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Opening arguments were yesterday.
And you're up today?
Maybe, but the D .A. won't be there early for the cops.
You're gonna break. It is broken. Why don't you keep banging on it? I am so
of this machine.
See? It works.
I really think you should just pay the fine.
We'll pay the fine. Mr. Peabody, you could actually go to jail here. I don't
care. Okay, you see, that's what throws me, because I'm used to clients that do
care. Federal government got no business in my bathroom.
Rebecca, maybe I should go with you. Bobby, I'm fine. I don't need you
my hand. Please stop laughing.
Why can't we get a new one? Mind you.
Federal government's trying to regulate how I dispose of my stool.
Really? Well, it's keeping me up at night. Will you talk to Eleanor, please?
She's wearing cologne. Is she one of those homosexuals? They strike my shirt.
The cleaners, they strike my shirt.
Warren, don't say anything. I'll meet you at arraignment. Just don't say
anything, Warren.
What a dope.
What? Warned Crookshank to snatch another purse. I gotta go.
Lindsay, Mr. Peabody has a conference. Don't even think of it. You can dispose
of it in 10 minutes.
Dispose is the word. What are you fobbing him off on me for?
Because you are such a team player.
Mr. Peabody, this is Lindsay Dole, your new lawyer.
I gotta go.
Hi. The federal government is trying to regulate my stool.
Hey. What do you need?
Well, maybe I'm here because... I miss you.
Right.
And Rebecca's a witness at a murder trial and you're worried about her.
Look, I know you'll never really understand why I chose to go up against
Bobby, that trial didn't create our differences. It only made them more
Is it dead, Helen?
Because if it's really dead, I'll walk out the door.
It's dead.
You're scared.
I'm just nervous about reliving it all. I'm fine.
You're the only witness.
Yeah, basically.
She's putting the cop on first, but it's just a formality.
The whole case is on me.
Look at this.
He says he didn't shrink it. Does this look right to you?
I'm not big on fashion.
Plead not guilty, waive the rest of the reading. I'd like to see if we can
handle this right here. This is the fourth time.
My understanding was it was only $7. I suspect he was hoping it was more when
grabbed the purse.
Plead guilty, restitution, three months suspended, 100 hours community service.
Defined by me with a curfew.
Nine o 'clock.
Eight.
Mr. Cookshank, you understand all this?
Yes, Your Honor.
You're pleading guilty.
You're getting a three -month sentence which is suspended.
The probation officer will assign you to a youth center where you will perform
100 hours of community service and you're to be home in your house every
by 8 o 'clock.
Yes, Your Honor.
So ordered.
This is your last chance, young man.
I need a man to be right with you.
You are stupid as you are lucky. If that would have been any other judge besides
Fulton, you'd be in jail right now.
It's not like I even snatched this one, Eleanor.
She put her purse down on the bench right next to me.
Now, I can't prove it, but it's like she wanted me to take it.
She wanted you to have her purse?
Yeah. I think she's married with you, Warren.
Warren Crookshank?
Place your hands behind your back, sir. Hey, what's going on?
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say, we'll be using. I'm
man's lawyer. What's he being arrested for?
A violation of the Hobbs Act.
Well, what the hell is that?
It's a federal law that targets criminals who target tourists. It's
anti -tourist crime bill. Why do they figure that Warren is anti -tourist?
Because he snatched all the purses at Quincy Market, which is the big tourist
area. It's just a joke.
Where is he now? In jail. Federal lockup. He's being arraigned tomorrow.
Well, that's like double jeopardy. Yeah. Tell me about it.
Nothing in the officer's testimony is too shattering, but it's important that
you listen carefully because the defense attorney will pick up discrepancies
like scabs.
I hear he's good. John Seymour, public defender.
He's actually a great guy.
But yeah, he does his job.
Don't let him intimidate you.
There's some sentencing hearing going on, then we'll be going into chambers.
Let's not be too colorful.
I got dignity in public.
Your Honor, the statutory intent was to prevent egregious excess.
Though technically a violation of campaign finance, we're talking about a
telephone calls.
We're talking about a violation of federal law.
That he's a member of Congress only compounds the outrage.
Oh, my God. Look at Judge Winchell. Who?
I'm going to kill Eleanor.
Can't you please pay the fine?
No.
We saw a man fitting the general description, and we detained him. And
happened? Well, we brought him in for a lineup. The witness identified him as
the shooter, and we placed him under arrest.
By general description, you mean... Five foot ten, six foot Hispanic, wearing a
hooded coat.
Anything else?
No. Was my client acting suspiciously when you detained him?
No. And he didn't try to run?
No. Did he have a weapon?
No. How much money did he have on him?
I believe around $30. And how much money was stolen from the store?
Three or four hundred.
Any fingerprints at the store match up with my client? No. Any blood on my
client's clothing match up with the victim?
No. Any blood at all?
No. You searched my client's apartment? Yes, we did. Any physical evidence turn
up connecting my client with this crime?
No. So, basically, officer, the only reason that my client sits here today,
only reason, is because that woman sitting over there said he did it.
I guess that would be correct.
Huh.
Officer, did you know Rebecca Washington personally at the time that you took
her statement?
No. You never met her?
No. So you had no knowledge or opinion as to her capacity for truthfulness, did
you?
Well, I had no reason to doubt her. But the fact is, you didn't know her at all,
did you, officer?
No, I didn't.
Officer, have you investigated Ms. Washington?
Investigated her? Yes. Did you do any investigation of this witness's
Objection! The whole case is that woman. Your Honor, I'm certainly... I'll allow
it. Let's go.
You know nothing about this woman's psychiatric history.
Objection! Move to strike sidebar.
Get up here.
Your Honor, there's no psychiatric history. He's asking questions. Oh, give
break. He's making accusations without foundation. But I can't ask whether his
witness is truthful.
What is your offer of proof? I'm trying to discover that now.
Let's try.
You shut off. Step back.
Come on, John.
One last question, officer. Did you ever give this witness a lie detector test?
No, I did not. Thank you, officer.
That's all.
It's like I'm on trial. It's an old trick.
Discredit the witness before he or she testifies.
Old trick? Calling somebody a liar? The good thing is when a lawyer resorts to
that, it usually means he's got nothing to get the witness with on cross.
So just relax. Be strong. You're going to be fine.
Okay.
You ready?
Ready.
Did you know it was Judge Winchell? I swear to you, I didn't. This is my
reputation. I can't believe I have to go in there and fight for a guy's toilet.
It shouldn't be a fight. The U .S. Attorney isn't opposing Lindsay. He
even be there.
I'll kill you, Eleanor.
Look, I'm on my way down there anyway. My purse snatcher just got nabbed by the
feds. So maybe I'll see you there. I won't forget this, Eleanor.
You're going to owe me. Okay, bye. All right.
What?
I really shouldn't laugh, but...
Peabody's case went to Judge Winchell.
You mean Judge Lydia?
The one on the news with the senator?
Congressman, who I hope she finds guilty, by the way, of all the judges.
I really shouldn't laugh.
You really think my shirt was this size when I brought it in?
Don't shrink shirts.
We do this long time, Mr. Young.
Okay, well, please explain to me how I got to be this size.
Maybe you wash a machine before you bring to here.
I didn't.
We don't shrink shirts.
Mr. Wong, how can you look at me and refuse to take responsibility?
You get fatter.
What did you just say?
You get fatter.
Shirt seems small, not small.
You fat.
I am exactly the same size and weight that I have been for the past year.
I'll bring another tiny dog.
You fat, huh?
Shirt, no shrink.
You fat.
I was pumping gas when I looked up and I saw him.
Who? The defendant.
That man.
What was he doing?
He was pointing a gun at the attendant.
What happened next, Ms. Washington?
The pump. It made a click.
And I got scared.
I looked down and then I heard the shot.
The shot?
Yeah. And when I looked back up, he was shooting.
This man?
That man.
What did you do then?
I ducked behind my car.
I hid.
The next thing, I heard his footsteps.
I think he ran by the car.
Then what?
Then I ran inside the store.
The attendant was lying there, blood all over.
Ms. Washington, are you sure that that's the man you saw shoot and kill Roberto
Alou that evening?
That's the man.
I'm positive.
Where's the U .S. attorney?
John Diggs. He didn't oppose our doing the next party.
Sit down.
You've been cited 11 times, Mr. Peabody. Your Honor, my client feels the
congressional legislation works a hardship against him.
Moreover, we feel his toilet would be grandfathered and therefore exempt.
The report indicates it's a new toilet.
But it's the same residence where he's resided for 27 years. The law goes to
toilets, counsel. Any new toilet.
1 .6 gallons per flush. That's the law.
Why should you get three?
Your Honor.
My client has special needs.
Big?
I beg your pardon?
His bowel movements, are they big?
I'd prefer not to get into it, but rather I'd like to focus on the
intent of the law, which was water conservation.
The older standard toilets used 3 .6 gallons per flush.
The new go 1 .6, as you've noted.
However, if a person were required to flush...
Three times, in order to empty the bowl of all remains, the statutory intent of
the legislation would clearly be undermined. It is for this reason we
special circumstances warrant Mr. Peabody's exemption.
You have to flush three times.
It's not because of bigness.
May I ask?
They float.
They float.
I eat a lot of carbohydrates, and it makes my droppings like little buoys.
the 1 .6 flush can't pull them under unless I'm real careful and kind of
the toilet paper over them, which creates this drag effect.
I see. It takes at least three flushes, and then even sometimes when I think
it's gone, boom, a little one floats back up.
The situation becomes exacerbated, Your Honor, by the fact that after three
flushes, the toilet needs time to rejuvenate, sometimes as much as ten
before it's capable of flushing again.
There have been situations where my client has had company and he's been too
embarrassed to leave the bathroom for fear of the company then coming in and,
well, seeing... A floaty. A floaty.
My client is being unfairly singled out, and never mind selective prosecution,
this is double jeopardy.
It isn't double jeopardy. It's a different charge under a different
He's being prosecuted again for the same act. He stole a purse. This is not
unprecedented. Defendants are prosecuted under federal civil rights charges all
the time for state crimes.
What's more, this defendant is not being prosecuted just for the latest theft.
It's for all his purse snatching, three of which have involved tourists. This is
a political arrest designed to make a statement in the papers. How can... The
law is the law, counsel.
And crimes against tourists affect interstate commerce.
We take that particular law very seriously.
Now, I'll grant the personal, but the charge absolutely stands.
Judge Winchell is believed to rule as soon as tomorrow.
If given time, Congressman Haley would presumably face expulsion from the
You know, when I was in law school, I wanted to clerk for her. I couldn't even
get an interview.
Well, you've met her now.
I only pray she'll forget.
Well, if you took it under advisement, you'll probably have to go in again.
I'm going back there.
You gonna clean it? I can't let him get away with it. I took the high road first
and just walked away, but I can't let a man ruin my shirt, call me fat, and then
just walk away.
Eugene, you can't hit him. I'm not gonna hit him. Why do you always say don't
hit? Because you hit.
I'm gonna go back there. Call.
Let him know that I'm an attorney at law and that I can make it very expensive
for him if he doesn't give me satisfaction.
He'll hit him.
Ms. Washington, did you see my client while you were in the store?
Not really.
Did you see anybody else in the store?
I don't think so.
You're not sure?
I just paid the money and told the attendant which pump.
Okay. Can you describe what the attendant looked like?
No.
After you paid him, you went outside?
Yes. To pump gas?
Yes. Were you looking at your car as you walked to the car, or were you looking
at the store?
I was probably looking at my car.
You don't know for sure?
No. So you don't know if anybody else entered or exited this door while you
headed for your car?
I didn't see anybody else go in or go out. But you weren't looking at the
Right. Is it possible that somebody else could have gone in that door while you
were walking towards your car? I didn't see any... The question was, is it
possible?
Anything's possible.
You sound annoyed. Are you annoyed with these questions?
Objection. Abstain.
When you heard the shots, you looked up.
You saw my client.
Yes. What was he wearing?
A big jacket with a hood. A hood?
Was this hood up?
Yes. Big hood? Little hood?
Big hood. Did it cover any part of his face?
Side, maybe, not the front.
And how far away from the store were these gas pumps?
Maybe 30 feet. Well, if I were to tell you...
42 feet. Okay. You saw him from 42 feet away. Yes.
With a hood partially blocking his face.
I saw the front of his face.
Miss Washington, you seem like an advocate.
Objection! You said he was pointing the gun the first time you saw him. Yes. And
then he was shooting the gun.
That's right.
Did you ever get a close look at his face while he was not pointing or
a gun? I don't think so.
And when you heard the shot, were you frightened?
Yeah. You looked up, you saw a man shooting another man. Were you shocked?
I suppose I was.
Now, after the shooting, the police came and you gave a description.
Yeah. You described the man as Hispanic?
Yeah. You were sure he was Hispanic?
I thought he was Hispanic. Well, did you say, I think he was Hispanic, but I'm
not sure. Did you say that? Yes, but when I saw him... You said you weren't
sure. I was sure when I saw him again in the lineup. And when you saw him in the
lineup, was he wearing a jacket with a big hood?
I think so.
And when the police showed you mugshots before this lineup, were you able to
identify any of these people in the photographs as the man who did that
shooting? No.
Were you shown a picture of my client?
I don't think I was.
You were.
And that's it.
Right there.
Without the hood.
One judge says no jail, and another judge say I gotta go on trial again?
Let's not panic just yet, okay, Maureen? Eleanor, I used to scam banks back
when. This is my reward for scaling down? Okay, well, you see, that
not gonna fly. It's not right.
Ellie? Oh, hey, Jerry, what's up?
Couple of seconds. Sure.
Alone.
Why don't you just sit down? Wait here.
I'm afraid you have stepped into it a little.
What do you mean?
Off the record?
Absolutely.
They have been waiting for this case.
Tourism is a billion -dollar industry here. Foreign tourists have been getting
spooked about crime, not so much here in Boston, but even so. So my little purse
snatcher's the one you go after?
He's the perfect guy.
Petty crime? That shows zero tolerance.
Now, if you didn't hear this from me, don't you dare plead guilty banking on
leniency. Get your sentence up front or go to trial.
What could he get?
Up to 20.
20 years for snatching a purse?
The problem is, he gave one back.
Excuse me? Last year, he grabbed some lady's purse, and when he saw her local
address, he gave it back, saying something like, you're from Boston.
Now, that's the pole they'll be driving to show he targets tourists.
As I said, you have stepped into it pretty good.
You sue because you're big?
Yes, I will sue you.
Not fair.
What's not fair is you shrinking my shirt. No, shrink. Yes, shrink.
You fat.
Me not fat. You thief.
Me not fat. You thief.
You bigot.
Bigot against Chinese.
Shame.
Miss Washington, do you have a bias against my client?
No. So it's your testimony you've got no bias whatsoever against Luis Marino?
Well, when I see somebody commit murder, it can make me not like them, yes. And
if that person did not commit murder, the bias, like any prejudice, would be
grounded in ignorance, correct? Objection. We're drawn.
Miss Washington, you were in fact threatened by the brother of my client.
Objection. Overruled.
Luis Moreno's brother threatened you?
Yes. Did that make you angry?
Yes, it did. Did it make you all the more determined to testify here today?
It didn't deter me from testifying.
What, if anything, did you learn about my client's brother?
Your Honor, I don't see what this line... I'm exploring the possibility
threats made by the brother are coloring today's testimony. I'm certainly
allowed to explore it.
Go ahead.
What, if anything, did you learn about the brother?
That he's capable of violence.
Were you told that the brother was suspected in two prior murders, for
of which the prosecution were able to secure convictions?
Something like that.
And the prosecution, they suggested police protection for you?
Yes. Because the brother was a bad guy?
Yes. Well, and the fact that the brother was possibly a murderer, the fact that
he threatened you, did that make you more sure of what you saw in that
convenience store?
It made me neither more nor less sure of what I thought.
Is it your testimony before this jury that knowing the brother was a murderer,
that didn't even make you slightly more inclined to believe that my client could
also be a murderer?
No, it didn't.
Ms. Washington, was that a truthful answer?
Objection. Move to strike.
Sustained.
Did you meet with the prosecutor to discuss today's testimony?
Objection. Sustained.
Do you feel indebted?
In any way to the prosecution, Ms. Washington? No, I don't feel indebted.
prosecution asked the police to follow this man threatening you. Is that
correct? Objection. It goes to bias?
I'll allow it. Now, are you aware that a member of the district attorney's
office asked police officers to tell my client's brother?
I'm aware.
Do you know what happened to my client's brother?
He was killed.
By who? By police officers. By the officers who were asked?
By the DA's office to tell him?
Yes.
When you heard that the man threatening your safety was dead, did you then feel
more safe?
Why the hell isn't she protecting her? What do you want her to do? Object.
Act like the DA?
Bobby, she's the only witness. If it looks like the DA has to protect her,
a weak witness, weak case. Do I need to tell you this? Well, she should at least
try to get it back to the chambers. I mean, do something to crack the guy's
momentum.
Fine, I'll tell her.
Do you ever think what happens if that guy gets off?
His brother was killed and he could blame Rebecca. Did you ever think about
that?
He could blame me.
I'm the one who sent those officers.
You ever think about that?
I'm marking up a motion to dismiss, but... He can get 20 years?
Yeah. Without parole.
That's really kind of funny, Eugene.
Funny? I'm making fun of the way he talks. That's funny. You're not a bigot.
Yeah, but I go there to be above it all. Attorney at law. Suddenly I'm shouting,
me no fat, you thin.
Making fun of his broken English, that's different from being prejudiced against
the Chinese.
Besides, it is funny the way they talk.
Ever been to a sushi bar with a bunch of Japanese guys ordering sake?
Isn't that a humorous thing?
Don't help me, Jimmy.
Oh, my God.
Lindsay!
Evidently, she died quickly. The early indication is heart attack.
And aside from the tragedy of her death, more shocking is that her last living
act was to sentence Congressman Haley to federal prison.
According to her law clerk, in a handwritten opinion under file heading
that's the Haley case, she wrote as follows.
The mere fact that he's capable of buoyant bowel movements doesn't protect
from the full force and effect of the law.
I hereby sentence the defendant to 16 months.
in the Springfield Federal Penitentiary.
Though handwritten, the ruling is binding and it seems Congressman Haley
headed to prison and, of course, to certain expulsion.
She wrote down the wrong file number.
Oops, Daisy.
Are you afraid to admit you could be mistaken?
I am not.
Miss Washington, you had blood on your shoe just from stepping inside. There
no blood on my client. He probably changed his clothes.
Oh, and pulled out the other hooded coat to walk around in public with?
Objection. Sustained. You're standing two feet from the attendant, but you
cannot describe him. But from 42 feet away, my client... That's right.
42 feet away. Five, ten second stops while there's a gun going off, while
there's a hood on his head. And even though you couldn't say he was Hispanic,
even though you couldn't identify his picture, there is just no...
possibility that you could be wrong.
Is that your testimony?
That is my testimony, Mr. Seymour. That's it.
You seem a little too sure, Ms. Washington.
Objection! Withdrawn.
I got the picture.
Nothing further.
Ms. Ward?
Nothing.
Witness may step down.
Yeah.
Ms. Ward?
The prosecution rests, Your Honor.
Mr. Seymour, defense rests.
Rehabilitate her. I didn't need to. Put me up there. You?
Why would I put you on a stand? Character witness.
I can get up there. I've known her for 12 years. I can vouch for her honesty
her capacity for observation.
You are losing this case. I do not need you to tell me that.
Look.
We said this going in. Maybe I'm wrong.
I don't think I am.
But it was 42 feet away at night. It happened fast.
Okay, maybe I just remember him in the courtroom as the guy I saw in the
and that's when he registered. And maybe I did see his hood in the lineup. I
mean, maybe.
Does it make sense? I could be so sure.
Rebecca, don't let what he did in there start to work mind games on you.
That was his plan.
Well, it worked then because I'm not so sure anymore.
You have to separate this from all his questions and think about what you saw.
All right, listen.
Here is the difference between defense attorneys and DAs. I am not allowed to
win at all costs.
So if you're not sure, I've got to go back in there and recommend that this
be dismissed.
But before I do, I need you to think, Rebecca.
Take the night.
Take your time and think.
And if you're still not sure, then this is over.
he's expelled from Congress, the prison term means he must give up his office.
Shockwaves continue to radiate through the city, Brian. This is a popular
legislator.
Wouldn't a U .S. attorney know it's the wrong case?
Facts were never tried.
This is a contempt order based on default.
His buoyant little depth charges never made it into record.
We have to tell.
The hell you tell? That's my jail time he's talking about.
Mr. Peabody, as officers of this court... You're defense lawyers.
The information we have isn't privileged.
And as officers of this court, we can't let another man serve your jail
sentence.
So I'm going to prison?
And this is going to be national news. That's kind of mixed up, isn't it?
Every relative, every old girlfriend, nephews, nieces, they're all going to
I dropped three flush floaties.
I'm hoping we can vacate the judgment.
It wasn't my shirt.
I looked inside.
He didn't shrink it. He just flat out gave me the wrong shirt, which means I
to go back.
Don't hit him.
What do you mean you don't know where she is? I thought she'd be here.
Hey, guys.
Hi. Bobby, listen.
I know the witness is your assistant. I'm sorry.
But, I mean, you know how it is, right?
Yeah. Later.
This is great.
Bobby, I gotta make a decision here.
If she isn't here in the next few minutes, I don't know what I'm gonna do.
gonna... There she is.
He's the guy.
Are you sure?
Completely. Okay, let's go.
And I was hoping, as a show of good faith, my client coming forward to
this miscarriage of justice, we could vacate the contempt order against him.
Are you thinking it over?
Your Honor?
When murder happens, we need to catch who did it.
We need to see him punished.
It's human nature.
As for law, we need to find guilt beyond all reasonable doubt. There is no
physical evidence of any kind connecting Luis Moreno to this crime.
None.
In this age of high -tech lab criminal forensics, you always find something.
slightest microscopic spot of blood.
A fiber not visible to the human eye, a piece of hair, saliva, a partial
fragment of a fingerprint.
Even the most precise crimes are never immaculate. And this, this was a rushed,
bloody murder.
Ladies and gentlemen, a shooting at a very close range.
They found nothing.
I don't doubt Miss Washington thinks Luis Moreno committed this crime.
It was certainly made easier for her to think it.
He had a hooded coat.
He was wearing a hooded coat in the lineup.
He had a brother, a despicable brother that threatened her life.
She said knowing the brother was a killer didn't influence her.
But ask yourselves, when you heard that his brother was a murderer, didn't you
on some level think it more likely that Louise could be one too?
Of course you did.
That's human nature.
And when the prosecution took care of that brother and eliminated this threat
to her life, is it possible that Miss Washington might feel some gratitude,
determined to do her part in this courtroom?
Human nature.
But the law, beyond a reasonable doubt?
They showed her his picture.
She didn't recognize him.
It's only when he appeared with the big hood.
Now, can anybody here, anybody, trust that recognition?
And even if you could, beyond all reasonable doubt?
The defense made a mistake.
Chipping away at reasonable doubt, that was a credible strategy.
Nighttime crime happened in a flash.
Reasonable doubt. It's a very plausible defense.
But then he argued bias.
Rebecca Washington was indebted to the prosecution.
Rebecca Washington was prejudiced against the defendant.
Now that was a mistake.
Because you saw the woman sitting in this witness chair.
And you know, as I do, if anything came through beyond all doubt, it's that
sitting in this chair was an honest woman whose integrity was unassailable.
Yes, she was threatened by the brother.
Told there'd be consequences if she got up at the probable cause hearing. But
she got up at probable cause.
And she got up here.
And told the truth.
Can we be sure that that's the man who killed Roberto Alou?
Yes.
How can we be sure?
Because that woman right over there told you so.
If she wasn't sure, she would have told you that.
She saw him in that store. A well -lit store.
She saw him pull that trigger, and she saw him the next day in that lineup.
She forged ahead through threats, through not -so -great odds, through
attorney attacks to do one thing, to bring the truth to the 12 of you.
And who here didn't see that?
You expect me to dismiss because you don't like the law? I expect you to
because as a judge, you should be offended by Congress using the law for
political expedience.
Welcome to America.
Is that what I'm supposed to say to my client?
Welcome to America? Tourism is big business, so you're going away for 20
Maybe you should tell your client that he's a thief.
He preys on people.
Why should I give a rat's ass about fairness to him? Did he care about those
women in their 80s that he stole from? Then make the punishment proportional to
the crime.
In my opinion, it is.
I am sick and tired of these hoodlums getting fourth, fifth, and sixth
He snatched a purse.
And he'll think harder before he ever does it again, won't he? He pled guilty
under the condition of no jail. How can you... That was state court.
How can any plea agreement be reliable if the federal government can just swoop
in behind... Your motion is denied.
The charge stands.
Ten minute reset.
We go to trial.
That's all I can say. We go to trial and prove that you didn't try to target
tourists. You didn't, right? Of course I didn't. I just wanted the money.
It's their own fault, Eleanor.
If they weren't so busy snapping pictures and buying postcards, they
have lost their bags.
People need to pay attention.
Okay, you know what? We're not going to lead with that either, Warren.
Hey.
Lindsay, it's all upside down.
Peabody's going to jail for flushing too much water. Warren could get 20 years
for stealing a handbag.
And the murderer in Rebecca's trial is probably going to walk. It's just, it's
all upside down.
It's less upside down.
I got Peabody's sentence suspended, conditioned on new toilets, subject to
random inspection.
You owe me.
So, you evidently gave me the wrong shirt.
No shrink, huh?
No.
Correct shirt.
Thank you.
Okay, look, I want to apologize for my... I didn't mean to sound bigoted.
I just lost my composure a little.
Understand. Happened a lot.
People get mad, makes fun how I talk.
Happened before.
Still doesn't make it right.
You apologize for sure to now?
Excuse me? No shrink.
Apologize.
You gave me the wrong shirt.
But we didn't shrink.
Apologize.
Why should I apologize? You did make a mistake. Innocent mistake. But you say
shrink. That's slander. You called me fat. That's slander. Truth defend. What?
You owe apology.
I'm not going to apologize for anything. We have no strength. It's the wrong
shirt. Stubborn. You're not only fat, but stubborn.
You're stubborn.
You're fat.
Come to yoga.
Stubborn.
The court will come to order.
Something's got to make sense this week, Beck.
Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
We have.
Will the defendant please rise?
What say you?
In the matter of Commonwealth v.
Luis Moreno on the charge of murder in the first degree, we find the defendant,
Luis Moreno, guilty.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Way to go, Becky. You did it.
Yeah.
I have to admit, seeing it from this side, what you do for a living, yeah,
we do.
We all laugh at the way Eugene does his reasonable doubt dance to get people off
and make bets.
Doesn't seem so funny right now.
You held together, Rebecca.
You did everything you had to do.
Thanks for being there.
It helps seeing you in the back of the room.
In a startling revelation, the buoyant bowel movements really belong to this
man, Kyle Peabody. Judge Winchell's ruling had the wrong file number listed,
which leaves Congressman Haley's case still open.
Do you ever stop and think about the business we're in?
Why would I ever want to do that?
Seriously, Bobby.
What we spend our days doing.
Do you ever stop and think?
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