1 00:00:01,262 --> 00:00:04,047 In New York City's war on crime 2 00:00:04,091 --> 00:00:06,180 the worst criminal offenders are pursued 3 00:00:06,223 --> 00:00:09,139 by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. 4 00:00:09,183 --> 00:00:11,011 These are their stories. 5 00:00:12,708 --> 00:00:15,058 All I know is, she must have gotten my name 6 00:00:15,102 --> 00:00:17,017 and she must have talked about me to my P.O. 7 00:00:19,193 --> 00:00:21,717 No, I don't think he knows anything. 8 00:00:25,373 --> 00:00:28,680 Look, okay, okay, I get it. 9 00:00:28,724 --> 00:00:30,595 I'm going to take care of everything for you. 10 00:00:30,639 --> 00:00:32,380 Just don't worry... 11 00:00:38,125 --> 00:00:39,256 The fillers for the lineup 12 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:41,215 were Hispanic men like the defendant. 13 00:00:41,258 --> 00:00:42,520 They had mustaches like the defendant 14 00:00:42,564 --> 00:00:44,174 glasses like the defendant. 15 00:00:44,218 --> 00:00:47,090 They outweighed him by about 50 pounds each. 16 00:00:47,134 --> 00:00:48,526 Only because his client 17 00:00:48,570 --> 00:00:51,181 went a crash diet after he committed his crime. 18 00:00:51,225 --> 00:00:52,487 We chose fillers to the lineup 19 00:00:52,530 --> 00:00:55,185 who matched Mr. Venueva's appearance 20 00:00:55,229 --> 00:00:56,708 at the time he held up the bodega 21 00:00:56,752 --> 00:00:58,232 which is entirely proper. 22 00:00:58,275 --> 00:01:01,278 It is if I say it is, Mr. Carver. 23 00:01:01,322 --> 00:01:03,672 I'll give you my decision tomorrow. 24 00:01:03,715 --> 00:01:04,629 How does this work 25 00:01:04,673 --> 00:01:07,197 for my calendar, Miss Trudeau? 26 00:01:07,241 --> 00:01:10,244 9:00 a.m., Judge. 27 00:01:10,287 --> 00:01:11,941 Good. 28 00:01:11,984 --> 00:01:13,856 9:00, then. 29 00:01:13,899 --> 00:01:15,292 And if you're late, bring a toothbrush 30 00:01:15,336 --> 00:01:17,120 because I will hold you in contempt. 31 00:01:22,821 --> 00:01:24,388 Okay. 32 00:01:26,999 --> 00:01:28,175 See you Sunday. 33 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:30,829 Bye. 34 00:01:56,594 --> 00:01:58,770 I've been in the john half the night. 35 00:01:58,814 --> 00:02:01,425 It's got to be the onion rings. 36 00:02:01,469 --> 00:02:04,298 Give me that flight number again. 37 00:02:11,218 --> 00:02:13,742 Yeah, I... I got it. 38 00:02:13,785 --> 00:02:18,138 Look, if my plumbing acts up again... I'll call in. 39 00:02:22,881 --> 00:02:25,188 I've got a time-certain call on Greenwald's part. 40 00:02:25,232 --> 00:02:27,451 Can we administratively adjourn this? 41 00:02:27,495 --> 00:02:28,974 Blakemore's never late. 42 00:02:29,018 --> 00:02:30,715 Can we wait a minute? 43 00:02:34,632 --> 00:02:36,156 He in chambers? 44 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:37,548 There's no answer. 45 00:02:37,592 --> 00:02:39,768 He's got to be on his way down. 46 00:02:51,910 --> 00:02:53,477 Ron, thanks for coming. 47 00:02:53,521 --> 00:02:55,000 This is Jess Litton my attorney. 48 00:02:55,044 --> 00:02:56,959 Ron Carver from the District Attorney's Office. 49 00:02:57,002 --> 00:02:58,961 I don't know if Mrs. Lewin told you or not 50 00:02:59,004 --> 00:03:00,354 but we also called the police. 51 00:03:00,397 --> 00:03:01,877 They should be here any minute. 52 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:03,966 Do you want to wait for them? 53 00:03:04,009 --> 00:03:05,968 Uh, no. It's in here. 54 00:03:18,676 --> 00:03:20,243 It's Emily Trudeau 55 00:03:20,287 --> 00:03:22,245 Judge Blakemore's clerk. 56 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:24,742 Blakemore's in his study. 57 00:04:24,786 --> 00:04:27,354 We can start whenever you're ready. 58 00:04:27,397 --> 00:04:28,485 Do you see something? 59 00:04:36,493 --> 00:04:40,323 Is his investigative style always so sociable? 60 00:04:40,367 --> 00:04:42,717 Yeah, sure. 61 00:04:45,067 --> 00:04:47,896 The killer wrapped her head in a towel 62 00:04:47,939 --> 00:04:48,940 before slamming it twice 63 00:04:48,984 --> 00:04:51,334 into the corner of the counter. 64 00:04:51,378 --> 00:04:53,641 Minimize blood spatter? 65 00:04:53,684 --> 00:04:55,730 But it doesn't match the other kitchen towels. 66 00:04:55,773 --> 00:04:57,688 He brought it with him. 67 00:04:57,732 --> 00:04:59,429 And he left it behind. 68 00:04:59,473 --> 00:05:02,432 But he took something else with him. 69 00:05:02,476 --> 00:05:03,651 The trash? 70 00:05:03,694 --> 00:05:05,392 There's no liner bag. 71 00:05:05,435 --> 00:05:07,437 But there's... 72 00:05:07,481 --> 00:05:09,091 smell. 73 00:05:09,134 --> 00:05:10,440 Vomit. 74 00:05:11,049 --> 00:05:12,660 He threw up in there 75 00:05:12,703 --> 00:05:14,662 after killing her. 76 00:05:18,753 --> 00:05:20,537 Why she was here is unimportant. 77 00:05:20,581 --> 00:05:22,365 The point is, she was going home. 78 00:05:22,409 --> 00:05:23,758 Her diaphragm is washed. 79 00:05:23,801 --> 00:05:24,846 It's still wet. 80 00:05:26,195 --> 00:05:27,457 That's completely irrelevant 81 00:05:27,501 --> 00:05:28,980 to the issue of who killed her. 82 00:05:29,024 --> 00:05:30,417 At this point, Judge 83 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:32,462 What's relevant isn't your call. 84 00:05:34,856 --> 00:05:37,859 We do need you to be candid, Your Honor. 85 00:05:40,165 --> 00:05:42,254 Were we having an affair? Yes. 86 00:05:42,298 --> 00:05:43,343 Nothing more to it than that. 87 00:05:43,386 --> 00:05:44,387 For how long the affair? 88 00:05:44,431 --> 00:05:45,736 Long enough. 89 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:48,870 Why don't you focus instead on who did this? 90 00:05:48,913 --> 00:05:51,046 We are. 91 00:05:51,089 --> 00:05:53,004 How often did your wife visit your daughter 92 00:05:53,048 --> 00:05:55,311 out in Connecticut? 93 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:57,008 Every other weekend. 94 00:05:57,052 --> 00:05:58,445 She always leaves on a Thursday? 95 00:05:58,488 --> 00:05:59,837 Yes. 96 00:05:59,881 --> 00:06:03,667 So why wasn't Miss Trudeau spending the night here? 97 00:06:03,711 --> 00:06:06,409 Emily lives with her mother who has Parkinson's. 98 00:06:06,453 --> 00:06:08,455 She's uncomfortable leaving her alone all night. 99 00:06:08,498 --> 00:06:09,673 Are we nearly finished here? 100 00:06:09,717 --> 00:06:11,545 No. 101 00:06:11,588 --> 00:06:13,634 Did your wife know about her? 102 00:06:13,677 --> 00:06:14,939 Absolutely not. 103 00:06:14,983 --> 00:06:16,419 I know what you're insinuating. 104 00:06:16,463 --> 00:06:18,160 Nothing of the sort happened. 105 00:06:18,203 --> 00:06:20,118 There's only one explanation 106 00:06:20,162 --> 00:06:22,382 Emily was surprised by a burglar. 107 00:06:22,425 --> 00:06:23,557 A burglar? 108 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,906 Did you hear a burglar? 109 00:06:24,949 --> 00:06:26,516 No, I didn't hear anything. 110 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:27,822 Well, didn't you 111 00:06:27,865 --> 00:06:29,563 walk her downstairs when she was leaving? 112 00:06:29,606 --> 00:06:31,521 No, I was in bed asleep. 113 00:06:31,565 --> 00:06:34,132 That's uh... 114 00:06:34,176 --> 00:06:36,744 Did, uh... 115 00:06:36,787 --> 00:06:38,441 Uh, did you two have a fight? 116 00:06:38,485 --> 00:06:39,703 No. 117 00:06:39,747 --> 00:06:41,705 You let her find her own way outin the dark? 118 00:06:44,578 --> 00:06:46,536 You know, I find the tone of your questions 119 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:48,451 completely gratuitous. 120 00:06:48,495 --> 00:06:49,147 I'm done here. 121 00:06:49,191 --> 00:06:50,061 You deal with them. 122 00:06:50,105 --> 00:06:51,193 I've got to call my wife. 123 00:06:51,236 --> 00:06:52,542 Just one last thing. 124 00:06:52,586 --> 00:06:54,544 What did you have to eat last night? 125 00:06:57,808 --> 00:07:00,420 This investigation will be run by the book. 126 00:07:00,463 --> 00:07:01,595 I don't care whose ass needs kissing 127 00:07:01,638 --> 00:07:02,900 you tell Mrs. Lewin I'm not putting up 128 00:07:02,944 --> 00:07:04,467 with any crap from the DAs office. 129 00:07:04,511 --> 00:07:06,687 I didn't suggest you should. 130 00:07:06,730 --> 00:07:09,559 But Judge Blakemore's a well-respected jurist 131 00:07:09,603 --> 00:07:12,606 contributes regularly to legal journals 132 00:07:12,649 --> 00:07:14,956 and is a candidate for the appellate court. 133 00:07:14,999 --> 00:07:19,177 And he was banging his law clerk. 134 00:07:19,221 --> 00:07:22,224 This is a press case. 135 00:07:22,267 --> 00:07:24,531 Good cops lose their pensions because of press cases. 136 00:07:24,574 --> 00:07:25,575 I don't plan on losing mine 137 00:07:25,619 --> 00:07:27,098 because of Judge Blakemore. 138 00:07:27,142 --> 00:07:29,753 I'll relay your concerns to Mrs. Lewin. 139 00:07:33,322 --> 00:07:35,280 Anything to this burglary theory? 140 00:07:35,324 --> 00:07:36,499 No forced entry 141 00:07:36,543 --> 00:07:38,240 and the only thing stolen was the trash. 142 00:07:38,283 --> 00:07:39,720 The killer threw up in the trash. 143 00:07:39,763 --> 00:07:40,938 We found splatter on the floor. 144 00:07:40,982 --> 00:07:42,505 It's being analyzed. 145 00:07:42,549 --> 00:07:43,811 The judge? 146 00:07:43,854 --> 00:07:45,943 Could be, but the attack was planned and orderly. 147 00:07:45,987 --> 00:07:47,510 The killer brought a towel with him 148 00:07:47,554 --> 00:07:49,207 to wrap around Miss Trudeau's head 149 00:07:49,251 --> 00:07:51,122 when he brained her against the counter. 150 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:52,254 Professional. 151 00:07:52,297 --> 00:07:54,169 Yes... and no. 152 00:07:54,212 --> 00:07:57,128 He could have covered her faceto keep her from looking at him. 153 00:07:57,172 --> 00:07:58,869 To increase his own comfort level. 154 00:07:58,913 --> 00:08:00,523 The fact that he vomited 155 00:08:00,567 --> 00:08:04,571 indicates that he doesn't have the stomach to be a pro. 156 00:08:04,614 --> 00:08:07,225 A semiprofessional hit man? 157 00:08:07,269 --> 00:08:09,227 As a matter of fact, yes. 158 00:08:09,271 --> 00:08:09,967 There's a profile 159 00:08:10,011 --> 00:08:11,752 in the literature. 160 00:08:11,795 --> 00:08:13,971 These boys don't derive their entire income on contract killing. 161 00:08:14,015 --> 00:08:15,277 They hold regular jobs. 162 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,148 They're less impulsive than amateurs 163 00:08:17,192 --> 00:08:19,107 but they score high on psychopathy 164 00:08:19,150 --> 00:08:21,457 with a history 165 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:25,113 street fights, barroom brawls, domestic violence. 166 00:08:25,156 --> 00:08:26,418 In other words 167 00:08:26,462 --> 00:08:27,550 someone a jealous wife might hire in a pinch 168 00:08:27,594 --> 00:08:28,333 to whack her husband's mistress. 169 00:08:29,596 --> 00:08:32,599 Come in. 170 00:08:32,642 --> 00:08:34,949 I've met Diane Blakemore. 171 00:08:34,992 --> 00:08:36,820 She's strictly Colony Club. 172 00:08:36,864 --> 00:08:38,692 She wouldn't know where to find a hit man. 173 00:08:38,735 --> 00:08:40,694 These are Emily Trudeau's cell phone records 174 00:08:40,737 --> 00:08:42,652 for the last couple of months. 175 00:08:42,696 --> 00:08:46,787 She and Blakemore kept their phone traffic pretty low-key. 176 00:08:46,830 --> 00:08:49,267 Maybe one after-hours phone call 177 00:08:49,311 --> 00:08:51,661 every few days, if that. 178 00:08:51,705 --> 00:08:54,577 During the last week, she was calling Blakemore at home 179 00:08:54,621 --> 00:08:56,710 three or four times a night. 180 00:08:59,930 --> 00:09:03,107 I don't know what those calls would have been about. 181 00:09:03,151 --> 00:09:05,675 Did she talk about her relationship with the judge? 182 00:09:05,719 --> 00:09:07,590 She knew I didn't approve 183 00:09:07,634 --> 00:09:09,287 but she was in love with him. 184 00:09:09,331 --> 00:09:11,202 Ever since she started working for him 185 00:09:11,246 --> 00:09:12,290 ten years ago. 186 00:09:12,334 --> 00:09:14,641 Long time to be somebody's mistress. 187 00:09:14,684 --> 00:09:17,861 She took it all on his terms. 188 00:09:17,905 --> 00:09:20,168 Is this Emily's? 189 00:09:20,211 --> 00:09:21,038 Yes. 190 00:09:21,082 --> 00:09:22,083 May I? 191 00:09:22,126 --> 00:09:24,085 Yeah. 192 00:09:24,128 --> 00:09:25,086 Could she have wanted more 193 00:09:25,129 --> 00:09:26,696 from the relationship? 194 00:09:26,740 --> 00:09:28,611 Maybe issued an ultimatum? 195 00:09:28,655 --> 00:09:31,005 She knew he would never leave his wife. 196 00:09:31,048 --> 00:09:32,093 Emily knew that. 197 00:09:36,445 --> 00:09:39,622 Summa Cum Laude at NYU. 198 00:09:39,666 --> 00:09:41,276 And Law Review. 199 00:09:41,319 --> 00:09:43,321 She was an editor. 200 00:09:43,365 --> 00:09:44,540 Clerking for Blakemore 201 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:46,063 was just supposed to be a stepping stone. 202 00:09:53,636 --> 00:09:56,160 She wrote very well. 203 00:09:56,204 --> 00:09:59,599 She was so bright. 204 00:09:59,642 --> 00:10:02,776 Emily has a docking station for a laptop 205 00:10:02,819 --> 00:10:04,647 but I don't see it. 206 00:10:04,691 --> 00:10:08,085 She took it to work every day. 207 00:10:08,129 --> 00:10:09,826 It wasn't at her office. 208 00:10:09,870 --> 00:10:11,611 And we didn't see it at Blakemore's. 209 00:10:14,178 --> 00:10:16,746 I have to be at Andrea's in 15 minutes. 210 00:10:16,790 --> 00:10:17,791 This'll be done in no time. 211 00:10:17,834 --> 00:10:19,096 It's your daughter's baby shower. 212 00:10:19,140 --> 00:10:20,315 What's so important 213 00:10:20,358 --> 00:10:21,664 you got to pick it up right this minute? 214 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:22,665 I can't tell you, cupcake. 215 00:10:22,709 --> 00:10:23,884 Arnie... 216 00:10:23,927 --> 00:10:24,972 You don't want me to lie to you, right? 217 00:10:25,015 --> 00:10:25,973 So I can't tell you. 218 00:10:26,016 --> 00:10:27,409 But it's all good, you'll see. 219 00:10:29,846 --> 00:10:31,152 It's all on here. 220 00:10:31,195 --> 00:10:33,633 What do you want me to do with the rest of it? 221 00:10:33,676 --> 00:10:34,851 Sell it for parts. 222 00:10:34,895 --> 00:10:37,201 Just make sure that it can't be traced. 223 00:10:37,245 --> 00:10:38,594 Yeah, okay. 224 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:39,421 I'm burning copies of the new Jackie Chan movie. 225 00:10:39,464 --> 00:10:40,552 You want one? 226 00:10:40,596 --> 00:10:43,730 No. Dori and me, we like romantic movies. 227 00:10:43,773 --> 00:10:45,035 Thanks. 228 00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:50,127 Harland finished his search of Trudeau's office. 229 00:10:50,171 --> 00:10:51,694 No computer. 230 00:10:51,738 --> 00:10:53,261 Lab results 231 00:10:53,304 --> 00:10:54,697 no DNA, no blood type 232 00:10:54,741 --> 00:10:58,179 but they found traces of tuna salad on rye. 233 00:10:58,222 --> 00:10:59,702 Emily Trudeau's greatest hits? 234 00:10:59,746 --> 00:11:01,791 "Free Speech and the Fair Use Doctrine." 235 00:11:01,835 --> 00:11:04,141 "The First Amendment and Encryption Software..." 236 00:11:04,185 --> 00:11:07,710 Stop it. You're making me hot. 237 00:11:07,754 --> 00:11:09,799 Emily Trudeau's Law Review articles 238 00:11:09,843 --> 00:11:11,888 is what got Blakemore hot. 239 00:11:16,414 --> 00:11:19,374 Can you call Carver? 240 00:11:19,417 --> 00:11:21,419 See if he can get us in to see Blakemore? 241 00:11:21,463 --> 00:11:23,857 Where are you going? 242 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:25,772 To the law library. 243 00:11:28,557 --> 00:11:30,385 I hope you can appreciate 244 00:11:30,428 --> 00:11:32,387 I had to recalendar two suppression hearings for this. 245 00:11:32,430 --> 00:11:34,389 We appreciate it a lot, Your Honor. 246 00:11:34,432 --> 00:11:35,782 A few questions came up 247 00:11:35,825 --> 00:11:37,784 when we were looking into your background. 248 00:11:39,046 --> 00:11:41,570 You checked his background? 249 00:11:41,613 --> 00:11:44,747 To assess any threats against him. 250 00:11:44,791 --> 00:11:46,053 Threats? 251 00:11:46,096 --> 00:11:48,751 This was a botched burglary, wasn't it? 252 00:11:48,795 --> 00:11:54,626 No. We heard that you're up fora seat on the appellate court. 253 00:11:54,670 --> 00:11:56,759 That's right. 254 00:11:56,803 --> 00:11:59,849 The fact that you're being considered is a tribute to you 255 00:11:59,893 --> 00:12:01,851 as a jurist and a legal scholar. 256 00:12:04,288 --> 00:12:05,855 Yes, I suppose it is. 257 00:12:05,899 --> 00:12:07,074 What is your question? 258 00:12:07,117 --> 00:12:08,553 You went to Yale? 259 00:12:08,597 --> 00:12:10,860 Yale and Columbia. I graduated from both. 260 00:12:10,904 --> 00:12:12,775 You were in Law Review? 261 00:12:12,819 --> 00:12:14,037 No. 262 00:12:14,081 --> 00:12:15,343 Or that other award 263 00:12:15,386 --> 00:12:17,780 that they give to the top 10% of the class. 264 00:12:17,824 --> 00:12:19,216 Order of The Coif? 265 00:12:19,260 --> 00:12:20,391 No. 266 00:12:20,435 --> 00:12:22,785 That's because you have a 2.0 average. 267 00:12:22,829 --> 00:12:23,873 What do they call that? 268 00:12:23,917 --> 00:12:28,530 Ah, or Gentleman Cs, isn't that it? 269 00:12:28,573 --> 00:12:29,618 If you came here 270 00:12:29,661 --> 00:12:31,228 to denigrate my client's record... 271 00:12:31,272 --> 00:12:32,795 We like his record. 272 00:12:32,839 --> 00:12:38,845 We like the fact that he's a...a late bloomer. 273 00:12:38,888 --> 00:12:41,064 All the articles that you've published 274 00:12:41,108 --> 00:12:42,805 over these last few years 275 00:12:42,849 --> 00:12:46,200 um, like this one... 276 00:12:46,243 --> 00:12:48,855 "Intellectual Property Rights in the New Millennium." 277 00:12:48,898 --> 00:12:51,466 What about it? 278 00:12:51,509 --> 00:12:52,815 "Conflicts between First Amendment rights 279 00:12:52,859 --> 00:12:54,077 "and intellectual property rights 280 00:12:54,121 --> 00:12:55,339 "have traditionally been resolved 281 00:12:55,383 --> 00:12:56,819 "in favor of the expansion 282 00:12:56,863 --> 00:12:58,038 of intellectual property rights." 283 00:12:58,081 --> 00:13:02,477 It's clear, concise. 284 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,609 Did Junger V. Daly really hold 285 00:13:04,653 --> 00:13:11,660 that the First Amendment doesn't protect software? 286 00:13:11,703 --> 00:13:12,530 Yes, it did. 287 00:13:12,574 --> 00:13:15,098 I don't see what this has... 288 00:13:15,142 --> 00:13:19,276 No. Daly's a landmark case precisely because it held 289 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,977 the First Amendment does protect software. 290 00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:25,587 You read one articleand you think you're an expert. 291 00:13:25,630 --> 00:13:27,894 I've been researching this field for years. 292 00:13:27,937 --> 00:13:29,199 Ten years. 293 00:13:29,243 --> 00:13:33,682 Ever since Emily Trudeau went to work for you. 294 00:13:33,725 --> 00:13:36,293 Emily Trudeau graduated summa cum laude 295 00:13:36,337 --> 00:13:40,863 Order of The Coif, Law Review. 296 00:13:40,907 --> 00:13:43,823 What the hell are you insinuating? 297 00:13:52,570 --> 00:13:54,224 "Conflicts between First Amendment rights 298 00:13:54,268 --> 00:13:55,399 "and intellectual property rights 299 00:13:55,443 --> 00:13:57,010 "have traditionally been resolved 300 00:13:57,053 --> 00:13:59,969 in favor of..." 301 00:14:00,013 --> 00:14:03,016 Well, you know the rest. 302 00:14:03,059 --> 00:14:06,584 It's from "Free Speech and The Fair Use Doctrine" 303 00:14:06,628 --> 00:14:09,587 written by Emily Trudeau. 304 00:14:09,631 --> 00:14:12,373 Two years before she became your clerk. 305 00:14:12,416 --> 00:14:15,550 Either you stole her article, or she wrote it for you. 306 00:14:15,593 --> 00:14:18,161 That's ridiculous. It's defamatory. 307 00:14:18,205 --> 00:14:19,902 It's good-bye to the appellate court 308 00:14:19,946 --> 00:14:22,470 if anybody finds out. 309 00:14:22,513 --> 00:14:24,298 What did Emily do, Judge? 310 00:14:24,341 --> 00:14:25,516 Threaten to go public? 311 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:26,474 No! 312 00:14:26,517 --> 00:14:27,692 Don't answer that. 313 00:14:27,736 --> 00:14:29,564 Unless you, what? 314 00:14:29,607 --> 00:14:34,221 Left your wife or gave her money? 315 00:14:34,264 --> 00:14:35,918 The proof was on her computer, which is why 316 00:14:35,962 --> 00:14:38,051 you waited to call the police so you could get rid of it. 317 00:14:38,094 --> 00:14:39,879 Computer? She had her computer with her. 318 00:14:39,922 --> 00:14:42,185 No, not with her, not in her office 319 00:14:42,229 --> 00:14:43,360 not in her home. 320 00:15:01,117 --> 00:15:04,991 You really don't knowwhere that computer is, do you? 321 00:15:13,216 --> 00:15:17,133 But you're terrified because of what's on it. 322 00:15:28,623 --> 00:15:30,233 First you call him a plagiarist 323 00:15:30,277 --> 00:15:33,062 then a murderer, now you've changed your mind. 324 00:15:33,106 --> 00:15:34,803 This is no way to treat a Justice 325 00:15:34,846 --> 00:15:35,978 of the New York court. 326 00:15:36,022 --> 00:15:37,240 He still is a plagiarist. 327 00:15:37,284 --> 00:15:39,242 Except somebody else killed Emily Trudeau. 328 00:15:39,286 --> 00:15:40,591 Killed her for her computer. 329 00:15:40,635 --> 00:15:42,202 The evidence she was ghost-writing his articles 330 00:15:42,245 --> 00:15:43,986 was on that computer. 331 00:15:44,030 --> 00:15:46,380 If somebody wants to destroy Blakemore's rep 332 00:15:46,423 --> 00:15:48,730 ruin his chances with the appellate court... 333 00:15:48,773 --> 00:15:50,079 Question is 334 00:15:50,123 --> 00:15:52,081 who wanted Blakemore disqualified? 335 00:15:52,125 --> 00:15:54,605 We could always ask whoeverchooses appellate court judges. 336 00:15:54,649 --> 00:15:57,521 This I'll handle. 337 00:15:57,565 --> 00:16:00,133 I'll talk to the bipartisan nominating committee 338 00:16:00,176 --> 00:16:02,962 and I'll let you know what I find out. 339 00:16:09,794 --> 00:16:11,535 Want to know how it really works? 340 00:16:11,579 --> 00:16:13,276 I got just the guy for you. 341 00:16:19,717 --> 00:16:21,719 His first job was bellhop at the Biltmore 342 00:16:21,763 --> 00:16:23,634 wasn't it, Jimmy? 343 00:16:23,678 --> 00:16:24,766 My mom marched me down 344 00:16:24,809 --> 00:16:27,160 to Democratic Headquarters herself. 345 00:16:27,203 --> 00:16:28,465 Said I was a hooligan in the making 346 00:16:28,509 --> 00:16:29,989 and if anybody could set me straight 347 00:16:30,032 --> 00:16:32,252 it was Mack McNeil. 348 00:16:32,295 --> 00:16:34,080 I need to get home. 349 00:16:34,123 --> 00:16:36,691 Fill 'em in, Mack. 350 00:16:36,734 --> 00:16:37,779 So, what can I tell you 351 00:16:37,822 --> 00:16:40,216 about the Honorable Dutch Blakemore? 352 00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:42,653 Let's start with people who'd want to keep him off 353 00:16:42,697 --> 00:16:44,046 the appellate court. 354 00:16:44,090 --> 00:16:44,960 Like? 355 00:16:45,004 --> 00:16:46,396 He might be the swing vote 356 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:47,832 on an important case 357 00:16:47,876 --> 00:16:50,139 or he rubs a special-interest group the wrong way. 358 00:16:50,183 --> 00:16:52,054 Everybody loves Dutch Blakemore. 359 00:16:52,098 --> 00:16:55,057 He didn't strike us as very lovable. 360 00:16:55,101 --> 00:16:58,060 When you've raised $10 million for the party's candidates 361 00:16:58,104 --> 00:16:59,496 in the last election 362 00:16:59,540 --> 00:17:01,846 people will overlook your shortcomings. 363 00:17:01,890 --> 00:17:03,805 So that's what counts here-- 364 00:17:03,848 --> 00:17:06,068 fundraising for the right party. 365 00:17:06,112 --> 00:17:07,113 Where did you think 366 00:17:07,156 --> 00:17:10,638 appellate court judges came from? 367 00:17:10,681 --> 00:17:12,596 Any other judges in the running? 368 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:17,949 Four. Rasmussen, Fuller, Sabatelli and Zimmer. 369 00:17:17,993 --> 00:17:22,867 But Dutch is the front-runner by a long mile. 370 00:17:22,911 --> 00:17:25,392 Because everybody loves Dutch. 371 00:17:25,435 --> 00:17:27,872 Ask the Bar Association. 372 00:17:27,916 --> 00:17:30,484 They hold public hearings on the candidates. 373 00:17:32,051 --> 00:17:33,269 We looked at Judge Blakemore's 374 00:17:33,313 --> 00:17:34,575 record pretty closely 375 00:17:34,618 --> 00:17:36,229 and I don't recall that he ever took a stand 376 00:17:36,272 --> 00:17:38,318 on any controversial issue. 377 00:17:38,361 --> 00:17:40,102 What about pending appeals he might be facing 378 00:17:40,146 --> 00:17:41,147 on the appellate court? 379 00:17:41,190 --> 00:17:43,105 Organized crime cases, drug cases? 380 00:17:43,149 --> 00:17:44,541 Nothing of any consequence. 381 00:17:44,585 --> 00:17:46,195 Anything come up in the public hearings? 382 00:17:46,239 --> 00:17:48,154 Maybe a personal gripe? 383 00:17:48,197 --> 00:17:49,242 I don't recall. 384 00:17:49,285 --> 00:17:50,591 Can you check? 385 00:17:50,634 --> 00:17:53,333 There's always a personal gripe of some kind-- 386 00:17:53,376 --> 00:17:54,856 co-op neighbors who don't think 387 00:17:54,899 --> 00:17:56,727 the nominee pays his dues on time. 388 00:17:56,771 --> 00:17:59,339 Here. There was one name on the witness list. 389 00:17:59,382 --> 00:18:00,862 She was a no-show. 390 00:18:00,905 --> 00:18:02,603 Her name? 391 00:18:02,646 --> 00:18:04,126 Duval, Marie Duval. 392 00:18:04,170 --> 00:18:06,737 Doesn't say what her complaint was. 393 00:18:06,781 --> 00:18:11,133 In hindsight, maybe I was wrong to back out. 394 00:18:11,177 --> 00:18:12,874 But I'm up for partner next year. 395 00:18:12,917 --> 00:18:14,745 Why should I be the next Anita Hill? 396 00:18:14,789 --> 00:18:17,487 Blakemore sexually harassed you. 397 00:18:17,531 --> 00:18:19,881 I was his clerk back in the '80s. 398 00:18:19,924 --> 00:18:21,361 During a sexual battery case 399 00:18:21,404 --> 00:18:24,929 he told me liked watching SandM scenes in pornos. 400 00:18:24,973 --> 00:18:26,931 Was it ever anything more than talk? 401 00:18:26,975 --> 00:18:27,976 He never laid a hand on me. 402 00:18:28,019 --> 00:18:29,804 On anyone else, I can't vouch for. 403 00:18:32,198 --> 00:18:34,722 He harassed other women? 404 00:18:34,765 --> 00:18:37,681 Guys like him can't help themselves. 405 00:18:37,725 --> 00:18:39,292 Do you know who these women are? 406 00:18:39,335 --> 00:18:42,904 No, but when I didn't appear at the hearing, I got a call. 407 00:18:42,947 --> 00:18:45,298 He said he was a concerned citizen. 408 00:18:45,341 --> 00:18:48,301 It was probably some girl's boyfriend or brother. 409 00:18:48,344 --> 00:18:51,260 He said that Blakemore was a fraud, a womanizer 410 00:18:51,304 --> 00:18:54,263 and that it wasn't too late for me to testify. 411 00:18:54,307 --> 00:18:56,526 Did the citizen identify himself? 412 00:18:56,570 --> 00:18:59,442 No. He hung up when I asked him his name. 413 00:18:59,486 --> 00:19:01,792 I star-69'd him and a dispatcher answered. 414 00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:04,143 It was a car service-- Smooth Ride. 415 00:19:08,712 --> 00:19:10,627 Yeah, I remember getting that call. 416 00:19:10,671 --> 00:19:12,803 All the incoming calls get routed to me. 417 00:19:12,847 --> 00:19:15,763 I told that lady I got 102 drivers 418 00:19:15,806 --> 00:19:17,373 42 cars, each one with a cell phone. 419 00:19:17,417 --> 00:19:19,593 I got no way of knowing who called her. 420 00:19:19,636 --> 00:19:20,898 That's what she said you told her. 421 00:19:20,942 --> 00:19:22,335 Same thing I told the other lady. 422 00:19:22,378 --> 00:19:23,336 What other lady? 423 00:19:23,379 --> 00:19:24,424 Another lawyer. 424 00:19:24,467 --> 00:19:26,295 She comes down here a week later. 425 00:19:26,339 --> 00:19:27,470 She says she's getting crank calls 426 00:19:27,514 --> 00:19:28,819 from one of our numbers. 427 00:19:28,863 --> 00:19:30,256 She said if I didn't help her 428 00:19:30,299 --> 00:19:31,909 her boss is going to put me in contempt. 429 00:19:31,953 --> 00:19:34,303 Her boss was a judge? 430 00:19:34,347 --> 00:19:36,305 What she said. 431 00:19:38,351 --> 00:19:40,744 Yeah, that's the one who showed up here. 432 00:19:40,788 --> 00:19:42,311 I had to pull the logs 433 00:19:42,355 --> 00:19:44,618 on every phone till I found one with her number on it. 434 00:19:44,661 --> 00:19:46,837 You still have those records? 435 00:19:46,881 --> 00:19:49,188 I don't need a judge putting me in contempt. 436 00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:53,192 Who had this phone? 437 00:19:53,235 --> 00:19:54,454 This day, that's just it. 438 00:19:54,497 --> 00:19:56,978 Four different drivers could have used it. 439 00:19:57,021 --> 00:19:58,980 Three calls to Emily's number at the courthouse. 440 00:19:59,023 --> 00:20:00,808 This number here right after the second call 441 00:20:00,851 --> 00:20:02,375 to the 248 exchange. 442 00:20:02,418 --> 00:20:04,333 That's the probation office. 443 00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:08,642 Lou said to shut her up. 444 00:20:08,685 --> 00:20:09,773 She knew my name. 445 00:20:09,817 --> 00:20:12,036 How else am I supposed to shut her up? 446 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:12,994 What the hell were you thinking 447 00:20:13,037 --> 00:20:14,387 going to his house? 448 00:20:14,430 --> 00:20:16,432 That was a good thing. It was good. 449 00:20:16,476 --> 00:20:18,347 What was the good thing about it, Arnie? 450 00:20:18,391 --> 00:20:19,609 For God's sakes 451 00:20:19,653 --> 00:20:20,828 sometime I think you're dumber than you look. 452 00:20:20,871 --> 00:20:24,048 You didn't even see what I got for you. 453 00:20:24,092 --> 00:20:25,485 From a computer. 454 00:20:25,528 --> 00:20:27,704 And don't worry, I got rid of it. 455 00:20:27,748 --> 00:20:29,532 This is pretty good, huh? 456 00:20:29,576 --> 00:20:32,274 See, I anticipated what you wanted. 457 00:20:32,318 --> 00:20:35,451 I always anticipate. 458 00:20:35,495 --> 00:20:37,497 Want me to get you some water? 459 00:20:40,456 --> 00:20:42,415 This one's a cream puff. 460 00:20:42,458 --> 00:20:45,287 Two shoplifting beefs and one for passing bad checks. 461 00:20:45,331 --> 00:20:46,897 This one's got three assaults. 462 00:20:46,941 --> 00:20:50,771 Arnie Cox. Was fired from his last two jobs 463 00:20:50,814 --> 00:20:52,729 for violent outbursts. 464 00:20:52,773 --> 00:20:54,383 A history of violence sounds like 465 00:20:54,427 --> 00:20:58,605 a distinguishing feature of the semi- professional hit man. 466 00:20:58,648 --> 00:21:01,608 I only look like I'm not paying attention to you. 467 00:21:07,831 --> 00:21:09,180 You need to close ranks. 468 00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:09,920 What are you talking about? 469 00:21:09,964 --> 00:21:10,878 You're setting up 470 00:21:10,921 --> 00:21:12,749 a "seven-stars offense," right? 471 00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:14,316 What are you, an expert? 472 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:15,404 I'm a cop. 473 00:21:15,448 --> 00:21:16,449 So's she. 474 00:21:18,059 --> 00:21:19,278 And you're under arrest. 475 00:21:22,933 --> 00:21:23,978 Your move. 476 00:21:28,983 --> 00:21:30,854 It's not that I don't have counsel. 477 00:21:30,898 --> 00:21:33,335 It's just that he costs me 100 bucks an hour. 478 00:21:33,379 --> 00:21:35,642 I mean, if I thought I needed him... 479 00:21:35,685 --> 00:21:37,339 I know you folks are just doing your job. 480 00:21:37,383 --> 00:21:40,951 And anybody that likesChinese chess can't be all bad. 481 00:21:40,995 --> 00:21:42,475 Where'd you learn anyways? 482 00:21:42,518 --> 00:21:44,128 China. 483 00:21:44,172 --> 00:21:47,958 Yeah? Me, too. 484 00:21:48,002 --> 00:21:50,874 No, I'm just pulling your leg. 485 00:21:50,918 --> 00:21:54,356 Anyways, I never made any calls to Emily Trudeau. 486 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,358 But you heard about her murder? 487 00:21:56,402 --> 00:21:57,577 Who didn't? 488 00:21:57,620 --> 00:21:59,143 You were working that night. 489 00:21:59,187 --> 00:22:02,146 Now, you see? I got an alibi. 490 00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:04,018 That's a little optimistic. 491 00:22:04,061 --> 00:22:06,063 There was plenty of time to do the murder 492 00:22:06,107 --> 00:22:08,370 in between your runs to JFK. 493 00:22:08,414 --> 00:22:12,461 I had the trots from eating too much grease. 494 00:22:12,505 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaking of... 495 00:22:13,723 --> 00:22:15,464 what would you say if I told you 496 00:22:15,508 --> 00:22:19,468 we found DNA in some vomit on the crime scene? 497 00:22:19,512 --> 00:22:21,035 Actually, that's a good one, Bobby. 498 00:22:21,078 --> 00:22:23,820 You had DNA, I wouldn't be here. 499 00:22:23,864 --> 00:22:25,692 I'd be sitting in some doctor's office 500 00:22:25,735 --> 00:22:28,390 with a court-ordered needle in my vein. 501 00:22:28,434 --> 00:22:31,567 That's a good one... Arnie. 502 00:22:35,310 --> 00:22:37,007 You've got quite a career. 503 00:22:37,051 --> 00:22:40,837 Turned over a new leaf. 504 00:22:40,881 --> 00:22:44,798 Yeah. Judge cut you a break. 505 00:22:44,841 --> 00:22:46,495 Judge Sabatelli. 506 00:23:08,604 --> 00:23:09,692 Look, isn't he the guy 507 00:23:09,736 --> 00:23:11,955 who writes novels in his spare time? 508 00:23:15,045 --> 00:23:16,090 I don't know. 509 00:23:20,790 --> 00:23:22,226 I just got lucky. 510 00:23:22,270 --> 00:23:23,924 I could have been in front of Judge Sessor. 511 00:23:23,967 --> 00:23:26,492 That guy's got a broomstick up his ass. 512 00:23:29,364 --> 00:23:32,454 Something just occurred to me. 513 00:23:32,498 --> 00:23:36,327 Sabatelli's up for the appellate court. 514 00:23:36,371 --> 00:23:37,938 Oh, yeah? 515 00:23:37,981 --> 00:23:41,028 You didn't know? 516 00:23:41,071 --> 00:23:43,770 Why would I? 517 00:23:43,813 --> 00:23:45,554 Well, your favorite judge. 518 00:23:48,209 --> 00:23:51,647 You know what, Bobby? 519 00:23:51,691 --> 00:23:53,432 I'm done talking today. 520 00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:06,227 Raoul Sabatelli? 521 00:24:06,270 --> 00:24:07,576 That's where it's going. 522 00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:08,664 Or where you're taking it. 523 00:24:08,708 --> 00:24:10,623 Every time Sabatelli's name came up 524 00:24:10,666 --> 00:24:11,798 Arnie's pulse went up 20 clicks. 525 00:24:11,841 --> 00:24:13,495 Right along with mine. Look... 526 00:24:13,539 --> 00:24:15,497 I know Sabatelli's a little rough around the edges... 527 00:24:15,541 --> 00:24:16,498 Golden Gloves, right? 528 00:24:16,542 --> 00:24:17,499 Forget about Sabatelli 529 00:24:17,543 --> 00:24:18,500 for a second. 530 00:24:18,544 --> 00:24:20,589 Worry about this mutt. 531 00:24:20,633 --> 00:24:23,026 You think he stole the girl's computer, right? 532 00:24:23,070 --> 00:24:25,551 Get a search warrant. 533 00:24:25,594 --> 00:24:27,466 You care who we ask? 534 00:24:35,691 --> 00:24:40,174 You're a little late on probable cause here. 535 00:24:40,217 --> 00:24:43,090 You were a Golden Gloves champ in '59. 536 00:24:43,133 --> 00:24:45,571 Why? You want to go a few rounds? 537 00:24:47,616 --> 00:24:49,662 The phone calls; there's no certainty he made them. 538 00:24:49,705 --> 00:24:50,924 Isn't that why 539 00:24:50,967 --> 00:24:52,708 they call it "probable cause," Your Honor? 540 00:24:52,752 --> 00:24:56,059 Don't get smart with me. 541 00:24:56,103 --> 00:24:57,539 You know this defendant? 542 00:24:57,583 --> 00:25:01,587 Yeah, he's made a few appearances in my part. 543 00:25:01,630 --> 00:25:03,589 You think murder is out of his reach? 544 00:25:03,632 --> 00:25:05,025 All of my years on the bench 545 00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:08,115 have taught me that anybody is capable of anything. 546 00:25:08,158 --> 00:25:12,336 Isn't that a line from one of your books? 547 00:25:12,380 --> 00:25:14,730 The Serpent's Tooth. 548 00:25:18,691 --> 00:25:21,432 Look at this. Is this a French edition? 549 00:25:21,476 --> 00:25:22,869 Yeah. My books have been translated 550 00:25:22,912 --> 00:25:25,654 into nine different languages. 551 00:25:25,698 --> 00:25:27,003 That's the latest. 552 00:25:27,047 --> 00:25:28,570 Oh... 553 00:25:28,614 --> 00:25:30,659 La Ville Sanglante. 554 00:25:30,703 --> 00:25:33,270 "Bloody City." 555 00:25:33,314 --> 00:25:36,143 This is very cool. 556 00:25:36,186 --> 00:25:38,754 This one, I haven't seen before. 557 00:25:38,798 --> 00:25:40,060 Westside Danny. 558 00:25:40,103 --> 00:25:44,368 That's out of print. 559 00:25:44,412 --> 00:25:47,023 Well, I'd... love to read it. 560 00:25:51,245 --> 00:25:54,161 Could, uh... could I buy it from you? 561 00:25:54,204 --> 00:25:55,815 Just go ahead. 562 00:25:55,858 --> 00:25:57,164 It's on me. 563 00:25:57,207 --> 00:25:59,166 Well, thank you. 564 00:25:59,209 --> 00:26:02,299 Your Honor, the search warrant? 565 00:26:02,343 --> 00:26:07,348 Oh... okay, what the hell? 566 00:26:07,391 --> 00:26:09,916 You want to go fishing, be my guest. 567 00:26:14,094 --> 00:26:16,879 Uh, since you're signing things, do you mind? 568 00:26:23,930 --> 00:26:25,888 We don't have any computers here. 569 00:26:25,932 --> 00:26:28,848 We don't even know how to work the video. 570 00:26:28,891 --> 00:26:31,154 They won't break anything, will they? 571 00:26:31,198 --> 00:26:32,939 They know not to. 572 00:26:32,982 --> 00:26:34,636 It's Judge Sabatelli. 573 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,770 That belongs to my husband. 574 00:26:37,813 --> 00:26:38,945 Well, why do you have it? 575 00:26:38,988 --> 00:26:40,860 He thinks very highly of the Judge. 576 00:26:40,903 --> 00:26:43,732 He's from very humble circumstances like Arnie. 577 00:26:43,776 --> 00:26:46,735 He gave Arnie a break when he didn't have to. 578 00:26:46,779 --> 00:26:48,084 That's from the newspaper. 579 00:26:48,128 --> 00:26:50,434 One of the papers did an article on the Judge. 580 00:26:50,478 --> 00:26:51,740 Arnie clipped it out. 581 00:26:51,784 --> 00:26:52,872 This is from the newspaper, too. 582 00:26:52,915 --> 00:26:54,438 That was two years ago. 583 00:26:54,482 --> 00:26:55,788 The Judge hired Arnie 584 00:26:55,831 --> 00:26:58,225 to drive him to some fancy political thing. 585 00:26:58,268 --> 00:27:00,183 The Judge throw a lot of work his way? 586 00:27:00,227 --> 00:27:02,664 On occasion. 587 00:27:02,708 --> 00:27:03,752 So, Arnie has all 588 00:27:03,796 --> 00:27:05,536 of Sabatelli's novels. 589 00:27:05,580 --> 00:27:07,756 It looks like he's read them a few times. 590 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:08,931 They came like that. 591 00:27:08,975 --> 00:27:10,933 He bought them at the flea market. 592 00:27:20,813 --> 00:27:23,119 Arnie's locker at the limo company was clean. 593 00:27:23,163 --> 00:27:24,686 No computer... 594 00:27:24,730 --> 00:27:27,776 nothing to connect him to the murder. 595 00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:30,039 You underlining the dirty parts? 596 00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:33,390 Sabatelli's novels are pretty robust. 597 00:27:33,434 --> 00:27:37,699 The rest, it's Jimmy Breslin meets Daphne du Maurier. 598 00:27:37,743 --> 00:27:40,702 "Judge Wakefield was the worst kind of American aristocrat. 599 00:27:40,746 --> 00:27:41,964 "The kind who was born on third base 600 00:27:42,008 --> 00:27:44,706 and thought he hit a triple." 601 00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:48,449 Wakefield's one of his recurring characters. 602 00:27:48,492 --> 00:27:50,494 "Wakefield majored in drinking at Yale 603 00:27:50,538 --> 00:27:52,061 "and whored his way through Columbia. 604 00:27:52,105 --> 00:27:53,193 "That and marrying the granddaughter 605 00:27:53,236 --> 00:27:55,151 "of a New York Supreme Court Justice 606 00:27:55,195 --> 00:27:58,938 was the sum total of his legal education." 607 00:27:58,981 --> 00:28:01,767 "Wakefield sat in silence, to all appearances 608 00:28:01,810 --> 00:28:04,813 "in deep meditation on the grave constitutional issue 609 00:28:04,857 --> 00:28:06,075 "before him. 610 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,817 "But Wakefield wasn't meditatingon anything. 611 00:28:08,861 --> 00:28:10,993 "He didn't have an opinion on the matter 612 00:28:11,037 --> 00:28:14,214 "so he did what he usually did 613 00:28:14,257 --> 00:28:16,912 he borrowed one." 614 00:28:16,956 --> 00:28:19,785 Wakefield is Blakemore. 615 00:28:25,051 --> 00:28:26,182 In the first edition 616 00:28:26,226 --> 00:28:27,488 of Sabatelli's second book 617 00:28:27,531 --> 00:28:30,099 Wakefield's wife was named Diane-- 618 00:28:30,143 --> 00:28:32,841 which happens to be the same name as Blakemore's wife-- 619 00:28:32,885 --> 00:28:35,322 but the name was changed in subsequent editions. 620 00:28:35,365 --> 00:28:37,759 Yeah, that was a creative decision. 621 00:28:37,803 --> 00:28:39,761 Inspired by... 622 00:28:39,805 --> 00:28:41,110 threat of a lawsuit? 623 00:28:41,154 --> 00:28:43,852 Raoul was not happy. 624 00:28:43,896 --> 00:28:45,114 In the right light 625 00:28:45,158 --> 00:28:46,768 you can see where we plastered over the hole 626 00:28:46,812 --> 00:28:48,161 he made with his fist. 627 00:28:48,204 --> 00:28:49,902 What's his beef with Blakemore? 628 00:28:49,945 --> 00:28:51,773 We know they both went to Columbia... 629 00:28:51,817 --> 00:28:54,820 Oh, yes, Raoul went on a scholarship. 630 00:28:54,863 --> 00:28:57,213 Blakemore went on his father's dime. 631 00:28:57,257 --> 00:28:58,998 Raoul got the straight A's 632 00:28:59,041 --> 00:29:02,828 but Blakemore got theinvitations to the Faculty Club. 633 00:29:04,568 --> 00:29:06,353 Ron. 634 00:29:06,396 --> 00:29:08,050 Yes, Judge? 635 00:29:08,094 --> 00:29:09,225 You need to be straight with me. 636 00:29:09,269 --> 00:29:10,226 Where are they going with this? 637 00:29:10,270 --> 00:29:11,401 Where's who going with what? 638 00:29:11,445 --> 00:29:13,012 The Blakemore case. 639 00:29:13,055 --> 00:29:14,796 The detectives are investigating me. 640 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,058 I wasn't aware. 641 00:29:16,102 --> 00:29:17,886 You point the finger at Blakemore, you know 642 00:29:17,930 --> 00:29:20,062 and everyone says, "No, not him, couldn't be him." 643 00:29:20,106 --> 00:29:21,890 Point the finger at Sabatelli and they say 644 00:29:21,934 --> 00:29:23,892 "Well, what do you expect from some punk from the streets?" 645 00:29:23,936 --> 00:29:25,024 Nobody is saying... 646 00:29:25,067 --> 00:29:26,852 If they point the finger at you, Ron 647 00:29:26,895 --> 00:29:28,897 what would they say? 648 00:29:28,941 --> 00:29:31,030 You know exactly what they'd say. 649 00:29:35,861 --> 00:29:37,471 Sabatelli hates Blakemore. 650 00:29:37,514 --> 00:29:39,255 He hates Zimmer. 651 00:29:39,299 --> 00:29:40,256 He hates Rasmussen. 652 00:29:40,300 --> 00:29:41,823 He hates Lewin. He hates McCoy. 653 00:29:41,867 --> 00:29:43,259 He hates everybody equally. 654 00:29:43,303 --> 00:29:45,435 He doesn't seem to hate you. 655 00:29:45,479 --> 00:29:47,350 We served on committees together. 656 00:29:47,394 --> 00:29:48,699 I admire him as a maverick. 657 00:29:48,743 --> 00:29:50,353 A man who lifted himself up from the streets. 658 00:29:50,397 --> 00:29:52,051 He doesn't see me as a threat. 659 00:29:52,094 --> 00:29:53,835 But that's how he see's Blakemore! 660 00:29:53,879 --> 00:29:56,490 He's paranoid... pathological. 661 00:29:56,533 --> 00:29:58,927 Is that police code for hot-blooded? 662 00:29:58,971 --> 00:30:00,320 W... well, don't put words in my mouth 663 00:30:00,363 --> 00:30:01,974 or some kind of attitude. 664 00:30:02,017 --> 00:30:03,627 If he's involved 665 00:30:03,671 --> 00:30:06,630 why on Earth would he sign a search warrant for Mr. Cox? 666 00:30:06,674 --> 00:30:08,023 Because he knew we wouldn't find anything. 667 00:30:08,067 --> 00:30:09,285 That's paranoid. 668 00:30:09,329 --> 00:30:11,200 We could throw Sabatelli another hot potato. 669 00:30:11,244 --> 00:30:12,332 See how he handles it. 670 00:30:14,682 --> 00:30:17,641 Arnie Cox made harassing calls to Emily Trudeau. 671 00:30:17,685 --> 00:30:20,470 You charge him with violating his probation. 672 00:30:20,514 --> 00:30:21,863 Since he was Sabatelli's defendant 673 00:30:21,907 --> 00:30:26,650 it'll end up in Sabatelli's lap. 674 00:30:26,694 --> 00:30:28,478 Sabatelli revokes his probation 675 00:30:28,522 --> 00:30:31,264 Arnie goes back to prison for five to ten. 676 00:30:31,307 --> 00:30:33,135 If you're right about Sabatelli 677 00:30:33,179 --> 00:30:35,877 he won't want to alienate Mr. Cox. 678 00:30:35,921 --> 00:30:37,313 Yeah. If you're right about him 679 00:30:37,357 --> 00:30:39,533 then he won't have a problem locking him up. 680 00:30:41,056 --> 00:30:43,058 Very slick, Detective. 681 00:30:44,973 --> 00:30:46,670 It's a damn trap, Henry. 682 00:30:46,714 --> 00:30:47,889 It's only a trap 683 00:30:47,933 --> 00:30:49,673 if Arnie Cox can hurt you. 684 00:30:49,717 --> 00:30:51,545 Be straight with me, Raoul. 685 00:30:51,588 --> 00:30:53,242 As your attorney, I need to know. 686 00:30:53,286 --> 00:30:54,548 I don't like surprises. 687 00:30:54,591 --> 00:30:56,028 He's a nothing little mouse. 688 00:30:56,071 --> 00:30:57,638 But you see what's happening? 689 00:30:57,681 --> 00:30:59,901 They're all closing ranks around Blakemore. 690 00:30:59,945 --> 00:31:00,989 Raoul... 691 00:31:01,033 --> 00:31:02,034 The fact that I'm 692 00:31:02,077 --> 00:31:03,383 even a suspect. 693 00:31:03,426 --> 00:31:05,167 You have any idea what that does to my chances 694 00:31:05,211 --> 00:31:07,039 for the appellate court, Henry, huh? 695 00:31:07,082 --> 00:31:10,781 I am this close and they can't stand it. 696 00:31:10,825 --> 00:31:12,000 You're right about that. 697 00:31:12,044 --> 00:31:13,697 Yeah, because I don't fill their coffers. 698 00:31:13,741 --> 00:31:14,785 I don't kiss ass. 699 00:31:14,829 --> 00:31:17,005 I've just worked hard my whole life! 700 00:31:17,049 --> 00:31:20,530 Raoul, if Arnie Cox really can't hurt you 701 00:31:20,574 --> 00:31:22,489 all you'd be doing is locking up a defendant 702 00:31:22,532 --> 00:31:24,404 on a probation violation. 703 00:31:24,447 --> 00:31:27,363 No big deal. 704 00:31:27,407 --> 00:31:28,234 Right, Raoul? 705 00:31:38,157 --> 00:31:41,203 The defendant placed harassing phone calls to Miss Trudeau 706 00:31:41,247 --> 00:31:42,944 only days before her murder. 707 00:31:42,988 --> 00:31:44,946 They can't prove the calls were harassing 708 00:31:44,990 --> 00:31:46,252 without a complaining witness. 709 00:31:46,295 --> 00:31:47,340 She's dead, Your Honor. 710 00:31:47,383 --> 00:31:48,950 Which is exactly our point. 711 00:31:48,994 --> 00:31:51,431 There's no other explanation for the calls. 712 00:31:51,474 --> 00:31:55,565 All right. Mr. Gruber, I have bent over backward 713 00:31:55,609 --> 00:31:59,961 to give your client second, third and fourth chances 714 00:32:00,005 --> 00:32:04,052 but it seems he took advantage of my generous nature. 715 00:32:04,096 --> 00:32:06,968 I'm finding him in violation of his probation 716 00:32:07,012 --> 00:32:08,056 and remanding him to the custody 717 00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:09,666 of the Department of Corrections 718 00:32:09,710 --> 00:32:12,365 to serve out the balance of his sentence. 719 00:32:29,817 --> 00:32:31,079 Case closed. 720 00:32:39,131 --> 00:32:41,742 It ain't like he had much choice. 721 00:32:41,785 --> 00:32:44,005 After everything you've done for him 722 00:32:44,049 --> 00:32:46,138 he's supposed to take care of you. 723 00:32:46,181 --> 00:32:51,273 Your lawyer's not here, so you should just... listen. 724 00:32:51,317 --> 00:32:54,494 You know, think things over. 725 00:32:59,107 --> 00:33:01,283 Sabatelli gave me this. 726 00:33:03,155 --> 00:33:05,548 See? He signed it. 727 00:33:10,162 --> 00:33:12,077 Now, your copies are all secondhand. 728 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,122 Not one of them is signed. 729 00:33:14,166 --> 00:33:16,603 So what? 730 00:33:19,301 --> 00:33:20,737 Have you read his latest book? 731 00:33:20,781 --> 00:33:23,523 I haven't gotten to it yet. 732 00:33:23,566 --> 00:33:26,091 You should. You're in it. 733 00:33:27,179 --> 00:33:28,702 "Donnie was a small-time crook 734 00:33:28,745 --> 00:33:30,617 "who embellished his criminal past 735 00:33:30,660 --> 00:33:34,273 and bragged about being a big-time robber." 736 00:33:34,316 --> 00:33:35,709 That ain't me. He just made that up. 737 00:33:35,752 --> 00:33:37,624 "Donnie was like one of those 738 00:33:37,667 --> 00:33:40,105 "silly little terriers... 739 00:33:40,148 --> 00:33:42,629 "always in tune to his master's moods 740 00:33:42,672 --> 00:33:45,849 "always eager to please, and that made him useful." 741 00:33:45,893 --> 00:33:47,721 Look, I told you, that ain't me. 742 00:33:47,764 --> 00:33:49,853 "As a kid, Donnie was a bed wetter 743 00:33:49,897 --> 00:33:52,856 "and his old man beat the crap out of him for it 744 00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:54,641 "until child welfare sent him 745 00:33:54,684 --> 00:33:58,558 "to live with his alcoholic grandmother. 746 00:33:58,601 --> 00:34:01,213 "The night of his first arrest 747 00:34:01,256 --> 00:34:04,781 "he pissed himself. 748 00:34:04,825 --> 00:34:07,088 He was 17." 749 00:34:23,931 --> 00:34:25,715 None of that stuff matters, baby. 750 00:34:25,759 --> 00:34:28,414 You're my guy, and I love you. 751 00:34:28,457 --> 00:34:29,806 Your family loves you. 752 00:34:29,850 --> 00:34:33,201 I can't just flip on him. 753 00:34:33,245 --> 00:34:34,115 I can't. 754 00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:35,551 I know it's hard for you. 755 00:34:35,595 --> 00:34:37,336 You never turned on anybody. 756 00:34:37,379 --> 00:34:39,251 But this time it's different. 757 00:34:39,294 --> 00:34:42,123 It's him or you. 758 00:34:42,167 --> 00:34:43,255 I can't. 759 00:34:43,298 --> 00:34:45,561 I only did what he wanted me to do. 760 00:34:45,605 --> 00:34:48,477 For once, can't you do what I want? 761 00:34:48,521 --> 00:34:53,308 Please, baby, I can't lose you forever. 762 00:34:59,184 --> 00:35:01,447 A deal? In return for what? What's he offering? 763 00:35:01,490 --> 00:35:02,796 He said Sabatelli told him 764 00:35:02,839 --> 00:35:04,580 to do what he had to to get proof 765 00:35:04,624 --> 00:35:06,278 of Blakemore's plagiarism. 766 00:35:06,321 --> 00:35:09,803 When Emily Trudeau found out Arnie was calling her 767 00:35:09,846 --> 00:35:12,501 Sabatelli got worried the trail would lead to him 768 00:35:12,545 --> 00:35:14,155 so he told Donnie to shut her up. 769 00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:16,157 Arnie had the bright idea of killing her 770 00:35:16,201 --> 00:35:17,680 in Blakemore's house to embarrass him. 771 00:35:17,724 --> 00:35:20,596 Getting the computer was a bonus. 772 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:21,858 What happened to the computer? 773 00:35:21,902 --> 00:35:23,947 Arnie made a copy of the computer disk 774 00:35:23,991 --> 00:35:26,080 and gave it to Sabatelli. 775 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:29,388 He made a copy for himself as insurance. 776 00:35:29,431 --> 00:35:30,867 What's on it? 777 00:35:30,911 --> 00:35:33,914 Drafts of articles she was ghostwriting for Blakemore 778 00:35:33,957 --> 00:35:36,134 e-mails discussing the articles. 779 00:35:40,225 --> 00:35:44,229 I can't believe Sabatelli would do this. 780 00:35:44,272 --> 00:35:46,709 Of all the foolish, arrogant... 781 00:35:54,282 --> 00:35:56,806 Granting this is all true... 782 00:35:56,850 --> 00:36:01,028 he's only liable for conspiracy. 783 00:36:01,071 --> 00:36:02,290 I-I can't convict him 784 00:36:02,334 --> 00:36:04,597 solely on the testimony of his coconspirators. 785 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:08,340 I need corroboration. 786 00:36:08,383 --> 00:36:09,863 If Sabatelli still had a copy of the disk 787 00:36:09,906 --> 00:36:10,864 and if we could find it? 788 00:36:10,907 --> 00:36:11,865 That would do it. 789 00:36:11,908 --> 00:36:12,953 But, at this point 790 00:36:12,996 --> 00:36:15,216 what are the chances he still has it? 791 00:36:15,260 --> 00:36:18,176 Is it enough to prove that he knows what's on the disk? 792 00:36:20,308 --> 00:36:23,703 What are you suggesting, a pop quiz? 793 00:36:23,746 --> 00:36:26,575 Or an opportunity that he can't resist. 794 00:36:28,403 --> 00:36:31,841 Now, I've been rethinking our case, Counselor. 795 00:36:31,885 --> 00:36:34,322 Uh, we were right the first time. 796 00:36:34,366 --> 00:36:39,849 If anyone had the motive... to kill Emily Trudeau 797 00:36:39,893 --> 00:36:44,332 and destroy the contents on her computer 798 00:36:44,376 --> 00:36:46,291 it's Judge Blakemore. 799 00:36:48,162 --> 00:36:50,295 You want to arrest Blakemore? 800 00:36:54,255 --> 00:36:56,997 Well, arrest would... 801 00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,218 would be an understatement. 802 00:37:09,575 --> 00:37:11,403 Ron. Ron. 803 00:37:11,446 --> 00:37:14,057 Is it true what they say-- Blakemore's the guy? 804 00:37:14,101 --> 00:37:15,363 So it appears. 805 00:37:15,407 --> 00:37:17,365 I told you your concerns were premature. 806 00:37:17,409 --> 00:37:19,498 Blakemore is a big fish. This is good for you, Ron. 807 00:37:19,541 --> 00:37:21,543 If it doesn't turn into a three-ring circus. 808 00:37:21,587 --> 00:37:23,328 Lewin wants everything by the book. 809 00:37:23,371 --> 00:37:24,894 I'm thinking of having someone 810 00:37:24,938 --> 00:37:26,287 from the Judicial Committee of the bar 811 00:37:26,331 --> 00:37:27,636 observe the interrogation. 812 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,030 I serve on that committee. 813 00:37:30,073 --> 00:37:31,379 Really? 814 00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:33,903 This is asinine. 815 00:37:33,947 --> 00:37:36,079 Emily never said anything to meabout this Arnie Cox. 816 00:37:36,123 --> 00:37:38,299 She told you about the phone calls she got. 817 00:37:38,343 --> 00:37:39,822 Well, yes, but... Judge... 818 00:37:39,866 --> 00:37:42,564 Look at him. 819 00:37:42,608 --> 00:37:45,306 He probably never sat on the wrong side of an interrogation before. 820 00:37:45,350 --> 00:37:48,048 Look, I didn't do this. This is crazy. You have? 821 00:37:48,091 --> 00:37:50,006 When I was a kid. 822 00:37:50,050 --> 00:37:53,575 In my neighborhood, getting pinched was part of puberty. 823 00:37:53,619 --> 00:37:54,968 What? You're not denying 824 00:37:55,011 --> 00:37:57,579 she was writing those articles for you, are you? 825 00:37:57,623 --> 00:37:58,798 She was not. 826 00:37:58,841 --> 00:38:00,103 He's lying. 827 00:38:00,147 --> 00:38:02,454 He never had an original thought in his life. 828 00:38:02,497 --> 00:38:05,674 We found drafts of articles in her home. 829 00:38:05,718 --> 00:38:07,415 Correspondence. 830 00:38:07,459 --> 00:38:11,158 Here, this copy of an e-mail she sent you last December. 831 00:38:11,201 --> 00:38:13,203 "I'm almost finished with the final draft 832 00:38:13,247 --> 00:38:15,423 "and I'm pretty sure the Georgetown Law Review 833 00:38:15,467 --> 00:38:17,033 "will be interested in it. 834 00:38:17,077 --> 00:38:18,774 It'll be quite a feather in your cap." 835 00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:20,994 Well, that could mean anything. It actually means 836 00:38:21,037 --> 00:38:22,996 you'd be out of the running for the appellate court. 837 00:38:23,039 --> 00:38:24,214 And you were worried 838 00:38:24,258 --> 00:38:25,955 one of those other guys would get the job. 839 00:38:25,999 --> 00:38:28,349 Rasmussen, Fuller... Oh, please. 840 00:38:28,393 --> 00:38:29,872 ...or Sabatelli. 841 00:38:29,916 --> 00:38:32,135 Sabatelli? He's a thug. 842 00:38:32,179 --> 00:38:35,051 They put his name in the race just to make it look fair. 843 00:38:35,095 --> 00:38:36,618 What about the e-mail, Judge? 844 00:38:36,662 --> 00:38:37,706 We found that article 845 00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:39,491 in the Georgetown Law Review 846 00:38:39,534 --> 00:38:41,580 published last spring under your name. 847 00:38:41,623 --> 00:38:44,931 You mean "TheConstitutionalization of the Internet"? 848 00:38:44,974 --> 00:38:46,802 Detective, I know what I wrote. 849 00:38:46,846 --> 00:38:48,456 You'll never get him this way. 850 00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,415 He's not an idiot. 851 00:38:50,458 --> 00:38:52,330 Use the actual articles against him. 852 00:38:52,373 --> 00:38:54,680 You're worried your secret is out. 853 00:38:54,723 --> 00:38:55,768 Oh, please. 854 00:39:08,433 --> 00:39:09,869 Judge Sabatelli thinks 855 00:39:09,912 --> 00:39:13,525 we should test Blakemoreon the contents of the articles. 856 00:39:13,568 --> 00:39:14,787 Take it from a writer. 857 00:39:14,830 --> 00:39:16,919 If they're his, he'll know them inside out. 858 00:39:19,052 --> 00:39:21,663 Well, he might have written some, right? 859 00:39:21,707 --> 00:39:23,578 That'll be the day. 860 00:39:23,622 --> 00:39:27,016 Ask him about the one on software encryption. 861 00:39:27,060 --> 00:39:29,715 "Intellectual Property and the Shifting Paradigm"? 862 00:39:29,758 --> 00:39:31,543 Yeah, yeah, that's the one. 863 00:39:31,586 --> 00:39:33,458 He didn't write that; I know he didn't. 864 00:39:33,501 --> 00:39:35,111 It's almost two years old. 865 00:39:35,155 --> 00:39:39,420 I have a hard time remembering briefs I wrote two months ago. 866 00:39:39,464 --> 00:39:41,422 It won't convince a jury. 867 00:39:41,466 --> 00:39:42,510 Well, use something recent. 868 00:39:42,554 --> 00:39:44,512 The last Law Review we have 869 00:39:44,556 --> 00:39:48,255 is six months old. 870 00:39:48,298 --> 00:39:51,476 Didn't you say you found draftsof articles in the girl's home? 871 00:39:51,519 --> 00:39:53,434 I don't have dates on those. 872 00:39:53,478 --> 00:39:54,566 Well, uh 873 00:39:54,609 --> 00:39:57,525 try "The Role of the Judicial Review 874 00:39:57,569 --> 00:40:01,573 in the, uh, in the Digital Copyright Act." 875 00:40:01,616 --> 00:40:03,401 That's very recent. 876 00:40:05,533 --> 00:40:08,580 Some of these don't have titles. 877 00:40:08,623 --> 00:40:10,103 Well, it starts, uh... 878 00:40:10,146 --> 00:40:12,584 "Traditionally, the oversight role of the judiciary 879 00:40:12,627 --> 00:40:14,150 in the area of the, uh..." 880 00:40:14,194 --> 00:40:16,152 "The area of the constitutional limits 881 00:40:16,196 --> 00:40:19,068 of database protection"? 882 00:40:19,112 --> 00:40:22,158 Yes, that's it. You've found it. 883 00:40:22,202 --> 00:40:23,899 Yes, it's right here. 884 00:40:23,943 --> 00:40:26,554 How do you know this article so well? 885 00:40:26,598 --> 00:40:28,469 Because I read it. 886 00:40:28,513 --> 00:40:31,864 Where? 887 00:40:31,907 --> 00:40:35,737 Because, funny thing is, it hasn't been published yet. 888 00:40:35,781 --> 00:40:38,914 Emily Trudeau was still polishing it. 889 00:40:48,054 --> 00:40:49,795 Well, uh, if... 890 00:40:49,838 --> 00:40:52,580 if you found drafts of the article 891 00:40:52,624 --> 00:40:54,800 uh, I'm sure there were other copies circulating. 892 00:40:54,843 --> 00:40:56,541 I probably 893 00:40:56,584 --> 00:40:58,456 read one of those. 894 00:40:59,544 --> 00:41:02,547 Well... no. 895 00:41:02,590 --> 00:41:04,636 There are no copies. 896 00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:07,639 We found this the same place you did-- on the disk 897 00:41:07,682 --> 00:41:09,031 from her computer. 898 00:41:09,075 --> 00:41:10,598 A disk Arnie Cox gave us 899 00:41:10,642 --> 00:41:12,948 identical to the one he gave you. 900 00:41:12,992 --> 00:41:14,602 No... no. 901 00:41:14,646 --> 00:41:16,778 No, that is not right. 902 00:41:16,822 --> 00:41:18,867 Mr. Cox told us everything. 903 00:41:18,911 --> 00:41:21,479 What does he know?! It's Blakemore! 904 00:41:21,522 --> 00:41:22,784 You don't really believe that. 905 00:41:22,828 --> 00:41:25,352 Yes, yes. He killed her with his own bare hands! 906 00:41:25,395 --> 00:41:26,092 You know 907 00:41:26,135 --> 00:41:27,528 he's not capable of it. 908 00:41:27,572 --> 00:41:30,009 You don't know what the hell you're talking about! 909 00:41:36,015 --> 00:41:40,976 "Of all the crimes that paradedthrough his courtroom... 910 00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:44,850 the one Wakefield never understood was murder." 911 00:41:48,288 --> 00:41:49,724 "Murder required 912 00:41:49,768 --> 00:41:54,424 "passion, guts... 913 00:41:54,468 --> 00:41:59,821 -and in his heart, -Wakefield knew he had neither." 914 00:42:12,617 --> 00:42:16,011 But you, on the other hand 915 00:42:16,055 --> 00:42:20,538 you... have plenty of both. 916 00:42:25,064 --> 00:42:28,371 You... sons of bitches! 917 00:42:28,415 --> 00:42:32,332 He put you up to this. You trapped me. 918 00:42:32,375 --> 00:42:34,682 And I thought I could trust you, Ron! 919 00:42:34,726 --> 00:42:37,119 I thought I could trust you, Judge. 920 00:42:37,163 --> 00:42:38,164 You... 921 00:42:46,259 --> 00:42:48,609 Raoul Sabatelli... 922 00:42:48,653 --> 00:42:52,265 you're under arrestfor conspiracy to commit murder. 923 00:43:03,319 --> 00:43:08,629 Marie Duval told us how muchyou like the rough stuff, Judge. 924 00:43:08,673 --> 00:43:09,717 No, don't let her get to you. Just stay relaxed. 925 00:43:09,761 --> 00:43:11,327 Should we break the news to him? 926 00:43:11,371 --> 00:43:12,633 Let him sweat a little more. 927 00:43:12,677 --> 00:43:13,765 Look, this is crazy. I didn't do this. 928 00:43:13,808 --> 00:43:16,550 Sabatelli and Blakemore-- 929 00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:19,335 they violated the first rule you learn in law school. 930 00:43:19,379 --> 00:43:22,600 Never commit anything to paper.