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for two people,
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by himself.
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you're not going to get
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of rich people in there.
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are from lower,
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not educated.
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with those people well.
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with enormous respect.
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in their lives,
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they accomplished on their own.
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on my own.
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or whatever it is.
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I will have started out rich.
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sits in a Texas jail now
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of his neighbor two years ago.
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aren't the only ones
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police continue to investigate
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of his first wife Kathleen,
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also want to talk to him
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of friend Susan Berman
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but I can't prove it quite yet,
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they got a case.
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and, uh, but to us,
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had the best of all cases.
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33. Robert Durst is charged in Texas
with the murder of Morris Black,
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but dismembering him
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in the Galveston Bay.
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would be gotten in Texas.
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and threw it in the river.
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41. It would seem to be a home run
for the prosecution.
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shot and killed Morris Black,
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and threw him away like trash.
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their legs cut off,
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case pointed us to one charge
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and that was murder.
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Texas lawyer Dick DeGuerin
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high-powered defense team.
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day in Galveston.
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get nervous before a trial.
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maybe there's something
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and often I'm right about that.
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moments where you kind of
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gotten yourself into.
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in 20 different pieces
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expecting us to win this case.
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New York real estate heir
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court, Robert Durst
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catching up to him.
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20 years of my life,
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to have closure.
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from around the country—
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and television stations,
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your local media,
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from Houston.
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had a stringer there.
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sent over an editor.
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as a big story.
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press can't seem to get enough
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accused of murder.
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I felt sorry for Bob.
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He gave me this little smile.
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I'm gonna get you next" smile.
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little smile of recognition.
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for murdering Kathie.
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of feeling sorry for him.
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to such a pitiful degree.
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90. All rise, please.
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91. Good morning.
You may all be seated.
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92. Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury, the defendant
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by indictment
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not guilty.
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is on the state
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beyond a reasonable doubt
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shot and killed Morris Black.
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did to Morris Black—
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to the bone, pulled the—
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and the muscle back,
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a couple of times because,
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the other side, too,
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with murder.
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anything like that, you know?
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it's no big deal, but it's—
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what I felt in my gut was,
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to get rid of the evidence
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him in the Gulf or whatever.
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officers were called
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for the Galveston County
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about where Morris Black's
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in Galveston Bay.
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in New York watching this
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going to be?"
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almost unanimously say,
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defense is because he's guilty
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guilty because he cut up
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he's going to be found guilty,"
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unlimited resources.
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He's gonna have some defense."
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This is his first girlfriend.
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with him.
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of his wedding, he and Kathie.
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when he was arrested.
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as a young boy.
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when he was arrested.
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met Bob, he was not loud.
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terribly responsive,
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in which he's never been,
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that I'm going to have to mold.
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to be molded into the shape
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by the time we get to a jury?
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a pretty good defendant.
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the defense opened their case
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as a first witness,
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to explain why he was on the run
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Morris Black.
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so to speak, when he came here.
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He's wearing disguises.
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this bizarre lifestyle.
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who actually live in Galveston,
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at the end of I-45
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literally, "Mile 0,"
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to get lost.
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ran him out of New York,
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of contradiction.
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by a politically ambitious woman
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her own ambition
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is making me the focus
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on what Robert Durst did.
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character in Jeanine Pirro,
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with how directly
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with that pursuit of Bob.
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your picture on the front page
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of having something to do
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of a loved one,
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what it feels like.
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kept her mouth shut,
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would have happened.
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"The devil made me do it."
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"The DA made me do it."
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The jury, they ate that one up.
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a little bit
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you know, he was trying
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Jeanine Pirro was after him.
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out to—to get him,
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you know, he wanted to get away,
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I can't fault him for that.
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disguise that you chose,
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about that in Galveston.
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disguise I could think of.
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is a guy going to do?
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a beard and a mustache,
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worn a beard
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in New York City,
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and a mustache now,
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by tomorrow morning.
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some kind of a thing
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and I just couldn't imagine
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would act vaguely real.
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the idea of a wig,
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going to be a woman,
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sound the way I sound.
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in retrospect now—
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a great disguise.
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I remembered talking to Joel.
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and I ask him,
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at this man?"
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a defining moment for me.
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if they, the defense team,
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humanize him in some way
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Morris Black, murdered him,
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and did everything he had done,
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were being successful at it."
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about Morris
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"cantankerous" and "grumpy,"
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that used to sit on the porch
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and Morris Black would walk
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for smoking on his porch.
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and think about it,
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such a tragic situation,
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an amusing one—
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like a terrier dog bitin'
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at various people, and—
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cooling things down.
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It's an odd situation.
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a moment when he said,
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couple of weeks,
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notes and wearing a wig.
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writing notes."
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friendlier as time went on
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"How come you, you know,
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as Dorothy Signer?"
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and I told him I wanted
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I think, "I'm—I'm hiding.
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recognizing me."
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in any way?
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to do, or—"
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the opposite.
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I did that a long time ago."
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changed his name
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like a woman or—
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I just didn't want
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anymore, he said,
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through that."
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was the famous
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where Morris Black
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different ways and so crazy,
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ways that we could prove.
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is an unpredictable
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one given to fits of rage,
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the name of a dead man.
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and let murderers go.
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any horses that need stealing.
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that need killing.
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if you were in his shoes
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to your apartment, your home...
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in there without your permission
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know now about Morris Black
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reasonable in being in fear?
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in coming to your own defense?
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you find somebody
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not supposed to be there,
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you cannot do to them.
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you're obligated to do
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do something else.
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to leave.
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obligated to leave.
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or less as you see fit.
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supposed to kill them.
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had to keep Bob on message.
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of what he would do,
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your hands on that gun
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could happen to you."
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and the struggle,
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and he fell over the chair,
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and put it in the—
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this whole thing.
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it felt like I was watching
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and then he shot him.
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I said, "Yeah. All right."
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the district attorney.
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a really great case."
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face you, does it not?
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that, what?
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that way.
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I'm facing this way.
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was what happened.
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and it's just like this?
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that it goes—
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that's my testimony.
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look like spaghetti,
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of the matter.
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bloody spaghetti, didn't he?
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like bloody spaghetti.
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how you were standing?
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a whole lot better
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is doing it.
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you cannot tell the truth.
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would go to places.
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saw those two together ever.
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to say, yeah,
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and they were best buds,
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go anywhere together.
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out of Bob Durst's mouth
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I don't believe it.
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every day
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for free.
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who Durst was
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and their money.
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that, "If you don't help me,
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where you're at,"
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is what got him killed.
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across the shoulders,
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occasionally blending together.
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across the top of the shoulder.
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blows from falling one time.
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consistent with self-defense.
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he told you it happened.
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a bullet hole in the wall
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the living room to the kitchen.
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that Morris Black
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in the wall
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shot and missed Morris Black.
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and he executed him.
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another human being,
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dump him in the bay,
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the dismemberment—
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lawyers had a vague suspicion.
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to get through this.
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to the dismemberment,
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in my apartment.
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out of my apartment, period.
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decide to do
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of the body?
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I'd wait till night
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and carry it out of there,
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picking up that body
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because it was much—
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strong enough to do that.
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but I just couldn't see—
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about putting it
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or something
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the whole thing out,
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that's ridiculous.
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and bought a bow saw
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and stuff like that
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to the house,
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and more drunk,
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primarily with the ax
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that Morris Black had.
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for the kind of questions
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on cross-examination.
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what it was like, sir.
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405. "Where did you start to cut
on Morris Black?
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406. "Did you cut his arm off first,
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407. "or did you cut
his leg off first?
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408. "What did you use
to cut the leg with? Show us.
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409. "What part of his leg did you
saw on first, Mr. Durst,
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410. your friend
that you were cutting up?"
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411. There was a concern
on our part that, um...
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describes things, um,
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413. without a lot of emotion,
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414. hearing him describe
the technical dissection
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415. of that body would
lead someone to believe
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416. he's a cold-blooded killer.
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417. It was very
important to say, "Bob, look.
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418. "Your memory is very fuzzy.
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419. "Your memory on this
is naturally repressed.
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420. "We've had psychiatrists,
psychologists see you.
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421. "They'll all agree.
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422. "For such a horrific event,
it's very common
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423. "that you don't remember
all the details.
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424. Don't try to."
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425. I did not kill my best friend.
I did dismember him.
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426. Took the body parts,
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427. put them in the garbage bags,
and drove to find some place
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428. to dump the garbage bags,
and it immediately became
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I can dump them in the water.
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430. It'll sink.
Nobody will have seen them.
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431. The garbage bags are heavy.
That's what I did.
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432. Had you done any work
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433. to try to figure out
whether the tide
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the tide was coming out?
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435. I wouldn't know
how to begin.
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436. So you basically just
decided you were gonna—
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437. I figured it was deep.
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438. I'm gonna drop it,
it's gonna sink.
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439. Who cares where
the tide is going?
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440. It's underwater.
Nobody's gonna see it.
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441. Right, but the bags
didn't sink.
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442. No.
What happened?
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443. They floated.
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444. At the dump site that evening,
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445. there was a bag with a right leg
and a bag with a left leg,
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446. right arm, left arm,
and a torso.
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447. But there
was one bag that had obviously
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with a rock or something,
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449. but some kind
of sharp instrument.
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450. And the
only thing that was missing
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451. from everything that was there
was Morris Black's head.
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452. It was clear to us
that when Durst realized
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453. the bags were floating,
he cut the bag,
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454. picked up the head,
and he took off.
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455. He knew the head was the most
important piece of evidence
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456. about what happened
in that apartment.
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457. There was
no wrestling over the gun.
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458. I think he shoved Morris down
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459. and he shot him
in the back of the head,
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460. and can I prove that?
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461. No, not without the head.
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462. All right.
You all may be seated.
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463. Mr. Lewis,
you may proceed.
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464. This case is not
about what happened
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465. to Morris Black's body
after he was dead.
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466. This case is not about
what Bob Durst did
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467. after Morris Black died.
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468. The sole issue for you
ladies and gentlemen to decide
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469. is how Morris Black died.
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470. We started
getting over to the jurors
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471. this thought about, "It doesn't
change what happened
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472. "to Morris Black,
anything that Bob Durst
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473. did with the body afterwards."
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474. They—They put in front of
the jury about a thousand times,
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475. "Was there anything
that Robert Durst could do
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476. "after finding Morris Black dead
to—to prevent his death
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477. or to change the manner
in which he died?" and they—
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478. They brought up
about a zillion examples.
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479. "Can you unstrike a match? No.
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No.
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481. "If somebody's dead,
is there anything you can do
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482. "to prevent him from dying?
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483. No."
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484. There is no charge
of dismemberment of the corpse.
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485. There is no charge
of destruction of evidence,
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486. nothing that the state
keeps trying to focus you on.
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487. They have to focus you on that
because how Morris Black died—
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488. self-defense, an accident—
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489. they have woefully failed
to meet their burden.
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490. Their plea that they
came up with,
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491. accidental and self-defense,
is brilliant
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492. because if it's just
two people in a room,
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493. how do you disprove
self-defense?
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494. There was a moment
during my cross-examination
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495. of Cody Cazalas that I thought
was extremely important,
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496. and, to his credit,
he answered honestly.
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497. Sergeant Cazalas
told you the truth.
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498. That man told you
what the State of Texas
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499. doesn't want to talk about.
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500. Their burden to disprove
beyond all reasonable doubt,
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501. according to their lead
detective, they can't meet it.
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502. Every little saw mark in each
and every one of those leg bones
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503. and arm bones has got
a whole lot of intent in it,
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504. a whole lot of intent of a man
who's getting away with murder.
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505. The state's burden is to prove
to you beyond a reasonable doubt
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506. that Bob Durst
had his finger on the trigger
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507. when the gun went off
and killed Morris Black.
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508. Look at every piece of evidence
you heard and consider it.
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509. You can't segment it
and only look
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510. at certain portions of it
and ignore everything else.
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511. That's not proper.
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512. Possibly guilty.
Probably guilty.
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513. We all talked about that.
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514. What that means is not guilty.
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515. What kind of criminal justice
system are we gonna have
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516. when we can't consider
everything that happened
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517. after, during, and before?
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518. It all goes to the man's
state of mind.
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519. It all goes to his intent.
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520. Bob Durst is not guilty
of murder.
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521. Bob Durst is not guilty
of murder.
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522. Whatever else he may have done
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523. is for another time and place.
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524. Thank you all.
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525. Now to a
courthouse in Galveston, Texas,
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526. where jurors still
have not reached a verdict
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527. in the bizarre murder trial of
real estate heir Robert Durst.
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528. The trial itself lasted 6 weeks.
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529. Some people here are beginning
to worry that the jury
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530. might take that long to decide
whether Robert Durst
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531. is guilty of murder.
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532. You may be seated.
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533. Mr. Foreman, I understand you
have a verdict.
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534. Yes, your honor.
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535. Will you hand it
to the bailiff?
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536. Will the defendant
please rise?
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537. Well, the verdict
of the jury is such.
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538. "We, the jury,
find the defendant Robert Durst
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539. not guilty."
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540. Is there anything the attorneys
would like to say at this point?
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541. Thank you,
ladies and gentlemen.
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542. We also thank the jury
for the sacrifice of their time.
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543. Thank you
for all your time
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544. and attention
and your sacrifice.
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545. All right, ladies
and gentlemen of the jury.
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546. This is what the procedure is
that we are going to follow.
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547. First of all, we're going
to take you back
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548. into the jury room,
and the clerk is going
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549. to give you whatever
work excuses you need.
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550. At that point in time, I'm going
to discuss with you your options
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551. as to whether or not you wish
to discuss your views
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552. with the attorneys
and/or the press.
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553. Would the jury please
take a minute...
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554. What we did—and it was
a big struggle for all of us—
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555. is, we kept going
back to the charge
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556. that was put forth to the jury
as to the actual event,
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557. that one moment in time.
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558. It was a very unpopular
occurrence when the—
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559. when Bob Durst
was found not guilty.
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560. The townspeople, friends,
relatives,
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561. they weren't happy
with the verdict
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562. that was brought forward,
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563. but when Mr. Durst
was on the, uh, stand...
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564. I felt he was talking
from the heart.
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565. Through the course
of the 5 days
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566. of deliberation, Bob never—
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567. He never had more than 3
guilty votes the whole time.
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568. The last one
that changed their mind,
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569. she had a problem finding him
not guilty
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570. because he had
chopped up the body,
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571. and I could understand that.
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572. She was a—
She was a good Christian woman,
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573. very nice lady, but I just said,
"You know, that's—
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574. "That's not what we're
here to do.
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575. "We're here to determine
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576. "if the event
that killed Morris Black
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577. "was murder or not,
not what happened
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578. to his body after
he was already dead."
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579. I said, "We've got to—
That's our job."
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580. As a homicide
investigator,
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581. you work for God
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582. because the victim's not there
to tell his story.
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583. You're there to represent
the victim.
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584. You're there to tell his story.
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585. You're doing that for God.
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586. Um...
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587. there's a lot of truth in that.
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588. To this day, I feel
like I let the—
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589. Can we stop? Thanks.
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590. You told me on the telephone
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591. that DeGuerin might not
want me to talk to you
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592. because he wouldn't
want to see you
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593. in an interview saying
that you had lied
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594. to the jury
in Galveston.
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595. Well, they didn't know
what I was gonna say.
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596. So, I mean, they've always
felt that, you know,
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597. they got
this home run now.
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598. Now, I get out there
and I say something
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599. that implies that
I made it all up
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600. or that I told the lawyers
and that we all got together
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601. and made it all up
or whatever,
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602. that's a disaster.
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603. So they just wanted
to stay away,
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604. and they said about
a zillion times,
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605. "You can't help yourself.
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606. "Right now, you're
a free man 100%.
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607. "You say something
inadvertently,
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608. "and you'll find yourself
charged in New York
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609. "or charged in,
uh, Los Angeles,
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610. "and, uh, an interview
is a big risk for you.
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611. Why do you want
to do an interview?"
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612. Certainly, you've said
to me that you did lie
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613. to the jury in Galveston
in some way,
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614. that your lawyer
encouraged you to,
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615. and I think that's—
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616. Well, he didn't
encourage me to.
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617. We went over the oath,
and from day one,
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618. the oath says,
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619. "You, uh, promise
to tell the truth,
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620. the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth."
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621. "Just make sure
the ones at the end—
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622. "Tell the truth,
nothing but the truth"--
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623. "that you do
exactly that.
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624. "In terms of
"the whole truth,"
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625. "if you want to leave out
something that does not—
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626. "uh, which makes you
look bad if you tell it
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627. "but does not turn into
an untruth, well, try it.
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628. "Try it.
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629. "If there's something
so terrible that you
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630. "don't want to say it
or you think could
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631. be construed the wrong way,
then just leave it out."
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632. I'm saying, was there
something that was
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that, you know,
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634. would have
had an influence,
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635. where you knew
that you were saying
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636. something
that was limited?
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637. Let me see what else
I can think of
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638. where they didn't
specifically ask it
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639. and I specifically
didn't go there.
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640. I'd have to think
about it.
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641. Next time you interview me,
I'll have that, and I'll—
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642. I'll think
of a few things.
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643. Shall we take a break
for a few minutes?
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644. Want to take a break?
Sure.
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645. Take a break.
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646. There's
coffee now.
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647. Sign this.
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648. OK. Thank you,
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649. and there's
orange juice and...
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650. I did not knowingly
purposefully lie.
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651. I don't know,
but the room—
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652. The room is the same
room we had,
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653. the absolute same.
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654. I did not knowingly
purposefully lie.
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655. Yeah,
and then they're pissed off
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656. with this shit.
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657. Right.
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658. I did not knowingly
purposefully
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659. intentionally lie.
Copy !req
660. I did make mistakes.
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661. So I told—
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662. What?
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663. Oh, oh, oh.
I was reviewing—
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664. I hear what
you're saying.
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665. You could hear
everything I said.
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666. I never intently—
I mean, how do I—
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667. I mean, you know,
it's a question
Copy !req
668. of not what do I say,
but how do I say it.
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669. I never intentionally
purposefully lied.
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670. I made mistakes,
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671. did not tell
the whole truth.
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672. Nobody tells
the whole truth.
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