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Mr. Bones, what were you doing when the police stopped your car?

Being black.

Objection. Non -responsive. Sustained. Mr. Brogan, could you please form your

questions in a way your client can answer appropriately?

Were you speeding?

Changing lanes?

Driving like my grandma.

The cops had no business playing that gun.

Objection. Mr. Bones is not familiar with the rules of testifying. Well,

you should find the lawyer who is.

I know the rules.

That search was unconstitutional. And now he's the judge.

Oh, he's a little leeway. Then I suggest you find another courtroom.

Mr. Brogan, in my chambers now.

Your Honor, I know my guy is a little out of control. Mr. Brogan, in a moment,

two detectives are going to walk through that door and arrest me for murder.

And I want you to defend me.

What, are you kidding?

Will you or won't you?

Ruben Wright, you're under arrest for murder.

What's going on with my camera here? Mr. Bergen.

Yes or no?

Do not question my client except in my presence.

Judge, I'll see you at the arraignment.

The client?

I think this hearing is adjourned. Yo, Judge, you and me gonna get together

later? All right.

Judge Wright is not a murderer. This is insane.

And I'm supposed to prosecute him? This case was developed by the Investigations

Bureau. The DA wants experienced trial counsel in court. That's fine. It's

great. Why me?

Because he knows you don't mind being disliked.

Excuse me? I think he meant it as a compliment. Look, Edge, please. The

has been made.

Trying to get the case filed from investigations. They got me on hold.

sure they do. All they sent over was a booking sheet.

Charge, murdering the second -degree alleged victim, Murray Rothstein, some

lawyer that was shot two weeks ago.

Disconnected. Okay, Chad, go over there and get it. We need to see it before the

arraignment. Catherine, the court clerk just called.

Judge Wright is going to be arraigned in ten minutes. What?

Professional courtesy. Judges don't like to see their own spending the night in

jail. Okay.

Everybody who wear black tomorrow will officially be mourning the death of my

career.

Look at this.

Yes,

sir. Oh, thank you, Mikey.

Well, if you need anything else, Judge, just ask.

Calendar number five.

People versus Ruben Wright.

Ruben? Your Honor.

Your Honor, as the charges murder, the people request remand.

Seriously? The defendant is a renowned judge with a stellar reputation. Which

has nothing to do with his bail status. For homicide, remand is the normal

request. Would the District Attorney care to enlighten us to the evidence

supports this ludicrous charge?

As Judge Wright himself...

might inform his attorney we are not here today to try this case. Not exactly

winning response, Ms. Peel.

Bail is granted.

$100 ,000.

Thank you, Your Honor.

May I have 24 hours to raise the money?

That's fine.

Release is immediate, based on a promise to post by this time tomorrow.

Did he just get bail on credit?

Yep. Home court advantage.

Your Honor, why don't we take you out back?

The rest is swarming in.

Your Honor, why don't we take you out back? The rest is swarming in.

You've got egg on your face.

Wait, how was I supposed to convince any judge to remand one of their own? No,

you actually have egg on your face.

No.

Thank you.

Who built this case at investigation?

Walter Williams.

Oh, sanctimonious insect.

He wants to be mayor one day.

Executing a judge is a great way to get your name in the papers.

Yeah, and I'm sure he's thrilled, just thrilled to get the case taken away from

him. Well, I wouldn't worry about it. I'm sure he'll be cooperative.

Oh.

What's that?

A Hamza. Guard against the evil eye.

I am calling the DA personally. This case should be mine. Fine.

Let's call him right now.

He won't be in his office because his daughter has a horse show.

I tell you what, why don't I try his cell?

Now you make sure and tell him Judge Wright got bail because you wouldn't

us the case file.

This case should be mine.

We heard.

Mr. Williams, would you mind enlightening us as to exactly what this

You know Eric Santiago?

Lurie, third drug lord.

His in -house lawyer was Murray Rothstein.

Rothstein was busted two weeks ago for heavy possession.

Yeah, screwing around with drugs himself.

He was facing ten years' hard time, so he sent out word.

He'd make a deal.

He'd give up Santiago and a judge that Santiago's been bribing for years.

Judge Wright?

According to Rothstein.

Whenever one of Santiago's people ended up in Judge Wright's courtroom...

Santiago would give money to Rothstein, who gave the money to Wright, and the

case would go Santiago's way.

So you had Wright on corruption?

Dead center with Murray Rothstein as the star witness.

The only thing is, Rothstein suddenly gets out of jail, and Santiago has him

killed. We have Santiago on tape ordering the hit.

So we arrest Santiago. Now he wants to make a deal.

Yes, he ordered the hit, but it was Judge Wright who told him to do it.

Wright even got Rothstein out of jail so the hitman could get to him.

This case is a ground ball.

Do not screw it up.

So we're prosecuting a respected judge for killing Murray Rothstein based on

word of a notorious drug dealer?

Yes, which will make us as popular in this courthouse as Romeo at a Capulet

family reunion.

They don't get along.

Well, at least we'll have each other.

Right. So...

The police had a wiretap on Santiago as part of a drug investigation. After

Rothstein was killed, they reviewed the tapes and found this phone call that

Santiago made to Judge Wright a few hours after Rothstein was arrested.

Yes? That's Judge Wright. It's Santiago.

Why are you calling me?

Mary Rothstein just got popped for drugs.

Dumb son of a bitch.

Maybe you want to get him out.

Yeah.

Tell him I'll meet him at the park soon.

Park Central Hotel.

Two minutes after this phone call, Judge Wright called arraignments, asked them

for a favor, would they release Rothstein on his own recognizance.

An hour after that, Rothstein was on the street.

An hour later, he was dead.

You know any person who can explain all this to Santiago?

Mm -hmm.

A homicidal drug lord.

Our star witness.

So here's the deal.

In exchange for testifying... Excuse me. Here's the deal.

Your client tells us everything he knows about Judge Wright and Mary Rothstein,

and I agree not to send him to the U .S. Attorney for prosecution under the

federal murder -for -hire statute, which carries the death penalty. Hey.

Lady, I'm giving you a judge.

You don't want to call her lady. I'm giving you a choice.

Do it my way or die.

You gotta give her something.

He pleads murder, too.

Minimum 15 years.

Okay, good luck in federal court.

Okay.

Okay. Rothstein was the go -between between me and Wright.

They were old buddies.

Came up through the system together.

And then Wright told you to murder Rothstein, his good buddy? That's your

Rothstein knew about the bribes.

We knew he might use that to make a deal if he ever got arrested.

So the judge and I agreed.

If that happened, we'd talk.

Judge would make the call what to do.

Park Central meant kill him. In what language?

The judge's code. He made it up.

But who actually killed Rothstein?

A Dominican hitman.

I still owe him 12 grand for final payment.

Well? Is this a joke?

His word and an invisible hitman against a judge?

Give it to her.

Murray Rothstein's logbook.

Every bribe, every detail, his handwriting.

Full corroboration.

Enjoy.

Names, dates, details, different inks.

A couple of scotch stains. This checks out. We might actually have a case.

What's he doing here?

I don't know. Turning himself in.

Greetings, emissaries of the people.

You won't by any chance have any evidence in the Judge Wright case that

like to share with his defense team?

Nothing comes to mind, no.

Oh, wait. I'm sensing something. Could it be a logbook?

I'll take that as a yes.

Release is immediate, based on a promise to post by this time tomorrow.

Did he just get bail on credit?

Yep. Home court advantage.

Danielle, did you check under the dryer?

They like heat.

You don't need to call the super.

How do you know we got in the vent?

No, no, no. Don't rip it open. Danielle.

Who's under the dryer?

Doug. Maybe.

Who's Doug?

My son's hamster. My boys stayed at my place last night, and my ex -wife came

pick them up this morning, and they're refusing to leave because Doug is

missing. On the other hand, it's a great day, people.

Catherine is prosecuting a respected judge on the word of a drug dealer,

makes her public enemy number one, and us kings of the courthouse, baby.

Uh, night ten.

Thanks, Ray.

Uh, Judge Wright is here. All right, Lena, file our appearance.

Alejo, let's go meet the client.

You're not going to lowball this one, right?

Hell no. This guy's been busting my balls for ten years. Now, he's got some

spleen in the door.

Why you?

Why me? I can't open my mouth in your courtroom without you jumping all over

Well, because I know you, Mr. Brogan. Because you're annoying.

Overconfident.

Because you dress like a clown. Because you skirt the edge of every rule of law

and evidence. But you win.

Mr. Brogan, I need to win.

Assuming that we take the case, our fee structure is... Well, I have to be

upfront with you on this.

My finances, the bills for my deceased wife's battle with cancer, eh?

Don't judges have insurance?

The nurses and hospice care.

I took her to Italy because she wanted to see Florence before she died. We'll

work something out.

About this charge, that I murdered Murray Rothstein, it's preposterous. He

my friend.

Who worked for a drug dealer?

He was a defense attorney. That was his job.

May I have some water, please?

So after Rothstein was arrested, Eric Santiago called you?

Why? He knew that I knew Murray.

Thought I'd want to know him.

Maybe he thought he was going to score points for the judge.

And after Santiago called you, you called arraignments to get Rothstein

released? That's right. I was helping a friend.

It doesn't help that he was shot an hour later.

By Santiago.

I mean, if anything, he used me. And now the fact that they're taking this man's

word? I mean, his life?

Mr. Brogan, I've been a judge at that courthouse for 27 years.

And people know me.

Look, it's going to come down to that call between you and Santiago.

That's all they got to support his story.

I know.

Well, he called me to tell me that Murray was arrested and asked me if I

to get him out of jail, and I said that I would.

And that I would meet Murray later on at the Park Central.

This is the place that he and I used to have dinner.

What's wrong with two friends having dinner?

Brogan's got your file in his paperwork?

I'd say that's a gross misuse of your talents.

Thanks. Hey, we've got a line here.

So sue me.

You're welcome.

Dinner sometime?

Wow.

Guess nothing comes for free anymore.

Who's paperwork are you filing?

I'm representing Eric Santiago.

No kidding. We've got Judge Wright.

See, we have a lot to talk about.

No awkward silences between soup and salad.

Well, we could start now, if you want.

Wow. Nothing comes for free anymore.

You might want to tell your boss about a little logbook Murray Rothstein kept.

Now that we have a day.

Even though you've decided to turn this into a charity case, the fringe benefits

are considerable.

I just got the adjournment we needed in the Zeller case.

The clerk actually said, pick a date, anything you want. From now on, we

only judges.

I had to go file on our appearance. Did the clerk shower your path with rose

petals? No, but Dan Olin offered to shower me with a few things.

Ooh, no doubt.

You shoot him down? Horse traded for information.

He's representing Santiago.

Apparently, Murray Rothstein kept a logbook of all his dealings with Judge

Wright, and Santiago has it.

Rhonda!

Give me Danny Boy Olin.

Actually, he phoned while you were out. He says to meet him at Riker's. His

client wants a word with you.

Greetings,

emissaries of the people.

Does anybody have any evidence in the Judge Wright case that you'd like to

with his defense team? Nothing comes to mind, no.

I'm sensing something.

Could it be a law book?

You can hand it over voluntarily like a nice prosecutor, or I will be asking for

it in court tomorrow, and you know how a judge is going to rule.

Okay. Chad?

Jimbo. What's up?

Great happening, new associate.

She ever wants to change jobs, I'm hiring her. Well, talking about asses,

does your client want to see me about?

Didn't say. But if he tries to drop me and hire you, tell him you're conflicted

out.

Jimmy Brogan.

You're moving up.

Got your own firm and everything.

Well, thanks to you, I got a client.

You sure you want to be telling those stories about Judge Wright?

Yeah, that's true.

And he got me a deal with the DA, which you probably heard.

What do you want to talk about?

I know you're going to come after me.

Just be careful.

You make me look like a liar and my deal can go away, and I don't want that to

happen.

You know what?

Neither do you.

Why is that?

Ill will, bad karma, negativity in the universe.

By the way, how are the kids, Jimmy?

I'm judging you with the X, right?

Danielle, Danielle, Danielle, I'll buy the tickets. Just take the boys and go,

please. Well, I would just feel better with you guys out of town.

Yeah.

No, I'll explain later.

Well, I'm always careful.

Yeah.

You need any more room?

I'm good.

All right. I got it. I got it.

The central clerk's office just locked my motion papers in three other cases.

I will help them find them. What is wrong with you, ma 'am? Every muscle in

is revolting against me, just like the court staff.

And it doesn't help that Jimmy's being carried around like a lost emperor.

Tina has a heat impairment.

Smells like mothballs.

I'll tell Jimmy about Rothstein's logbook.

Are you going to get its one? I'll get it eventually. If I don't, I'll probably

be held in contempt and killed by a firing squad of judges.

Chad? Hi.

We got him.

We got Judge Wright.

Have you been here all night?

I think so. Look, I've been through the logbook that we got from Santiago, and I

cross -checked names and dates with case files and court calendars. Look, from

the logbook, August 20, 2009, $25 ,000 NP.

August 30, 2009, Judge Wright suppresses DNA evidence against Nikki Price,

Santiago's lieutenant, in a murder trial.

Price walks.

N .P.

Nicky Price to the initials. Tell me, get it. Okay. 2007, J .R., $12 ,000.

21st, 2007, Judge Wright dismissed a weapons charge against Jose Ruiz.

F .B., $20 ,000.

Nice. Frankie Berger, convicted of a B felony, sentenced to only two to six

years. Judge Wright again?

Judge Wright, Judge Wright, Judge Wright, Judge Wright.

That's the pattern.

Where's the money?

Money. All the bribes. Where'd the money go to?

Oh, I have the judge's bank records here, but there's no unexplained cash

deposit. Then search his apartment.

Let

me

see the warrant.

Everything is in order. Looking for cash, high -value objects.

How about his Juris of the Year award? I'm sure he values that. Jimmy, I'm not

enjoying this. Just let them get it over with, Mr. Brogan.

Babe Ruth, autographed. Yeah, I bought that 20 years ago for $400.

There's a space in the wall.

Locked. Closed container. You're going to need another warrant for that. Not if

Judge Wright opens it voluntarily.

Ain't going to happen. It's up to you, Judge. Open it or take it with us. Do

speak to my client. There's nothing of any value in it anyway.

He declines.

Go ahead.

Take it.

All right.

For the civil suit we're going to file after you are acquitted.

Malicious prosecution.

Destruction of personal property.

Smile.

Well, there was one thing in that safe. My deceased wife's wedding band.

I suppose the gold is worth something.

We have a problem.

Catherine turned over the logbook and there is a pattern.

What logbook?

Supposedly kept by Rothstein. Supposedly listing the bribes that you supposedly

were given.

If it's not real, it's a smart fake. Names and dates match Santiago cases in

your courtroom.

Mickey Price, you excluded DNA evidence?

I remember this one.

The people couldn't rule out cross -contamination.

I throw out DNA cases all the time. Frankie Berger, sentenced two to six on

Class B felony?

Well, it was his first conviction.

He had a positive sentencing report.

Jose Ruiz, you dismissed a weapons charge?

Search warrant for the gun was defective.

The DA messes up warrants all the time, you know. Like we don't see faulty cases

every day, Alejo. If I had a nickel for every floppy warrant I've had thrown

out. Look, the best evidence against you is the tape phone conversation.

Police had a warrant, but like you said, they mess up warrants all the time,

Alejo. I'll dig that one up.

Nice look.

Nice man purse.

From Judge Wright's safe, his wife's wedding ring.

R .W. and L .L. love forever.

Okay, get this back to him now.

This case just gets thinner and thinner.

Well, we still have the logbook and the pattern it shows.

And this.

Mary Rothstein just got popped for drugs.

Dumb son of a bitch.

Maybe you want to get him out.

Yeah. Tell him I'll meet him at the Park Central.

How do we convince the jury that Park Central means murder?

We better make sure they weren't just having dinner there.

Well, if I were there, I would do the water slide with them.

Yeah, I know you don't like to get wet.

What?

No, I didn't send you flowers.

Don't open the door.

Call hotel security, Danielle.

Danielle!

Jimmy, what's going on?

It's my wife, my ex -wife in Orlando.

Daniel, don't do that. Anyone could say they got the wrong room.

Just be careful, please.

Kiss the boys for me.

I know.

You're freaking out because someone sent your ex -wife flowers?

Not exactly.

Are you going to seduce a bishop?

I'm meeting with Dan Olin for dinner at the Park Central.

My idea.

Any thoughts?

Well, if he asks you up to see his Haitian art collection, he doesn't have

Right.

Sure you never saw these two here?

If I have, not for years.

You say that one's a judge?

Yeah.

Sorry.

Thanks.

Heads up, I'm not interested in Haitian art.

Good thing he doesn't have a name.

Oh, Catherine.

You two comparing notes again?

The words love will bring you down.

Actually, we're on a date. You ought to try it sometime. I only date within my

own species.

May I help you?

Arnold Rothstein? Ah, yes. The hotel's tawdry history.

Arnold Rothstein fixed the 1919 World Series. He was murdered in 1928.

He was murdered?

Right here.

At the Park Central.

Judge Wright was a baseball buff. He knew the gambler that fixed the World

Series was named Rothstein and murdered at the Park Center.

So he made Park Center his code for killing a different Rothstein.

Cute. Disgusting.

You know, I used to look up to that man.

ID, please.

I left upstairs, Eddie.

Then over there.

This case sucks.

The maitre d' at the Park Center said he hadn't seen Judge Wright and Rothstein

there for years.

Catherine was there, and I'm sure he told her the same thing.

Well, Judge Wright did say they used to go there. Maybe there was plenty on

renewing the habit.

Do you think I spent too much?

How much?

$900.

There's more than we're making on this case. Take them back.

Something else you want to talk to me about? Yes, good news first.

The warrant for Santiago's phone is a total mess, insufficient on its face.

That's what I'm talking about!

We get the call with Judge Wright's thrown out, Catherine's case goes away.

What's the bad news? The Jets lost? The judge who signed the defective warrant?

Oh, Rudin Wright.

You signed the warrant for the Y -tap that caught him talking to Santiago?

Months ago when Santiago was being investigated for drugs.

He didn't actually sign it. It's a signature stamp.

The clerk could have done it. Either way, if the application is defective,

warrant goes away, the recorded conversation is definitely admissible.

The defense cannot be allowed to benefit from the defendant's own negligence.

Judge Wright has no memory of even seeing this warrant. He's constantly

with poorly drafted applications from the police department and the district

attorney. And he rejects some and approves others. The fact that he

defective warrant aimed at his own partner in crime was obviously an

get the evidence tossed if their criminality was ever exposed. Or the

error of an overworked judge or his overworked clerk.

As you all know, I've been shipped down from New Paltz to hear this case.

To avoid the conflict of having one of Judge Wright's colleagues preside at his

trial. Now, I am naturally distressed that a fellow judge has been brought up

such a serious charge.

But I've got to say, sir, where I come from, we read court documents before we

sign them. He didn't sign it. It was stamped.

I don't care if he kissed it and left a lipstick mark on it. A defendant cannot

be allowed to profit from his own bad acts.

The tape conversation will be admitted to evidence.

Ms.

Peele. Oh, we can't be talking, sir, without your attorney present. Ms.

have never taken a bribe.

I'm never murdered anymore.

Please, you must believe me. You're going to have to tell that to a jury,

After the healer lies of a drug dealer.

Lies that would be presented as facts by you. Miss Beale, I've always respected

you. You knew my wife.

There's other evidence, sir.

It's a so -called parent.

I don't know if that could happen to any of us. I mean, what if an officer was a

prosecutor, like Walter Williams, took some of your old cases out of context?

cases? I mean, for instance, like the Gomez matter. He worked for Santiago,

and you made a mistake.

An honest mistake.

But Gomez walked.

And what if someone were to say that the mistake you made was not an accident,

but that you actually were a brat?

Well, then that person would be lying. Like Santiago was lying about me.

Some people tell the same lie about you.

Don't you see? This could happen to any one of us. Are you here to plead with

me, Judge, or to blackmail me? Ms. Bale, this case is a trap.

If your client wasn't already on trial for murder, I would charge him with

obstruction of justice.

Excuse me? And if I thought for one minute that you knew anything about what

was up to, I would move to get you disbarred. Up to? What's he up to?

Are you insane? I did not threaten her.

I'm a victim here.

I was just making the point that this could happen to any one of us. You make

that point again, I will walk off the case. Do you understand? I'm on trial

my life here, Mr. Brogan.

I picked you to save me because I know that you push the boundaries.

I know you and Miss Peele are friends.

But right now, I need you to do what you do.

If you hurt her feelings because you talk about a mistake she once made,

she'll get over that. But if you don't, I'll go to prison for a crime I did not

commit.

How long have you been the night of Raymond Clark, Mr. Catala?

Twelve years.

Did you receive a call from the defendant on the afternoon of September

Yeah. Judge Wright called and asked me to take care of his friend, Murray

Rothstein. Now, around the courthouse, what does take care of mean? You know as

well as I do, sir.

Yeah. Would you mind explaining to the jury, please?

It means help out.

In this case, make sure that Mr. Rothstein got out without bail.

And is it typical for a man accused of felony white cocaine possession to be

released without bail?

Happens. That's not what I asked.

I asked, is it the norm?

No.

Thank you.

Mr. Cataldo, how are you bearing up? Well, not my favorite seat in the house.

As an arraignment clerk, how often do you get calls to help people out who've

been arrested?

I get them all the time.

Judges, lawyers, politicians, sometimes even ADAs. Then was Judge

Wright's call to you concerning his friend Murray Rothstein unusual?

No. Normal business.

And is it normal business to take care of someone like that and have that same

person shot down in the street an hour later?

That was a little unusual.

Thank you.

Okay, Mr. Santiago, let's get this out of the way. You are an admitted drug

dealer that has made an arrangement to cooperate with my office. Is that true?

Yes. And you have admitted to hiring a hitman to kill Murray Rothstein. Is that

correct?

Yes, I ordered the hit.

Was it your idea to do that?

No. I called Judge Wright, which we agreed I would do if Murray was ever

arrested. And Judge Wright told me, send Murray to the Park Central, which is a

code he made up, meaning kill him to keep him quiet.

Park Central being a hotel where another man named Rothstein was killed, meaning

kill this Rothstein.

Yes, correct.

So you're saying that you gave cash payments to Murray Rothstein to give to

Judge Wright?

Yeah, the barbs.

And did you ever see Rothstein give the money to Judge Wright?

Personally, no, I never seen it. How do you know Rothstein wasn't keeping the

money and sending it up his nose?

The judge kept ruling my guy's way.

You a lawyer, Mr. Santiago?

Yeah, right.

And for all you know, those rulings were legally appropriate, weren't they?

Except for the law of averages?

Sure.

What in God's name is that?

Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Jimmy's putting Judge Wright on the stand tomorrow.

So you'll determine you when legally speaking.

You know, you might want to stop pumping before your head pops off.

Do you remember the Gomez case?

Yeah. He gave immunity to Hector Gomez.

But it turned out that he was the killer.

Witnesses lie. Cops got it wrong, so you got it wrong.

It happens.

Never happened to you.

Well, after my wife died, my job was all I had.

I would never disgrace my profession.

I never took a bribe. And I never made a ruling that wasn't in accordance with

the law.

And I certainly never took part in an assassination.

But you did arrange for Murray Rothstein to be released from jail.

If I had known that he was going to be killed, I would have locked him in a

myself. Murray was a troubled soul.

But he was my friend.

And you did make a number of legal rulings that favored associates of Eric

Santiago. That wasn't why I made them.

You see, the law is a beautiful, impartial construct. I was just

when I made those rulings. I never looked to see who they disfavored or

but to draw a sinister conclusion from an arbitrary pattern. Oh, that's just

wrong.

One could easily make the argument that Miss Peel is corrupt because she wants

to allow an associate of Mr. Santiago to go free. Objection! That she should be

my co -defendant, not my prosecutor.

I've sustained the objection.

Mr. Brogan, ask your next question.

Approach, Your Honor.

I submit the past acts made by others that resemble those for which Judge

is accused should be fair game for the defense. If those same patterns occurred

elsewhere, innocently, that is exculpatory.

What pattern?

The witness alluded to a single incident.

In which an associate of Mr. Santiago's got away with murder, which is far more

egregious than anything the defendant is accused of making.

I'll allow it. Your Honor. It's allowed.

Judge Wright.

Can you tell us about Eric Santiago's associate, Hector Gomez?

What? Look, Katie, about Judge Wright's testimony... Do you mean the part where

he accused me of a major felony and you helped him do it? Hey, I have an

obligation to my client.

Obligation?

This case is not an obligation for you. It's a validation.

Out of all the lawyers in New York, a famous judge picked you.

And now, you're dancing around in the spotlight like the paid whore he's

you into.

Look, I came here to explain.

Now, in the case you were discussing yesterday, a murderer went free because

made a mistake, correct?

I was merely making a point.

That a mistake looked at from a skewed angle could appear to be corruption.

Yes, exactly.

And so when you accepted that call from Eric Santiago, that was a mistake.

Well, in hindsight, yes.

And when you called the arraignment clerk, that was also a mistake.

Again, in hindsight, yes.

And getting Murray Rothstein out of jail, another mistake.

Clearly.

And this eavesdropping warrant that you authorized, yet another mistake?

I don't remember.

Perhaps it was me, I think.

You know, obviously, Miss Peel, if we could do it all over again, you and

I would do it differently.

They told you about cash bribes, but they found no money.

They told you about suspicious phone calls, but their own witness told you

calls are common. I get them all the time.

Judges, lawyers.

Politicians? They told you a crazy story about the murder of a gangster 82 years

ago?

But the most outrageous thing about this case is the assault on a man with a

sterling, lifelong reputation based on the word of an admitted drug lord and

murderer?

Yes, I ordered the hit. This isn't justice. This is prosecution run amok.

Judge Rubin Wright is falsely accused.

In the name of justice itself, which he represents more than anything or anyone

else we've seen in this trial, I ask you to bring in a verdict of... Guilty.

It's the only verdict that makes sense.

Despite all of the theories and claims that the defense has advanced, this case

is really as simple as one, two, three.

One, Eric Santiago calls Judge Wright and tells him to get Mary Rothstein out

jail. Two, Judge Wright calls the arraignment clerk and puts Rothstein

on the streets.

Three...

Okay, everybody, that's the fire alarm. Let's get outside calmly.

We'll finish here for Miss Peel later.

Um,

shouldn't we maybe be heading outside? There's no fire, Chad.

There's no fire, Chad.

You're just kind of gathering steam there. Yeah.

That sucks, doesn't it?

That would be the word.

The defendant will rise on the charge of murder in the second degree.

How does the jury find?

We find the defendant, Ruben Wright, not guilty.

Yes. Good work. Congratulations. I see why he chose right. Congratulations. Hi.

Mr. Brogan. Congratulations.

Who's feeling?

I look forward to seeing you in my courtroom again.

You did the best you could.

He's guilty.

Maybe.

But right now we just move on to the next one, right?

Right?

Right.

Yeah.

That troop was so cool, Dad. Can't wait to school another time, too. I hope not.

Not for a long time, anyway. Okay, kid.

Nice and easy.

Oh!

Nice.

Did you ever find my hamster, Doug?

Did Doug go to heaven?

I'm sure he did.

Can you prove it?

Yeah, when he was here with you, he was already in heaven. Come here,

you little...

Hello, Judge.

How you doing?

Do I know you?

Actually, I'm a friend of Santiago.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Sure you do, Judge.

I'm the guy who took care of Rothstein.

I got this office by the night he died.

It's proof of service.

What do you want? My final payment.

Twelve grand.

Santiago's locked up, so I'm here to claim it from you.

Santiago.

Said it was 10.

That'll work, Judge.

In cash?

All right, I have it.

Just give me an hour.

That's good.

I'll get him.

One more thing, Judge.

FBI, sir, you are under arrest.

You're wasting your time, Miss Peel.

I was acquitted.

There is such a thing as double jeopardy.

That was state.

This is federal.

You're being charged under the RICO statute as part of Santiago's criminal

enterprise. It's not murder where you can still get 20 years.

Here you go.

You might need that.