Narrator:.

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate
yet equally important groups- the police who investigate crime, and the
district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.
Attendant: Must've been a good party.
All parties are good after 12:00 and before 3:00.
woman: You think Sara-Louise drinks too much? You were counting? Just
jealous.
I can't touch a drop if we're really going to start trying.
You really want to? Don't you? As long as I don't have to do the 2:00 feeding.
Honey, the flowers.
My brother, he said ain't no woman good enough for him.
Including his wife.
Attendant: It came from the garage.
Can she talk? Yeah, at the hospital.
Yeah, the good citizens outside, they heard screams.
And they fell all over each other trying to help, right? Robbery? Her purse
was empty and his wallet's gone.
It's probably in a garbage can a block away.
ID? Car registration.
Ralston, Janet, Alan.
They live a block away.
In the stairwell.
Crack pipe.
Still warm.
witnesses? all blind.
Car like that? Should've bought a clunker, spent the money on a better
neighborhood.
Or one at least more than a half a block from a police precinct.
Those people, how much paper they got? A couple of hundred grand? I was
them, I'd have me a driver.
You don't even have a car.
If I had a car.
And if I did, it wouldn't be no Lincoln.
Ladies, you see anybody at all? No, I ain't hear nothing, I ain't seen nothing.
That's what she's good at- nothing.
Man: He was black.
A kid.
Came out that door running.
Max: You get a look at him? The designated driver says he saw a kid.
How many fingers? Three.
Doctor:.
Mrs.
Ralston was very lucky.
Lucky? She lost her husband.

Let's say her children were lucky then.

At least she's still around.
when can we get a description from her? As soon as she wakes up, I would
think.
So the wounds weren't serious then? A defense wound to the forearm one to
the left gluteus maximus.
Last year, Janet was mugged.
Central Park.
Ardsley, Hastings - she wanted to move somewhere up the Hudson.
Someplace with a backyard.
The city's no place to raise a family anymore.
Just last week I was getting their finances in order.
They wanted to move before the third kid.
Alan's mother.
I called- I called Denise, the babysitter.
She's taking care of the kids.
You were with the children last night, ma'am? Those poor babies.
without Alan Excuse me.
Mr.
Himes, could you get a list of the stuff they were carrying? Jewelry, credit
cards I'll have it to you first thing in the morning.
$50,000- for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever
killed Alan Ralston.
I'll have my lawyer notify the papers in the morning.
If that's what it took to get a killer, they'd get rid of us and use our salaries
as rewards.
Couldn't look worse.
Max: It could've happened in front of the precinct.
Half a block away.
Two cops.
Logan: They don't issue telepathy with badges.
Oh really? well, I'm telepathic, and this is the message I'm sending- I don't
like looking like a freaking incompetent.
The message I'm getting is that we're at a dead end.
The only good citizen to come forward is a wino.
Then you squeeze him for everything he's got.
Then you interview everybody who was on the street that night, then you
interview everybody who lives on the street- Are you getting the picture?
Shelters rather sleep on the street.
Company's better.
No room service, though.
Him.
Maybe.
Yup, same guy.
Twice.
Max: Willie Tivnan.

You want to buy me a drink? Mr.

Tivnan has a scar on his thumb.
Cut himself deep once.
Logan: One thing crack stems are good for- clear prints.
Marks on the shell casing says it's probably a Beretta.
Fancy gun for the street.
My guess? He didn't go to Italy to buy it.
willie got an armed robbery? Twice with knives, Plead down to
misdemeanors.
Breaking and entering, Four hotel burglaries.
Hotels? Nowwe know where he got the Beretta.
Nothing with guns.
Four juvenile detention facilities- Sing Sing, Attica Hey, at least willie visits all
the best vacation spots.
The last three busts popped at the same location.
Let's go book him another trip.
Did she call? Oh yeah.
Oh yeah.
Man: Sully, wait up there! "Principles of Eastern Philosophy.
" How much? Man, I didn't know cops could read.
I can read a rap sheet, willie.
Just words, man.
That's all I sell.
Magazines and books.
Law says you can sell them on the street without a license.
what were you selling Saturday night, willie? Man Hey, man, what are you
doing? Man: Watch out, man! Hey, you jerk! Your car, willie.
willie: A garage? Man, I ain't got no wheels.
what am I gonna park in there, except my butt? Your fingerprints.
The ones you left on the crack pipe that you left in the garage.
Okay, man, look, I was there, all right? But see, I was just smoking, that's all.
where'd you get the Beretta? Man, I told- I hear somebody coming down,
right? I figure it's the Rican.
But then I hear shots.
You know, one, then two more.
Bam! Bam! So what, you going to arrest me? Better get me a lawyer.
Janet: Alan was coming around the front of the car to open my door.
I got out of the car, I gave him a kiss.
I noticed there were some flowers in the back seat.
I asked him to get the flowers.
He opened the back door.
He was looking for something in his pocket.
He said, " Did you lock it?" The car, he meant.
I turned to look- he went towards the stairwell.
The door opened.
A man came out- black.

I didn't see a gun.

I heard the shot saw the look on Alan's face, like he'd been punched.
Look at these carefully.
Janet: Number three.
I don't Logan: Take your time.
Or number five.
Thank you.
Cragen: They're still crawling out of the woodwork.
Eight mugging victims and the paper's only been out for four hours.
They all give positive I Ds? Logan's finishing up the last one now.
The first seven- if willie didn't do them, he's got a twin.
Number eight, same MO.
Six-inch switchblade.
what? This kid, he never killed anybody, and his MO uses a knife.
what, he was in there smoking crack, but he didn't kill Ralston? we don't tie
him to a gun, we got no case.
we don't arraign him, he's out in 48 hours and we'll never see him again.
Call the DA.
Judge: willie Tivnan.
The charges are murder in the second degree, attempted murder, and
assault in the first degree.
Does the defendant wish to enter a plea? Not guilty.
The defendant is indigent, Ms.
Strickland, is that right? Yes, Your Honor.
The Public Defender's office feels strongly that the facts in the case do not
warrant these charges.
without an indictment- Your Honor, we feel there's sufficient evidence.
Also, the defendant has previous convictions, and has missed two previous
court appearances.
He has two violent felonies, Your Honor, one of them a homicide.
And the defendant has no known residence.
Bail is set at $100, 000.
Next case.
Clerk: Docket number 9462-A where's your boss? You think he shows up for
the arraignment of every two-bit crackhead who's dead-bang guilty? No
one's dead-bang guilty until the verdict comes in.
Look, I talked to Tivnan.
He's copped to the eight muggings.
He did those, he admits it.
But he didn't kill Ralston.
Come on, Elizabeth, come on.
You don't have a positive ID from Janet Ralston.
He doesn't use guns.
Stone's not going to deal on this one.
The public doesn't like getting killed coming home.
I do this a lot.

This kid's telling the truth.

I hope for your sake you're wrong, 'cause everybody else on Manhattan
Island thinks he did it.
wrapped up.
Another killer off the streets.
Hey, Max, we'll find the gun.
willie Tivnan's got a rap sheet as long as the "Encyclopedia Britannica.
" And no mention of him ever j using a gun.
You just think I'm wrong because I'm sure I'm right.
You think- I think that he's a streetwise little kid- who shot two people for the
price of a couple of grams.
- who knows the difference between mugging and murder.
when Marie was mugged, you know on the East Side last year, what was the
first thing that I did? You picked up your gun and went looking.
Think.
You been mugged.
Your wallet's gone.
After you call the cops, the first thing you do is what? willie shoots the
Ralstons, cleans out her purse, takes his wallet Sells the credit cards.
It's been three days, but not word one from the banks.
Nobody's used the Ralston cards.
Didn't even try.
An ad in "The Times Sunday Magazine.
" A 10-room house, good schools.
Alan always said we weren't the kind of people who lived in the suburbs.
what kind of people live in the suburbs? The kind that are still alive.
The night it happened Alan was coming around the front of the car- to open
my door.
I got out of the car, I gave him a kiss.
I noticed there were some flowers in the back seat.
I asked him to get the flowers.
He opened the door.
He was looking for something in his pocket.
He said, "Did you lock it?" I tumed to look, he went towards the stairwell.
A man came out- he was black.
I didn't see a gun.
I heard the shot, and I saw Alan's face.
He looked like he'd been punched.
You know, that's amazing.
She repeated her story perfectly.
Yeah, word for word.
You know, I took the kids to Duchess Stables last weekend- I hate horseback
riding.
Scares the hell out of me.
Scary for the horse, too.
You know I last in the saddle maybe two, three minutes.

I get off, I can't remember one second.

Her husband gets shot, she gets shot, she sees the black guy, gets scared,
she remembers every second.
I know cops been in shooting cases, lucky if they can remember their badge
number.
willie: I didn't take no ring.
Logan: And the wallet? willie: I didn't take no wallet.
Come on, where did you unload the credit cards? Look, the light went off and
I ran.
Light? Yeah, in the stairs.
That's why I couldn't find my stem.
Okay, willie, one more time, real slow.
You light up a rock - Right.
The lights went off in the stairwell, and then, you know, bang, bang- shots.
I ran.
willie, you may just have bought yourself a ticket out of here.
The light went out, huh? where's the switch? I think willie's jerking us around.
See if it screws in.
whoa! That's my foot.
How may killers does it take to screw in- Take the bulb, huh? Uh-huh.
Yeah, thanks.
Nothing on Janet.
Mr.
Himes, the Ralston's financial advisor? Public lewdness.
He a kinko? Last January he's coming down the Saw-mill, 00 at night, stops at
the toll booth.
He's half-naked and some woman's got her head in his lap.
She was probably napping.
He's in the automatic lane, tosses a token.
Guy in the next booth looks over, sees him, he calls a cop.
PO'd because they didn't drive through his booth.
State trooper stops them, j j issues a warning, but makes out a report.
Janet Ralston.
Brenda Smith.
Cop describes Brenda.
Brenda sounds a lot like Janet.
And guess what? I can hardly wait.
The car.
The Ralston's? That big shiny Cragen: Reopen the case? I love this.
I really love this.
Just before willie ran, he said the lights went out.
In his brain.
The bulb.
we got there today, it was still unscrewed.
So? willie got a reason to lie about this? So? Logan: Look, there were two sets
of prints on that bulb.

One of them- Gil Himes.

Janet Ralston was shot twice.
So you're telling me that Gil Himes shot her husband, then shot her twice,
and now she's covering for him? She's out of the hospital.
I want to put everything on hold and just stick to her.
On a hunch? On a hunch that Gil Himes doesn't change light bulbs on his day
off.
It's not even Himes' garage.
There's no possible explanation for his prints being on that bulb.
Anybody finds out we break this case and then want to unbreak itSomebody wanted that hallway dark.
Three days, and you don't tell anybody.
You're going to be happy you did this, Captain.
No, I'm not.
Good boy.
Good boy.
weather report.
Cloudy.
No rain.
Last 24 hours, she's been to the butcher, the florist, the greengrocer.
The dry cleaner's, the beauty parlor, and she took the kids to school.
Leads a rich and full life, this lady.
Logan: Male visitors? No visitors.
Period.
A regular nun.
And Detective Vitello should know.
He worships me.
He thinks I might be able to raise the dead.
You two do this routine every shift? Only on stakeouts.
Cragen: No, Max, no more time.
Two days.
How does this sound? widow, two kids, victim of a horrible crime, and the
police department spends 2000 bucks a day to find out when she goes to the
can.
You want to read that in tomorrow's "Post"? One day.
What's it going to buy? Maybe it'll buy me a good night's sleep.
One freakin' day.
Cragen: What? Hold on.
They're together.
Hamstead Hotel.
what's she doing? It's four hours.
Serving him Clams Casino? Looks like he ate well.
Let's pick him up.
No, no, no.
I want to talk to her first.
Mrs.

Ralston.
Excuse me.
Could you help us out here, Mrs.
Ralston? Mr.
Himes was in the garage that night.
He got home late.
Logan: You know what I think? I think you and Mr.
Himes are having an affair.
I think your boyfriend shot your husband.
I think the DA is going to charge you as an accessory to the crime.
I think you're too smart not to cooperate.
Oh God.
I was having an affair, but I broke it off.
Something must have happened, because he got really enraged and he
snapped.
He came after Alan and I, and he shot us.
Judge: The charges are murder in the second degree and assault in the first
degree.
Does the defendant wish to enter a plea? Lawyer:.
Your Honor, if we may, we question whether the prosecutor's information
merits our client being held.
Mr.
Shell, you got to the door, but you didn't knock.
If you're questioning the merits, does that mean you want a hearing? No.
No, Your Honor.
Then let's have the defendant enter a plea.
Mr.
Himes? Not guilty.
Shell: Your Honor, Mr.
Himes is a substantial member of the community, and has no criminal
record.
we ask that he be released on- If you're suggesting "own recognizance," the
answer is no.
This is two felonies, one of them a homicide.
Mr.
Stone? we'd like to guarantee Mr.
Himes appears, Your Honor.
Bail is set at $200,000.
Cash or bond.
Murder in the second degree, Stone? You have to show the public you go
after the rich? Your client killed in cold blood- I don't care if he's homeless or
owns Grand Central Station.
You get murder two from the grand jury - it's abusive.
Under extreme emotional disturbance, you're lucky if you get manslaughter
two, and you know it.
Emotionally disturbed do not plan as well as Himes did.

It's a crime of passion, Stone.

Pure and simple.
A crime of passion j is never pure, and it's certainly not simple.
Gil was like the guys I dated in college.
The ones you didn't marry? The ones you met after your respectable dates
dropped you off.
How long had this been going on? Do we have to go into this? Mrs.
Ralston, you're going to be a witness against Mr.
Himes.
Three months.
I loved Alan.
I didn't want to throw that away.
How did Mr.
Himes react when you told him? He said he understood.
why did you lie to the police? He tried to kill me.
I was afraid.
He was crazy, irrational.
He looked at me like he didn't even know who I was.
He was a completely changed person.
The Ralstons? The night of our party they were getting along fine.
Until he wanted to leave.
Dorothy.
to go home.
Janet says she's having too good a time.
Milton: Dorothy.
Dorothy: Alan's got a second wind.
She dragged him out of here like she had a plane to catch.
You never liked her.
That's because she's a bitch, darling.
But I always liked him.
The evening ran on Janet's schedule.
He wants to go, she says no.
She wants to go, they leave.
Stone: She had an appointment.
Run a gun check on Himes and Janet.
Registration, out-of-state sales.
It's still thin.
Make it stronger, make it fit.
I want a conviction on this.
On who? The only one on trial here is Himes.
But I'd love to get her too.
A little blood-lust, Adam? You ever look at a calendar? Oh, next year's an
election year.
It's easy to buy a gun, it means they don't have a lot of paperwork.
A state requires a lot of paperwork, then it's not so easy to buy a gun.
we need a place, no waiting time, but where they still keep accurate records.

That leaves Kentucky, Delaware, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina.

That's it? Logan: we strike out with those, we're in trouble.
Maybe we can get Himes' credit card stubs, her credit cards stubs, going
back a year, year and a half.
Business trips, vacations - did they hit any of those states? The guy offered a
$50,000 reward.
Crime of passion.
Short of a mob killing, I'm beginning to think this is the most dispassionate
murder I've ever seen.
That hump Himes- acting like their Dutch uncle, helping the Ralston's look for
a new house, checking out the schools in the suburbs for the kids, clearing
the decks for their new baby.
One hell of a financial advisor.
what about their finances? This woman, right? Smart looking broad.
She comes in here five, six, seven times a day.
Each time with a different guy.
Turns out she's using the booth over there to turn tricks.
And when we caught her, she said, "Hey, it's a hell of a lot cheaper than a
hotel.
" Find what you're looking for? woman: There are standards, but it's up to the
individual insurance agent.
Just tell me about the standards.
Before the new policy was issued, the Ralstons already had $2 million in life
insurance.
All on him.
Two million? Most couples now, they also insure the wife.
Her role costs money to replace.
Child care, housekeeping.
Not the Ralstons.
What about the new policy? An additional three million.
Let's say that's borderline excessive.
So the agent shouldn't have written it? The agent should've wondered what
was going on.
On top of the personal, four million more paid for by the business.
Is that unusual? Not if the partners are collecting.
Alan Ralston's beneficiary? His wife.
This wasn't life insurance, it was the lottery.
Mrs.
Ralston hits the right number? She collects nine million.
what does it look like to you? Looks to me like Himes was interested in
seeing Ralston overinsured.
After Janet broke his heart, cut off the affair? That guy is a positive
humanitarian.
Candidate for Best Friend of the Year.
what if she didn't break off the affair? Nope, got nothing on the girl.

The gun? we got word from Kentucky, Tennessee, Delaware and North
Carolina.
No luck.
And that leaves? we'd better get lucky with Virginia.
A year ago, right after Janet was mugged.
Richmond, Virginia.
Tracy's Field and Sports Shop.
A sporting gun? If you're hunting people.
Beretta model 94, blowback semi-automatic.
9mm.
Sold to Himes, Gilbert? And not to Ralston, Janet, either.
Ralston, Alan? They stick to their stories, the worst we get him for is maybe
man two.
She still gets a walk.
She's already set up a diminished capacity defense for him.
She said he looked crazy.
Stone: You used Alan's gun, didn't you, Mr.
Himes? I love Janet Ralston.
Shell: You want to talk a deal? I want to talk guns.
How'd you get the Beretta? Did she give it to you before the party? No more
questions, Stone, till you put a proposal on the table.
He rolls on Mrs.
Ralston, comes up with some evidence, manslaughter one.
That's not a proposal.
That's an insult! Come on, Gil.
Himes really does love her.
Maybe he loves manslaughter two more.
we don't find out how it went down, we may have to offer it to him.
Then let's find out how it went down.
Max: Let's start over, Willie.
Look, how many times I got to tell you? Max: The lights go out, then what? I
hear a scream, then a shot.
Right after the lights went out? Huh-uh, same time.
Run that past me again.
Look, the lights went off.
I hear a shot.
The door opens, what, a couple seconds later? I hear two more shots, I get
the hell out of there.
If the light was out, how do you know the door opened? 'Cause light came in
from the garage.
After the first shot? Am I talking too fast? That's what I said.
Lights off, then bang.
Door opens, bang, bang.
Logan: willie fires up a rock, the light goes out.
The first shot came before the door opened.
Then the door opens, then there's two more shots.

But if it's Himes coming down the stairs, and it is, he goes to the light- He
unscrews it.
Stone: He hasn't opened the door yet.
A gun goes off.
So who shot Alan Ralston? Max: Is Willie a good enough witness? Good
enough for me.
Pick her up.
Janet Ralston, you're under arrest for the murder of Alan Ralston.
You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions.
Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law Stone: So
you're saying the first shot came before the door opened.
Mm-hmm.
Lights out, bang.
Then door opens.
But after the lights went out, a couple of seconds later, another two shots.
Bang, bang.
Thank you.
No further questions, Your Honor.
Mr.
Tivnan- what were you doing on the stairs of the garage? Smoking crack.
Uh-huh.
Your habit, how much does it cost? $200 a day.
Oh.
Do you have a job, Mr.
Tivnan? Objection, Your Honor, his employment has nothing to do with his
testimony.
Mr.
Tivnan's state of mind is at issue here.
Overruled.
The witness will answer.
I sell books, magazines on the streets.
Does that pay for your crack habit? People do a lot of reading.
Thank you, Mr.
Tivnan.
In your autopsy, you examined the entrance wound on Mr.
Ralston's body? Yes, I did.
what were your findings? Light powder burns on Mr.
Ralston's tux indicated the gun had fired at a distance of approximately three
feet.
The bullet entered Mr.
Ralston at the bottom of the Thorax.
It traveled upward.
It pierced his right lung and then entered his heart.
From that description, Mr.
Borak, can you tell the height of the person who fired the gun? Yes, I could.

From the angle of the bullet's entry, The person who shot him would have to
be no taller than 5'6".
In other words, someone shorter than Mr.
Ralston.
Yes, that's right.
Nothing further, Your Honor.
If I told you the floor of that garage slopes, would that affect your estimation
of the height of the gunman you described? Yes, yes, it would.
Good.
It slopes.
So it's possible Mr.
Ralston was shot by a 6' man standing at the bottom of a sloping floor? Yes,
that is possible- Thank you.
Nothing further, Your Honor.
Mrs.
Stark, this was some months ago.
Do you remember the Ralstons? Yes.
They were a nice looking couple on vacation.
Just come from the mountains.
Did Mr.
Ralston knowwhat kind of gun he wanted to buy? He didn't know anything
about guns, so I showed him some nice personal weapons.
And he picked one out? The missus, she kept telling him that they had to
have it.
He told her he did not want the gun in the house- that one of the kids might
get his head blown off.
She kept reminding him that she had been mugged on the street.
So Mr.
Ralston didn't want to buy a gun? No, it was Mrs.
Ralston who was all steamed up.
She insisted that he buy the Beretta.
Thank you.
No further questions.
It's your meeting.
Himes battered Mrs.
Ralston emotionally, but she never believed him when he said he would kill
her and her husband.
After he shot you, Mrs.
Ralston, you didn't go to the police.
I told you- I was frightened.
The only thing Mrs.
Ralston might've done wrong was to mention where Mr.
Ralston kept his gun.
Nevertheless, we will plead criminal facilitation four, conspiracy five, and
she'll testify against Mr.
Himes.

You got to be kidding.

This lady's on trial for murder.
You're offering us two misdemeanors? I don't joke about plea bargains, Mr.
Stone.
If you want to think about manslaughter one we might have something to
talk about.
well, I guess we have nothing to talk about.
They're not biting.
She doesn't think we can j j convince a jury.
Then plea it out at man two.
A slap on the wrist? Since when's two acquittals better than one? Take one
more run at them.
Don't blow this.
I'll take man two.
Stone: Mr.
Himes, she's getting ready to burn you.
That testimony about how tall the gunman was? Your lover's lawyer is trying
to make it look like you pulled the trigger.
Janet's lawyer was trying to prove neither of us did it.
Listen to this.
This is a transcript from one of the interviews of Mrs.
Ralston after you were arrested.
"I loved Gil Himes, but he turned out to be weak and pathetic.
The only solution he found to his unhappiness was to get a gun.
" That's how she depicts you.
You're playing a bad hand, Mr.
Himes, and the dealer's crooked.
Suppose the murder weapon should happen to turn up? Mr.
Himes, you are now skirting obstruction of justice.
Don't push it, Stone.
He said "suppose.
" And he's on trial for murder.
Suppose we add obstruction? Suppose you never get the gun? Manslaughter
one.
You'll lose.
That jury will never convict.
True love.
They'd sell each other for a nickel.
Give Victor Norris a call.
You said you had something we'd want to hear? Rumor- Mr.
Himes is thinking of producing the murder weapon.
Auction block.
Going, going Two misdemeanors, and she'll take a year in jail.
Manslaughter one, j j going, going No way.
Gone.
You don't scare me, Mr.

Stone.
Oh, yes, I do, Mrs.
Ralston.
I scare you a great deal.
And I should.
There's another offer on the table from Mrs.
Ralston.
This is an idiotic game.
She's up from two misdemeanors to jail time.
we'll take manslaughter two.
You'll have to do better than that.
Manslaughter one, he produces the weapon, and he tells the jury how he
planned it.
whoever gets to my door first.
You knowwhy we're here.
You can't do this, Stone.
Last chance, ladies and gentlemen.
You've got nothing.
Manslaughter one.
Sold.
You damn fool! we would've been acquitted.
They've got nothing.
God, you are a pathetic, limp- Oh God! You are a such a gutless-! Himes: She
came to me with the plan.
Stone: What did Mrs.
Ralston suggest? Himes: She would tell Alan she had been mugged- would
force him to buy a gun.
was there more to the plan? Yes.
She told me I would have to shoot her, too.
I said, "what?" She said I would shoot her after she shot him.
Stone: On the night of the shootings, did the plan go awry? I was supposed
to be there before she shot Alan.
But he saw the gun in her hand, so she had to shoot him before he came into
the stairwell.
who shot Mrs.
Ralston? I did.
Is this gun, marked "People's Exhibit 26," the one you used the night of the
shootings? Yes.
Now, Mr.
Himes, please tell the jury what happened after Mrs.
Ralston talked to the police at the Hamstead Hotel.
She called me - Janet called me from a payphone.
Told me I was going to be arrested and I should go along with it.
I said she was going to hang us both.
Stone: What were her exact words? She said, "You dumb son of a bitch.
You'll get manslaughter two.

Minimum sentence.
Out in a third.
Less than two years.
" "we'll have each other, " she said.
"And the money.
" Has the jury reached a verdict? we have, Your Honor.
will the defendant please rise? On the first count of the indictment, the
charge of murder in the second degree, how does the jury find? we find the
defendant guilty.
Judge: On the second count of the indictment, j conspiracy in the first
degree, how does the jury find? we find the defendant guilty.
Janet Ralston's planning to sue her lawyer.
She doesn't quit.
You reach any conclusions? I'm trying to forget her.
Two men in love with her.
Kills one, ready to sell out the other.
what is it? Greed? Power? Evil? I thought you didn't believe in evil.
I never met Janet Ralston before.
She's either evil or she's two years old.
She wants what she wants when she wants it.
That's cute.
Episode 6
Narrator:.
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate
yet equally important groups- the police who investigate crime, and the
district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.
These are their stories.
I want the Caddy.
I ' m happy with the velour, not even leather.
I'm happy.
What do I end up with? A damn Asian ant-box.
Must have forgot their keys.
Hold it, we got a vic.
Cop #2: Watch it, Eddie, he's got a gun! Cop #2: Eddie, forget the kid! This
guy's checking out.
Since when's a ham sandwich $2.
75, Jesus? Since last Friday.
I didn't know ptomaine had gone up.
we don't use none of that.
It's all homemade.
what? we got a 10-20.
Could be a homicide.
Vic conscious? Nope.

Ambulance is on the way.

Around the potholes, eh? Suit's just back from the cleaners.
Odds? Medic: 50-50, but I'm an optimist.
Detective: I've seen this guy.
Hochmeyer! Any ID? He took his wallet, but we ran the car.
who owns the Benz? Eddie, come on.
It's registered to Charles Halsey in Kew Gardens.
Oh, that's great.
That's just terrific.
You know the guy? Councilman Halsey? Ring a bell? The dirtbag who's always
mouthing off about the streets being unsafe? I hate media cases.
They try to get close to you, looking for anything they can get 500 words out
of you.
you, the case, or who they hurt.
They just want to sell papers.
If you talk to them, they start calling you at the office, tying up the lines.
If you don't talk to them, they start writing about how "the police are
stymied.
" Then the calls come in from the brass downtown.
You can't smoke in here.
It's not lit.
Not bad, Max.
A prophet in your own time.
Man: it was big news to you people.
Then you got tired of hearing the truth.
Sure, you were at his press conferences, but he was just exercising his lungs.
Now do you understand what Chuck Halsey was screaming about? Our
streets aren't safe for anyone.
You can check with our office on Chuck's condition.
we'll have regular medical updates.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
Do you have any idea what your husband was doing in that neighborhood?
Excuse me.
Reporter:.
Okay, got it.
Dr.
Goldman, you have a visitor in your office He made it through surgery.
That's half the battle.
we'll call immediately if anything changes.
Thank you, Doctor.
who are you? I'm Detective Logan, this is Detective Greevey.
I'm sorry about your husband, ma'am.
You're the investigating officers? Max: Mm-hmm.
we heard it was two black kids.
You have anything else? Not yet.

Could you give me a description of his personal items, ma'am? He always

carried a brown alligator wallet, and he had a star sapphire ring and a gold
and diamond Rolex.
And he always had about $500 cash.
Your husband have any enemies? Man: Chuck Halsey is one of the most
respected and liked men in this district.
I'm sure he is.
Ma'am? what are you asking? I thought you knew who did it.
Logan: Two black kids were there, but they didn't drive him to that location.
Do you have any idea what he was doing out there? Chuck had a political
dinner.
I was there.
It ended around 10:30.
Logan: Did he leave alone? I have no idea.
You going to be able to catch these kids? I'm not going to lie - it'll take a
break or a miracle.
what kind of miracle? One of them walking in and confessing might help.
we have to get back to the precinct garage.
we'll try to get your car to you as soon as possible, ma'am.
Thank you, Detective.
It's okay it's okay.
That was smart.
There's no sense in her having any illusions.
Right- Conti got a real charge out of your sense of humor.
Yeah? Are you trying to tell me this thing plays straight? Let's check Halsey's
car.
what was he doing there after a political dinner? Let's check the car.
whoa, wait a minute.
wait a minute.
what have you got? Old rumors.
That's great.
what kind? Rumor was, he ran the pad in the criminal courts.
He's a bagman? Was if you believe the rumors.
This really frosts my cookies, Max.
You mind telling me why you didn't tell me? Because you're already leaping
to conclusions, for Pete's sakes.
About the only probable conclusion we can draw is that the black kids took
whatever they found.
Let's check the car.
for a damn key.
Could've popped the thing for nothing.
The car belongs to a councilman.
Is that real? How much? Must be crazy about his old lady.
I don't want to tell her, but what else can we do? But Halsey could still pull
through, right? Eight to five- against.
The surgeon says it's in God's hands.

Cragen: That must be comforting.

well? The guy wakes up, and the coat wasn't for the wife, and we've told her.
Thanks for your help, Captain.
Keep in touch.
Since when does that mean we don't go? Officer:.
Hey, Max? Yeah? Jacobson, down at the Trib.
I'm out.
No labels.
Maggie's got a friend.
works for a furrier.
Profaci: Did you catch the Halsey mugging? - Yeah.
- Give Perez a call at Narco.
Perez? The one that doesn't shave? Yeah.
we take down the crack house and roll up this scumball dealer, Rodriguez,
with half a dozen customers.
Rodriguez is on probation and knows he's going back for a deuce, so he gives
us this kid who he says came in with a wad that he had taken off some white
dude in a Mercedes.
I got in here, I read the APB, and boom- called upstairs.
Logan: Monster case of the "yips.
" Max: He's good for nothing till he comes down.
Logan: I'm going to have him singing the name game in five minutes.
what? Rodriguez would rat out his own mama.
Junkie gimp don't know nothing! And you ain't got squat on me except for
what he said.
And that's just heresy.
The word's "hearsay," Simonize.
Yeah, that's it.
And I be good for "no say.
" Logan: Hey- shut up.
we don't dig being dissed by lightweights.
Mike, he's not being disrespectful.
He's just being reflective.
Logan: what are you looking at? Turn around.
Eight arrests and he still doesn't get it? Hey- judges help those who help
themselves.
Going I'm not talking about a year at Spofford.
Going Don't be stupid.
Gone.
Back to your cage, Simonize.
Get up.
Simonize, what a surprise.
You getting some career counseling from Greevey? I ain't done nothing.
Such a polite young man.
Of course you haven't.

we always arrest innocent people, huh? who's this jerk hang with? How's
Tremaine these days? I ain't seen him.
It's amazing how you homeboys are always apart.
Tremaine Lewis- I got his address upstairs.
Simonize lives with his grandmother.
Grandmother? You the man? we sure are, honey.
woman: Who is it? Max: Police, Mrs.
Jackson.
You sure this paper says you can do that even when he ain't here? Yes,
ma'am.
That's a search warrant signed by a judge.
Mrs.
Jackson: First time the police ever brought up a search warrant.
Simon done something real bad this time, huh? Yes, ma'am it looks that way.
Lots of noise.
Plenty of warning.
Tremaine Lewis- NYPD! Max: Drop the gun, Tremaine! Max: Give it up! Max:
Look at me when I'm talking to you! If the councilman croaks, you guys move
up to the bigs- murder two.
we're telling you the truth.
we didn't do nothing to him.
You guys willing to swear you two were together the whole night? You got
that right.
You knowwhat we found in Simonize's apartment? I ain't never seen that.
Simonize, you holding out on your main man? That is the vic's watch.
Anybody want to make a deal? You didn't plead these guys, did you? we're
still talking.
Stop.
The councilman? Nowwait a damn minute! He's saying the dude croaked? I'm
saying, you blew it.
Look, he was already cut when we got there.
we took him off, but we didn't do nothing to him.
He started to choke.
He was just lying there bleeding.
It was that white cat in the Benz.
He got out as soon as the truck pulled off.
what truck? I've been thinking about yesterday.
That was great.
I thought Halsey had croaked.
Max: Tony Hallowell? Yeah? I'm Detective Greevey, this is Detective Logan.
Is there a problem? Dispatcher said you made a late delivery on Tuesday
night.
Uh-huh.
Max: Anybody else here when you arrived? Just the night man.
He was inside.
Outside? Yeah.

There were a couple of cars parked right there.

A gray Mercedes and a red Jag XJS.
Hey, that's very observant, Tony.
I like cars.
See anything else? Yeah, when I drove in, there were two guys at the rear of
the Jag.
Trunk pops open, guy reaches in, pulls out a fur coat and hands it to the
other guy.
Could you identify them? Yeah, sure.
Then what happened? The other guy opens the trunk of the Mercedes, puts it
in there, they both climb into the Mercedes, and I go inside.
Thanks.
You've been very helpful.
Sure.
I didn't know you hung with the carriage trade.
Hello to you, too.
Max.
Maggie.
Second floor.
Talk to her boss.
She thinks he'll know who made it.
So is this good for a dinner? That depends on what dinner's good for.
Oh Let's put it this way- you don't have a chance in hell without it.
Very cold, Maggie.
So light my fire.
Then among lynx, there are as many variations as there are among people.
So is this coat "Meryl Streep" or "whoopi Goldberg"? More the latter than the
former, I'm afraid.
Canadian farm grown, male pelt- basic coat, not a designer's.
Flash, but basically trash.
would you mind if we cut to the chase, Mr.
Farber? Oh - there are three furriers who do this type of garbage goods.
Your best bet is Kornbluth on 22nd.
Man: They're Russians, usually.
Don't give them a dime until you have the pelts.
what? Are you Kornbluth? There hasn't been a Kornbluth here since 1957.
I'm Swersky.
what do you want? where's the owner? what is this, "20 questions"? I'm
Detective Logan and this is Detective Greevey.
Now, is this your coat? Possible- it looks like one of mine but I don't know
every coat.
Now you're starting to tick me off, Mr.
Swersky.
why is it I think Mr.
Swersky recognized that coat the minute it walked in the door? You want to
tell me what you want? No.

who bought the coat? It was a gift.

what kind of car do you drive? A Cadillac Coupe de Ville.
Why? who was the gift for? You know, I really think maybe I should give my
attorney a call now.
Absolutely.
Max: Feel free.
Maybe I should give Gaffner a call down at the firehouse.
Aren't some of those pelts covering fire sprinklers? And call Ulasewicz at the
Buildings Department.
I saw a lot of violations.
Tony Scalisi.
where do I know that name? Masucci family.
If he finds out I told you why'd he want the coat? what am I, "Carnac"?
Trucker give you a positive ID? Right from the picture.
Logan: So did Lewis and Jackson.
Read the rap sheet.
Mr.
Scalisi likes to slice and dice.
And guess who leases a red Jaguar XJS? Halsey regained consciousness?
Doctors aren't very optimistic.
Captain, why don't we wait to see if Halsey buys the farm? Murder's a better
collar.
Captain: I'm getting my butt barbecued! Borough president called for a task
force.
He wants to take it away from us.
Deputy Commander Jefferson calls twice a day.
what's he want? He doesn't want me to forget this is a politically sensitive
case.
I don't want to wait.
Get a warrant.
Go on.
Yes, sir.
which "night school Clarence Darrow" is handling this? Name's Robinette.
he won't file.
These defensive bets are going to kill you.
Counsel: And then what happened? After that, picks up the baby, and he
starts shaking her, and her head just starts flopping Counsel: Is that when
you called 911? Counsel #2: If it was self-defense, how come you shot him in
the back? Robinette? Robinette: Er Logan? Greevey.
He's Logan.
Stone's willing to file, but it's a reach.
I've sent a lot of guys away on circumstantial evidence.
Anyway, I think this is more than that.
what kind of "more"? You know that Halsey was a bagman? Stone mentioned
that.

Then mention to Stone that Deputy Commander Jefferson has been nosing
around.
Tell him I thought he'd like to know.
You're new, aren't you? How long you been with Stone? Eight months.
Must be a record.
See you in court.
Must be out.
No answer.
You guys just got lucky.
Here he comes.
I hate pit bulls.
If he drops the leash, shoot the dog first.
Go over there.
Anthony Scalisi I have a warrant for your arrest.
Don't move.
what's the charge? Assault with a deadly weapon, and the attempted murder
of Charles Halsey.
"Spuds" moves, you're history.
Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, criminal possession of a
weapon in the second degree, assault in the second degree, assault in the
first degree, attempted murder in the second degree.
Counselor, waive reading of the rights and charges? Attorney: So waived.
How does your client plead? Not guilty.
Judge: People on bail? Your Honor, the defendant has been convicted of
murder once before, he is a repeat offender, he's a soldier in the Masucci
family, and is considered a flight risk.
This office requests that he be held without bail.
Afraid I'm loath to withhold bail on all except homicide cases, Counselor.
$100,000, cash or bond.
Short date.
I thought Stone would be here.
At a button man's arraignment? Have no fear, Stone's looking forward to
seeing you in court.
what's his schedule like? Depends on who's coming to call.
Come on, Paul, this whole thing's just one step above a roust.
It's a two-minute negotiation.
I wouldn't count on it.
Halsey's still touch and go.
Give me a break - nobody dies of a knife wound a week later.
Predicate violence? Stone hates pleading on predicate violence.
Cosmatos.
Call me irresponsible, Eddie, but I like you.
You're a hell of a lawyer, that's why I'm amazed how incredibly guilty your
clients are.
Scalisi is lower than snake spit.
You want to waste more of your client's money, come on down Thursday.

I'm Eddie Cosmatos I can't wait to put this in front of a jury.

Two black kids are found with the victim's possessions.
The other eyewitness puts Scalisi there, but the only time they saw him was
when he was with Halsey, who was perfectly fine.
So why does Eddie want to plea his client? Judicial calendar doesn't publish
until next week.
Scalisi draws Robards or Kapstein He gets 15 to life.
He draws Rosen or Gonzales, he gets an apology.
So what do 99 defense lawyers out of 100 do? wait for the calendar to come
out.
And you only make what did Greevey mean about Deputy Commander
Jefferson? Jefferson and I don't dance.
Guy's a hero.
He's a lying, two-faced bastard.
wait a minute- I grew up around the corner from him.
He coached my Little League team.
I wouldn't even be a lawyer if it wasn't for him.
I'm sure his dog loves him, too.
You know how many black kids look up to him? He's one of the highest
ranking black cops ever.
If he's wrong, he's wrong.
If he's so wrong, how come nobody knows it? I know it.
Come on, let's beat the traffic.
Stone: I used to hear things about Halsey a long time ago, but he's had a
good reputation the last 10 years.
Funny thing about reputations- Don't start on that, Paul.
I just think- You're not thinking.
If Jefferson was white, you wouldn't doubt a word I'm saying.
Only reason he's still got a badge is because he's black.
Really? Then why don't you just tell me what the hell he did? He perjured
himself as a captain.
Changed his testimony on me.
Somebody bought him.
That's one.
Another time he doctored evidence in a numbers case.
I'm not going to do this, Paul.
You're either on my team, or Jefferson's.
Since he never discussed business with me, I had no idea he was involved in
illegal activities.
we just had dinner with Deputy Police Commander Jefferson and his wife, for
God's sake.
Boy: Mom? I'm going to head on over to Gran's.
She's still a little shaky.
I'll be back in an hour.
Okay, son.
Kenneth was going to Annapolis.

But with what's going to come out, he'll never be able to get a Congressional
appointment.
Mr.
Halsey never wanted Mrs.
Halsey to be burdened with unnecessary business details.
Is there anything else you'd like to know.
Her coat size? I wear a 12.
Thank you, Mrs.
Halsey.
One more thing- did you ever hear of somebody called Anthony Scalisi? No, I
don't recall that name.
why? He was the man we suspect attacked your husband.
A black boy named Scalisi? Two blacks in custody confessed to robbing your
husband, but Scalisi was the one who slashed him.
Do you have any idea why somebody might want to attack M r.
Halsey? Mrs.
Halsey already told you she didn't know Tony Scalisi.
Mr.
wentzel, we won't take up any more of Mrs.
Halsey's time, but why don't you let us buy you a cup of coffee? Stone: Mrs.
Halsey wears a size 12.
And the coat is an eight.
who is she, Mr.
wentzel? You can't be serious.
I can't tell you- You're going to make me very angry if you finish that
sentence.
what is this? we're talking privacy here.
No, we're talking obstruction here.
wait a damn second - No, you wait.
This case stinks.
Your friend was a bagman long before he was a councilman.
Old habits die hard.
I'm going to start sending out subpoenas.
If I find out you had knowledge of person or persons who were involved with
your friend in illegal activity, I'll have your butt.
Now what's her name, Mr.
wentzel? Alicia Heslin? Um she's in Sweaters.
Miss Heslin? Yes? My name's Paul Robinette.
I'm from the District Attorney's office.
Yes? I'd like to ask you a few questions.
About what? Charles Halsey.
Oh I've been expecting you.
Stone: I like the story you wrote on Congressman MacGruder.
So what do you want? Everything you got on Charles Halsey.
How much do you know about parking meters? They all run fast.
And a lot of people who get tickets don't pay them.

Collecting all that money for all those unpaid tickets is a very big headache
for the head of the Parking Violations Bureau.
He has to get a little "outside help.
" That means a big contract.
Very big, very lucrative contract.
who has it? Interesting little company called, "Carnegie Collections.
" She's got "champagne tastes"- Cartier watch, alligator shoes.
when she first heard about it, she thought he might have been trying to
commit suicide.
why, was he depressed? He'd been subpoenaed- Federal Grand Jury on
Municipal Corruption.
Oh, and how's this grab you? Her apartment lease is made out to "Carnegie
Collections.
" She wear a size eight coat? Right off the rack.
He tell her names? Last month, it was all he talked about- who had done
what to whom and how they had done it.
will she testify? Most of it's unusable anyway.
"Chuck told me that Scalisi told him that Van Damme told him " That kind of
thing.
She did say he couldn't figure out how this was happening since he had "a
Deputy Police Commander in his pocket.
" Man: I can tell you now that six days of jury deliberation did have me
worried.
Reporter:.
You must be pleased with the verdict, Deputy Commander.
I am, Chuck, I truly am.
Our high schools must be protected from the drug-dealing scum trying to
poison our children.
Reporter:.
Mr.
Jefferson - ? Deputy Commander, can I ask you this? Do you feel the impact
of this verdict will be felt on the streets? How deep does this go? It's not
confined to the Parking Violations Bureau, that's for sure.
why not? Halsey's been the bagman for 20 years.
There's police he's mobbed up, and according to a reporter I know, several
other councilmen and politicians are stockholders in Carnegie Collections as
well as the Deputy Police Commander, one william Jefferson.
Is this personal? Is that why you want to bring the feds in? I'd love to nail the
bastard.
But with him involved, one surveillance leak, we're dead.
we're secure with the Bureau doing it.
Let the feds have the ink on municipal corruption.
They may even help me get a conspiracy to murder on these bozos.
You never knowwhose pants are going to get dropped in a corruption
scandal.
Hey, this started out j as a mugging.

I'll back you, but don't bring me any names unless they're dead-bang guilty.
I want a smoking gun.
I want it in somebody's hand.
Are you telling me tape? Tape would be a start.
Can I offer Scalisi immunity? Nope, it'll look like he's naming people to save
himself.
I wouldn't want you to go out on a limb here, Alfred.
That's not what I get the big bucks for.
Yes? Secretary: Mr.
Stone has an urgent call.
A lawyer named Cosmatos? Somebody wants to make a deal.
Cosmatos and Scalisi are in your office.
Call Judge Ichazo.
Get warrants for Halsey, Scalisi, Jefferson's phone records, and talk to
Halsey's doctors.
See when we can interrogate him.
So while we steadfastly maintain that the slashing was done by the youths
seen fleeing the scene, you never know what'll happen with the jury, so we
would be willing to negotiate some sort of an agreement.
Don't do me any favors.
I'm more than willing to let the people decide.
Bottom line what do you want? who paid you to do Halsey? Look, you want to
talk city corruption? No deal without the name.
Pass.
Stone: What's up? Hospital just called- Charles Halsey died half an hour ago.
we'll get back to you.
I haven't even made an offer.
Trust me, you wouldn't like the counter.
I can tell you things.
Are you going to tell me about parking tickets? Yours is already punched.
we know all about Carnegie Collections.
I got a lot of names.
I'll see you in court.
I'm not talking G-4's here.
These are your basic elected officials and a Deputy Police Commander.
Don't have him make me call Security.
Come on, Tony.
There is no way that I'm going down alone behind this.
what do you want? want? I want it all.
You testify.
Give names, dates, amounts.
You flush all those true-blue public officials.
And that gets me a walk? Only way you walk is you say who gave the order.
You know I can't do that.
No Masucci, no free lunch.

But the public officials could lead to a plea of let's say "assault"? Let's say,
"voluntary manslaughter.
" Say "involuntary.
" Then he wears j a wire.
Are you crazy? They'll know I've been popped.
They'll smell it.
You let me worry about that.
what kind of sentencing recommendation? Depends on what's on the tape.
"Tick-tock," gentlemen.
write it up.
The guy had arteries the diameter of capillaries.
with the traumatic loss of six units of blood, there was a causative
connection between the assault and the coronary? Come on, guys, you don't
want to ask me that.
"Causative connection"? whoa, wait a minute.
Mr.
Halsey had a regular physician, didn't he, Dr.
Goldberg? Yes, he did.
And he described Halsey as being in good health? Uh-huh.
He was alive a week ago, correct? As far as I could tell.
Somebody cut his throat with a straight razor- severing an artery and vocal
cords? And other connective tissue.
And now Mr.
Halsey's dead? Yes, that's correct.
Thank you, Dr.
Goldberg.
It's neat, it's clean.
It's interagency cooperation.
And we may get a murder-for-hire j conspiracy while you get another nail for
your RICO.
How did I get so lucky? A high-level cop is involved.
I can't run this through the PD.
The DA know about this? Has his full approval.
we go to trial first.
You want to win your RICO, go in with one of five counts having already been
proven in state court.
what do you need? An FBl surveillance team.
Get me Jackson at the Bureau.
Let me see if I've got this.
Halsey's been called before the grand jury, big names figure he's going to
name them, give the contract to Scalisi.
But Scalisi screwed up.
The black kids come along.
And we got lucky, they came up with the ID.
So why are you kicking? I told you, It's a weak case.
It's all circumstantial, and they're no choirboys as witnesses.

Spare me the waltz, all right? This is all off the record until after an
indictment.
But I get an exclusive on the arrest? I can't promise you that.
Sure you can.
You get an exclusive on the highest ranking defendant's arrest site will you
run it? "Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone stated that his office did
not feel that Scalisi's causative role in Halsey's death could be proven
beyond a reasonable doubt.
" A tad doctrinaire, but not too bad.
Scalisi comes out smelling like a rose.
So long as they buy he held his mud.
Jefferson called me for a status report.
You told him about this case? I had to.
He would have been suspicious if I didn't talk to him.
I gave him the "we had to let Scalisi walk" rap.
How did he take it? He was absolutely furious.
I'm sure it was an Oscar performance.
You're certain he's guilty, right? I'm not certain, I'm positive! You take her
through her testimony? She's still upset about not having a lawyer with her.
Did you explain to her how the grand jury works- no lawyer unless you're a
defendant- that we need her testimony to get a wire-tap? She understands.
She's not happy about it, but she gets it.
All right.
Stone: Did Charles Halsey tell you of other officials who were involved in this
conspiracy to award the Traffic Violation Bureau's collection contract to
Carnegie Collections? Heslin: He mentioned people that I knew as well as
people that I had never heard of.
which people that you knew personally? Anthony Scalisi and william
Jefferson.
And did he tell you the amount of money involved? He said that there was
over a million dollars available to pay off city officials per year.
See who your client drew?.
No, I haven't seen the calendar.
"Let-'em-walk" Falk.
Hey, I didn't want him to plead.
It was his own decision.
Anyway, he got the call.
From whom? Scalisi wants it to be a surprise.
This isn't a parlor game, Eddie.
He's worried somebody might not show up and you'll think he's lying.
where's the meet? "Cafe Bruxelles.
" when? Tomorrow night, Bring him to the Bureau at 6:00.
You know who's coming? Mm-hmm.
Bad? I hope you don't have any political aspirations.
Just make sure he's on time.
I'll start with you, take you through the arrest of Lewis and Jackson.

Let Max do Scalisi.

How did you let those two kids plead? Possession of stolen property, six
months.
Are you going to be able to nail Jefferson for anything worse? Looks like it.
what goes around, comes around.
These guys smell anything hinky, they'll clam up.
Just be cool- you beat the system- told the cops to "shine it on.
" McCormack: You want to tell us who's coming to this party? Didn't anybody
tell him the deal? whoever comes, comes.
These guys are gonna hang themselves, I ain't ratting on them.
But I'll tell you who ain't coming- Masucci.
There is no way I give up my boss.
Hold your water, Tony.
we wouldn't want you to short yourself out.
Just make sure one of the principles implicates himself.
Right, right, right.
Stone: We've gone through their phone records.
Halsey's talking to Scalisi and Jefferson 10 - 15 times a week.
Conti even called Jefferson when he was on a police junket to Tokyo.
whoa, whoa, Scalisi and Halsey, I understand, But why Jefferson? He's a
Deputy Commander, and police handle traffic- which includes parking.
Agent: Look at that - do you believe these guys? Damn, limo's got a New York
City shield on the bumper.
Stone: Bingo.
McCormack: Who is it? Borough President Conti's in front, that guy in the
middle is Jefferson, and the one in the blazer is Councilman Van Damme.
Ain't politics great? I was was worried it would come up at the mayor's press
conference.
The commissioner was asking about it every day.
This has been a rough few weeks on all of us.
The DA's decision- it's extremely gratifying.
I'd like to propose a toast.
To Tony Scalisi Hear, hear.
who knows how to be a stand up guy.
It's about as damning as a Rotary Club meeting.
Shh.
we know that.
Tony we don't want you to think we're not grateful for everything you've
done.
Scalisi: Hey, what are friends for? Maybe we should get you to take care of
that worm, Lasco, too, eh, Tony? Yeah, half the politicians Agent: God
Almighty! Robinette: What's the problem? It's Greco.
who is he? McCormack: One of Masucci's mechanics.
He usually eats in the bar.
What do you want to do? Let it play.
Van Damme: Send you to the hospital to do some additional surgery.

I thought the jerk was never going to croak.

Jefferson: These things take time.
Conti: Tony, you know if there's ever anything you need from us- Come on
He's probably going in for dinner- wait! He's going to incriminate himself! we
want you to have this.
wow, sir.
It's nice to know we're all in the same boat together.
So who contributed? You really want to know.
Absolutely.
Me, Jefferson, Van Damme.
we got it! Tell the agents in the restaurant! They're not wearing radios.
what?! You can't hide the wires.
This guy's not going to the bar! Oh, my God! Freeze, Greco! Don't say
anything! Not a word! wait for your lawyer- Stone: Ladies and gentlemen of
the jury, in the coming weeks, you will hear how an investigation of what
seemed to be a common mugging uncovered a conspiracy at the highest
levels of city government, a conspiracy that led to three violent deaths.
You will learn how these men- driven by the basest kind of greed, violated
their public trust, and conspired with a member of organized crime to murder
another public official.
I ask you to weigh all the evidence that is presented.
It is my responsibility to show you their crimes.
It is your responsibility to see that justice is done.