1 00:00:02,829 --> 00:00:04,410 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,650 --> 00:00:05,650 What's up? 3 00:00:06,190 --> 00:00:12,970 My friend Alice, she's gone to the hospital for an operation. 4 00:00:13,470 --> 00:00:14,710 What sort of operation? 5 00:00:15,790 --> 00:00:19,010 One that makes it so she won't have a baby. 6 00:00:20,990 --> 00:00:21,990 Whoa. 7 00:00:22,290 --> 00:00:25,730 I don't know what Benny's told you, but my daughter is not pregnant and she's 8 00:00:25,730 --> 00:00:26,970 not going in for any abortion. 9 00:00:27,450 --> 00:00:29,530 Then what's going on? 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:32,720 Alice is going in to be sterilized. 11 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:34,700 Sterilized? Why? 12 00:00:34,820 --> 00:00:38,100 Because she and Benny are having sexual intercourse, that's why, and she could 13 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:39,140 never take care of a baby. 14 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,260 I really think I'm making the right call, Leland. 15 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,460 It could be right, it could be wrong. The only thing I'm telling you is that 16 00:00:48,460 --> 00:00:49,460 it's premature. 17 00:00:49,580 --> 00:00:50,580 And what do we do? 18 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:52,560 I talk to Benny. 19 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:55,400 I make sure he wears a prophylactic. 20 00:00:56,460 --> 00:00:58,500 Okay. For now, I'll hold off. 21 00:01:02,980 --> 00:01:04,519 Randy and I were childhood sweethearts. 22 00:01:04,819 --> 00:01:05,820 Thanks. 23 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:07,880 He was literally the boy next door. 24 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:11,620 We got married and had Chloe while he was still in design school. 25 00:01:12,460 --> 00:01:14,500 For about five years, everything was great. 26 00:01:14,820 --> 00:01:16,220 When did things start to go wrong? 27 00:01:16,460 --> 00:01:19,620 Right about the time he started making money. I helped him finish school, 28 00:01:19,620 --> 00:01:22,300 him build his business, put my own ambitions on hold. 29 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,340 But he was this great architect now. 30 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:26,560 Nothing else mattered. 31 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:27,920 What do you want to do? 32 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:29,120 What do I want to do? 33 00:01:29,180 --> 00:01:30,180 It's your call. 34 00:01:30,860 --> 00:01:32,700 I probably want to run him over with a car. 35 00:01:32,940 --> 00:01:35,760 The problem is we have a seven -year -old daughter who loves us both. 36 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,880 So I think what I need to do is to resolve this thing as quickly and 37 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:40,880 as possible. 38 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:46,280 Okay? Whatever you want. I will need a $7 ,500 retainer from you. Okay. And 39 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,060 today, not tomorrow, today, we change the locks on your house. 40 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:51,320 Is that really necessary? 41 00:01:51,820 --> 00:01:53,740 It is if you have anything you don't want him to take. 42 00:01:53,940 --> 00:01:56,140 I don't think Randy would do that. Who do I make this out to? 43 00:01:56,500 --> 00:01:58,260 Mackenzie Brackman. You have a key to his place? 44 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,650 No. Why should he have a key to yours? 45 00:02:00,890 --> 00:02:03,890 It just seems a little drastic. I don't know. Deal from strength, Corinne. 46 00:02:04,570 --> 00:02:06,030 That's the way to resolve this quickly. 47 00:02:06,470 --> 00:02:07,470 All right. 48 00:02:09,389 --> 00:02:10,389 I'll change the locks. 49 00:02:10,590 --> 00:02:15,570 But I want you to understand, divorced or not, to our daughter, we're still a 50 00:02:15,570 --> 00:02:16,570 family. 51 00:02:17,810 --> 00:02:18,810 What does that say? 52 00:02:20,790 --> 00:02:22,570 Arnold Becker, family law. 53 00:02:23,090 --> 00:02:25,770 I am nothing if not sensitive. 54 00:04:20,850 --> 00:04:23,790 Black college professor is accused of killing his pretty white research 55 00:04:23,790 --> 00:04:26,430 assistant. How big a part is race going to play in this trial? 56 00:04:27,170 --> 00:04:30,110 Well, it shouldn't play any part at all. I'm trying this case on the facts. 57 00:04:30,390 --> 00:04:31,450 How's your client holding up? 58 00:04:32,150 --> 00:04:33,970 Right now, he's anxious for the trial to start. 59 00:04:34,310 --> 00:04:37,290 And we both feel confident that once all the facts are laid out, he will be 60 00:04:37,290 --> 00:04:39,710 exonerated, and he can put this whole mess behind him. 61 00:04:40,710 --> 00:04:43,590 Both sides should conclude jury selection today. 62 00:04:43,970 --> 00:04:46,870 From the Los Angeles Criminal Court Building, I'm Hal Ochoa. 63 00:04:49,290 --> 00:04:52,750 Since we can assume that Michael's lost to us for the duration of this trial, 64 00:04:52,910 --> 00:04:57,130 Victor, would you make sure that his more drab, less newsworthy cases don't 65 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:58,250 require immediate attention? 66 00:04:58,570 --> 00:04:59,249 Will do. 67 00:04:59,250 --> 00:05:01,170 Ah, Benny. Very good. 68 00:05:01,410 --> 00:05:02,910 Just set it down right here. 69 00:05:05,170 --> 00:05:06,930 Good God, where are the togas? 70 00:05:07,190 --> 00:05:09,410 People, you can't eat too much fresh fruit. 71 00:05:09,850 --> 00:05:12,990 High water content to cleanse the gastrointestinal tract. 72 00:05:13,430 --> 00:05:16,230 Zero cholesterol. These are things... 73 00:05:16,990 --> 00:05:20,950 We need to pay attention to, try though we might to ignore them. In fact, I've 74 00:05:20,950 --> 00:05:23,950 instructed Benny to put fruit in all our offices. 75 00:05:24,350 --> 00:05:26,270 Thank you, Douglas. Can we move on with the meeting? 76 00:05:26,990 --> 00:05:31,450 Hammond versus Hammond. Arnold? Yeah. Hot shot architect walks out on wife and 77 00:05:31,450 --> 00:05:35,940 child. I should be able to carve out a... Major council fee right out of his 78 00:05:35,940 --> 00:05:40,040 midsection. Here, here. Having just seen the quarterly reports, we were all 79 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,200 doing likewise. 80 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,980 Yes, Stuart, you might fill us in on a few of these horrible details. 81 00:05:45,380 --> 00:05:51,040 Yeah, our gross income is down 11%. Malpractice premiums are up again. And 82 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,780 there's this balloon payment due next month on the office renovations. We're 83 00:05:54,780 --> 00:05:56,420 sluggish and bloated. 84 00:05:57,260 --> 00:05:59,420 We need to be lean and mean. 85 00:06:00,620 --> 00:06:01,680 On that... 86 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:03,320 We're adjourned. 87 00:06:08,940 --> 00:06:10,420 Victor. Huh? 88 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:15,660 Last week, I promised Leo Hackett that I would make sure that... 89 00:06:15,660 --> 00:06:22,340 I'd make sure that Benny was practicing responsible sex. 90 00:06:22,860 --> 00:06:26,740 Uh -huh. And I figured you might help me share the burden. 91 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,540 Now, Arnie spoke to him once, but then he didn't wish to entertain the 92 00:06:32,540 --> 00:06:36,660 discussion. And I figured since you had such a successful trip with him to the 93 00:06:36,660 --> 00:06:37,760 zoo... I don't know, Leland. 94 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,180 You're the fatherly figure. 95 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:45,680 Oh, no. Oh, no. I figure coming from me, that would make him too nervous. 96 00:06:46,420 --> 00:06:47,420 Please. 97 00:07:03,210 --> 00:07:08,250 Mr. Nevins, do you believe that black people are discriminated against in this 98 00:07:08,250 --> 00:07:09,250 country? 99 00:07:10,110 --> 00:07:14,710 Let's just say that it's my experience, not my belief. 100 00:07:14,950 --> 00:07:17,590 Do you think that experience is shared by all black people? 101 00:07:17,830 --> 00:07:18,830 I do. 102 00:07:19,990 --> 00:07:20,990 Including the defendant? 103 00:07:21,450 --> 00:07:23,290 Yes, ma 'am. Including the defendant. 104 00:07:23,770 --> 00:07:26,490 Prosecution asks that Mr. Nevins be excused for cause. 105 00:07:26,970 --> 00:07:28,070 Objection. What's the cause? 106 00:07:29,130 --> 00:07:32,590 I believe that Mr. Nivens is predisposed to view the charges against the 107 00:07:32,590 --> 00:07:35,990 defendant as racist and is incapable of judging this case on the facts. 108 00:07:36,230 --> 00:07:37,930 There's no showing of cause here. 109 00:07:38,270 --> 00:07:41,970 Denied. In that case, prosecution would exercise one of its preemptory 110 00:07:41,970 --> 00:07:44,390 challenges and ask that Mr. Nivens be excused. 111 00:07:44,870 --> 00:07:47,210 Mr. Nivens is excused. 112 00:07:47,590 --> 00:07:48,730 Thank you for your time. 113 00:07:51,930 --> 00:07:55,670 Mr. McGuire, do you have many black friends? 114 00:07:56,150 --> 00:07:57,150 No. 115 00:07:58,440 --> 00:07:59,640 You have any black friends? 116 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,820 None. How would you feel if your daughter married a black man? 117 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,060 I don't know if he was a decent sort. I don't think it would bother me much. 118 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:08,620 The defense would accept this man. 119 00:08:13,180 --> 00:08:14,200 Mr. McTwire. 120 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:18,340 How do you feel about capital punishment? 121 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:20,820 I guess I'm on the fence. 122 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,920 Do you think, sir... 123 00:08:23,820 --> 00:08:28,020 That the possibility of execution would prevent you from rendering a guilty 124 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:32,940 verdict if the facts supported it. Not if the facts supported it, no. In other 125 00:08:32,940 --> 00:08:35,240 words, you're capable of sending this man to his death. 126 00:08:35,700 --> 00:08:38,940 Yes. Thank you. The prosecution accepts this man. 127 00:08:41,780 --> 00:08:44,840 I did the best I could picking him. With jurors, you just never know. 128 00:08:45,060 --> 00:08:46,060 Oh, it's a crapshoot. 129 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,440 You got a good case, Earl. That's not a crapshoot. 130 00:08:50,310 --> 00:08:53,650 Jackie, tomorrow, don't forget to bring a dark suit, a white shirt, and a tie 131 00:08:53,650 --> 00:08:55,750 for Earl. And I want the kids dressed like they're going to church. 132 00:08:56,050 --> 00:08:57,050 Uh, 133 00:08:57,250 --> 00:08:59,730 the kids are supposed to be in school. 134 00:09:00,150 --> 00:09:01,470 It's important that they be here. 135 00:09:02,750 --> 00:09:06,230 They told me this morning that they want to be here with their father, Earl. 136 00:09:06,670 --> 00:09:09,770 Your family's behind you. I want the jury to see that. 137 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,140 Miss Vitek, in what capacity did you work for the defendant? 138 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:27,620 I was his secretary. 139 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,980 Are you familiar with People's Exhibit No. 140 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:36,840 1? Yes, it's a claims form for a 1989 Jaguar. And what about People's Exhibit 141 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,680 No. 2 through 97? 142 00:09:40,340 --> 00:09:44,740 Are you familiar with these forms? They're all automobile claim forms that 143 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,580 Knipp put through. Can you tell the court, ma 'am, if the automobiles that 144 00:09:48,580 --> 00:09:49,840 forms refer to... 145 00:09:50,140 --> 00:09:51,680 ever actually existed? 146 00:09:51,900 --> 00:09:56,000 They did not. And for each and every instance, Miss Vitek, who received the 147 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,800 money that Pioneer Insurance paid on these policies? 148 00:09:59,620 --> 00:10:03,840 He did. Let the record reflect that the witness has indicated the defendant, 149 00:10:04,220 --> 00:10:10,000 Leonard Nip. Tell us, ma 'am, didn't the company have ways of verifying claims? 150 00:10:10,420 --> 00:10:14,280 Leonard was senior claims adjuster. He knew exactly what to do. Objection. The 151 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,340 witness has no idea what Mr. Nip knew. 152 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:19,820 Sustained. Did the defendant admit to falsifying claims? 153 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:22,420 Admit it? 154 00:10:22,460 --> 00:10:24,280 He used to brag to me about it. 155 00:10:24,540 --> 00:10:26,080 He thought it made him a big man. 156 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:28,240 Guess what, Leonard? 157 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,920 Thank you, Miss Vitek. I have no further questions. 158 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:40,200 Miss Vitek, you're testifying under a grant of immunity, are you not? Yes, 159 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,940 Korngold, that's what I'm doing. In other words, you yourself could have 160 00:10:43,940 --> 00:10:45,160 prosecuted for these crimes. 161 00:10:46,570 --> 00:10:51,070 Tell us, did Leonard ever buy you anything out of the monies he received 162 00:10:51,070 --> 00:10:51,849 these policies? 163 00:10:51,850 --> 00:10:54,030 Listen, he was constantly buying me things. 164 00:10:54,290 --> 00:10:56,290 Yes, he was. He bought you a Mercedes. 165 00:10:56,710 --> 00:10:59,150 He bought you a co -op apartment in Century City. 166 00:10:59,350 --> 00:11:00,329 What's your point? 167 00:11:00,330 --> 00:11:03,810 My point is, Miss Vitek, that you are what is known as a dominatrix. 168 00:11:04,250 --> 00:11:07,750 Objection. Irrelevant. Your Honor, this is cross -examination. The sexual 169 00:11:07,750 --> 00:11:10,930 persona of the witness is wholly appropriate subject matter. Objection is 170 00:11:10,930 --> 00:11:15,330 overruled. You specifically ordered Leonard Nip to falsify those claims. 171 00:11:15,530 --> 00:11:16,530 Leonard's a big boy. 172 00:11:17,110 --> 00:11:20,050 He did what he wanted. Did you or did you not spank Leonard? 173 00:11:20,730 --> 00:11:24,430 Very rarely. He referred to you as Mistress Irma, and you called him Little 174 00:11:24,430 --> 00:11:25,430 Lenny the Worm. 175 00:11:26,790 --> 00:11:30,610 What have you been telling people, Leonard? It's all irrelevant, Your 176 00:11:30,610 --> 00:11:31,870 is not irrelevant, Your Honor. 177 00:11:32,070 --> 00:11:35,590 The relationship between these two people is central to the question of 178 00:11:35,590 --> 00:11:39,010 innocence. No speeches, Miss Korngold. The objection is overruled. 179 00:11:39,580 --> 00:11:43,380 Don't you feel just the tiniest bit strange, Miss Vitek? What does that 180 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:46,960 You had an intimate relationship with Leonard for more than seven years, and 181 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:51,580 not only disavowed any personal responsibility, you turned on someone 182 00:11:51,580 --> 00:11:52,580 adores you. 183 00:11:53,220 --> 00:11:54,220 So what? 184 00:11:54,860 --> 00:11:56,000 He loves it. 185 00:11:56,740 --> 00:11:59,380 All these big, strong women around him. 186 00:11:59,580 --> 00:12:02,420 So much abuse, so little time. 187 00:12:12,449 --> 00:12:13,910 Just part of the process, that's all. 188 00:12:14,130 --> 00:12:15,370 I never thought you'd have him arrested. 189 00:12:15,590 --> 00:12:16,590 Don't worry, okay? 190 00:12:16,670 --> 00:12:18,370 What do you mean, don't worry? You're putting him in jail. 191 00:12:18,610 --> 00:12:20,690 Corinne, we're not putting him in jail. What we're doing is sending him a 192 00:12:20,690 --> 00:12:22,890 message. Now, look, here's what I want you to do. 193 00:12:23,430 --> 00:12:25,370 Just stand behind me and not say a word. 194 00:12:27,010 --> 00:12:28,870 So you should have arrested the two of them? 195 00:12:29,470 --> 00:12:32,450 Uh -huh, who are they? She's your complainant, Sergeant. That's right, and 196 00:12:32,450 --> 00:12:35,890 her lawyer. You're pushing it, Arnie. On this one, you're pushing it. Hey, last 197 00:12:35,890 --> 00:12:37,690 time I looked, breaking and entering was still a crime. 198 00:12:37,950 --> 00:12:39,090 It's his own house. 199 00:12:39,820 --> 00:12:43,320 He abandoned this woman. He abandoned the house. All right, bring him over 200 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:45,300 What were you doing there? 201 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,540 I was picking up some of my daughter's things for the weekend. 202 00:12:48,860 --> 00:12:50,240 Did he harass you in any way? 203 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:52,880 No. She wasn't even home. 204 00:12:53,180 --> 00:12:56,500 Why the hell did you ever arrest him? He set off the alarm. The security patrol 205 00:12:56,500 --> 00:12:58,640 responded. They called us. Then they called him. 206 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,020 They're instructed to call me. He told me the guy didn't live there anymore and 207 00:13:02,020 --> 00:13:03,020 that they were pressing charges. 208 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:04,920 I thought we weren't going to do this, Corinne. 209 00:13:05,140 --> 00:13:09,340 Take the cuffs off him. Wait a minute. I said take the cuffs off him and get out 210 00:13:09,340 --> 00:13:10,339 of here, all of you. 211 00:13:10,340 --> 00:13:13,680 You might well be looking at a false arrest beef here, miss. Save the 212 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:14,479 my friend. 213 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,840 In the future, he won't say anything from that. It's your time to have your 214 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:17,880 office. Call my office. 215 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:19,080 Let's go. 216 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:22,960 He knows we mean business now. This is good. 217 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,720 Her name was Nina Corey. 218 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:35,300 She wrote poetry. 219 00:13:36,420 --> 00:13:38,480 And she dreamed of becoming a reporter. 220 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,480 She loved a gray and white cat named Emma. 221 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:49,000 She made the mistake of loving the defendant. 222 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:53,520 And that mistake, ladies and gentlemen, cost Nina Corey her life. 223 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:58,140 Three days shy of her 21st birthday, the defendant... 224 00:13:59,020 --> 00:14:00,940 That man killed her. 225 00:14:02,780 --> 00:14:03,940 Oh, it wasn't quick. 226 00:14:04,740 --> 00:14:09,140 And it was anything but painless. In fact, he wanted her to suffer. 227 00:14:09,820 --> 00:14:15,500 He wanted her to cry out in pain. We will place him at her apartment on the 228 00:14:15,500 --> 00:14:16,500 night she was killed. 229 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:22,180 We will prove beyond all reasonable doubt that he took a baseball bat and 230 00:14:22,180 --> 00:14:26,040 systematically broke her legs, ruptured her spleen... 231 00:14:27,050 --> 00:14:29,590 and crushed her skull with such fury. 232 00:14:30,130 --> 00:14:34,450 Positive identification was only possible by using dental records. 233 00:14:35,370 --> 00:14:40,910 After you've been shown all that, I have every faith, ladies and gentlemen, 234 00:14:41,010 --> 00:14:47,230 that each and every one of you will do the right thing 235 00:14:47,230 --> 00:14:51,130 and find the defendant guilty. 236 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:17,390 A terrible crime was committed. 237 00:15:19,410 --> 00:15:20,670 A brutal murder. 238 00:15:24,050 --> 00:15:29,170 And as is always the case, we are desperate to find someone to blame. 239 00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:32,970 Now, the police felt that desperation. 240 00:15:33,410 --> 00:15:37,310 They felt the public clamoring for this killer to be caught. 241 00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:42,830 And the people of Los Angeles, almost as one, wanted to know his name. 242 00:15:44,460 --> 00:15:48,200 They wanted to see his picture in the paper, and they wanted it fast. 243 00:15:48,620 --> 00:15:54,940 Now, it offends us as deeply as anything can that a crime like this one goes 244 00:15:54,940 --> 00:15:55,940 unpunished. 245 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:03,780 But it also has to offend us just as much, however, that the wrong man be 246 00:16:03,780 --> 00:16:04,780 punished. 247 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:09,420 And this man is the wrong man. 248 00:16:10,420 --> 00:16:12,460 He wasn't Nina Corey's lover. 249 00:16:12,810 --> 00:16:15,010 And he wasn't Nina Corey's killer. 250 00:16:16,010 --> 00:16:18,070 The police will tell you that he is. 251 00:16:19,490 --> 00:16:22,310 Because they want to know that they have solved this crime. 252 00:16:23,010 --> 00:16:25,110 The prosecutor will tell you that he is. 253 00:16:25,570 --> 00:16:27,890 Because prosecutors like to win. 254 00:16:28,310 --> 00:16:31,730 All I ask is that you honor your oath. 255 00:16:34,570 --> 00:16:36,630 Honor your oath. 256 00:16:37,350 --> 00:16:39,650 If you do that, ladies and gentlemen... 257 00:16:41,930 --> 00:16:43,750 you will set Earl Williams free. 258 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:04,190 Thanks. Sit down. 259 00:17:10,140 --> 00:17:13,240 Now, I know I only spoke to you about this last week, and I know that you do 260 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,359 like talking about it, but we have to, Benny, okay? 261 00:17:17,339 --> 00:17:18,880 Now, you know what I'm about to say, don't you? 262 00:17:21,380 --> 00:17:22,380 Sex. 263 00:17:22,780 --> 00:17:23,780 That's right, sex. 264 00:17:24,380 --> 00:17:27,720 Now, nobody here thinks it's wrong for you and Alice to have sex. 265 00:17:29,620 --> 00:17:30,620 Benny? 266 00:17:31,980 --> 00:17:35,860 Benny, I need you to listen to me, and I want you to look at me, okay? 267 00:17:37,979 --> 00:17:40,200 Sexual intercourse is a very big step in a relationship. 268 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,620 Now, some people feel that you need to be married first, and other people 269 00:17:43,780 --> 00:17:47,880 Personally, I think it's okay if the two people really care very strongly for 270 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:49,580 each other and are really committed to one another. 271 00:17:50,140 --> 00:17:53,660 Now, if you and Alice decide to have sex, that's nobody's business. 272 00:17:54,380 --> 00:17:58,360 But it's really important that you act responsibly so that you can prevent the 273 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:01,240 spread of disease and so that you can prevent Alice from becoming pregnant. 274 00:18:03,860 --> 00:18:06,160 Betty, when you and Alice have sex, do you wear a condom? 275 00:18:07,110 --> 00:18:10,230 Well, we only had sex one time. 276 00:18:10,770 --> 00:18:12,770 Okay. Did you wear a condom? 277 00:18:15,710 --> 00:18:16,710 What's that? 278 00:18:19,050 --> 00:18:23,090 Benny, I thought Arnie told you that you have to wear something when you're 279 00:18:23,090 --> 00:18:24,090 having intercourse. 280 00:18:25,690 --> 00:18:29,110 He said I had to wear a rubber. 281 00:18:29,630 --> 00:18:33,110 Yeah, right. Well, that's the same thing. Did you wear one? 282 00:18:35,570 --> 00:18:36,570 No. 283 00:18:37,340 --> 00:18:39,120 Well, why not, Benny? It's really important. 284 00:18:42,420 --> 00:18:44,980 I'm afraid to buy them. 285 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:49,860 Oh, Benny, well, everyone feels awkward about buying them at first. 286 00:18:50,220 --> 00:18:51,260 You get used to it. 287 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:53,920 Okay, I'll tell you what. 288 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,180 We'll go to the drugstore and we'll buy them together. 289 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:00,460 So that way you can see how easy it could be. 290 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:02,680 I don't know. 291 00:19:03,700 --> 00:19:04,700 Benny? 292 00:19:05,910 --> 00:19:07,630 Tomorrow, you and I are going condom shopping. 293 00:19:08,170 --> 00:19:09,170 Okay? 294 00:19:11,570 --> 00:19:12,570 Okay. 295 00:19:14,650 --> 00:19:18,410 Corinne. It's too rough on me, Arnie. It's too rough on my daughter. I just 296 00:19:18,410 --> 00:19:19,410 it to be over. 297 00:19:20,150 --> 00:19:21,029 What do you mean? 298 00:19:21,030 --> 00:19:23,370 I don't want any more scenes like last night's. Hey, me neither. 299 00:19:23,590 --> 00:19:27,230 In that case, let's just shut it down as quickly as possible, okay? Fine, let's 300 00:19:27,230 --> 00:19:28,230 shut it down. 301 00:19:28,810 --> 00:19:31,950 Towards that end, what can you tell me about your husband's discharge from the 302 00:19:31,950 --> 00:19:33,610 service? Excuse me? 303 00:19:34,030 --> 00:19:37,730 Well, he was given a general rather than an honorable discharge from the army. 304 00:19:37,790 --> 00:19:38,790 Would you happen to know why? 305 00:19:38,970 --> 00:19:40,050 Leave that alone, okay? 306 00:19:40,290 --> 00:19:41,450 We're on the same side, remember? 307 00:19:41,850 --> 00:19:44,970 When I negotiate a deal, the more I know about whoever's across the table, the 308 00:19:44,970 --> 00:19:45,970 better I can do my job. 309 00:19:46,090 --> 00:19:48,730 Well, you're going to have to do it without Randy's service record. But 310 00:19:48,730 --> 00:19:50,490 There are certain confidences I just can't betray. 311 00:19:50,950 --> 00:19:52,230 Corinne... Just settle it, please. 312 00:19:52,750 --> 00:19:54,170 You have all the information you need. 313 00:19:54,570 --> 00:19:55,570 I'll do my best. 314 00:19:59,290 --> 00:20:00,290 Rock. 315 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,320 Give me Dave Stapleton at the Veterans Administration. 316 00:20:09,060 --> 00:20:13,900 Leonard Nip is a masochist. This is combined with an abnormally high sex 317 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:19,340 The result is an individual who lives in a state of virtual bondage to the will 318 00:20:19,340 --> 00:20:19,959 of another. 319 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:24,040 And in the defendant's case, who is that other? His former secretary, Irma 320 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,540 Vitek. Doctor, what does it... 321 00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:31,760 Bondage, as you call it, entail. Well, one ritual was that Miss Vitek would 322 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,420 order Leonard to clean her bathroom, then let him chew on one of her dirty 323 00:20:36,420 --> 00:20:37,420 as a reward. 324 00:20:37,460 --> 00:20:41,620 Would ordering him to falsify claims qualify as bondage? Absolutely. 325 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:46,720 Regardless of the demand, Mr. Nip was wholly incapable of disobeying. Was he 326 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,220 capable of telling right from wrong? 327 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:50,020 In my opinion, he was not. 328 00:20:50,220 --> 00:20:51,700 Thank you, Doctor. No further questions. 329 00:20:55,220 --> 00:21:00,740 Tell us. Doctor, what was the effect on the defendant of obeying Miss Vitek? 330 00:21:00,940 --> 00:21:03,660 Very, very intense physical gratification. 331 00:21:03,980 --> 00:21:06,300 In other words, he did it for pleasure. 332 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,540 Ms. Van Owen, pleasure to Mr. 333 00:21:08,780 --> 00:21:11,460 Nip is not the same as pleasure to you or me. 334 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:12,800 You're right about that. 335 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:19,240 What I'm trying to say is that Mr. Nip's behavior can only be understood in the 336 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,280 context of his condition. 337 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:21,920 What condition? 338 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:23,500 Masochism. 339 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:25,700 Coprolognia. 340 00:21:26,180 --> 00:21:28,580 Hyperesthesia? I'm not talking through my hat here. 341 00:21:28,980 --> 00:21:34,000 Flagellum salutis was first published in 1698. It specifically refers to this 342 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:39,300 phenomenon. Doctor, have you ever known a patient to fake it? Leonard Nip is not 343 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:40,520 faking it. No? 344 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:43,240 This... 345 00:21:44,060 --> 00:21:46,900 Sniveling, whining, attempt at self -justification? 346 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:51,220 This couldn't be an act? I would see through it, Ms. Van Owen. But then you 347 00:21:51,220 --> 00:21:56,160 wouldn't be paid to testify, Doctor. If you had said that Leonard Nip grovels 348 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,720 because and only because it's in his best interest to grovel, then you 349 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,360 have been hired, would you have? I didn't inquire into the conditions of my 350 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:06,940 employment. Would you have been hired, yes or no? 351 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:10,560 No. Thank you. 352 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:21,380 By this time, she'd been his assistant for about two years. 353 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:26,940 Mr. Corey, was your daughter romantically involved with the defendant 354 00:22:26,940 --> 00:22:27,879 time of her death? 355 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,440 It's my belief that she was, yes. 356 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,340 What do you base that belief on? 357 00:22:31,580 --> 00:22:33,780 At first, she'd just talk about him. 358 00:22:34,260 --> 00:22:36,140 How much she was learning in his class. 359 00:22:36,540 --> 00:22:38,900 How he wasn't like any of her other professors. 360 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,840 Then, like I said, she became his research assistant. 361 00:22:43,140 --> 00:22:45,040 They went away together for weekends. 362 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:46,860 I asked her about it once. 363 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,400 All she said was, Daddy, I know what I'm doing. 364 00:22:52,780 --> 00:22:55,820 When was the last time that you saw your daughter, sir? 365 00:22:56,060 --> 00:22:57,460 The night he killed her. 366 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,440 Objection. Sustained. The night that she got killed. Okay, is that better? 367 00:23:01,740 --> 00:23:02,740 Go on, Mr. Corey. 368 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:09,860 The police called me. I saw her lying there on her bedroom floor while they 369 00:23:09,860 --> 00:23:15,120 pictures. This little bit of a thing lying in a heap. 370 00:23:17,610 --> 00:23:18,970 With her skull crushed. 371 00:23:19,450 --> 00:23:21,830 Thank you. I have no further questions. 372 00:23:34,450 --> 00:23:37,070 Did you ever see your daughter and the defendant holding hands? 373 00:23:37,790 --> 00:23:38,790 Or kissing? 374 00:23:38,970 --> 00:23:42,550 Or doing any of the things that people who are romantically involved might do? 375 00:23:42,930 --> 00:23:44,610 She wouldn't have done that around me. 376 00:23:44,830 --> 00:23:46,450 So the answer's no. Now these... 377 00:23:46,670 --> 00:23:49,970 weekends when they went away together. These were, in fact, academic 378 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:53,590 that were sponsored by the university and were attended by hundreds of others. 379 00:23:53,810 --> 00:23:54,649 Is that right? 380 00:23:54,650 --> 00:23:55,670 That doesn't change anything. 381 00:23:56,010 --> 00:23:58,770 Well, you testify that your daughter was having an affair with Mr. Williams, and 382 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:01,890 you're basing that on her having spoken about his teaching, her having worked 383 00:24:01,890 --> 00:24:05,150 with him, and her having gone away with him on academic conferences. 384 00:24:05,490 --> 00:24:09,550 Now, forgive me, but that doesn't sound like very conclusive proof, sir. I knew 385 00:24:09,550 --> 00:24:10,529 my daughter. 386 00:24:10,530 --> 00:24:12,530 Well, did she ever tell you that she was seeing Mr. Williams? 387 00:24:13,290 --> 00:24:14,450 Not in so many words. 388 00:24:14,690 --> 00:24:15,690 In any words? 389 00:24:15,900 --> 00:24:19,920 In any words, Mr. Corey, did she ever tell you she was seeing him? 390 00:24:20,940 --> 00:24:22,840 No, she never told me. 391 00:24:23,180 --> 00:24:24,180 Thank you. 392 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:25,880 I have no further questions. 393 00:24:26,420 --> 00:24:27,440 Thank you, Mr. Corey. 394 00:24:43,860 --> 00:24:45,160 Norma Vitek was everything. 395 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:46,820 I was nothing. 396 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,840 I only wanted to serve her. How did you know Irma Vitek wanted you to file those 397 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,720 claims? She told me to do it. She said she couldn't waste her time with someone 398 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,560 who showed no initiative or courage. 399 00:24:57,820 --> 00:24:59,340 So you were willing to break the law? 400 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,240 I obeyed her. You're a grown man, Leonard. Age has nothing to do with it. 401 00:25:03,420 --> 00:25:05,840 Leonard, why couldn't you just say no? 402 00:25:06,060 --> 00:25:10,040 Total obedience is total obedience. You can't pull back. That wrecks it. I know 403 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:13,620 you all think I'm some sick freak, but you don't know what it's like to obey. I 404 00:25:13,620 --> 00:25:15,080 live for it. Thank you, Leonard. 405 00:25:15,370 --> 00:25:16,370 No further questions. 406 00:25:18,710 --> 00:25:20,010 Let's see, Mr. Moot. 407 00:25:20,210 --> 00:25:25,190 You sent in these false claims for two and a half years without being caught. 408 00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:30,950 You had bank accounts under 16 different aliases. You're a pretty clever guy. 409 00:25:31,290 --> 00:25:32,490 Not really. No? 410 00:25:33,970 --> 00:25:36,550 Miss Vitek certainly couldn't have done it. 411 00:25:37,130 --> 00:25:40,690 She didn't know how to send in claims forms that would pass muster with your 412 00:25:40,690 --> 00:25:45,410 company. She wasn't a claims adjuster. You were. In fact, you were her boss. 413 00:25:45,670 --> 00:25:46,750 What a charade that was. 414 00:25:47,250 --> 00:25:52,810 I was her slave, her plaything. No, Mr. Nip, you were and are a liar and a 415 00:25:52,810 --> 00:25:53,789 thief. 416 00:25:53,790 --> 00:25:57,430 Objection. Sustained. You knew you were committing a crime when you filed those 417 00:25:57,430 --> 00:26:00,710 claims. Yes. You even took precautions so that you wouldn't be caught. 418 00:26:00,970 --> 00:26:02,370 Only so that I could keep on doing it. 419 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,820 Filling out those forms was the greatest sexual experience I've ever had. And 420 00:26:06,820 --> 00:26:08,860 you can laugh at that all you want to. I know it's true. 421 00:26:09,180 --> 00:26:12,460 Ask that the witness confine his remarks to answering the question. 422 00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:14,100 I'm sorry. 423 00:26:14,460 --> 00:26:18,440 Ask that the witness stop embellishing his answers with submissive behavior 424 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,700 specifically calculated to support his defense. Mr. 425 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:22,900 Nip. 426 00:26:23,580 --> 00:26:24,580 I'm sorry. 427 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:26,580 I won't do it anymore. 428 00:26:35,179 --> 00:26:36,500 Benny? Benny? 429 00:26:37,580 --> 00:26:40,680 Benny? Come on, closer. Here, it's okay. Come on. 430 00:26:46,260 --> 00:26:47,640 Can I help you? 431 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:55,520 I, uh... I want to buy a 432 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,760 condom. What kind? 433 00:26:59,820 --> 00:27:01,680 The kind for sex. 434 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:04,440 Do you think that's funny? 435 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:06,680 Uh, Pentrex, please. 436 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:10,260 I'll be with you in a moment. I'm waiting on him right now. 437 00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:11,500 I'm with him. 438 00:27:11,940 --> 00:27:12,940 Oh, I see. 439 00:27:15,340 --> 00:27:17,860 Pentrex, non -lubricated, no reservoir. Please. 440 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:23,100 Phil! 441 00:27:23,580 --> 00:27:26,300 Uh, Pentrex condoms, there's no price. 442 00:27:26,820 --> 00:27:27,840 Is that the right price? 443 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:32,120 One -fifth of a dollar. Pentrex, non -lubricated. Mint? Not mint. 444 00:27:33,020 --> 00:27:34,340 Who may I help here? 445 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:38,940 Well, the condoms are for him. He's doing the shopping. We're together. 446 00:27:39,540 --> 00:27:40,540 They're together. 447 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:42,500 How much is that, please? 448 00:27:42,780 --> 00:27:43,780 $2 .79. 449 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,540 That's $2 .97 with the tax. 450 00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:47,900 Here, Benny. 451 00:28:26,169 --> 00:28:27,169 Thank you. 452 00:28:29,150 --> 00:28:30,330 I did it, Victor. 453 00:28:31,150 --> 00:28:34,430 I bought my condom. Yes, you did, Dana. Come on, let's go. 454 00:28:37,810 --> 00:28:43,610 You were living in the apartment directly underneath Nina Corey's. Is 455 00:28:43,610 --> 00:28:44,610 right? Yes. 456 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,380 Were you home on the evening of November 8, 1988? 457 00:28:47,940 --> 00:28:48,940 Yes, I was. 458 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:50,080 Tell us what happened. 459 00:28:50,220 --> 00:28:54,680 Well, around 6 .30, I heard a lot of screaming and yelling up there. 460 00:28:55,780 --> 00:29:00,740 There was a loud thud, and then this pounding, like somebody was pounding on 461 00:29:00,740 --> 00:29:03,280 floor with a hammer, seemed to go on for a long time. 462 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,600 What did you do? I called the police, and then I went upstairs to see what was 463 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,880 going on. When I got to the top of the steps, I saw a man run out of Nina's 464 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,800 apartment. Was the man that you saw in the courtroom now? 465 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,940 Yes. He's sitting right over there. Let the record reflect that the witnesses 466 00:29:16,940 --> 00:29:19,020 identified the defendant, Earl Williams. 467 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,040 I have no further questions. 468 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:25,760 Amy. 469 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,900 It was an outdoor staircase that you were on when you saw this man, right? 470 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:34,540 Now, according to the records of the U .S. Meteorological Service, the sun set 471 00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:35,780 that day at 4 .54. 472 00:29:36,180 --> 00:29:39,180 You testified that you went upstairs around 6 .30. 473 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:41,220 I could see fine. 474 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,180 How much time would you estimate you had to observe this man? 475 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,360 A few seconds. I don't know exactly, but he passed right next to me. 476 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:49,640 Were you frightened? 477 00:29:49,940 --> 00:29:52,840 Sort of. You're not used to seeing a black face where you live, are you? 478 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,320 Objection. That has nothing to do with the witness's identification of the 479 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,440 defendant. It has everything to do with it, Your Honor. 480 00:29:58,820 --> 00:30:01,800 Overruled. Amy, in the statement you gave to the police, you described the 481 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:08,300 you saw as being a male black, 30 to 40 years of age, medium height, medium 482 00:30:08,300 --> 00:30:09,300 build. 483 00:30:10,190 --> 00:30:11,190 Medium complexion. 484 00:30:11,350 --> 00:30:13,190 That really narrows it down, doesn't it? 485 00:30:13,610 --> 00:30:15,810 I also picked him out from a photograph. 486 00:30:16,170 --> 00:30:19,390 Right, a photograph that you saw a month later that had a caption on it that 487 00:30:19,390 --> 00:30:21,770 identified Earl Williams as the suspect in the case. 488 00:30:21,990 --> 00:30:24,430 Do you have a question for the witness, Mr. Cusack? 489 00:30:25,490 --> 00:30:28,150 What did you do when this black man ran past you? 490 00:30:28,870 --> 00:30:31,190 I didn't do anything. I stood there. 491 00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:33,970 Well, did you look at him? You look away from him? What? I looked at him long 492 00:30:33,970 --> 00:30:36,730 enough. Long enough for it to register that he was black, that he was a 493 00:30:36,730 --> 00:30:37,930 stranger, that he was in a hurry. 494 00:30:38,439 --> 00:30:39,880 One split second. 495 00:30:40,340 --> 00:30:43,620 And then you did what anybody else in your position would do. You put your 496 00:30:43,620 --> 00:30:45,800 down and you stayed out of trouble. Counsel's making speeches. 497 00:30:46,180 --> 00:30:47,180 Mr. Cusack. 498 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,760 That is the man that I saw. 499 00:30:52,780 --> 00:30:54,060 What color is my tie? 500 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,520 Objection. The witness is being asked to jump through hoops under pressure. She 501 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,560 was under a lot more than pressure that night. She was scared to death. The 502 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,600 witness can answer. Your tie is red. 503 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:05,600 What's the pattern? 504 00:31:07,150 --> 00:31:08,150 Polka dots. 505 00:31:08,430 --> 00:31:09,430 You sure? 506 00:31:09,530 --> 00:31:10,530 Yes. 507 00:31:13,950 --> 00:31:15,530 At least you got the color right. 508 00:31:35,050 --> 00:31:39,890 Arnie. You've got the house, you've got the vault. They can divvy up the art 509 00:31:39,890 --> 00:31:40,890 with alternate picks. 510 00:31:41,070 --> 00:31:46,270 The Idlewild cabin was designed by Randy, built by Randy. The title is held 511 00:31:46,270 --> 00:31:47,169 his corporation. 512 00:31:47,170 --> 00:31:48,170 It's a marital asset. 513 00:31:48,270 --> 00:31:49,270 Like hell it is. 514 00:31:49,370 --> 00:31:52,870 Did Corinne say she wants me to sell it? Stuart, would you please advise Mr. 515 00:31:52,990 --> 00:31:56,530 Hammond that whatever my client tells me is privileged communication? She would 516 00:31:56,530 --> 00:31:59,590 never want me to sell it. It's the first house I ever designed. 517 00:31:59,790 --> 00:32:03,470 And she's not entitled to it. She is entitled to it and a great deal more. 518 00:32:03,690 --> 00:32:04,690 Like what? 519 00:32:04,970 --> 00:32:08,050 Like a major piece of that burgeoning architectural firm that your client ran? 520 00:32:08,210 --> 00:32:09,210 Wait a minute. 521 00:32:09,750 --> 00:32:11,650 I'm not going to dismantle my firm. 522 00:32:11,950 --> 00:32:16,570 Come up with a $750 ,000 lump sum payment. You won't have to. You are way 523 00:32:16,570 --> 00:32:17,570 line. Am I? 524 00:32:17,870 --> 00:32:20,930 I don't think so, but, hey, there's an easy way to find out. Let's bring an 525 00:32:20,930 --> 00:32:23,490 appraiser in to take a look at the business. Hey, I have partners. 526 00:32:24,090 --> 00:32:25,550 I'm carrying a large debt. 527 00:32:26,030 --> 00:32:30,070 I'm up to my neck in work. You are not about to start pawing around through my 528 00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:33,440 firm. Is that a no? I thought you wanted the tantalizing. 529 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,520 It doesn't mean I don't want to drop my pants and bend over. You shysters. 530 00:32:37,100 --> 00:32:38,960 You just see the dollar signs, don't you? 531 00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:40,420 Shysters? The shysters. 532 00:32:41,620 --> 00:32:42,620 Bloodsuckers. Leeches. 533 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,820 You can show your client out now. Stuart, let him do what he's going to 534 00:32:47,260 --> 00:32:50,860 I'm not giving up Idlewild. And I'm not negotiating on my business. 535 00:32:51,180 --> 00:32:54,140 Believe me, this isn't coming from Corinne. Let me ask you something, 536 00:32:54,180 --> 00:32:56,140 Does getting the better of a woman make you feel like a man? 537 00:32:56,900 --> 00:32:57,940 What's that supposed to mean? 538 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,200 The client got caught in a little homosexual activity while stationed at 539 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:02,139 Benning, Stuart. 540 00:33:02,140 --> 00:33:03,200 She told you that? 541 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,640 I think it's left him feeling like he has something to prove. 542 00:33:06,980 --> 00:33:10,220 Maybe beating up on his wife in a divorce settlement is one way to do 543 00:33:10,220 --> 00:33:11,420 don't you shut your mouth? 544 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,020 Hey, what's done is done, babe. 545 00:33:14,780 --> 00:33:17,060 Is that it? Is that it? 546 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:19,700 Huh? You gonna hit me? 547 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:21,600 Is that gonna make you feel like a man? 548 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,900 Is it difficult for you to believe that this man lost the ability to tell right 549 00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:40,900 from wrong? 550 00:33:41,220 --> 00:33:42,220 Consider this. 551 00:33:43,220 --> 00:33:46,480 We live in a vast, sprawling metropolis. 552 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:52,120 Within it are countless walking bundles of psychosexual pathology. 553 00:33:53,340 --> 00:33:58,620 Sadists, masochists, rotors, apron freaks, all of them living ostensibly 554 00:33:58,620 --> 00:34:03,680 lives while nurturing their own particular little kink or quirk. The 555 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,280 in Leonard Nip's case, 556 00:34:06,860 --> 00:34:08,960 is that his grew too powerful to resist. 557 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:15,260 So he bartered his will for the whip point of happiness. 558 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,780 You might say, strange, yes, but is it insanity? 559 00:34:22,659 --> 00:34:25,340 I submit to you it's precisely that. 560 00:34:25,940 --> 00:34:31,139 Leonard Nip was unable to tell right from wrong. He was unable to control his 561 00:34:31,139 --> 00:34:34,280 impulses. Leonard wasn't sane and Leonard wasn't free. 562 00:34:35,050 --> 00:34:37,570 He was held captive by his own obsession. 563 00:34:38,090 --> 00:34:40,330 Ladies and gentlemen, don't make him a criminal. 564 00:34:43,010 --> 00:34:46,389 Understand him for the tormented, sick individual that he is. 565 00:34:47,130 --> 00:34:48,130 Thank you. 566 00:34:53,510 --> 00:35:00,490 First off, ladies and gentlemen, let me say that nothing you 567 00:35:00,490 --> 00:35:03,570 do can make Leonard Nip a criminal. 568 00:35:04,750 --> 00:35:09,650 If he's a criminal, it's because he elected to commit a crime. 569 00:35:10,350 --> 00:35:17,210 Secondly, I don't think this case is all that strange. When you cut through 570 00:35:17,210 --> 00:35:20,870 all the lurid details, it's about greed. 571 00:35:21,490 --> 00:35:28,250 Mr. Nip wanted things he couldn't afford, so he defrauded his employer to 572 00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:33,670 them. The fact that Irma Vitek may have benefited from these crimes or even 573 00:35:33,670 --> 00:35:37,730 encouraged their commission doesn't absolve the defendant. 574 00:35:38,090 --> 00:35:41,690 There is no criminal insanity here. 575 00:35:42,110 --> 00:35:48,970 Leonard Nip likes to be abused. I don't condemn him for that. I don't seek to 576 00:35:48,970 --> 00:35:55,170 ridicule him. All I've been trying to do is to demonstrate that he was possessed 577 00:35:55,170 --> 00:35:57,450 of criminal intent. 578 00:35:58,250 --> 00:36:04,690 that he planned, carried out, and benefited from the crime of 579 00:36:04,890 --> 00:36:07,390 Punish him for that. 580 00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:15,490 Punish him for each and every one of those 90 counts. Find 581 00:36:15,490 --> 00:36:18,170 him guilty and punish him. 582 00:36:19,390 --> 00:36:20,450 Thank you. 583 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,340 In the murder trial of Earl Williams, defense attorney Michael Cusack appeared 584 00:36:29,340 --> 00:36:32,840 to score a few points of his own today as he shook the testimony of an 585 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:37,500 eyewitness. Additional eyewitnesses expected to play for the defendant at 586 00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:42,280 scene of the crime did not materialize, and prosecutor Margaret Flanagan has 587 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,060 announced that she will proceed without them. 588 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:46,900 Well, I'm going. 589 00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:48,300 Hi. 590 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,080 How you doing? 591 00:36:50,860 --> 00:36:51,860 I'm great. 592 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,120 Oh, you look like you've lost already. 593 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:57,600 I'm just tired, that's all. 594 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,540 You know, you got the department squirming on this one. 595 00:37:02,300 --> 00:37:04,220 Well, we're not exactly relaxed either. 596 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,240 Did you know that he was fluent in Russian? 597 00:37:10,220 --> 00:37:11,220 Who? 598 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:12,480 Earl Williams. 599 00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:17,120 Oh. He had to read Tolstoy in its original order to get his doctorate. 600 00:37:17,620 --> 00:37:20,020 I mean, the man was fluent in Russian. 601 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,000 You think you've got an innocent one here, don't you? 602 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:26,640 I know he's innocent. 603 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,040 You want to come join us for a beer? 604 00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:34,420 It's a fun group. 605 00:37:36,540 --> 00:37:40,680 No, I think I'll finish this and go home. I've got a big day tomorrow. 606 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:42,840 Okay. 607 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:46,880 Hang in there, Mickey. 608 00:37:47,460 --> 00:37:48,460 I will. 609 00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:50,300 Yeah. 610 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,840 Mr. Forrester, what's your background, sir? 611 00:38:04,580 --> 00:38:06,900 I'm a molecular biologist by training. 612 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:11,100 Now, your lab has positively placed the defendant inside Nina Corey's apartment 613 00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:15,640 by means of DNA testing. Can you explain to the jury just what that is? 614 00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:20,080 I renew my pretrial objection, Your Honor. With respect to DNA testing, 615 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,960 no evidence of conformity with scientifically accepted standards. 616 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:26,820 You're free to cross -examine on the point, Mr. Cusack. The witness can 617 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:30,720 Deoxyribonucleic acid, or... 618 00:38:30,970 --> 00:38:36,830 DNA is found in every cell in our body, and each person's DNA is different. How 619 00:38:36,830 --> 00:38:38,330 do you match one sample with another? 620 00:38:38,530 --> 00:38:43,370 We enlarge them until they almost resemble a barcode that you'd see in a 621 00:38:43,370 --> 00:38:45,490 supermarket. Then we compare them. 622 00:38:45,730 --> 00:38:49,930 The likelihood of two people having matching samples is statistically 623 00:38:49,930 --> 00:38:53,550 insignificant. Based on a comparison of DNA samples. 624 00:38:54,250 --> 00:38:58,230 Is it your opinion that the defendant was present in Nina Corey's apartment? 625 00:38:58,750 --> 00:39:01,770 Objection. Irrelevant. The defendant has already admitted being in the apartment 626 00:39:01,770 --> 00:39:05,010 in the past. The issue here is whether he was there at the time of death. 627 00:39:05,270 --> 00:39:07,950 I'm getting there, Your Honor. The objection's overruled. 628 00:39:08,930 --> 00:39:11,050 Tell us how you identified the defendant. 629 00:39:11,370 --> 00:39:15,090 Two hairs were located that were left behind on the bed. I object to the 630 00:39:15,090 --> 00:39:17,750 implication, Your Honor. For all Mr. Forrester knows, those hairs could have 631 00:39:17,750 --> 00:39:19,170 been carried in on Nina Corey's coat. 632 00:39:19,730 --> 00:39:20,730 Sustained. 633 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:25,200 What else is your opinion based on? Fresh semen was found on Nina Corey's 634 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,000 sheets at the time her body was discovered. 635 00:39:27,380 --> 00:39:28,380 Objection. Move to strike. 636 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,000 Overruled. Whose semen was it? 637 00:39:31,240 --> 00:39:34,560 Objection, Your Honor. Overruled, Mr. Cusack. Whose semen was it? Your Honor, 638 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,360 object. It was the defendant, Earl Williams. 639 00:39:36,620 --> 00:39:39,680 Your Honor, the defense moves for a mistrial right here and now. I'll see 640 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:40,680 counsel in chambers. 641 00:39:46,060 --> 00:39:47,520 Where's the surprise, Your Honor? Mr. 642 00:39:47,740 --> 00:39:51,520 Cusack knew we were calling a DNA expert. Well, not to testify to sexual 643 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:52,980 intercourse. I sure as hell didn't know that. 644 00:39:53,220 --> 00:39:56,200 The only thing I knew about were the hair samples. You have some explaining 645 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,920 do, Miss Flanagan. Your Honor, the semen report only got to me the day before 646 00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:02,180 yesterday. I barely had time to go over it myself. 647 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:03,680 I don't believe it. 648 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:04,880 You think I'm lying? 649 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,100 Yes, I think you're lying. Wait a minute. 650 00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:10,660 Why was there no evidence of sexual intercourse in the autopsy report? 651 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:12,040 I don't know, Your Honor. 652 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,260 But I'm told if you were wearing protection, there might not be. 653 00:40:15,839 --> 00:40:17,380 Well, the fact of the matter is, Mr. 654 00:40:17,620 --> 00:40:20,640 Cusack, you knew that the prosecution was going to try to establish that a 655 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:21,980 romantic relationship existed. 656 00:40:22,340 --> 00:40:25,040 Yes, I did, but I didn't know they were going to do it by this offer of proof. 657 00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:28,640 I understand. And that being the case, I'll give you time to prepare for cross 658 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:32,880 -examination. Also, you can hunt up your own DNA expert to refute these 659 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,300 findings, assuming that's what you're going to try to do. Yeah, well, that's 660 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:37,800 going to take a little more than an afternoon, Your Honor. 661 00:40:38,410 --> 00:40:41,890 You want a continuance? You got it. With all due respect, I think that the 662 00:40:41,890 --> 00:40:44,010 prosecutor's conduct here warrants a mistrial. 663 00:40:44,230 --> 00:40:47,910 Mr. Cusack, right now I am not granting a mistrial. Until you decide whether or 664 00:40:47,910 --> 00:40:51,410 not to contest this evidence, I don't know that your client has been 665 00:40:51,410 --> 00:40:52,288 at all. 666 00:40:52,290 --> 00:40:56,250 Also, I cannot conclude that an officer of the court willfully concealed 667 00:40:56,250 --> 00:40:58,490 evidence if she denies it. 668 00:41:02,290 --> 00:41:04,070 Of course you have to show him. 669 00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:06,660 What good is a condom if he doesn't know how to put it on? 670 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:08,880 Abby, what am I supposed to do, give this guy a demonstration? 671 00:41:09,580 --> 00:41:10,580 Well, he's a model. 672 00:41:10,660 --> 00:41:11,960 I don't have a model. 673 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,320 Oh, here. 674 00:41:16,420 --> 00:41:17,420 Here. 675 00:41:17,700 --> 00:41:18,700 Eat this. 676 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:20,138 A banana? 677 00:41:20,140 --> 00:41:21,140 Yeah. 678 00:41:22,140 --> 00:41:23,140 Looks about right. 679 00:41:24,300 --> 00:41:25,300 Go get him, Victor. 680 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:26,560 Abby. 681 00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:34,780 Please be advised that unless an appropriate response is forthcoming, We 682 00:41:34,780 --> 00:41:38,260 fully prepared to do that which is necessary to enforce the aforementioned 683 00:41:38,260 --> 00:41:39,720 judgment. You bastard. 684 00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:44,060 What? You went behind my back. You did exactly what I asked you not to do. I 685 00:41:44,060 --> 00:41:46,480 what I felt was necessary. What you felt was necessary. 686 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,020 Yeah, so maybe you ought to wait and see what kind of offer they come back with 687 00:41:49,020 --> 00:41:51,860 before deciding I was wrong. Here, everything you asked for. 688 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:53,600 This is fantastic. 689 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:54,839 Maybe to you. 690 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:57,660 My daughter is seven. She doesn't seem to think it's so fantastic. 691 00:41:58,120 --> 00:42:01,380 She wasn't quite ready to have all the venom and the hatred that grown -ups 692 00:42:01,380 --> 00:42:02,760 on each other dumped into her lap. 693 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,020 I think she was entitled to just a few more years of being a kid. 694 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:09,220 Look, I played rough, yes, but I got you what you wanted. 695 00:42:09,500 --> 00:42:11,940 I didn't want for my little girl to grow up breathing poison. 696 00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:14,320 Look, it'll pass. 697 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,040 Who deals with it if it doesn't pass? 698 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:21,280 Corrine! 699 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:27,100 Corinne! Corinne, can we discuss this? There's nothing to discuss. 700 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:29,880 Corinne, come on. 701 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:32,500 Come on, honey, let's go. 702 00:42:44,740 --> 00:42:45,880 You're very welcome. 703 00:43:06,540 --> 00:43:08,640 Are you going to eat that banana? 704 00:43:10,860 --> 00:43:12,560 No. May I have it? 705 00:43:12,940 --> 00:43:14,540 I'm feeling a potassium low. 706 00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:17,280 I guess so. 707 00:43:18,540 --> 00:43:19,540 Thank you. 708 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:21,200 Fresh. 709 00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:27,960 Has the jury reached a verdict? 710 00:43:28,740 --> 00:43:29,760 We have, Your Honor. 711 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,740 What say you? We find the defendant guilty. 712 00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,520 I would like to thank the jury for its effort. 713 00:43:35,940 --> 00:43:41,580 Sentencing will be set down for Tuesday, December 5th. Your Honor, my client has 714 00:43:41,580 --> 00:43:45,400 made a request that I'm duty -bound to convey to the court. What is it? He's 715 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,800 asked that his bail be revoked and that he be remanded to custody pending 716 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:54,020 sentencing. Might I ask why, Mr. Kniff? Your Honor, Miss Van Owen... 717 00:43:54,020 --> 00:43:58,060 Mistress Van Owen was right. 718 00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,480 The things I did were bad. I belong in jail. 719 00:44:01,700 --> 00:44:02,700 Your Honor, I object. 720 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:07,360 This man is doing nothing more than continuing to trot out this canard in an 721 00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,420 effort to gain lenience. Ms. Van Owen, please. 722 00:44:09,900 --> 00:44:11,860 Mr. Nip, you want me to send you to jail. 723 00:44:12,340 --> 00:44:14,000 Fine. That's where you're going. 724 00:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,580 Let me be your serf. Mr. 725 00:44:16,780 --> 00:44:18,180 Nip. Let me do your wash. 726 00:44:18,460 --> 00:44:20,800 Your Honor, the man needs professional care. 727 00:44:21,060 --> 00:44:23,440 He needs to be held accountable for his actions. 728 00:44:23,700 --> 00:44:25,460 Let me lie face down in your dirty bathwater. 729 00:44:25,870 --> 00:44:29,330 That's it. The court officer will remove this man and place him in custody. 730 00:44:29,570 --> 00:44:30,570 Let's go. 731 00:44:31,910 --> 00:44:33,010 Oh, my. 732 00:44:50,410 --> 00:44:53,530 Earl, you got to get real straight with me, real fast. 733 00:44:54,819 --> 00:44:57,520 I can go in there and attack the prosecution's DNA expert. 734 00:44:58,540 --> 00:45:01,980 Or I can find one of our own to testify that that semen wasn't yours. But before 735 00:45:01,980 --> 00:45:02,980 I do, I gotta know. 736 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:05,680 Did you go to bed with her that afternoon? 737 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:07,080 Yes or no? 738 00:45:10,460 --> 00:45:11,580 Yes or no, damn it? 739 00:45:12,340 --> 00:45:13,340 Yeah. 740 00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:14,560 Earl. 741 00:45:15,790 --> 00:45:18,590 You're a smart man. You know how sophisticated the crime labs are. What 742 00:45:18,590 --> 00:45:21,890 think they were going to find out? I didn't think they could trace it to me. 743 00:45:21,890 --> 00:45:24,650 you sent me in there spewing bald -faced lies. Now the D .A. has cut the legs 744 00:45:24,650 --> 00:45:28,970 out from under both of us. I thought you'd do a better job if you believed I 745 00:45:28,970 --> 00:45:29,970 innocent. 746 00:45:30,070 --> 00:45:31,070 Meaning what? 747 00:45:32,270 --> 00:45:33,270 You're not? 748 00:45:33,430 --> 00:45:34,710 I'm innocent of murder. 749 00:45:35,010 --> 00:45:36,470 Well, it sure as hell doesn't look like that. 750 00:45:36,670 --> 00:45:37,670 I know. 751 00:45:42,610 --> 00:45:43,610 Wife's sake. 752 00:45:45,100 --> 00:45:47,780 I'd rather not get into it. You don't have a choice. 753 00:45:49,460 --> 00:45:54,380 It's between her and me. Look, I am not asking you this because I'm nosy. I have 754 00:45:54,380 --> 00:45:57,660 to know whether or not I can put her on the stand. Then talk to her. I'm talking 755 00:45:57,660 --> 00:46:01,100 to you. Now you better give me some answers that aren't lies or stop wasting 756 00:46:01,100 --> 00:46:02,100 time. 757 00:46:08,060 --> 00:46:14,140 I went to Nina's early that afternoon and made love. 758 00:46:20,380 --> 00:46:22,580 Afterward, we sat in the kitchen and had a cup of tea. 759 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:28,880 About four o 'clock, I kissed her goodbye and I left. 760 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:33,600 You think I'm a liar? 761 00:46:34,040 --> 00:46:35,260 I know you're a liar. 762 00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:37,520 So does the jury. 763 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,880 The question now is whether or not they think you're a killer.