1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:03,000 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:03,260 --> 00:00:04,340 What the hell are they doing here? 3 00:00:04,580 --> 00:00:06,280 What does it look like they're doing? They're having dinner. 4 00:00:06,620 --> 00:00:07,620 You think it's social? 5 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:08,760 It couldn't be social. 6 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:16,059 We don't like your methods. We don't like the secrecy. We've called this 7 00:00:16,059 --> 00:00:19,120 to make our feelings clear. Fine. I am passing the senior partnership 8 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:23,240 temporarily over to Douglas. You can't do that. I certainly can. 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,920 This bus accident is not the kind of case Mackenzie Brackman takes on. 10 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,420 I'm sorry. I don't mean to be abrupt. 11 00:00:30,990 --> 00:00:33,650 We settled with a bus company for $225 ,000. 12 00:00:34,090 --> 00:00:39,370 And here is a check made payable to the firm for $36 ,400. 13 00:00:40,390 --> 00:00:43,270 Oh. My birthday isn't until Thursday. 14 00:00:43,490 --> 00:00:47,130 Agreed. But since you seem to be particularly anxious about it, I thought 15 00:00:47,130 --> 00:00:51,510 take the opportunity to remind you every day this week. The big 4 -0. 39. 16 00:00:52,350 --> 00:00:55,990 Look, in case you two are planning any surprise parties, forget it. I am not 17 00:00:55,990 --> 00:00:57,070 celebrating this birthday. 18 00:00:57,890 --> 00:00:58,890 Everybody quiet. 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:00,780 I'm going to go get Arnie now. 20 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,160 Okay. Okay. 21 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,780 Arnie, are you in there? It's me, Roxanne. 22 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:09,080 Go away. 23 00:01:10,460 --> 00:01:11,460 Arnie. 24 00:01:15,380 --> 00:01:22,300 Damn it, Roxanne. 25 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:23,320 Enough is enough. 26 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:25,980 This has been going on for over a week. I cannot take any more of this 27 00:01:25,980 --> 00:01:29,780 hostility. I would think, under the circumstances, I would get a little 28 00:01:29,780 --> 00:01:30,780 understanding. 29 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,060 The circumstances were that your wife was out there organizing a surprise 30 00:01:35,060 --> 00:01:39,300 birthday party to show you how much she loves you while you were in here 31 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:40,900 committing sex acts with a client. 32 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,820 Exactly. And do you have any idea what it's like for me to have to cope with 33 00:01:43,820 --> 00:01:44,598 such a guilt? 34 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:45,600 Oh, please. 35 00:01:45,660 --> 00:01:49,400 Think about it, Roxanne. The easy thing to do would be to confess, to cleanse my 36 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,320 conscience and unload the burden. But I don't. You want to know why I don't? 37 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,280 Because it would hurt Corinne too much. 38 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,960 And I couldn't bear the thought of doing that. So I hold it all in, suffering 39 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:59,840 all the pain myself for her sake. 40 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:01,420 You're incredible. 41 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,080 Roxanne. 42 00:02:04,540 --> 00:02:07,560 I wasn't going to say this, but... And I don't want you to worry. 43 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:10,639 But I'm sick. 44 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:11,880 What do you mean you're sick? 45 00:02:12,220 --> 00:02:14,500 It's nothing to panic about yet, but I'm not well. 46 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:18,960 I have satiriasis. 47 00:02:19,300 --> 00:02:20,300 Satir -what? 48 00:02:20,899 --> 00:02:25,120 Satiriasis, abnormally excessive sexual compulsion, probably caused by a small 49 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:29,320 lesion on my hypothalamus. Now, the doctors, they think it's treatable, but 50 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,340 have to go through some more tests. So right now, I'm just, I'm trying to think 51 00:02:32,340 --> 00:02:33,340 positive. 52 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:35,620 Satiriasis. I'm going to beat this. 53 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,860 With the support of my family and my friends, I know I can beat this. 54 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:41,820 Just be there for me, Rox. 55 00:02:42,660 --> 00:02:43,660 Give me strength. 56 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:18,800 you 57 00:05:04,740 --> 00:05:07,760 All right, let's get started, people. We've got a full docket. 58 00:05:08,340 --> 00:05:12,060 First up, as senior partner, I've taken the liberty of setting up a few meetings 59 00:05:12,060 --> 00:05:16,160 with some of you this week regarding various administrative matters. Stuart, 60 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,400 and I will meet after we're done here. Ann, I've got you slated for 2 .15. 61 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:24,180 Michael, 11 .30 tomorrow, please. I'm not sure I'm free. You are. I confirm 62 00:05:24,180 --> 00:05:24,999 your secretary. 63 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,640 Jonathan, Tommy, I also have projects for you, which we can discuss later. 64 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,620 did you send Abby? She was rushing... Abby's in court handling another matter. 65 00:05:31,620 --> 00:05:33,520 assigned her under my authority as senior partner. 66 00:05:33,870 --> 00:05:37,770 She'll be back by noon. Moving on. Shaw versus Gendler. Oh, yeah, that's mine. 67 00:05:38,170 --> 00:05:40,830 We represent the buyer of a house trying to rescind the sale. 68 00:05:41,070 --> 00:05:44,250 Trial starts today. What grounds for the rescission? It's haunted. 69 00:05:44,610 --> 00:05:47,510 Haunted? I beg your pardon? The house is haunted. 70 00:05:48,110 --> 00:05:50,470 Two -day trial at most. We should be finished up by Friday. 71 00:05:52,090 --> 00:05:54,190 Grace, where does your court -martial stand? 72 00:05:54,490 --> 00:05:55,409 We go today. 73 00:05:55,410 --> 00:05:56,410 Where's the defense here? 74 00:05:56,780 --> 00:06:00,040 The guy dissipated direct order during combat. What bigger form of treason can 75 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:00,539 there be? 76 00:06:00,540 --> 00:06:03,900 Refusing to attack innocent civilians doesn't spell treason to me. 77 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:05,059 They weren't civilians. 78 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:09,040 They were soldiers in the Panama Defense Force guarding General Noriega. You 79 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,840 don't know that. I certainly know that Noriega had to be captured. Not that 80 00:06:12,860 --> 00:06:17,480 he didn't. Innocent people... It was an excellent surgical strike. Oh, come on. 81 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,400 We were looking for an excuse to shatter the wimp image. 82 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,120 That invasion was overkill. That's enough. You want to malign the United 83 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:24,779 of America? 84 00:06:24,780 --> 00:06:25,900 Do it on your own time. 85 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:28,760 not during the staff meeting while I'm in charge. We're adjourned. 86 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:35,560 What's up? 87 00:06:35,860 --> 00:06:38,580 I've decided to take you off the Mancuso trial. 88 00:06:39,380 --> 00:06:43,660 What? It makes more sense to let one of our own full -time litigators handle it, 89 00:06:43,700 --> 00:06:46,940 so I'm... I'm a good trial lawyer, Douglas. Of course you are, but Michael, 90 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:52,760 Victor, Anne, Grace, Tommy, Jonathan, even Abby have more experience, plus 91 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,120 which... Your running off to court all the time makes our tax department seem 92 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,960 half -assed, and we can't have that, especially with the new regulations 93 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,340 becoming law. You can't just pull me off a case like this. Yes, I can. 94 00:07:02,780 --> 00:07:03,780 I'm the senior partner. 95 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,240 This isn't a demotion. 96 00:07:05,460 --> 00:07:08,820 It's just that in order for this firm to function at its highest level, we have 97 00:07:08,820 --> 00:07:12,000 to get everybody here doing what they do best. With you, it's taxes. Well, I 98 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,900 don't want to do taxes for the rest of my life. I'm sorry. My decision is 99 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,340 You're our only tax expert. 100 00:07:17,620 --> 00:07:19,240 We need you more there than in court. 101 00:07:19,540 --> 00:07:22,820 I trust you to recognize this and do what's best for the firm. That's all. 102 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,800 We'd been in the house about five weeks when we began to hear it. What exactly 103 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,240 did you hear? It was muted like moaning. 104 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:38,800 We first thought it sounded like a wounded animal. 105 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,020 But then as we listened, it was a woman, a woman in pain. 106 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:45,220 Did you and your husband both hear this? Yes. 107 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:48,260 That's the only reason I know I'm not crazy, because Jimmy heard it too. 108 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:55,420 It was this throaty, muted, like a woman trying to cry, but she couldn't. Where 109 00:07:55,420 --> 00:07:57,380 were you when you heard this? We were in our bed. 110 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,380 We got up and we looked all over the house and we didn't find anything. 111 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,120 But then as we walked back into the bedroom, it got louder. 112 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,280 Not loud ever, but louder. 113 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,600 And when we got back to the bed, that's when we knew it. Knew what? 114 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,020 Well, that the sounds were coming from inside the bedroom. 115 00:08:12,340 --> 00:08:13,340 Was anyone else there? 116 00:08:13,580 --> 00:08:15,480 No, there was no one else in the entire house. 117 00:08:15,940 --> 00:08:17,680 You must have been scared to death. 118 00:08:18,380 --> 00:08:19,380 Objection. I'm sorry. 119 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:22,020 Did you ever hear any of these sounds again? 120 00:08:22,380 --> 00:08:25,100 Yes, um, three more times over the next week. 121 00:08:25,630 --> 00:08:28,810 We finally checked into a motel. Jimmy looked up the history of the house 122 00:08:28,810 --> 00:08:31,070 because, well, we thought it was haunted. 123 00:08:31,350 --> 00:08:33,470 And what did your husband's investigation reveal? 124 00:08:33,890 --> 00:08:38,669 That in 1962, a woman by the name of Nancy Atkins was stabbed to death in 125 00:08:38,669 --> 00:08:39,469 very room. 126 00:08:39,470 --> 00:08:42,850 The police never caught who did it. Did you know this when you bought the house? 127 00:08:43,130 --> 00:08:46,510 Of course not. The only reason we found out at all was because we heard that 128 00:08:46,510 --> 00:08:48,450 moaning. So now you want your money back? 129 00:08:48,830 --> 00:08:49,890 There's something in there. 130 00:08:50,090 --> 00:08:53,330 I know it sounds crazy, and I'm not one to believe in ghosts. 131 00:08:54,530 --> 00:08:58,230 But we slept in that bedroom, and we know for a fact there's something in 132 00:08:58,470 --> 00:09:00,050 Thank you, Miss Shaw. That's all. 133 00:09:03,090 --> 00:09:06,170 About a month after you moved in, your husband got laid off from work. Isn't 134 00:09:06,170 --> 00:09:06,709 that right? 135 00:09:06,710 --> 00:09:11,170 Objection. Relevant? This man took a new job which paid him $700 less a month. 136 00:09:11,310 --> 00:09:14,070 They suddenly couldn't make the mortgage payment, and they wanted out. We can 137 00:09:14,070 --> 00:09:16,810 make the mortgage payment. You've tried to sell this place, have you not? Yeah. 138 00:09:17,150 --> 00:09:19,530 Well, with the collapse of the real estate market, you can't get what you 139 00:09:19,530 --> 00:09:23,190 for it. So you've come up with this ghost story in order to get rescission 140 00:09:23,190 --> 00:09:26,130 the contract. We didn't come up with it. We heard what we heard. There's moaning 141 00:09:26,130 --> 00:09:29,790 in that house. You were doing the moaning over its declining market value. 142 00:09:29,790 --> 00:09:31,790 happened. All right, Mr. Klippner. Sorry. 143 00:09:32,310 --> 00:09:34,090 Did you see any ghosts? 144 00:09:34,670 --> 00:09:37,930 Well, we didn't see anything, but... Thank you, ma 'am. 145 00:09:38,250 --> 00:09:39,250 Nothing further. 146 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,720 Kennards and Brumette definitely tow the army line. 147 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,660 Our backs should be fairly sympathetic. 148 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,740 But other than that, the panel's pretty stacked. 149 00:09:59,040 --> 00:09:59,959 Colonel Mathieu? 150 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,160 Fair judge. He's a good draw. 151 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:03,840 Renaro is one of their top prosecutors, though. 152 00:10:04,660 --> 00:10:06,080 They always use him for the big ones. 153 00:10:07,420 --> 00:10:08,580 I'll see what the holdup is. 154 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:11,640 Hang in there. Yes, sir. 155 00:10:16,660 --> 00:10:18,660 You'll be running the show in there, right, Miss Fenowen? 156 00:10:19,740 --> 00:10:22,600 Well, no offense to Captain Danowitz. I know he's on my side. 157 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:24,840 But he's Army. 158 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:29,080 And when all this is over, he still has to answer to them. Well, I don't. 159 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:32,540 You'll get the best possible defense, Robert. I promise you that. 160 00:10:32,980 --> 00:10:34,120 Do you think we can win? 161 00:10:36,380 --> 00:10:37,380 I don't know. 162 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:42,460 They only need two -thirds to convict, and this is military court. 163 00:10:43,180 --> 00:10:45,360 The code name for the operation was Just Cause. 164 00:10:45,580 --> 00:10:48,460 Our mission was to capture General Noriega and bring him back to the United 165 00:10:48,460 --> 00:10:49,460 States for trial. 166 00:10:49,540 --> 00:10:53,640 But specifically, sir, what were you trying to do on the night of December 167 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:54,640 1989? 168 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:59,180 I was in charge of Alpha Company in the El Torrio section of Panama City, where 169 00:10:59,180 --> 00:11:01,660 there were about a thousand troops loyal to General Noriega. 170 00:11:01,860 --> 00:11:04,300 Their communications were located in three buildings. 171 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:05,920 My orders were to knock them out. 172 00:11:06,300 --> 00:11:10,020 And how did you proceed, Captain? I deployed my men around the three 173 00:11:10,020 --> 00:11:13,800 when suddenly Lieutenant Braden's unit became pinned down by sniper fire. 174 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:18,760 After discussing the situation with Lieutenant Braden, I ordered him to use 175 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,620 tank and take out the snipers. And were these orders carried out? 176 00:11:22,020 --> 00:11:23,480 No, he refused. 177 00:11:23,940 --> 00:11:26,360 And when I repeated the order, he again refused. 178 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,640 And this is while you were under enemy fire? 179 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:30,040 Yes, sir. 180 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:35,120 After that... I gave the order to a platoon sergeant who carried it out. The 181 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,880 sniper fire was suppressed, after which I had Lieutenant Braden taken into 182 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,300 military custody where I preferred charges for disobeying a direct order. 183 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:43,760 Thank you, sir. 184 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:51,640 Captain Jaworski, did Lieutenant Braden offer any reason for his behavior? 185 00:11:51,860 --> 00:11:55,040 He claimed there were noncombatants positioned inside the building. 186 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:56,940 Where were you, sir, at this time? 187 00:11:57,340 --> 00:12:01,860 I was at the CP, two blocks away. So when Lieutenant Braden told you he saw 188 00:12:01,860 --> 00:12:05,180 civilians, you don't know that to be false, do you? 189 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,220 Panamanian defense soldiers often dress up as civilians. 190 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,320 I'm familiar with the tactics of the PDF, Captain, but we are talking about a 191 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:13,420 civilian neighborhood. 192 00:12:13,660 --> 00:12:17,700 Are you telling this panel there were no innocent people around? No, I'm telling 193 00:12:17,700 --> 00:12:18,700 this panel... 194 00:12:18,910 --> 00:12:22,850 that there were enemy soldiers entrenched in that neighborhood, some of 195 00:12:22,850 --> 00:12:24,390 were spraying us with machine gun fire. 196 00:12:24,630 --> 00:12:28,750 So you started leveling buildings, even though the Geneva Convention says you 197 00:12:28,750 --> 00:12:32,610 have a duty to minimize civilian casualties. We took measures to ensure 198 00:12:32,610 --> 00:12:35,170 civilians cleared the area. What measures were those, Captain? 199 00:12:35,450 --> 00:12:36,450 Artillery missions. 200 00:12:36,550 --> 00:12:37,550 Artillery missions. 201 00:12:38,090 --> 00:12:39,610 That means you shelled them. 202 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,460 The bombardment was meant to discourage them from remaining in the area. But 203 00:12:43,460 --> 00:12:48,520 we're talking about massive bombardment. You shelled them. Isn't it possible 204 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,940 that these people were too scared to move? 205 00:12:51,390 --> 00:12:54,750 I have no idea. So you just went in with your tanks anyway? My men were under 206 00:12:54,750 --> 00:12:59,050 fire, counselor. You were under sniper fire, and you respond by ordering your 207 00:12:59,050 --> 00:13:01,630 tanks to destroy an entire civilian neighborhood. 208 00:13:01,870 --> 00:13:04,890 I am the one who has to write the letters to their mothers and fathers 209 00:13:04,890 --> 00:13:08,190 them their son is dead. I am responsible. What about the Panamanian 210 00:13:08,550 --> 00:13:09,630 Who writes to them? 211 00:13:10,030 --> 00:13:14,330 Objection, counsel. You give no warning to evacuate. You just start shelling 212 00:13:14,330 --> 00:13:18,310 their homes. It was a war, lady. It wasn't a war until we invaded. You don't 213 00:13:18,310 --> 00:13:19,310 know. You weren't there. 214 00:13:19,410 --> 00:13:23,340 Lieutenant Braden was. there. He was looking at the innocent people you 215 00:13:23,340 --> 00:13:25,520 him to kill. Miss Van Owen, that's enough. 216 00:13:27,820 --> 00:13:28,820 All right. 217 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,580 Let's adjourn for this afternoon. 218 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,180 We'll reconvene at 10 o 'clock tomorrow morning. 219 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,000 We'd been pinned down for about 10 minutes. 220 00:13:46,140 --> 00:13:48,060 There were maybe 30 of us on foot. 221 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,260 about 200 feet from the building. 222 00:13:51,380 --> 00:13:53,700 I was positioning my tank when the order came in. 223 00:13:53,980 --> 00:13:56,580 But, Lieutenant, you refused to execute that order. 224 00:13:56,820 --> 00:13:57,779 Yes, ma 'am. 225 00:13:57,780 --> 00:13:59,320 Could you tell the court why? 226 00:14:01,180 --> 00:14:06,900 As I was looking through my night scope, I saw many civilians in the area, all 227 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:07,900 unarmed. 228 00:14:08,460 --> 00:14:10,040 There were women and old people. 229 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:11,940 And what did they appear to be doing? 230 00:14:12,220 --> 00:14:16,120 They appeared to be running for their lives, ma 'am. Did any of them fire at 231 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:17,120 or your men? 232 00:14:17,260 --> 00:14:18,260 No, ma 'am. 233 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,300 And is this what you reported to Captain Jaworski? Yes, ma 'am. 234 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:23,840 He just told me to carry out the order. 235 00:14:24,660 --> 00:14:25,660 But you refused. 236 00:14:25,940 --> 00:14:27,820 I would have killed too many innocent people. 237 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:30,300 I just couldn't do that. 238 00:14:31,140 --> 00:14:32,140 Thank you, Lieutenant. 239 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:46,120 You were under machine gun fire, were you not? In my opinion, there were many 240 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:47,680 more civilians than there were snipers. 241 00:14:48,110 --> 00:14:49,110 In your opinion. 242 00:14:49,790 --> 00:14:53,950 As part of your training in preparation for the invasion of Panama City, you 243 00:14:53,950 --> 00:14:56,890 were told that Panamanian soldiers often dressed up like civilians. 244 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,230 Isn't that correct? 245 00:14:58,450 --> 00:15:03,410 Yes, sir. And yet here you are in combat, suddenly deciding which is 246 00:15:03,410 --> 00:15:04,410 know what I saw. 247 00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:06,190 Those people weren't soldiers. 248 00:15:06,610 --> 00:15:09,070 Well, why don't you describe those distinctions for us, Lieutenant? 249 00:15:09,410 --> 00:15:10,630 I saw them. 250 00:15:11,020 --> 00:15:12,020 They were in a panic. 251 00:15:12,260 --> 00:15:16,000 Is it possible these were PDF soldiers in a panic in the face of the 252 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,140 overwhelming firepower? 253 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,300 I didn't believe that to be the case, sir. You didn't believe that to be the 254 00:15:20,300 --> 00:15:21,300 case. 255 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:26,180 So, based on your hunch, you decided to disobey a direct order. 256 00:15:26,460 --> 00:15:27,900 Those people... Answer the question. 257 00:15:28,380 --> 00:15:29,440 Isn't that what happened? 258 00:15:31,460 --> 00:15:32,460 Yes, sir. 259 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:35,400 Thank you, Lieutenant. 260 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:37,520 That's all. 261 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:44,480 You wanted us? Ah, you're both here. 262 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:49,080 Great. Copy of our liability insurance policy together with an assignment memo. 263 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,220 I need the research by 9 a .m. tomorrow. 264 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,460 Copy of our lease also attached to an assignment memo. I need your research by 265 00:15:55,460 --> 00:15:58,400 the end of the day. Ann Kelsey's waiting for me to shepherdize some cases 266 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,400 through Westlaw. You tell her the senior partner took you off her case and put 267 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:03,400 you on his. 268 00:16:03,820 --> 00:16:06,160 Mary Jane, tell Mike Cusack I'm ready for him now. 269 00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:12,340 Hello, Rox. 270 00:16:12,820 --> 00:16:13,820 Hi. 271 00:16:14,420 --> 00:16:17,980 Arnie's in probate all afternoon, Corinne. I'm not even sure he's coming 272 00:16:17,980 --> 00:16:18,979 the office today. 273 00:16:18,980 --> 00:16:20,260 I know. I came to talk to you. 274 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:21,920 In private? 275 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:23,920 Okay. 276 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:37,160 What's up? 277 00:16:38,620 --> 00:16:40,180 I think Arnie's having an affair. 278 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,200 Excuse me? 279 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:44,760 Something's wrong. I can just feel it with him. 280 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:50,400 For last week, he's been completely solicitous. 281 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:52,920 Like he's feeling guilty. 282 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,580 I know it's unfair for me to come to you like this. 283 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:05,300 Is he having an affair? 284 00:17:07,020 --> 00:17:08,619 Not to my knowledge, no. 285 00:17:12,589 --> 00:17:15,569 So I'm just being paranoid. 286 00:17:17,589 --> 00:17:20,650 Nothing's happened. I'm just being paranoid. 287 00:17:24,290 --> 00:17:25,290 Roxanne? 288 00:17:27,670 --> 00:17:33,770 I don't think it's appropriate for me to talk about Arnie's personal life. 289 00:17:47,020 --> 00:17:49,460 This isn't an easy conversation, Michael. 290 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:55,060 The time spent by this firm, mainly by you on Earl Williams' murder defense, 291 00:17:55,360 --> 00:18:01,460 translates to a bill of $485 ,000, a bill which to date remains unpaid. 292 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,940 Yeah, well, he's obviously having a difficult time right now. He never got 293 00:18:04,940 --> 00:18:07,160 job back. I know. I ran an assets check. 294 00:18:07,540 --> 00:18:11,620 He is, however, still living in a house valued at $470 ,000. 295 00:18:12,120 --> 00:18:15,120 I had Abby go after that house. 296 00:18:15,380 --> 00:18:16,139 You what? 297 00:18:16,140 --> 00:18:18,580 She got the prejudgment attachment yesterday morning. 298 00:18:18,780 --> 00:18:21,620 You son of a bitch. Why wasn't I told about it? Because you would have helped 299 00:18:21,620 --> 00:18:24,240 Earl oppose our motion. You're damn right I would have helped him. Listen, 300 00:18:24,260 --> 00:18:26,780 Michael, I know you like this man, but... But that's not the point. You 301 00:18:26,780 --> 00:18:29,840 behind my back, Douglas. Hear me out, Michael. I will go into court myself 302 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:30,900 and... Hear me out! 303 00:18:31,740 --> 00:18:34,160 I have no intention of chasing Earl out of his house. 304 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:39,500 But the assets check revealed he's extremely deep in the red. He could sell 305 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:42,540 house to pay off those other debts, in which case we'd be left with nothing. 306 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:43,760 This way we're protected. 307 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,920 And by securing the prejudgment, the banks are more convinced of our 308 00:18:47,940 --> 00:18:51,280 giving me a better shot at getting a loan we desperately need for expansion. 309 00:18:51,540 --> 00:18:53,600 I want that attachment dissolved immediately. 310 00:18:53,980 --> 00:18:54,980 Do you hear me? 311 00:18:55,340 --> 00:18:57,780 That won't happen until he can guarantee the debt. 312 00:18:58,380 --> 00:18:59,600 Time's up on you, Douglas. 313 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,760 I'll organize the lynching myself. You're no senior partner. 314 00:19:03,380 --> 00:19:04,740 Not even for six weeks. 315 00:19:13,130 --> 00:19:18,030 And would you describe for the court exactly what a parapsychologist is, Dr. 316 00:19:18,110 --> 00:19:21,670 Lewin? Well, briefly, I specialize in psychical research. 317 00:19:22,450 --> 00:19:24,630 Paranormal or psychic occurrences. 318 00:19:24,850 --> 00:19:25,890 Ghosts? Yes. 319 00:19:26,360 --> 00:19:30,880 Ghosts. I'd like to call your attention, Doctor, to the residence located at 14 320 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:36,220 Oriole Drive in Las Feliz, California, the home which is the subject of this 321 00:19:36,220 --> 00:19:39,320 proceeding. Did you ever have cause to investigate this residence? 322 00:19:39,580 --> 00:19:43,820 Yes, I did. In 1982, I was called by the owners of the house because they 323 00:19:43,820 --> 00:19:46,040 suspected the presence of a supernatural being. 324 00:19:46,340 --> 00:19:47,340 1982? 325 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:50,580 So, these were people other than my clients? 326 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:55,120 Yes. Yes, these would be the people who eventually sold the home to the 327 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:56,120 defendant. Thank you. 328 00:19:56,660 --> 00:20:00,300 And did your investigation confirm the presence of a ghost in this house? 329 00:20:00,500 --> 00:20:03,400 Well, we definitely detected the electromagnetic energy, yes. 330 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:04,439 Yes, we did. 331 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,680 I'm sorry, Doctor, you've lost me with that one. 332 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,740 Inside every house, there's an electromagnetic field. 333 00:20:09,980 --> 00:20:15,140 In very simple terms, this field can absorb the emotional energy expended in 334 00:20:15,140 --> 00:20:16,140 that environment. 335 00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:22,380 In cases of extreme emotional intensity, this field can almost well record it, 336 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:23,560 then play it back. 337 00:20:24,260 --> 00:20:29,780 That playback, if you will, would be what we call a ghost. So if a gruesome 338 00:20:29,780 --> 00:20:35,580 murder occurred in this field, is there a chance it would be recorded 339 00:20:35,580 --> 00:20:37,460 electromagnetically? Oh, absolutely. 340 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,880 And judging from my investigation of this house, the emotional energy of that 341 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:45,380 murder is, in fact, still present there. The house is haunted? 342 00:20:45,950 --> 00:20:47,230 In layman's terms, yes. 343 00:20:47,670 --> 00:20:48,850 The house is haunted. 344 00:20:49,110 --> 00:20:50,290 Thank you, Doctor. That's all. 345 00:20:52,790 --> 00:20:54,830 Did you see any apparitions in this house? 346 00:20:55,150 --> 00:20:59,370 No, and nothing showed up on infrared. But the Geiger countings were off the 347 00:20:59,370 --> 00:21:01,390 chart. Uh -huh. Did you hear the moaning? 348 00:21:01,950 --> 00:21:05,450 Personally, no, but two sets of owners have. He was a ghost on playback. 349 00:21:05,730 --> 00:21:07,550 Probably hopped right out of the VCR. 350 00:21:07,930 --> 00:21:09,490 Objection. I'll tell you this, Mr. 351 00:21:09,690 --> 00:21:14,250 Klippner. I conduct over 200 investigations of ghost sightings every 352 00:21:14,250 --> 00:21:15,470 majority of which I dismiss. 353 00:21:15,810 --> 00:21:17,310 This one I did not. 354 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:21,470 Like Mrs. Shaw said, there is something present in that house. 355 00:21:21,670 --> 00:21:25,990 Last year, you investigated a ghost in a San Diego house where strange singing 356 00:21:25,990 --> 00:21:27,190 had occurred, didn't you? 357 00:21:27,430 --> 00:21:28,550 Objection. Ghost to credibility. 358 00:21:29,110 --> 00:21:31,770 Overruled. And you concluded there was a ghost in that one, too, didn't you? 359 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:33,770 There was a psychic presence, that's correct. 360 00:21:34,030 --> 00:21:35,490 And you identified this ghost. 361 00:21:35,790 --> 00:21:39,350 I didn't have enough data to form a conclusion. But you had an opinion, 362 00:21:39,910 --> 00:21:44,190 Yes, I did. And in your opinion, Doctor, who was doing the singing? 363 00:21:47,659 --> 00:21:48,659 Elvis Presley. 364 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:51,360 Nothing further. 365 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,620 I've been a journalist for the Miami Tribune for the last seven years. 366 00:21:59,820 --> 00:22:01,800 And you have been assigned to Panama City? 367 00:22:02,270 --> 00:22:05,990 Yes, specifically to investigate General Noriega's involvement with Miami drug 368 00:22:05,990 --> 00:22:10,390 trafficking. Ms. Dawson, could you tell us what transpired that night, December 369 00:22:10,390 --> 00:22:11,390 20th, 1989? 370 00:22:11,910 --> 00:22:17,410 Yes, I was interviewing one of my sources in El Churrio, and suddenly the 371 00:22:17,410 --> 00:22:21,010 just lit up with fire. It was explosions from American gunfire. 372 00:22:21,450 --> 00:22:22,389 What did you do? 373 00:22:22,390 --> 00:22:26,290 Well, we made it to a Catholic church. It was the only brick building around, 374 00:22:26,390 --> 00:22:29,770 and people knew that it wouldn't burn, but the rest of the town was just 375 00:22:29,910 --> 00:22:31,690 What did you see that night, Ms. Dawson? 376 00:22:31,890 --> 00:22:35,350 Mostly I saw American military and American tanks. 377 00:22:36,030 --> 00:22:39,610 I saw members of the Panamanian Defense Force fighting back. 378 00:22:39,870 --> 00:22:41,730 I saw people running for safety. 379 00:22:41,970 --> 00:22:43,490 There were civilians in the area? 380 00:22:43,770 --> 00:22:46,470 This was a residential neighborhood, Counselor. People lived there. 381 00:22:46,730 --> 00:22:48,170 And were civilians killed? 382 00:22:48,630 --> 00:22:49,630 Many were killed. 383 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:51,300 Thousands more were injured. 384 00:22:51,780 --> 00:22:57,380 The gentleman that I interviewed that night, he was killed. 385 00:22:58,060 --> 00:22:59,080 He was a civilian. 386 00:22:59,620 --> 00:23:01,980 When did you find out that he had been killed? 387 00:23:02,820 --> 00:23:05,440 Two months later, when I had to identify his body. 388 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,320 He had been dug up from a mass grave. 389 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,760 What do you mean, ma 'am, when you say his body was dug up? 390 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,160 There was more and more information that... 391 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:20,860 The dead civilians were being rounded up by American troops and buried in mass 392 00:23:20,860 --> 00:23:26,140 graves. To cover up the fact that innocent lives had been lost, they 393 00:23:26,140 --> 00:23:28,380 into these big pits and buried them. 394 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,480 One of the mass graves was found. 395 00:23:31,140 --> 00:23:36,960 They found 123 rotting bodies in the Yardin de Paz cemetery, stuffed into 396 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:37,980 plastic garbage bags. 397 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:41,620 Who put them there? The U .S. Army admitted to doing it. 398 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,080 No identification, no notification to the families. 399 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:50,840 Our military killed innocent civilians and stuffed them into garbage bags. How 400 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,960 many civilian casualties resulted from the United States invasion of Panama? 401 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:59,520 300 have been confirmed dead, but other reports say maybe twice that. 402 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:01,480 We'll probably never know. 403 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,020 Why is that, ma 'am? 404 00:24:03,260 --> 00:24:04,320 In my opinion? 405 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:05,560 Yes. 406 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:10,520 Because the Army's engaged in a massive cover -up. They killed a lot of innocent 407 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:15,280 people. They trampled an entire town and left over 15 ,000 people homeless. 408 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,380 And I don't think they want the people back here to know about that. 409 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,320 Thank you, Ms. Dawson. I have nothing further. 410 00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:32,900 Do you have any knowledge our military was trying to kill civilians? 411 00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:36,540 No, and I don't believe they were. They were after Noriega's men. 412 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:37,719 That's right. 413 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,860 And did you ever see an American soldier directly shoot a civilian? 414 00:24:41,699 --> 00:24:42,699 Directly at them? 415 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:45,040 No, but with all the explosions... Thank you, ma 'am. 416 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,380 And to your knowledge, it is possible that Panamanian Defense Forces did 417 00:24:49,380 --> 00:24:51,780 the building Lieutenant Braden was ordered to target, right? 418 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,180 It's possible, yes, but that's not... And ma 'am, just so I can be clear on 419 00:24:56,180 --> 00:25:00,160 predisposition here, you've written various articles prior to this event, 420 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:04,040 extremely critical of the United States military presence in Panama, right? 421 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:06,520 Yes, that's right. 422 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,200 Thank you, Ms. Dawson. 423 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,160 That's all I have. 424 00:25:22,060 --> 00:25:22,819 How is this? 425 00:25:22,820 --> 00:25:24,620 It is you moving out. That's what it is. 426 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,420 Corinne, I don't... It is leaping around. 427 00:25:27,020 --> 00:25:28,640 And this marriage is over. 428 00:25:29,140 --> 00:25:32,820 Hold on a second. You have no idea how much you disgust me. 429 00:25:33,220 --> 00:25:37,000 I'm only more disgusted with myself for getting taken in by you. I don't know 430 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,000 what you're talking about. 431 00:25:38,220 --> 00:25:39,179 Shut up! 432 00:25:39,180 --> 00:25:40,660 You just shut up! 433 00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:42,440 God, I hate you! 434 00:25:43,420 --> 00:25:46,000 Go back to bed, honey. Go on. 435 00:25:46,360 --> 00:25:50,120 Why are you yelling? Just go back to bed right now, okay? I'll be there in a 436 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:51,120 minute. 437 00:25:56,140 --> 00:25:57,400 What have I done to her? 438 00:25:58,580 --> 00:26:00,480 I let her get attached to you. 439 00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:03,120 I let her love you. 440 00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:05,740 Oh, God. 441 00:26:06,020 --> 00:26:07,520 Corinne, let me explain. 442 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:09,220 No, Arnie, just get out. 443 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,480 Get out. Just get out now. 444 00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:51,460 Roxanne, you betrayed me. No, she suspected you were having an affair. 445 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,960 And you confirmed it. No, all I did was refuse to lie. It was an impossible 446 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,060 situation. Well, you won't ever have to face it again. You're fired. 447 00:26:59,620 --> 00:27:04,220 What? Nobody does what you just did to me. You ruined my life. You did this to 448 00:27:04,220 --> 00:27:06,400 yourself. Can't you at least recognize... I said you're fired! 449 00:27:06,780 --> 00:27:10,020 I don't want to hear anything else from you. Just pack your crap and get the 450 00:27:10,020 --> 00:27:11,020 hell out of here. 451 00:27:13,460 --> 00:27:15,680 Everybody, everywhere in this country... 452 00:27:15,980 --> 00:27:20,860 wanted to get General Noriega. So when we invaded Panama a little over a year 453 00:27:20,860 --> 00:27:25,900 ago and finally flushed him out, we all cheered. 454 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:31,100 But some of the cheering stopped when it became clear exactly what our military 455 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:32,100 had done. 456 00:27:32,220 --> 00:27:38,280 In violation of the Geneva Convention, we disregarded the safety of innocent 457 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:44,520 people and used overwhelming firepower to flatten a civilian neighborhood. 458 00:27:45,390 --> 00:27:50,650 Killing women, children, making 15 ,000 people homeless. 459 00:27:51,110 --> 00:27:52,890 We didn't warn anybody. 460 00:27:53,550 --> 00:27:55,750 We just went in blasting. 461 00:27:56,610 --> 00:27:59,230 Lieutenant Braden couldn't. 462 00:28:00,030 --> 00:28:06,550 I know I'm not Army, and you probably look at me and think, how can she 463 00:28:06,550 --> 00:28:08,090 understand military? 464 00:28:08,430 --> 00:28:13,210 And maybe I don't. But my father fought in World War II, and I grew up 465 00:28:13,210 --> 00:28:18,370 listening. to his stories, and feeling his pride at having risked his life to 466 00:28:18,370 --> 00:28:20,430 protect the values of this country. 467 00:28:22,370 --> 00:28:28,110 And I grew up always believing we were the good guys. 468 00:28:29,990 --> 00:28:33,410 But I'm not so sure we were the good guys that night in Panama. 469 00:28:34,190 --> 00:28:38,350 And I don't believe I'm the only one in this room with doubts. 470 00:28:38,910 --> 00:28:42,850 Lieutenant Braden turned to his conscience that night. 471 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:50,820 For his sake, right now, I'm asking you to turn to 472 00:28:50,820 --> 00:28:51,820 yours. 473 00:28:55,140 --> 00:28:56,140 Thank you. 474 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,000 The Geneva Convention does not apply here. 475 00:29:10,510 --> 00:29:14,970 Panamanian soldiers were present in that building, making it a legitimate 476 00:29:14,970 --> 00:29:16,390 military target. 477 00:29:16,950 --> 00:29:21,890 Of course, it was a tough call. But Captain Jaworski made that call, and 478 00:29:21,890 --> 00:29:27,270 Lieutenant Braden willfully disregarded it. While in combat with his men under 479 00:29:27,270 --> 00:29:31,710 enemy fire, Lieutenant Braden disobeyed a direct order. 480 00:29:32,810 --> 00:29:38,230 A military, any military has to have discipline where the chain of command is 481 00:29:38,230 --> 00:29:39,209 honored. 482 00:29:39,210 --> 00:29:44,350 The second it's not, as soon as junior officers are entitled to call the shots 483 00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:49,230 and say, this order I'll obey, but this order I won't, then we won't have much 484 00:29:49,230 --> 00:29:50,230 of an army, will we? 485 00:29:50,830 --> 00:29:55,190 We put 18 and 19 -year -olds in combat with massive weapons. 486 00:29:55,930 --> 00:30:00,450 Now we can have them in the middle of a battle, weighing international law and 487 00:30:00,450 --> 00:30:05,450 pondering their own interpretation of the Geneva Convention, or they can just 488 00:30:05,450 --> 00:30:06,450 follow orders. 489 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,340 It's not a tough call, gentlemen. 490 00:30:10,820 --> 00:30:17,240 You just have to decide whether you want to win wars or lose them. 491 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:24,720 Let's just admit it was a big mistake. 492 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:28,660 Which has to be corrected now. Letting him be senior partner for one more 493 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:29,660 Now, hold on. 494 00:30:30,250 --> 00:30:34,250 He directed Abby to put an attachment on Earl Williams' house. That's not the 495 00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:35,350 way we do business. 496 00:30:35,670 --> 00:30:39,430 Well, letting our bill for a half million dollars go uncollected is not 497 00:30:39,430 --> 00:30:40,430 we do business either. 498 00:30:40,590 --> 00:30:43,210 Leland, I just got a call from Olympic and Rourke, our landlords. 499 00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:46,590 It seemed Douglas stopped payment on the rent check and he's trying to break our 500 00:30:46,590 --> 00:30:50,970 lease. What? He's Al Haig on the loose, Leland. You have to stop him. Well, I 501 00:30:50,970 --> 00:30:52,010 can't believe he'd do that. 502 00:30:52,230 --> 00:30:54,130 Well, believe it. Guy thinks he's immortal. 503 00:30:54,410 --> 00:30:57,550 I mean, he's been like that ever since he started seeing Vanna White. You got 504 00:30:57,550 --> 00:30:58,550 do something. 505 00:30:58,650 --> 00:30:59,730 Yes. Very little. 506 00:31:00,460 --> 00:31:01,700 Valentine Insurance is on three. 507 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:02,960 He says it's urgent. 508 00:31:04,220 --> 00:31:05,220 Yes, Perry. 509 00:31:05,300 --> 00:31:07,340 What the hell's with Douglas Brackman, Leland? 510 00:31:08,180 --> 00:31:09,180 What do you mean? 511 00:31:09,340 --> 00:31:12,720 I mean the guy's demanding we cover you on the Rosalind Shays verdict. 512 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,040 Leland, that judgment was for punitive damages. We don't have to pay you a 513 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,820 nickel. I'll look into it, Perry. 514 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:19,160 Please do. 515 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:23,780 Also, you tell Brackman I ran his little bluff by my lawyers and they said we 516 00:31:23,780 --> 00:31:25,660 don't need Rosalind Shays' help in any of this. 517 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,960 So the fact that you're sleeping with her now doesn't scare me. 518 00:31:31,370 --> 00:31:32,550 Set up a partner's meeting. 519 00:31:35,530 --> 00:31:38,790 I lived in the house practically a year. I never heard anything. 520 00:31:39,050 --> 00:31:43,270 You never heard any moaning or the sounds of a woman in pain? Come on, this 521 00:31:43,270 --> 00:31:47,090 whole thing is a ridiculous ploy to try and get out of a deal they wish they 522 00:31:47,090 --> 00:31:49,970 hadn't made. Thank you, Mr. Gendler. I have nothing further. 523 00:31:52,830 --> 00:31:56,470 When you bought the house, you knew about Nancy Atkins' murder, didn't you? 524 00:31:57,070 --> 00:32:00,810 Didn't stop me from buying it. Why didn't you tell my client and his broker 525 00:32:00,810 --> 00:32:02,290 about it? Because it didn't matter. 526 00:32:02,570 --> 00:32:03,570 Oh, no, sir. 527 00:32:04,150 --> 00:32:07,490 You withheld that information because you feared it would matter. 528 00:32:07,770 --> 00:32:09,850 There is nothing haunted about the house. 529 00:32:10,190 --> 00:32:13,770 When you lived in that house, why did you sleep in the downstairs bedroom? 530 00:32:14,170 --> 00:32:15,950 It's a three -bedroom house. I had a choice. 531 00:32:16,230 --> 00:32:20,150 Yes, but the master bedroom, the only one with a private bath, is upstairs. 532 00:32:21,010 --> 00:32:22,430 Why didn't you choose that one? 533 00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:24,360 I hated the wallpaper. 534 00:32:24,780 --> 00:32:29,680 You were afraid of that room. You were afraid because Nancy Atkins was stabbed 535 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,200 to death there. Give me a break. 536 00:32:31,420 --> 00:32:33,260 You were afraid she might cry out to you. 537 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:34,540 I wasn't afraid. 538 00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:40,060 Well, maybe she did speak to you. Maybe that's why after only a year, you had to 539 00:32:40,060 --> 00:32:42,740 get out. I wasn't afraid of anything. 540 00:32:43,140 --> 00:32:45,360 No, you just hated the wallpaper. 541 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:48,200 I have nothing further, Your Honor. 542 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,220 Closing arguments tomorrow, two o 'clock. 543 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:52,680 Your Honor. 544 00:32:52,990 --> 00:32:57,410 I'd like to do my closing tomorrow night at the house in Nancy Atkins' bedroom. 545 00:32:57,830 --> 00:33:02,110 I beg your pardon? This case turns on whether it's reasonable for my client to 546 00:33:02,110 --> 00:33:03,350 believe the house is haunted. 547 00:33:03,610 --> 00:33:07,870 The only way for the jury to properly gauge that is to go see it at night. I 548 00:33:07,870 --> 00:33:11,290 object. Ms. Lamb, this is a very strange request. 549 00:33:11,910 --> 00:33:16,290 But this also happens to be a very strange case, and under these 550 00:33:16,570 --> 00:33:20,110 I think it would behoove us all to go take a look. You've got to be kidding. 551 00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:21,310 I'm not kidding. 552 00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,960 Eight o 'clock tomorrow night, the jury will meet here, and we'll all go over 553 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:25,960 there together. 554 00:33:31,140 --> 00:33:33,380 Members of the panel, have you reached a verdict? 555 00:33:33,780 --> 00:33:34,780 Yes, sir, we have. 556 00:33:41,980 --> 00:33:47,660 Under Article 90, Article 99, and Article 133, 557 00:33:47,740 --> 00:33:50,100 we find the defendant... 558 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:54,920 Second Lieutenant Robert Braden, guilty of all charges. 559 00:34:02,020 --> 00:34:03,520 Anything on sentencing, Major? 560 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:08,340 Mr. President, the government will be seeking the maximum allowable 561 00:34:08,340 --> 00:34:09,340 at hard labor. 562 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:11,440 Ms. Van Owen. 563 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,639 Your Honor, before sentencing, I'd like the panel to hear from Lieutenant 564 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:16,639 Braden. 565 00:34:25,290 --> 00:34:28,170 I went into ROTC at school because it helped pay for tuition. 566 00:34:29,570 --> 00:34:34,570 I knew that it meant that I had a debt to my country, and maybe someday I'd 567 00:34:34,570 --> 00:34:38,210 have to go to war and die for my country, and I was prepared to do that. 568 00:34:39,330 --> 00:34:43,949 I am still prepared to give my life for my commanding officers or for the men 569 00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:44,949 who serve under me. 570 00:34:47,670 --> 00:34:52,630 I was ordered to blow up innocent people, to take out sniper fire. 571 00:34:53,290 --> 00:34:55,690 I was ordered to destroy a civilian building. 572 00:34:56,489 --> 00:34:57,690 I said no to that. 573 00:34:59,150 --> 00:35:01,870 And under the same circumstances, I'd say no again. 574 00:35:03,770 --> 00:35:05,610 No matter what my government's trying to prove. 575 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,040 What are you doing? 576 00:35:25,460 --> 00:35:26,540 Ernie fired me. 577 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:31,520 Why? It's not important. I'm just not working here anymore. 578 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,420 Would you like to work for me? 579 00:35:35,420 --> 00:35:38,320 Gee, Douglas, that's very nice of you. I'll raise you. 580 00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:40,740 $125 a week, effective now. 581 00:35:41,460 --> 00:35:44,960 That breaks the secretarial caps. You wouldn't be a secretary. 582 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:47,680 I need an assistant to help me with office management. 583 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:51,060 I'm talking about a big promotion, Roxanne. More money, more power. 584 00:35:52,430 --> 00:35:55,530 If you find me too impossible to work for, you just quit. 585 00:35:56,210 --> 00:35:57,210 What's not to try? 586 00:36:23,319 --> 00:36:24,720 Thanks for agreeing to see me. 587 00:36:26,340 --> 00:36:27,340 What do you want to say? 588 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:31,360 That I'm sorry that what I did was unforgivable. 589 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:36,560 It only happened once. It's the only time it's ever happened since we've been 590 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:40,400 married, and that doesn't make it any less inexcusable, but this is not a 591 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:41,400 pattern, Corinne. 592 00:36:41,740 --> 00:36:42,780 I promise you. 593 00:36:44,820 --> 00:36:48,400 I also want to say that I can't picture my life without you and Chloe in it, and 594 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,620 I'll do anything to fix this. 595 00:36:51,259 --> 00:36:54,740 I've hired a lawyer. The divorce papers will be filed probably by the end of 596 00:36:54,740 --> 00:36:56,620 next week. Don't you think that's a little rash? 597 00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,160 Marrying you is rash. 598 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:03,960 Corinne, this was one stupid slip. It doesn't mean that I want to... That's 599 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:04,960 you are. 600 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,140 That's what you are. 601 00:37:07,660 --> 00:37:09,780 I feared it going in. So did you. 602 00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:14,060 Now, maybe if I weren't a parent, it would have been okay for me to take a 603 00:37:14,060 --> 00:37:15,019 chance on you. 604 00:37:15,020 --> 00:37:18,220 But to be so reckless with my little girl's life... 605 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,220 I'm certainly not going to make that mistake again. 606 00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,220 Give me one more chance, Corinne, please. 607 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,460 I'm following the advice of a former lawyer of mine, a very good lawyer. 608 00:37:29,540 --> 00:37:31,000 Walk away from the problem. 609 00:37:31,740 --> 00:37:33,000 Get on with your life. 610 00:37:34,780 --> 00:37:35,840 My new attorney. 611 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:39,040 Call him. 612 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,660 From now on, you don't call me. 613 00:37:48,970 --> 00:37:53,270 Lieutenant Braden, this board has a great deal of sympathy for you. 614 00:37:53,790 --> 00:37:58,190 Your service record indicates you're both an outstanding officer and a fine 615 00:37:58,190 --> 00:37:59,190 young man. 616 00:37:59,330 --> 00:38:04,150 Furthermore, there are some serious questions about the performance of our 617 00:38:04,150 --> 00:38:05,230 military in Panama. 618 00:38:05,710 --> 00:38:11,690 And the ratio of ten Panamanian civilians dead to every American killed 619 00:38:11,690 --> 00:38:16,710 action makes it hard to believe that we really did try our best. 620 00:38:17,580 --> 00:38:20,960 to minimize civilian casualties as required by the Geneva Convention. 621 00:38:21,180 --> 00:38:26,020 And this business of policing up civilian bodies and wrapping them in 622 00:38:26,020 --> 00:38:29,820 bags and dumping them in mass graves without any notification of the 623 00:38:30,060 --> 00:38:36,980 if that's true, well, it's a disgrace, pure and simple. And as 624 00:38:36,980 --> 00:38:42,380 officers and as soldiers, we should be both shocked and embarrassed. 625 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,700 But of all the sins committed that night, Lieutenant, 626 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,420 by far the most dangerous and far -reaching was yours. 627 00:38:52,220 --> 00:38:55,860 You disobeyed a direct order in combat. 628 00:38:57,660 --> 00:39:03,660 For soldiers to disobey their lawful superiors while under enemy fire, 629 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:08,760 well, there can be few greater threats to our national security. 630 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:15,360 Therefore, Lieutenant Braden, it is the decision of this board that you be 631 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:19,750 confined... at hard labor for a period of ten years. 632 00:39:21,150 --> 00:39:26,230 Such sentence to be carried out at the United States Disciplinary Barracks, 633 00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:27,230 Leavenworth, Kansas. 634 00:39:30,970 --> 00:39:35,450 You have no right to... If I fire a secretary, she stays fired. I don't need 635 00:39:35,450 --> 00:39:38,290 here. All right, one thing at a time. 636 00:39:38,870 --> 00:39:41,290 First, what the hell are you doing breaking our lease? 637 00:39:41,550 --> 00:39:44,910 I exploited a favored nation's clause with Jonathan's help to break the 638 00:39:44,910 --> 00:39:48,980 contract. With the downtown glut of office space, many buildings are 639 00:39:48,980 --> 00:39:53,880 free rent, some up to two years. I don't want to move. We're not moving. But the 640 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:58,100 threat of moving alone was enough to allow me to negotiate a new deal here. I 641 00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:01,840 cut our monthly payments by 6 % and got the first six months rent -free. Now, 642 00:40:01,860 --> 00:40:06,920 that adds up to a savings of $108 ,000 immediately, plus another $137 ,000 over 643 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:07,920 the next 10 years. 644 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:08,638 I see. 645 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,840 But what were you doing with our insurance carrier? 646 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:12,420 Threatening them with a suit? 647 00:40:12,780 --> 00:40:16,000 telling them of my relationship with Rosalind Shays. I merely pointed out 648 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,140 since Rosalind is now sympathetic to us, they couldn't count on her help in 649 00:40:20,140 --> 00:40:24,140 defending against an action brought by us. They're still denying coverage, but 650 00:40:24,140 --> 00:40:27,300 they've agreed to kick in $170 ,000 for defense costs. 651 00:40:27,540 --> 00:40:28,299 You're kidding. 652 00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:31,880 No, I'm not. They knew we could run that much up in litigation costs easy, and 653 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:33,580 there's a very real chance they could lose. 654 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,700 As for rehiring Roxanne Arnold... 655 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,540 I did that in part to prevent an extremely viable lawsuit that she could 656 00:40:40,540 --> 00:40:41,519 against us. 657 00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:42,780 For what? Why was she fired? 658 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:44,040 Personality differences. 659 00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:48,340 Right. And Michael, securing our debt with Earl Williams, did impress the 660 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:52,620 With that $300 ,000 security, along with the projected savings in rent and the 661 00:40:52,620 --> 00:40:56,420 kick -in by the insurance company, Brentwood Federal was moved to give us a 662 00:40:56,420 --> 00:41:01,860 brand new line of credit, which I've used in part retroactively to pay out 663 00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:04,680 partnership bonuses that we thought we'd have to forego this year. 664 00:41:05,180 --> 00:41:06,680 X for all of you. 665 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,160 $27 ,000? 666 00:41:12,420 --> 00:41:16,860 Wow. How did you do this? By showing the bank that we were a half a million more 667 00:41:16,860 --> 00:41:19,120 solvent than they thought we were. They made the loan? 668 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,040 This is fantastic, Douglas. 669 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:23,880 That's very good, Douglas. 670 00:41:24,380 --> 00:41:25,740 Yeah, that's very good. 671 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,320 Hello, senior partner. 672 00:41:52,279 --> 00:41:56,040 Okay, we've all had a look. Ms. Lamb, you want to make your statement before 673 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,640 go? Yes, could everybody find some wall space or maybe sit on the bed or 674 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:00,640 something? 675 00:42:00,780 --> 00:42:04,760 I don't really have a statement. I just wanted us all to come here, take a look, 676 00:42:04,820 --> 00:42:05,820 see where it happened. 677 00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:08,640 Good God, she was sleeping right over there. 678 00:42:08,940 --> 00:42:15,140 And it was somewhere, from somewhere, my clients heard those awful sounds. 679 00:42:16,060 --> 00:42:21,740 The thing is, Nancy Atkins couldn't scream the night she was murdered 680 00:42:21,740 --> 00:42:27,140 the killer plunged his knife straight into her throat, severing her larynx and 681 00:42:27,140 --> 00:42:28,740 cutting her vocal cords. 682 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:30,760 But that wasn't the fatal wound. 683 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:36,540 He continued to stick his knife into her arms, her legs. 684 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,800 Seventeen times she was stabbed. 685 00:42:40,260 --> 00:42:46,360 There was so much blood, it seeped through these planks and dripped into 686 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:47,360 kitchen. 687 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:51,500 The coroner said she had to have suffered, but she couldn't scream. 688 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:58,180 She'd try, but with her vocal cords cut, she could barely make a sound. 689 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:07,120 Some people believe that to this day, right here, Nancy Atkins still 690 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,900 tries to cry out for help. 691 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:11,520 Oh, my God! 692 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,140 Let's get out of here! 693 00:43:17,020 --> 00:43:22,460 All right, we'll buy back the house. We're not covering closing costs for the 694 00:43:22,460 --> 00:43:24,680 point. Hey, they could hit you with punitive. 695 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:25,980 You saw how scared they were. 696 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:29,240 Your guys won't be paying commission, C .J. That'll more than cover all the 697 00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:31,380 incidentals. Come on, we're making them whole. 698 00:43:31,620 --> 00:43:32,620 Let's finish this. 699 00:43:33,420 --> 00:43:34,359 Well, okay. 700 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,460 I'll draft the settlement. This is so ridiculous. 701 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:51,080 It's false evidence, you know. It's as good as lying to the court. We could get 702 00:43:51,080 --> 00:43:54,420 disbarred. I never... I've never said anything about how or why the lights 703 00:43:54,420 --> 00:43:56,300 out. Nobody even asked me. 704 00:43:56,660 --> 00:44:00,340 It wasn't a normal circuit breaker, for God's sake. It was an old -fashioned 705 00:44:00,340 --> 00:44:03,820 fuse box. Here, I couldn't get the thing back in. I cut my finger trying. 706 00:44:04,220 --> 00:44:06,620 Did you get them to settle? Full purchase price. 707 00:44:07,100 --> 00:44:08,600 You were absolutely perfect. 708 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:15,960 Isn't this the fuse that controls that light? 709 00:44:18,020 --> 00:44:19,020 Yeah. 710 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:33,960 Thank you for everything, Miss Van Owen. I'm not giving up, Robert. 711 00:44:34,300 --> 00:44:35,960 The appeal will be filed tomorrow. 712 00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:37,560 So don't you give up. 713 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:38,760 Yeah. 714 00:44:44,340 --> 00:44:45,360 Lieutenant. Major. 715 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,160 I'm sorry about the sentence. 716 00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,820 I think what you did was wrong, but I also think with 300 ,000 soldiers in the 717 00:44:52,820 --> 00:44:55,760 Persian Gulf, the panel had to make an example of you. 718 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:57,700 Would you go on record with that? 719 00:44:58,220 --> 00:44:59,800 It's only an opinion, Counselor. 720 00:45:06,890 --> 00:45:07,890 Let's go, sir. 721 00:45:20,130 --> 00:45:21,130 We're proud of you, son. 722 00:45:25,250 --> 00:45:26,250 Okay.