1 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:04,560 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,180 Death penalty appeals are usually losers. I'm not going to lie to you 3 00:00:08,180 --> 00:00:11,000 that, but we do have a chance, Earl. We have a legitimate chance. 4 00:00:11,620 --> 00:00:15,420 Well, there'll be other big clients, Rosalind. I'm not talking about clients 5 00:00:15,420 --> 00:00:18,160 right now. I'm talking about the senior partner. 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,060 I'm talking about somebody who can't make a hard decision when he needs to 7 00:00:22,060 --> 00:00:25,060 because he's too afraid of risking his popularity. 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:27,980 Which way did you vote? 9 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,300 Someday you'll probably head up your own firm, Jonathan. 10 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,540 You'll see. It gets complicated. 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,080 Sometimes you just have to compromise. 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,980 No. You always struck me as a man who didn't. 13 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:46,640 The surprise DNA evidence prejudiced the defendant's right to a fair trial under 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,000 the United States Constitution. 15 00:00:48,780 --> 00:00:54,040 Accordingly, we hereby set aside the verdict and the death penalty and order 16 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:55,720 new trial to be scheduled immediately. 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,980 Ronald Poole, street name Pinto, last seen around Olympic Grand, but he could 18 00:01:01,980 --> 00:01:02,959 anywhere. 19 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,720 I want you to find out where he lives and search it. All right. 20 00:01:16,380 --> 00:01:18,700 I want to thank you all for staying late. 21 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:20,900 So, what's going on, Leland? 22 00:01:21,620 --> 00:01:22,620 This. 23 00:01:23,220 --> 00:01:27,360 Effective as of this Friday, I am resigning as senior partner of this law 24 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:30,140 What? I'll stay on as of council. 25 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,460 But one of you will have to take over. 26 00:01:34,140 --> 00:01:35,140 Are you sick? 27 00:01:35,380 --> 00:01:36,860 No, I'm not sick. 28 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,220 My health has nothing to do with it. Then what? 29 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,880 What possible reason could you have for dropping this kind of bomb on us? 30 00:01:43,060 --> 00:01:45,920 Because for some time now, I've hated to come into work, Anne. 31 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,880 People keep threatening to quit. People tell me to go to hell. The place is 32 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,040 splitting at the seams, and I can't be the one to hold it together any longer. 33 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,540 So what are we supposed to do? You elect a new senior partner. That's what you 34 00:01:56,540 --> 00:01:57,540 do. Who? 35 00:01:57,590 --> 00:01:58,910 Who here can do this job? 36 00:01:59,390 --> 00:02:00,390 Anybody but me. 37 00:02:00,630 --> 00:02:02,850 Well, you can't do this, Leland. Oh, yes, I can. 38 00:02:04,030 --> 00:02:05,030 I'm old. 39 00:02:05,770 --> 00:02:06,770 I'm rich. 40 00:02:07,610 --> 00:02:08,610 I'm done. 41 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,140 Proceeding along, Perel versus Diane. 42 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,020 Victor? Yes, the hospital has settled out, leaving just the good doctor. 43 00:04:30,340 --> 00:04:31,980 We've offered $40 ,000, but they've rejected. 44 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,400 Isn't $40 ,000 a little low for wrongful death? Well, the victim was terminal 45 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,520 anyway, Jonathan, so that damage claim's a little weak. 46 00:04:38,180 --> 00:04:39,139 Start today? 47 00:04:39,140 --> 00:04:40,140 Keep her surprised. 48 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:41,580 People versus Earl Williams. 49 00:04:41,820 --> 00:04:42,820 No mas. 50 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:44,800 Motion to dismiss Wednesday. 51 00:04:45,140 --> 00:04:46,500 Any chance of getting this kicked? 52 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,560 Swim. But Pinto has been seen, and the PIs I'm working with expect to find him. 53 00:04:50,660 --> 00:04:51,660 And then? 54 00:04:51,820 --> 00:04:52,820 I question him. 55 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:56,220 Which reminds me, if I do find the guy, I need somebody to be there with me when 56 00:04:56,220 --> 00:04:58,900 I talk to him. I may need an impeachment witness down the road. 57 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:01,880 I can do it. 58 00:05:01,980 --> 00:05:04,040 Good. Lastly, cleanup items. 59 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:07,960 As you know, the vote for the new senior partner is Friday, which is just three 60 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:09,080 short days away. 61 00:05:09,540 --> 00:05:13,620 Winner decided by plurality, the declared candidates are Rosalind, 62 00:05:13,620 --> 00:05:14,579 myself. 63 00:05:14,580 --> 00:05:17,640 Oh, Stuart, you little power hog. 64 00:05:18,460 --> 00:05:19,520 I believe I'm qualified. 65 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,130 Yes, well... Best of luck to us all. Let's try to run a clean campaign. 66 00:05:23,710 --> 00:05:27,230 And very lastly, I've been instructed to request that you keep the evening of 67 00:05:27,230 --> 00:05:30,530 May 4th clear on your calendar, though I have no idea why. 68 00:05:30,910 --> 00:05:34,150 Benny's clinic is doing a play, and he's landed a major role, so I think we 69 00:05:34,150 --> 00:05:37,150 should all be there. Oh, no. First, Roxanne thinks she's Aretha Franklin. 70 00:05:37,370 --> 00:05:39,110 What's he doing? An evening with Mark Twain? 71 00:05:39,370 --> 00:05:40,450 The Wizard of Oz. 72 00:05:40,730 --> 00:05:43,990 He's playing the Cowardly Lion. And Alice has been cast as Dorothy. 73 00:05:44,390 --> 00:05:45,329 That's great. 74 00:05:45,330 --> 00:05:46,430 Well, that's it, people. 75 00:05:46,770 --> 00:05:47,770 We're adjourned. 76 00:05:48,170 --> 00:05:49,170 Leland. 77 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,040 I'd like a minute of your time. 78 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:05,620 I wasn't going to say anything, but there's no way I can just swallow it. 79 00:06:07,180 --> 00:06:08,460 He betrayed me, Leland. 80 00:06:09,140 --> 00:06:12,900 Excuse me? How many times have we talked about your turning over the reins to 81 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:17,140 me? Pretty soon it'll be your firm, Douglas. How many times have you said 82 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,300 You got my vote, Douglas. 83 00:06:19,540 --> 00:06:21,160 But not your endorsement. 84 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:25,280 You could have sat down with me beforehand. We could have mapped out a 85 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:28,860 transition, and you could have coupled your announcement with a recommendation. 86 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:30,600 But you didn't do that. 87 00:06:31,060 --> 00:06:34,760 Instead, you invited everyone to throw his or her hat in the ring. 88 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,360 You can't expect me to mandate how the others should feel. You've made a career 89 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,120 out of mandating and steering people in directions you wanted them to go, and 90 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:47,620 for my money, you were steering them here, too. Your non -endorsement was 91 00:06:47,620 --> 00:06:51,960 conspicuous, Leland. Senior partners don't have it given to them, Douglas. 92 00:06:52,540 --> 00:06:55,280 You want that job? You go out there. You take it. 93 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,320 Now, you've got my vote. 94 00:06:57,860 --> 00:07:02,320 If you can't muster the support of your colleagues, that's not my problem. 95 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,300 And how soon after the accident did the ambulance arrive? 96 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:16,320 Maybe 15 minutes. 97 00:07:17,020 --> 00:07:21,460 And it was probably another 10 before we got to Cedric's. And that would be 98 00:07:21,460 --> 00:07:23,000 Cedric Israel Hospital? 99 00:07:23,340 --> 00:07:25,460 Yes. They wheeled him right in. 100 00:07:26,460 --> 00:07:33,380 Some nurses or paramedics or something checked him over, but they weren't 101 00:07:33,380 --> 00:07:34,380 able to help much. 102 00:07:35,460 --> 00:07:37,280 After a few minutes, he came. 103 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,160 Let the record reflect that the witnesses indicated the defendant, Dr. 104 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:46,340 Diane. And what happened then, Mrs. Farrell? We went into a little room and 105 00:07:46,670 --> 00:07:50,890 I think they took blood and then they took him off for tests. 106 00:07:52,610 --> 00:07:56,430 And then Dr. Diane came back and said that there was something wrong with his 107 00:07:56,430 --> 00:07:58,930 spleen and that they'd have to operate right away. 108 00:08:00,250 --> 00:08:01,450 And what happened then? 109 00:08:01,710 --> 00:08:06,190 They took him off to prep and they put me in a room where I could wait. 110 00:08:08,730 --> 00:08:13,170 About half hour or so, the doctor comes back and says he's not going to do the 111 00:08:13,170 --> 00:08:14,170 surgery. 112 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,800 Did the doctor tell you why not? 113 00:08:17,180 --> 00:08:21,040 Yes, he said it was because my husband had AIDS. He said it would be too 114 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,920 dangerous. Too dangerous for whom? 115 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,020 Too dangerous for him, the doctor. 116 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:32,059 He told me not to worry, that he'd get another doctor to do it, but that he 117 00:08:32,059 --> 00:08:34,020 wasn't going to operate, and then he left the room. 118 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,620 And when was the next time that you saw Dr. Diane? 119 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:39,520 About an hour later. 120 00:08:40,919 --> 00:08:42,400 He came back in the room. 121 00:08:43,980 --> 00:08:48,240 And he told me... He told me Warren was dead. 122 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:49,720 Thank you, Mrs. Perel. 123 00:08:58,260 --> 00:09:00,480 How did your husband contract AIDS, ma 'am? 124 00:09:00,860 --> 00:09:05,280 He had an accident at work about six years ago, and he received a blood 125 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:06,640 transfusion that was contaminated. 126 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,900 And he was being treated for this disease? 127 00:09:09,220 --> 00:09:10,340 He was getting treatment. 128 00:09:10,700 --> 00:09:11,820 It wasn't effective. 129 00:09:12,910 --> 00:09:13,950 Your husband was dying? 130 00:09:14,770 --> 00:09:15,770 Yes, he was. 131 00:09:18,030 --> 00:09:22,350 Um, sorry, ma 'am, but could you tell us how long the doctors had given him to 132 00:09:22,350 --> 00:09:25,230 live? They said he probably wouldn't make it through the summer. 133 00:09:25,630 --> 00:09:28,430 And was your husband employed at the time of his death? 134 00:09:28,790 --> 00:09:29,790 No. 135 00:09:29,930 --> 00:09:31,850 He hadn't worked since last October. 136 00:09:32,230 --> 00:09:33,710 Thank you, ma 'am. Anything further, Your Honor? 137 00:09:34,090 --> 00:09:36,130 That doesn't mean he should be left to just die. 138 00:09:36,650 --> 00:09:39,490 Like he didn't matter. Thank you, ma 'am. There's no question before you. 139 00:09:44,170 --> 00:09:45,950 I love you. I love you, too. 140 00:09:46,650 --> 00:09:47,650 I'll see you there. 141 00:09:56,510 --> 00:09:57,990 He's been having these dreams. 142 00:09:59,910 --> 00:10:00,910 What dreams? 143 00:10:01,350 --> 00:10:05,570 He keeps seeing a crowd of people surrounding him, screaming at him that 144 00:10:05,570 --> 00:10:12,110 died. And he keeps having this other one that... It's like he's lying down. 145 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,020 And he can't wake up and he doesn't know if he's asleep or if that's the state 146 00:10:16,020 --> 00:10:17,440 of consciousness when he's dead. 147 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,300 It's happening almost every night, Michael. 148 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:24,540 I'm afraid he closed his eyes. 149 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,880 Did you win this motion to dismiss? 150 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:30,640 I don't think so. 151 00:10:31,140 --> 00:10:32,280 Well, you've got to try. 152 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:34,860 He's falling apart. 153 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,840 And if we don't get him out of here pretty soon... 154 00:10:44,940 --> 00:10:47,280 Stuart, I didn't say you wouldn't make a good senior partner. 155 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,560 No, you didn't say it, but you implied it, didn't you? I simply asked why it is 156 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:52,560 you want to run for it. 157 00:10:52,940 --> 00:10:57,540 Oh, which means, how could I possibly consider for a single second that I 158 00:10:57,540 --> 00:11:01,080 actually run a law firm, right? Oh, brother, if that is what you infer from 159 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,180 simple little question, Stuart, I don't know what to say. Well, let's get down 160 00:11:04,180 --> 00:11:04,839 to it, Ann. 161 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:05,840 Are you going to vote for me? 162 00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:09,600 Honey, of course I'm going to vote for you. You're my husband. How can I not 163 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:10,940 support you in this? Oh, great. 164 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:12,680 There it is. 165 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:13,880 You are unbelievable. 166 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,700 The absolute micro with a backhanded compliment. 167 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:19,540 Oh, for God's sake. No, it's great, Ann. It's great. 168 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:21,840 You'll vote for me out of spousal obligation. 169 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,140 Not because I'd be any good at the job. No, not because I'd be a good leader. 170 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:29,180 Not because I'd be good for the firm. No, but because it's a wife's duty to 171 00:11:29,180 --> 00:11:31,600 her husband, even though he may be tilting at windmills. 172 00:11:32,460 --> 00:11:33,920 Stuart, what do you want from me? 173 00:11:34,340 --> 00:11:37,980 You want me to stand up and cheer the firm is saved? Stuart Markowitz to the 174 00:11:37,980 --> 00:11:41,420 rescue? You have never been the head of a single department. 175 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:43,420 You have never been the boss of anything. 176 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,540 At least Douglas has been an administrator. 177 00:11:46,740 --> 00:11:49,000 That's all he is, Anne. He's an administrator. 178 00:11:49,340 --> 00:11:50,340 He has no vision. 179 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:52,280 He can't see beyond the paperclip inventory. 180 00:11:52,660 --> 00:11:56,160 And he has no business being vested with the direction of our lives. Better him 181 00:11:56,160 --> 00:12:00,000 than Rosalind Shays. She can't win. She can, Stuart, if you and Douglas split 182 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:00,939 your vote. 183 00:12:00,940 --> 00:12:04,020 You can take just enough support away from each other to make that queen bitch 184 00:12:04,020 --> 00:12:04,639 the winner. 185 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:06,780 Anne. Stuart, I can live with Brackman. 186 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,940 Not happily, but I can live. But if Rosalind Shays gets control of this 187 00:12:10,940 --> 00:12:11,940 It's not going to happen. 188 00:12:12,740 --> 00:12:14,220 You want to know how this thing's going to break down? 189 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,960 Leland bags Douglas, Rosalind votes for herself, you and I vote for me. 190 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:21,620 That leaves Becker, and Cusack is the swing votes. 191 00:12:21,980 --> 00:12:23,140 You think they'll vote for you? 192 00:12:23,340 --> 00:12:23,939 Oh, yeah. 193 00:12:23,940 --> 00:12:27,020 Arnie was never happy about her joining the firm to begin with, and he's never 194 00:12:27,020 --> 00:12:28,020 taken Douglas seriously. 195 00:12:28,540 --> 00:12:29,640 I think I can nail him down. 196 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,900 Trick is Cusack. Got to figure out a way to bag Cusack. 197 00:12:35,180 --> 00:12:36,180 What? 198 00:12:42,530 --> 00:12:43,530 Okay. 199 00:12:43,770 --> 00:12:44,770 $75 ,000. 200 00:12:44,810 --> 00:12:45,870 Not a chance. 201 00:12:46,130 --> 00:12:47,850 Come on, Mark. You can't show damages here. 202 00:12:48,190 --> 00:12:51,730 He had a three -month life expectancy, no lost income. I'm throwing you a bone. 203 00:12:51,910 --> 00:12:55,370 We're not going for wrongful death here, Victor. I'm going for hedonics, loss of 204 00:12:55,370 --> 00:12:56,370 enjoyment of life. 205 00:12:56,470 --> 00:12:58,870 How much enjoyment did he have coming to him, Mark? 206 00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:02,850 He was a month away from his organs beginning to shut down. If anything, 207 00:13:02,850 --> 00:13:06,390 thing spared him tremendous suffering. Your guy cost Warren Perel the rest of 208 00:13:06,390 --> 00:13:08,710 his life. I'm not forgiving that for $75 ,000. 209 00:13:08,970 --> 00:13:09,970 Sorry. 210 00:13:14,220 --> 00:13:17,260 You going to take this off with your client, Mark? Yes, Victor, I'll tell 211 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,580 And I'll tell her not to accept it. 212 00:13:19,860 --> 00:13:20,860 You told her everything? 213 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:22,240 Meaning what? 214 00:13:24,460 --> 00:13:25,900 Have I told her that I have AIDS? 215 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:29,060 Look, Mark, I'm sorry. 216 00:13:29,420 --> 00:13:32,440 I just don't want to see your judgment here clouded by your own personal 217 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,420 situation. She knows about my situation, Victor. 218 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,540 And she knows me to be an honest attorney who would never compromise his 219 00:13:40,540 --> 00:13:42,840 client's interest just to make a point, even. 220 00:13:43,210 --> 00:13:44,210 If I'm dying. 221 00:13:45,330 --> 00:13:46,750 I'm sorry, Mark. That was out of line. 222 00:13:47,770 --> 00:13:48,890 Your offer is rejected. 223 00:13:56,550 --> 00:13:57,610 Found him this morning. 224 00:13:58,170 --> 00:13:59,570 Doing some business on Olympic. 225 00:13:59,850 --> 00:14:00,850 He knows why you grabbed him? 226 00:14:01,190 --> 00:14:04,150 Not yet. He's figured out it ain't no job interview. 227 00:14:04,450 --> 00:14:07,350 You find out where he lives? One room studio on Olympic. It was clean. 228 00:14:10,290 --> 00:14:11,290 Ronnie! 229 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,080 This is Mike Kuzak. He would like to know some things. 230 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:16,620 What the hell is this? 231 00:14:16,860 --> 00:14:19,860 I represent a man who's charged with killing Nina Corey. Does that mean 232 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:20,439 to you? 233 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:21,440 No. Well, it should. 234 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,580 You were seen leaving her apartment the night that it happened. 235 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:24,840 That's what this is about. 236 00:14:25,020 --> 00:14:26,360 I don't know what you're talking about. 237 00:14:26,740 --> 00:14:30,740 You're going to talk to us, Ronnie. We are going to have a conversation here. I 238 00:14:30,740 --> 00:14:33,260 don't know nothing about what you're asking me. You were seen, Pinto. 239 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:34,780 You were seen there. 240 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,840 Now either you start telling us what we want or prepare yourself for a very long 241 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,420 afternoon. You got that? 242 00:14:42,060 --> 00:14:45,280 Hey! What the hell are you guys doing? 243 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,880 Listen to me, you stupid son of a bitch. 244 00:14:49,220 --> 00:14:53,400 I don't give a damn about you or laws or rules or anything. All I care about is 245 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:54,540 who killed Nina Corey. 246 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:59,020 Now, you better start telling me some things very quickly or you're going to 247 00:14:59,020 --> 00:15:02,520 hurt. I told the police and I'm telling you. I was in the building that night, 248 00:15:02,540 --> 00:15:04,780 but I didn't kill nobody. What do you mean you told the police? 249 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,160 I told them everything. 250 00:15:06,460 --> 00:15:08,980 And the district attorney, too. You told the district attorney? 251 00:15:09,370 --> 00:15:11,830 You were in that building that night? I told him everything. 252 00:15:12,210 --> 00:15:14,190 What the hell is this? What was the district attorney's name? 253 00:15:14,430 --> 00:15:18,470 Get your hands off me! I said, what was the district attorney's name? 254 00:15:18,770 --> 00:15:21,110 Flanagan. Some chick named Flanagan. 255 00:15:25,870 --> 00:15:27,450 Arnie, I've been thinking. 256 00:15:27,950 --> 00:15:31,370 Great. Every man should have a hobby. I've been thinking about the future of 257 00:15:31,370 --> 00:15:34,630 firm. I think an entertainment department could be a very good idea. 258 00:15:35,290 --> 00:15:38,510 And I'd be willing to support you in that endeavor should you decide to 259 00:15:38,510 --> 00:15:41,150 it. Thank you, Douglas. I appreciate the bribe. 260 00:15:41,570 --> 00:15:45,790 It's not a bribe. It is, however, an indication of how receptive I can be to 261 00:15:45,790 --> 00:15:48,290 ideas. Perhaps your ideas. 262 00:15:49,510 --> 00:15:51,870 I haven't decided who I'm voting for yet. 263 00:15:55,930 --> 00:15:59,330 And I certainly don't want to influence you in any undue way. 264 00:16:00,470 --> 00:16:02,310 But I might remind you of your own belief. 265 00:16:02,890 --> 00:16:04,990 that Rosalind Chase is not a team player. 266 00:16:05,650 --> 00:16:09,810 Not to mention the fact that having a woman at the helm would shatter a long 267 00:16:09,810 --> 00:16:11,170 -standing tradition here. 268 00:16:11,390 --> 00:16:16,610 What about Stuart? Do we have any tradition against him? A fine tax 269 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:20,690 But let's face it, a little Napoleon. 270 00:16:21,150 --> 00:16:23,550 Who knows what would happen with him running around in charge. 271 00:16:23,790 --> 00:16:25,250 But this much we do know. 272 00:16:25,750 --> 00:16:30,350 A vote for Stuart Markowitz is a vote for Ann Kelsey. 273 00:16:31,020 --> 00:16:33,900 She'd be the one calling the shots. That's pretty vicious, Douglas. 274 00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:36,100 I'm not altogether sure I agree with it. 275 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,220 Well, then think about this. 276 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:44,580 If I get the nod, the totem pole stays basically the same. 277 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:49,980 But if Stuart gets elected, he becomes more powerful than you. 278 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:51,860 And so does Aunt Kelsey. 279 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,480 Thank you for that objective analysis, Douglas. 280 00:16:55,780 --> 00:16:59,320 I'll, uh... I guess I'll have some thinking to do. 281 00:17:06,479 --> 00:17:07,479 Oh, Stuart. 282 00:17:08,420 --> 00:17:09,420 Douglas. 283 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:11,960 Hi, Aaron. 284 00:17:12,540 --> 00:17:15,579 I just found out I can't make it to the Laker game this Saturday night. 285 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:16,800 You want the tickets? 286 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:22,460 And so you were the first doctor to examine this patient? 287 00:17:22,740 --> 00:17:27,660 Yes. I don't usually work in the ER, but I was on call that night, and for a 288 00:17:27,660 --> 00:17:30,620 series of other emergencies, I happened to be there when they brought Mr. Peral 289 00:17:30,620 --> 00:17:33,360 in. And you diagnosed Mr. Peral as having a ruptured spleen? 290 00:17:33,710 --> 00:17:38,350 It wasn't ruptured, but the CAT scan revealed a severe contusion and a lot of 291 00:17:38,350 --> 00:17:40,570 blood in the abdomen. That's why I scheduled the surgery. 292 00:17:40,830 --> 00:17:44,830 And then you decided not to operate. Is that right? Yes. I had noticed during 293 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:48,370 the initial examination that he was somewhat emaciated. 294 00:17:48,610 --> 00:17:53,270 And then during prep, I saw the purple lesions on his skin and the advanced 295 00:17:53,270 --> 00:17:54,610 yeast infection in his mouth. 296 00:17:55,010 --> 00:17:56,410 I knew then that he had AIDS. 297 00:17:56,890 --> 00:17:59,770 And that is why you declined to operate? 298 00:17:59,990 --> 00:18:02,070 Yes, sir. I will treat AIDS patients. 299 00:18:02,590 --> 00:18:03,690 But I will not perform surgery. 300 00:18:04,050 --> 00:18:05,009 Why not, doctor? 301 00:18:05,010 --> 00:18:09,450 Because I would be exposing myself and my team to an infectious disease that is 302 00:18:09,450 --> 00:18:10,590 almost always fatal. 303 00:18:10,830 --> 00:18:12,910 But can't you wear protective clothing? 304 00:18:13,250 --> 00:18:18,970 It's very common for surgeons to get cuts and nicks on their hands while 305 00:18:18,970 --> 00:18:19,970 performing the procedure. 306 00:18:20,270 --> 00:18:24,670 Dr. Diane, when this patient went into shock, you knew that if you didn't 307 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:26,490 operate right away, he was going to die. 308 00:18:27,410 --> 00:18:28,410 Yes. 309 00:18:29,410 --> 00:18:34,440 And... Every single day, I'm haunted by the memory of watching him die. 310 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:40,120 I stood there and watched it. But I also knew, given his weakened immune system, 311 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,960 that there was a chance that he wouldn't survive the procedure. 312 00:18:43,340 --> 00:18:47,740 And when I considered that, along with the fact that it's a bloody operation 313 00:18:47,740 --> 00:18:51,480 that I would be risking my own life as well, I made my decision. 314 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:53,920 Now, am I conflicted about this? 315 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:55,800 Absolutely. 316 00:18:57,700 --> 00:18:59,320 Was I wrong? I don't think so. 317 00:19:00,010 --> 00:19:01,010 Thank you, doctor. 318 00:19:01,250 --> 00:19:02,250 Nothing further? 319 00:19:04,530 --> 00:19:05,530 Dr. Diane. 320 00:19:11,290 --> 00:19:13,670 He let a man die because he had AIDS. 321 00:19:13,890 --> 00:19:17,290 I declined to operate because I didn't want to die of AIDS. 322 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:22,990 Well, what exactly are the odds of contracting AIDS in that way, doctor? 323 00:19:23,270 --> 00:19:26,670 Well, odds are only significant if you're willing to gamble, counselor. I'm 324 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:33,300 Ever operate on a patient who is infected with hepatitis B? 325 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,240 Yes. Well, I'm confused. 326 00:19:37,340 --> 00:19:42,680 Hepatitis B is a deadly disease which is more easily transmitted than the HIV 327 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:43,680 virus. 328 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,500 You don't mind dying from hepatitis? 329 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:50,600 First of all, hepatitis B is not always fatal. 330 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:55,300 There is a treatment for hepatitis B. There is no cure for AIDS. If you get 331 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,200 you die. Well, over 200 health care workers die every year from hepatitis B. 332 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:04,100 Only 19 have ever contracted the HIV virus from job exposure, and none have 333 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:07,760 died. We don't know how many doctors have contracted the HIV virus. 334 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:12,520 This disease has a long incubation period, Counselor. There could be 335 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:16,120 of health care workers out there who have this disease and don't know it. 336 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:19,100 and Susan Perel counted on you. They went to the hospital for help. 337 00:20:19,420 --> 00:20:22,720 And what they got was a doctor who discriminates against patients on the 338 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:26,100 of what diseases they have. You see those two kids over there, Counselor? 339 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:29,820 count on me, too. They count on having a father around when they grow up. You 340 00:20:29,820 --> 00:20:33,920 took a note to save lives, and you let him die. He was going to die anyway. So 341 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:34,920 are we all, Doctor. 342 00:20:35,310 --> 00:20:38,210 We're all just trying to put that day off for as long as we can. Have you ever 343 00:20:38,210 --> 00:20:42,010 been in an OR, Counselor? We are passing around razor -sharp instruments that 344 00:20:42,010 --> 00:20:44,050 can cut through your gloves, that can cut your hand. 345 00:20:44,250 --> 00:20:47,570 Move to strike. And if you're asking me to risk my life to buy three extra 346 00:20:47,570 --> 00:20:52,770 months for a man who's likely to spend them in excruciating agony, yes, it's 347 00:20:52,770 --> 00:20:53,770 worth it. 348 00:21:14,639 --> 00:21:16,420 Jonathan told me what happened this morning. 349 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,760 Needless to say, I was shocked. 350 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:31,400 Terribly shocked. 351 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:34,120 Well, I guess we've both been shocking each other these days. 352 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:40,699 Earl's desperate. 353 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:43,220 I don't know what's going to happen if this thing goes on much longer. 354 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,900 What happened this morning makes me worry about you, Michael. 355 00:21:48,300 --> 00:21:50,060 I think you're too close to this thing. 356 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:55,100 Maybe you should step back. Let Victor spell you a little. Oh, Victor's in 357 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:56,120 trial. He can't do it. 358 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,160 No, I've got to do this, Leland. I'm the only one who knows about this case. 359 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,780 And what happened today will not happen again. I promise you that. 360 00:22:36,940 --> 00:22:41,320 And what is your opinion, Dr. Pettit, of the defendant's conduct that night at 361 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:41,999 the hospital? 362 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:43,560 His conduct was atrocious. 363 00:22:44,220 --> 00:22:48,640 The code of ethics promulgated by the American Medical Association requires 364 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,180 to treat that patient. He's in the emergency room, for God's sake. He has a 365 00:22:52,180 --> 00:22:56,900 legal obligation to treat him. Even if the patient has a deadly infectious 366 00:22:56,900 --> 00:22:58,460 disease? We're doctors. 367 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,460 We've been treating deadly diseases for a hundred years. 368 00:23:02,260 --> 00:23:05,260 Tuberculosis, malaria, yellow fever, smallpox. 369 00:23:05,900 --> 00:23:08,160 Those are all once deadly diseases. 370 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:13,900 So his conduct, then, in your opinion, was a breach of the accepted standard of 371 00:23:13,900 --> 00:23:17,000 medical care. He let a man die because he had AIDS. 372 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,600 That's an affront to every decent doctor in this country. Thank you, sir. 373 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:21,800 Nothing further. 374 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:30,920 His conduct wasn't an affront to every doctor, was it? To every responsible 375 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:32,000 doctor, I believe it was. 376 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,820 Well, you know, I'm not sure what doctors you've been talking to. 377 00:23:35,230 --> 00:23:41,050 Because a recent survey of medical school graduates found that 25 % do not 378 00:23:41,050 --> 00:23:42,050 to treat AIDS patients. 379 00:23:42,110 --> 00:23:45,550 Well, that's a bigotry. Maybe so, but it is shared by a big part of your 380 00:23:45,550 --> 00:23:49,610 profession, sir. I don't care how widespread the paranoia is, it's wrong. 381 00:23:50,030 --> 00:23:55,110 The AMA has an ethical code of conduct, Counselor. He violated it. Did the AMA 382 00:23:55,110 --> 00:23:57,790 take any action against my client as a result of his conduct? 383 00:23:58,110 --> 00:24:02,910 The AMA has pronounced that a doctor cannot refuse to treat someone because 384 00:24:02,910 --> 00:24:06,630 has AIDS. Did they take any action against my client, sir? They should 385 00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:07,630 they didn't. 386 00:24:07,770 --> 00:24:11,510 Maybe because they're more concerned with protecting their own than in 387 00:24:11,510 --> 00:24:16,230 out negligence. Wait a second. A minute ago, you were exalting the AMA as the 388 00:24:16,230 --> 00:24:19,230 example that he should live up to. Now you're condemning it. If anything, I'm 389 00:24:19,230 --> 00:24:22,470 just condemning the fact they failed to discipline him. But the fact is that 390 00:24:22,470 --> 00:24:24,110 nobody has disciplined him. 391 00:24:24,490 --> 00:24:27,770 Not the AMA, not the hospital that he works at. Well, I think that's 392 00:24:27,770 --> 00:24:31,190 disgraceful. Yes, sir, you think it's disgraceful, but you do not speak for 393 00:24:31,190 --> 00:24:34,170 medical community here, do you? I don't care what other doctors may say. Many 394 00:24:34,170 --> 00:24:37,130 doctors would do exactly what my client did under the circumstances. 395 00:24:37,470 --> 00:24:39,370 And that's what scares me the most. 396 00:24:39,570 --> 00:24:40,570 Thank you, Dr. Pettit. 397 00:24:41,370 --> 00:24:42,370 Nothing further. 398 00:24:46,930 --> 00:24:52,270 Case number 89 -4035, the people versus Earl Williams. Motion to dismiss. 399 00:24:52,650 --> 00:24:53,650 Your Honor. 400 00:24:53,950 --> 00:24:57,250 Defendant's motion asserts lack of probable cause for the retrial. 401 00:24:57,470 --> 00:25:01,430 The people submit the entire transcripts from the first trial as modified by the 402 00:25:01,430 --> 00:25:05,610 Supreme Court ruling as evidence in support of probable cause. 403 00:25:05,870 --> 00:25:06,870 Oh, Ennard. 404 00:25:07,470 --> 00:25:09,470 Mr. Kuzak, do you have anything? 405 00:25:09,710 --> 00:25:10,710 I do, Your Honor. 406 00:25:11,470 --> 00:25:12,510 I'd like to call a witness. 407 00:25:12,950 --> 00:25:14,330 This is a motion to dismiss. 408 00:25:14,710 --> 00:25:17,470 I know, Your Honor, but new evidence has come to light and I would like to 409 00:25:17,470 --> 00:25:18,470 present that evidence now. 410 00:25:19,810 --> 00:25:20,810 Very well. 411 00:25:20,850 --> 00:25:21,850 Call your witness. 412 00:25:25,420 --> 00:25:27,820 The defense calls Ronald Sewell to the stand. 413 00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:34,740 Your Honor, seek to treat the witness as hostile. I obtained a court order last 414 00:25:34,740 --> 00:25:36,600 night to have him locked up as a material witness. 415 00:25:36,980 --> 00:25:39,740 He's here today only through the courtesy of the sheriff's office. 416 00:25:40,220 --> 00:25:41,860 I don't expect him to be cooperative. 417 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:43,400 You can lead. 418 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,740 Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, 419 00:25:50,740 --> 00:25:51,740 help you God? 420 00:25:53,540 --> 00:25:54,540 Yeah, I do. 421 00:25:55,530 --> 00:25:57,210 Would you state your name for the record, sir? 422 00:25:58,270 --> 00:26:01,550 Ronald Sewell. And are you sometimes referred to as Pinto? 423 00:26:02,650 --> 00:26:06,770 Sometimes. Turning your attention to the night of November 8th, 1988, were you 424 00:26:06,770 --> 00:26:10,490 present at an apartment building at 8367 Sweetser in Hollywood? 425 00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:11,970 I was present. 426 00:26:12,190 --> 00:26:13,930 What occasioned you to be there, sir? 427 00:26:14,510 --> 00:26:15,510 I don't remember. 428 00:26:15,690 --> 00:26:18,850 While you were there, did you see or hear anything unusual? 429 00:26:21,250 --> 00:26:22,250 Mr. Sewell. 430 00:26:22,980 --> 00:26:26,920 I'm only asking you to tell the court what you've already told the police. 431 00:26:27,580 --> 00:26:31,000 I know you have no interest in helping me, but you do have an interest in 432 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,220 avoiding perjury charges. 433 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,240 Did you see or hear anything unusual? 434 00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:37,780 I heard a woman scream when I was leaving the building. 435 00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:40,920 I had nothing to do with it, but I heard it. What did you do? 436 00:26:41,180 --> 00:26:42,900 Nothing. I just got the hell out of there. 437 00:26:43,340 --> 00:26:45,080 Did you pass a woman on your way out? 438 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:47,640 Yeah. 439 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,420 Mr. Thule, I show you this picture. 440 00:26:52,780 --> 00:26:54,940 And ask if this could be that woman. 441 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:58,620 I don't know. I didn't really look at it. 442 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,180 But is it possible that this could be the woman? Yeah, it's possible. 443 00:27:03,580 --> 00:27:05,300 Your Honor, I ask that this be marked. 444 00:27:05,980 --> 00:27:10,260 This is a photograph of Amy Flesson, the witness who claimed she saw Earl 445 00:27:10,260 --> 00:27:11,880 Williams leaving the building that night. 446 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,360 Objection. This man did not identify the woman in the picture. That has no 447 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:17,360 probative value. 448 00:27:17,620 --> 00:27:19,500 Could it have been me you saw that night? 449 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:21,240 Yep. 450 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,640 Thank you. 451 00:27:23,380 --> 00:27:24,560 Why don't we move on? 452 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,940 Mr. Sewell, did you see anyone else while you were there that night? 453 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:29,760 I saw a guy running. 454 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:31,340 White kid, about 20. 455 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:33,580 He was going the other direction when I was leaving. 456 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,020 Could you describe this person? 457 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,100 White, young, brown hair maybe. 458 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:39,460 That's all I saw. 459 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,880 Your Honor, let the record reflect that the witness has just given a description 460 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:47,200 which loosely matches the features of Todd Aaron Price, Nina Corey's 461 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,760 Let the record reflect that the description given by the witness loosely 462 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,360 the features of more than five million young men who live in greater Los 463 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:58,620 Angeles. The record will reflect it all. Let's move on. 464 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:05,020 Mr. Sewell, have you ever told anyone else what you've told the court here 465 00:28:05,020 --> 00:28:06,020 today? 466 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,740 I've told the police and I've told the district attorney. 467 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:10,600 And when did you tell them this information? 468 00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:14,340 About two days after the murder. 469 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:15,760 Maybe three. 470 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,080 Tell us, Mr. Sewell. 471 00:28:17,939 --> 00:28:21,580 Is the district attorney with whom you spoke in this courtroom today? 472 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:24,400 Yeah. 473 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:26,600 That's all right there. 474 00:28:31,180 --> 00:28:34,620 I should have you thrown in jail. Your Honor, I did nothing to him. You knew 475 00:28:34,620 --> 00:28:35,900 that witness was there at the scene. 476 00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:39,880 You concealed it from him, you concealed it from me. That witness was on drugs 477 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,240 that night. He could offer no meaningful observation. You have a duty. 478 00:28:42,890 --> 00:28:44,730 To turn over all exculpatory evidence. 479 00:28:44,950 --> 00:28:47,570 I have a duty to turn over all relevant evidence. 480 00:28:47,910 --> 00:28:51,190 This Pinto is and was a drugged out liar. He was there. 481 00:28:52,010 --> 00:28:53,370 That makes him relevant. 482 00:28:53,830 --> 00:28:56,430 He also saw somebody who could have been the victim's boyfriend. 483 00:28:57,070 --> 00:28:58,910 He was damn well relevant. 484 00:28:59,230 --> 00:29:00,530 We questioned Nina's boyfriend. 485 00:29:00,830 --> 00:29:01,970 It wasn't him. 486 00:29:02,170 --> 00:29:03,170 That doesn't matter. 487 00:29:05,050 --> 00:29:07,410 You want to disqualify me, go ahead. 488 00:29:07,870 --> 00:29:10,450 As for this case, he's already got a new trial. 489 00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:11,549 Don't tempt me, lady. 490 00:29:11,550 --> 00:29:12,730 I locked him up for contempt. 491 00:29:13,250 --> 00:29:14,630 I can do the same for you. 492 00:29:15,090 --> 00:29:17,270 Now, is there anything else I don't know about? 493 00:29:18,510 --> 00:29:21,010 No. Summation's tomorrow at 10 o 'clock. 494 00:29:21,570 --> 00:29:22,570 That's all. 495 00:29:23,050 --> 00:29:25,830 Your Honor, I would... Shut up and get out. 496 00:29:36,350 --> 00:29:40,750 There's no dispute about what happened here, Dr. Diane. 497 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,900 refused to operate, and it cost Warren Farrell his life. 498 00:29:45,140 --> 00:29:49,460 The real question here concerns the value of that life. 499 00:29:49,660 --> 00:29:54,660 Now, since the patient was terminal with AIDS anyway, I guess you could easily 500 00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:56,360 ask, well, what's the big loss? 501 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:58,880 So he just died a little sooner, that's all. 502 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:00,560 What's three months? 503 00:30:02,060 --> 00:30:04,100 Well, I'll tell you something, ladies and gentlemen. 504 00:30:04,940 --> 00:30:08,440 To a dying man, three months is a lifetime. 505 00:30:10,050 --> 00:30:15,230 Warren Perel died at a time when he was clinging to life's joys. Death came when 506 00:30:15,230 --> 00:30:17,870 he reveled in being alive. 507 00:30:18,490 --> 00:30:22,350 The night before this happened, he sat at the foot of his six -year -old 508 00:30:22,350 --> 00:30:26,570 daughter's bed, Marsha, and he studied her little face and he wondered, or 509 00:30:26,570 --> 00:30:30,750 just tried to remember, what it is that little children dream about, or why she 510 00:30:30,750 --> 00:30:34,110 would breathe through her nose and then suddenly switch and breathe through her 511 00:30:34,110 --> 00:30:35,110 mouth. 512 00:30:35,530 --> 00:30:40,030 And he said to his wife, Susan, that as long as he was looking at their child, 513 00:30:40,190 --> 00:30:44,670 looking at what he had brought into this world, he couldn't feel unlucky. 514 00:30:46,190 --> 00:30:52,150 He was dying, but he knew he was extraordinarily fortunate because 515 00:30:52,150 --> 00:30:56,110 would wake up and it would all be there for him all over again. 516 00:30:56,550 --> 00:31:01,950 A day when he could watch his child grow and see his wife smile and smell 517 00:31:01,950 --> 00:31:05,640 everything. and measure every single minute. 518 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:12,140 And after that, there would be another day, and another one after that, and 519 00:31:12,140 --> 00:31:13,140 another one after that. 520 00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:19,200 Warren Perel had 90, maybe 100 of those days coming to him, and he felt lucky, 521 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:25,120 lucky, because he was getting those days at a time when the value of life for 522 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:26,380 him was at its zenith. 523 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,360 To be alive. 524 00:31:33,060 --> 00:31:34,120 It's a rich thing. 525 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,700 And those days matter, ladies and gentlemen. 526 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,500 Warren Perel had those days, those moments coming to him. 527 00:31:42,740 --> 00:31:44,660 And he looked forward to the rest of his life. 528 00:31:45,860 --> 00:31:47,400 He looked forward to all of it. 529 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:10,660 The hardest and probably the most horrific thing 530 00:32:10,660 --> 00:32:16,640 that Dr. Diane ever had to do in his career was to stand there that night and 531 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:17,940 watch his patient die. 532 00:32:18,580 --> 00:32:23,700 The thing about AIDS, we just don't know everything about it yet. And that is a 533 00:32:23,700 --> 00:32:29,080 shame. We don't know exactly how you get it or how you don't get it. But what we 534 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,980 do know is that once you do get it, 535 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:34,960 You're going to die. 536 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,260 My client, just like Warren Farrell, doesn't want to die. 537 00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:46,360 And if we start imposing a duty on physicians that they have to take this 538 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:52,560 of risk, that they have to stick their hands into contaminated, deadly blood, 539 00:32:52,660 --> 00:32:54,760 then people are going to stop becoming doctors. 540 00:32:55,420 --> 00:32:56,420 For sure. 541 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,660 Doctors will refuse to staff emergency rooms. 542 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,400 And if that happens... 543 00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:05,340 Well, then you and I are in trouble. 544 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,240 Because suddenly there's going to be nobody there for us. 545 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:15,640 I know that refusing to do surgery on an AIDS patient is a kind of prejudice. I 546 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:16,640 mean, I know this. 547 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:21,400 But when we are dealing with death, we've got to be pragmatic, ladies and 548 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,160 gentlemen. And when it comes to AIDS, we're dealing with death. 549 00:33:26,140 --> 00:33:31,440 Right now, today, that is a fact that's indisputable. 550 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,640 A jury already convicted this man once, Your Honor, because they found guilt 551 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:55,760 beyond a reasonable doubt. 552 00:33:55,980 --> 00:34:00,500 We basically have the same evidence in this trial that we had in the last, and 553 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:03,980 therefore there can be no dispute that sufficient evidence exists to bind this 554 00:34:03,980 --> 00:34:05,520 defendant over for a second trial. 555 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:10,860 Accordingly, the people request that the defendant, Earl Williams, be held for 556 00:34:10,860 --> 00:34:15,219 retrial on the murder of Nina Corey and that all pretrial motions be scheduled 557 00:34:15,219 --> 00:34:17,159 for as quickly as possible. Thank you. 558 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:26,679 This was a gruesome, brutal murder. It was played out on the front pages of 559 00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:27,538 every newspaper. 560 00:34:27,540 --> 00:34:29,639 It was the lead story in every news broadcast. 561 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,159 And the people of this city were sickened, Your Honor. 562 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:33,940 Sickened and disgusted. 563 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:38,860 And all of the politicians in this city, in the district attorney's office, in 564 00:34:38,860 --> 00:34:44,080 the media, and the police, and the public, all joined up to drop this 565 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:48,520 burden right at Margaret Flanagan's door. 566 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:52,920 Watch this guy. 567 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:54,600 Watch him. 568 00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,080 The thing is, she couldn't. 569 00:34:59,500 --> 00:35:00,580 She just couldn't. 570 00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:02,360 She had suspects, yes. 571 00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:06,300 Earl Williams was there that night. Pinto was there that night. So was an 572 00:35:06,300 --> 00:35:09,960 unidentified white man who matched the general description of Todd Aaron Price, 573 00:35:10,140 --> 00:35:11,140 the victim's boyfriend. 574 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:17,340 But the public wasn't going to buy a list of maybes here. They wanted the 575 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,680 Margaret Flanagan knew that she couldn't come back and say unsolved. 576 00:35:21,070 --> 00:35:23,270 She had to offer up somebody. 577 00:35:28,190 --> 00:35:30,010 Picking Earl Williams was the easy part. 578 00:35:31,190 --> 00:35:32,950 He was having an affair with her. 579 00:35:33,370 --> 00:35:39,210 That immediately made him sordid, dirty. He had also hit his wife once, so he 580 00:35:39,210 --> 00:35:40,590 could be established as being violent. 581 00:35:41,030 --> 00:35:42,730 But this wouldn't be enough. 582 00:35:43,450 --> 00:35:45,130 Margaret Flanagan knew this. 583 00:35:46,330 --> 00:35:48,910 There were no fingerprints on the murder weapon. 584 00:35:49,310 --> 00:35:51,690 No blood spatterings on Earl's clothing. 585 00:35:51,970 --> 00:35:55,270 No physical evidence of any kind which went to violence. 586 00:35:55,710 --> 00:36:02,310 Nothing. So her only chance of getting a conviction, her only chance, was to put 587 00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:09,090 this lying, unfaithful, wife -beating nigger in front of the 588 00:36:09,090 --> 00:36:13,850 jury and say, who else could have possibly done this? 589 00:36:14,170 --> 00:36:18,830 For that to work... She had to make sure that the jury had no one else to choose 590 00:36:18,830 --> 00:36:19,830 from. 591 00:36:20,890 --> 00:36:25,110 So she buried the evidence of Pinto having been there. She buried the 592 00:36:25,110 --> 00:36:30,630 of the white man having been there. She made sure they only had one suspect. And 593 00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:35,090 then she sat back and she hoped like hell that they still had enough hatred 594 00:36:35,090 --> 00:36:36,930 outrage left over to convict. 595 00:36:38,550 --> 00:36:43,270 To convict whoever she put in front of them. And it worked. 596 00:36:43,510 --> 00:36:45,390 Now, I know that... 597 00:36:45,660 --> 00:36:51,180 The politically safe thing to do, Your Honor, is to let the jury have this case 598 00:36:51,180 --> 00:36:53,260 and let the system turn its wheels again. 599 00:36:54,260 --> 00:36:55,900 But the system isn't working. 600 00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:03,260 When juries can ignore the burden of proof, when district attorneys can lie 601 00:37:03,260 --> 00:37:07,080 withhold evidence, when innocent men can be sentenced to death, Your Honor, the 602 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:08,340 system isn't working. 603 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,920 Your Honor, for Earl Williams' sake. 604 00:37:13,930 --> 00:37:15,710 I'm asking you to take over now. 605 00:37:16,510 --> 00:37:18,770 I'm asking you to do what you have to do. 606 00:37:26,950 --> 00:37:30,970 Briefly in rebuttal, Your Honor, I would remind the court that Ronald Sewell is 607 00:37:30,970 --> 00:37:32,130 also a black man. 608 00:37:33,550 --> 00:37:38,490 I prosecuted Earl Williams because he had motive, because he had opportunity. 609 00:37:39,180 --> 00:37:44,060 because an eyewitness and his own semen samples placed him inside Nina Corey's 610 00:37:44,060 --> 00:37:48,940 apartment at the time of the murder. The jury didn't convict this man because of 611 00:37:48,940 --> 00:37:55,880 the color of his skin. They did so because Earl Williams is a murderer. 612 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,240 Madam Foreman, has the jury reached its verdict? 613 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:19,560 We have, Your Honor. 614 00:38:19,620 --> 00:38:20,620 What say you? 615 00:38:21,740 --> 00:38:27,040 In the matter of Peral v. Diane, we, the jury, find in favor of the plaintiff 616 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:31,580 and order the defendant to pay damages in the amount of $145 ,000. 617 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,880 Members of the jury, thank you. This case is adjourned. 618 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:53,660 Victor? Hey, Mark. 619 00:38:54,820 --> 00:38:55,820 Congratulations. 620 00:38:56,900 --> 00:38:58,660 Uh, tough cake. 621 00:38:58,980 --> 00:39:02,020 You deserved it. Hey, uh, who knows with jurors, right? 622 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:03,880 Listen, uh, listen. 623 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:09,660 I have a few more cases than I care to handle at this time. You know how it is. 624 00:39:09,740 --> 00:39:14,220 You get backed up, and sometimes cases drag on forever, and sometimes lawyers 625 00:39:14,220 --> 00:39:15,220 don't. 626 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:18,620 I'd be glad to handle them, Mark. 627 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:19,880 That'd be great. 628 00:39:21,930 --> 00:39:23,130 Great. They're good cases. 629 00:39:24,110 --> 00:39:25,110 Good people. 630 00:39:26,850 --> 00:39:29,930 Good people. And I'll get the files right over to you. Okay? 631 00:39:30,190 --> 00:39:31,190 Okay. 632 00:39:31,910 --> 00:39:33,410 Great. Thanks. Thanks again. 633 00:39:35,830 --> 00:39:37,610 Hey, uh... Ah! 634 00:39:38,030 --> 00:39:40,650 I gotta get across town. You know, I got a meeting. I should have never 635 00:39:40,650 --> 00:39:43,650 scheduled the damn thing. I don't know why I did. It's a real rat race, huh? 636 00:39:44,070 --> 00:39:45,070 Yeah. 637 00:39:45,570 --> 00:39:46,570 Yeah. 638 00:39:46,890 --> 00:39:48,450 One of these days, I gotta go down. 639 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:06,320 Okay, let's get going. 640 00:40:07,580 --> 00:40:11,360 Stuart asked me if he could make a brief statement before the vote. In the 641 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:15,500 interests of fairness, Rosalind and Douglas may also be heard. This isn't 642 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,680 He got to prepare. I didn't know about speeches. I didn't prepare. 643 00:40:19,020 --> 00:40:21,720 This is not a speech, Douglas. It's a statement. Go ahead, Stuart. 644 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:22,939 Totally unfair. 645 00:40:22,940 --> 00:40:29,900 It's not even really a statement. It's just that I know that I don't leap 646 00:40:29,900 --> 00:40:32,180 out at first blush as senior partner material. 647 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:37,740 I think the main function of the job, and the one that Leland mastered so 648 00:40:37,740 --> 00:40:42,400 compellingly, is bringing a sense of community to a sometimes cutthroat 649 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:46,940 environment. And that would be my goal. I think the senior partner can never 650 00:40:46,940 --> 00:40:50,700 lose sight of the fact that this is more than just a place to pick up a 651 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:51,700 paycheck. 652 00:40:52,660 --> 00:40:54,060 And I promise you I won't. 653 00:40:57,220 --> 00:40:58,580 That was obviously prepared. 654 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:00,540 He prepared it. 655 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,040 All right, Douglas. 656 00:41:03,150 --> 00:41:04,150 Perhaps you could go next. 657 00:41:05,890 --> 00:41:07,190 This is off the cuff. 658 00:41:09,230 --> 00:41:15,750 I think Stuart's sentiments are noble, but they also expose his naivete. 659 00:41:16,430 --> 00:41:19,030 A law firm doesn't run on hugs. 660 00:41:19,430 --> 00:41:23,010 It's run by doing good quality work. 661 00:41:24,030 --> 00:41:29,250 I can run this place in an efficient way that will enable us to do our best 662 00:41:29,250 --> 00:41:32,310 work. That will make us feel more productive. 663 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:38,400 And that will make us enjoy this place as well as each other a great deal more. 664 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:45,900 Rosalind? Well, I didn't really plan to be seeking this position. And to tell 665 00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:49,940 you the truth, it's not something that I covet. But Stuart has absolutely no 666 00:41:49,940 --> 00:41:52,540 experience. He's a fine attorney, but he's not ready for this. 667 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:57,840 And Douglas, from what I've seen, doesn't command enough respect around 668 00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,000 be able to effectively lead. 669 00:41:59,540 --> 00:42:00,720 I'm sorry to be blunt. 670 00:42:01,340 --> 00:42:04,240 But this is not the kind of position you pass out on charity. 671 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,260 Leland is still the person for the job. 672 00:42:07,580 --> 00:42:08,580 Let's not kid ourselves. 673 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:14,120 But if he refuses, well, let's face it. I'm better than the other two. 674 00:42:15,020 --> 00:42:16,020 I am. 675 00:42:16,780 --> 00:42:17,780 All right. 676 00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:19,100 Let's vote. 677 00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:25,120 Oh, I have Michael's proxy. 678 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,200 Don't sign your name. It's a secret valid. 679 00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:35,510 Pass them forward, please. 680 00:42:41,450 --> 00:42:42,530 Very good. 681 00:42:44,390 --> 00:42:50,610 Douglas Brackman. 682 00:42:54,250 --> 00:42:55,410 Stuart Markowitz. 683 00:42:58,890 --> 00:42:59,890 Rosalind Shays. 684 00:43:04,300 --> 00:43:05,300 Rosalind Shays again. 685 00:43:08,780 --> 00:43:09,780 Douglas Green. 686 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:14,260 Stuart Markowitz. 687 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,380 That's two to two to two. 688 00:43:18,780 --> 00:43:19,780 Three -way tie. 689 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,440 Come on, Leland. Open it. 690 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:28,160 Rosalind Shays. 691 00:43:28,220 --> 00:43:29,400 What? She wins. 692 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:31,000 Three to two to two. 693 00:43:31,860 --> 00:43:33,560 Congratulations, Rosalind. 694 00:43:34,089 --> 00:43:35,210 You're the new senior partner. 695 00:43:35,750 --> 00:43:36,750 I'm overwhelmed. 696 00:43:37,570 --> 00:43:39,290 I don't know what to say. I have a meeting. 697 00:44:16,650 --> 00:44:19,390 I happen to know that Arnold voted for you. 698 00:44:20,570 --> 00:44:22,170 And I voted for you. 699 00:44:24,350 --> 00:44:27,370 You cast the deciding vote for Rosalind, Douglas. 700 00:44:29,190 --> 00:44:30,990 I didn't think I could make it, Leland. 701 00:44:31,930 --> 00:44:33,450 I didn't think I'd get the vote. 702 00:44:34,950 --> 00:44:39,110 The firm would be better served by Rosalind. 703 00:44:45,870 --> 00:44:46,870 You had it, Douglas. 704 00:44:53,790 --> 00:44:58,650 Before giving my ruling, I feel compelled to comment on the 705 00:44:58,650 --> 00:45:01,970 justice that's gone on before me throughout the history of this case. 706 00:45:02,930 --> 00:45:05,950 Ms. Flanagan, you deliberately misled this court. 707 00:45:06,230 --> 00:45:09,550 You willfully withheld evidence from defense counsel. 708 00:45:10,390 --> 00:45:11,450 Mr. Cusack? 709 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:16,100 You committed ex parte abuse. You attempted to introduce excluded 710 00:45:16,460 --> 00:45:19,800 And who knows what you did to enlist Mr. Sewell's testimony. 711 00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:25,620 I do know that you have no right to look up here innocently and ask what's 712 00:45:25,620 --> 00:45:30,020 happened to the system. We are all a part of this process. And to the extent 713 00:45:30,020 --> 00:45:36,120 that any of us sees fit to ignore the rules or our responsibilities as 714 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:39,700 of the court, this system doesn't stand a chance. 715 00:45:40,340 --> 00:45:46,660 Now. Turning to the issue before me, I've reviewed the modified trial 716 00:45:46,660 --> 00:45:51,640 transcripts thoroughly, as well as the new evidence given in this hearing. 717 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:55,940 And while probable cause certainly exists, I'm going to treat this as a 718 00:45:55,940 --> 00:45:57,460 motion for a directed verdict. 719 00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:03,500 And I'm holding that this evidence, as a matter of law, is insufficient to 720 00:46:03,500 --> 00:46:05,920 support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. 721 00:46:06,420 --> 00:46:08,300 I hereby dismiss the complaint. 722 00:46:08,540 --> 00:46:10,460 The defendant is to be released from custody. 723 00:46:12,009 --> 00:46:13,009 Matters to John. 724 00:46:15,430 --> 00:46:16,430 It's over. 725 00:46:16,950 --> 00:46:17,950 And I'm free. 726 00:46:26,490 --> 00:46:27,490 Mr. 727 00:46:32,390 --> 00:46:33,390 Williams, can we get a statement? 728 00:46:34,230 --> 00:46:35,630 I'm coming home, Mama. 729 00:46:41,299 --> 00:46:44,400 Thank you. How are you feeling, Mr. Williams? 730 00:46:46,020 --> 00:46:50,020 Can you tell us how you're feeling right now?