. Objection!
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784. Withdrawn.
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785. Just one last question.
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786. To your knowledge, is
Detective Briscoe Jewish?
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787. I don't know. I never
bothered asking.
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788. Mr. Kovax spoke to a number of
foundations on behalf of the school.
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789. He had a knack for it.
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790. In your opinion, how much
money did he raise for the school?
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791. I'm not sure I can
give you an estimate.
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792. Permission to treat as hostile.
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793. Go ahead.
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794. Dr. Sabloff, isn't it true,
in the past 10 years,
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795. your school's received
nearly $3,000,000
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796. from the foundations
Mr. Kovax visited?
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797. That's a fair estimate.
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798. Teacher of the
Year, top fund-raiser,
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799. a very valuable asset
to your school, isn't he?
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800. Yes, he was.
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801. Did you communicate as
much to Detective Briscoe?
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802. I suppose I did.
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803. Did there come a time
when he called you
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804. to inquire about the whereabouts of
Mr. Kovax on the night of the murder?
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805. Yes, I remember that call.
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806. And that's when you learned your
top fund-raiser was a murder suspect.
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807. Yes, from Detective Briscoe.
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808. Look, isn't that when
you concocted this alibi
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809. that you saw Mr. Kovax leave the
school an hour before the murder?
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810. It wasn't a concoction,
it was the truth.
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811. And then, a short time later,
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812. didn't you suddenly remember
my client had a key to the school?
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813. I didn't suddenly
remember anything.
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814. Well, you didn't
mention it the first time
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815. you talked to the
police, did you?
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816. Because I couldn't imagine that
one of my students was involved.
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817. But you could, once
you and Detective Briscoe
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818. saw my client's message in
the yearbook, isn't that right?
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819. Well, yes. As a Jew,
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820. your passions were so
inflamed by that message,
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821. you made up a lie to implicate
my client, isn't that true?
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822. No, that's absurd.
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823. Just as you lied when
you and Detective Briscoe
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824. cooked up an alibi
for Richard Kovax.
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825. Absolutely not.
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826. Jews don't conspire with each
another to protect Jewish criminals.
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827. It's ridiculous.
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828. Oh, is it?
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829. Dr. Sabloff, are you familiar
with Jonathan Pollard,
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830. the American Jew
convicted of spying
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831. on our government
for the state of Israel?
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832. Objection! Relevance!
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833. Are you aware there
are massive campaigns
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834. by American Jewish
organizations to free him?
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835. Your Honor! Objection sustained.
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836. Mr. Payne, find another
line of questioning.
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837. I have no more questions
for this witness, Your Honor.
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838. Dr. Sabloff, did you conspire
with anyone or lie to the police
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839. to falsely implicate
the defendant?
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840. No.
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841. Is Mr. Kovax still raising
money for your school?
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842. No, he was fired as soon as we
discovered he was selling grades.
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843. Hey, Counselor! Yeah?
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844. Just out of curiosity, when
can I expect the cavalry?
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845. Detective, I know
it's unpleasant,
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846. but this can't be the first time
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847. that a defense attorney's
questioned your credibility.
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848. You mean being accused
of planting evidence?
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849. No, after 25 years on
the force, that I'm used to.
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850. What I resent is the implication
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851. that anything, besides my
badge, dictates the way I do my job.
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852. Put me on the stand, I want
to set the record straight.
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853. No, I'm not making
you the issue.
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854. Hey, 12 people in
there already think I am.
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855. I repeat, Detective, this
trial's not about you. I'm sorry.
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856. Sure. Oh, by the way, this
whole Jewish conspiracy?
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857. Yes, my father was, my mother
isn't, and I was raised Catholic,
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858. but like you say,
it's not about me.
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859. At first it didn't bother me
most of the kids were Jewish.
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860. We were all there to learn
and get into good colleges.
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861. We were equals, but
they didn't see it that way.
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862. Yeah. Can you
explain that, Matt?
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863. They called me a goy.
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864. It was a put-down
because I was Christian.
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865. They always acted like
they knew more than I did.
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866. They were never interested
in my opinions about anything.
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867. It wasn't just the students.
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868. By all rights, I should have been
the captain of the wrestling team.
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869. Who did they pick?
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870. Stan Shatenstein.
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871. Did you make an effort
to get along with them?
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872. Yes. Last year, I went
out with a Jewish girl.
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873. Loren Nadel.
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874. I liked her. I
thought she liked me.
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875. Then she broke up
with me because of
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876. what some Jewish
kids told her about me.
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877. See, I don't have a
problem with Jews.
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878. They have a problem with me.
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879. Thank you, Matt.
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880. Matt.
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881. I'd like you to read out loud
from People's Exhibit 29.
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882. "Kill all kikes."
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883. Can you explain what you meant
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884. when you put that
message in your yearbook?
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885. Nothing. It was a joke.
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886. It wasn't even my idea.
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887. Whose idea was it?
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888. Rick Niels and Randy Ashton.
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889. I just went along.
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890. So you're not to blame,
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891. is that what you're saying? Yes.
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892. And what about
the death threats?
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893. Ashton's idea.
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894. Also not your fault.
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895. That's right.
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896. And what about the
scholarship to Princeton?
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897. Who gets credit for that?
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898. Objection.
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899. Withdrawn.
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900. When you learned Sarah Aronson
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901. knew you had sent
the death threats,
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902. what went through your mind?
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903. Nothing. I didn't know.
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904. Weren't you worried about
losing your scholarship? No.
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905. Didn't you think you'd wind
up in some community college?
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906. That would never happen.
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907. Do you know where Michael
Tobis is going next year?
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908. No. He's going to Brown.
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909. Do you know where
John Pesner is going?
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910. I heard he got
accepted to Harvard.
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911. How about Gary Chaikin? Yale.
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912. So most of the Jews in your class
were going to Ivy League schools.
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913. Isn't that right? Yes.
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914. And where did you think
you'd be? I don't know.
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915. Well, you wouldn't be
at Princeton, would you?
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916. I didn't think about that.
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917. And this time, you couldn't
blame anybody else, could you?
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918. Not your friends,
not Sarah Aronson,
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919. not some Jewish conspiracy. You!
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920. Your fault. You bought grades.
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921. You sent death threats. No!
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922. In fact, it's your fault that you're
on trial for murder today, isn't it?
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923. No, I'm being framed!
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924. By who?
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925. The same Jews that stole
your father's business away?
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926. Objection.
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927. In fact, it's your stupidity
that got you into this trouble,
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928. isn't that right? Mr. McCoy...
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929. Sarah Aronson doesn't have
a damn thing to do with it.
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930. She's not responsible
for your failure.
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931. No! It was her fault!
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932. That kike was
going to ruin my life!
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933. As in the kikes you
joked about killing.
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934. No.
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935. No further questions.
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936. I've sent you back four
times to continue deliberations.
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937. I'm inclined to do it again.
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938. Are you absolutely sure
you're unable to reach a verdict?
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939. Yes, Your Honor, we are.
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940. Would any further deliberations
break this deadlock?
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941. No, Your Honor.
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942. I have no choice but
to declare a mistrial.
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943. The jury's dismissed.
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944. Counsel has until next Monday
to agree to a new trial date.
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945. I spoke to Alice Marsdale.
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946. She's willing to discuss a plea.
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947. Payne's not available
for another trial.
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948. He got his headlines, he's
hitting the Klan lecture circuit.
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949. CNN interviewed
one of the jurors.
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950. The vote was 11
to one to convict.
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951. One hold-out.
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952. I wonder which one.
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953. Well, whoever it is,
they blended right in.
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954. What else is new? Next case.
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