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As soon as I heard the shooting I turned around.

They were shooting' at this house on the corner.

Which house?

Noreen: It was just a big gray house.

I didn't know who lived there.

I just grabbed Christie and I told Scott

my six-year old to get down.

Then as they drove by...

as they drove by I saw the gun sticking' out the back window.

And I saw it go off.

And Ms. Carter, what happened then?

Noreen: It sped away.

And when I looked around for Scott...

he was just lying' there.

He wasn't moving.

Ms. Carter, do you see in the courtroom today...

the man who killed your son.

Ma'am, please identify the person you saw fire the gun.

I'm not sure.

What do you mean you're not sure?

Just what I said, it could've been him. But I'm not sure.

You were positive when you picked him out of the line up.

- Your Honor, Ms. Clemmons-- - Well, I have my doubts now.

Zoey: Did the defendant threaten you?

Klein: Move to strike. - Counsel.

Withdrawn, have you had contact with the defendant

in the last 24 hours?

No.

Your Honor, ten minute recess to confer with the witness.

[clink] Ten minutes.

[rattling]

I want to know what he threatened you with.

Nothing, I just ain't sure, okay?

Dammit, Noreen, he killed your son.

And I got three other children to think about.

But if we put him away he can't hurt you!

Oh, come on. Do I look that stupid to you?

He's the gang's leader, for God's sake!

If he's alive he can hurt me, even if he's in jail--

You listen to me! Listen to me!

This whole case turns on your positive I.D.

And if we don't win this you can forget about

getting a conviction on the driver in the next case.

- I said I don't know! - He'll walk!

And they'll probably both walk.

And this one, Waring, he'll kill again.

He's gonna kill again, lady, no matter what you do!

Only thing I'm making' sure of

it won't be another one of my kids.

You lied up there under oath, I can prosecute you for perjury.

Do you think there's anything you can do to me

that scares me more than him?

Yeah, you can prosecute.

You just can't protect.

[clinks on door]

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[theme music]

[music continues]

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[instrumental music]

[music continues]

Alright, first up, I note that C.J., who is late again

has brought us another significant client, again.

German Motor Works is opening up an American Division

and she's evidently snagged them.

- Alright, C.J.! - How does she do this?

Douglas: Next up, United States vs. Weeks.

Yeah! That's mine. And we're ready for trial.

- You? - Don't start with me, Douglas.

This is tax litigation, okay?

Stuart: It's my case, I'm a litigator,

I'm trying it. Get out of my face.

This is our old friend Upton Weeks.

[crunches] He was arrested for tax evasion.

Supreme Court recently held you can't throw a man in prison

for failing to pay his income tax if he had

a good faith belief that he was exempt.

Next up, Recklaw vs. Sinai Hospital?

Yeah, we represent Kate Recklaw, suing for damages

because of an unnecessary hysterectomy.

Victor: The depositions will be this week.

Ann has been kind enough to loan me her office--

Yes, well this time I do have an excuse.

I've been stuck in a bloody lift for 30 minutes!

[groans] Douglas: Which brings up an administrative item.

Besides elevator mishaps, the electrical difficulties

in the building have caused some power surges

which have shut down word-processing.

[groan] Douglas: I'm sorry.

C.J., you've got

the German car company, this is a fact?

Yeah, I'm meeting with the CEO

and four vice presidents on Friday, looks like a go.

Fantastic, and Leland, you're meeting with Rosalind Shays

over Velnick's lease with Tammon?

Tonight.

Let's keep the negotiations at arm's length.

Lastly, a reminder, next week is scheduled to be my last

as senior partner, unless Leland,

you'd like me to continue.

No, I'm ready to return.

Oh! [rustling] Adjourned.

[rattling]

He took some tests and told me

I had a, a fibroid tumor in my uterus.

William: This was a benign tumor?

Yes, but he said that if it grew rapidly there could be

problems, even a remote chance of cancer.

And what course of treatment did he advise?

A total hysterectomy.

Removing both the uterus and the ovaries as well as the tumor.

And after the surgery...

this is when you became symptomatic?

He put me on a hormone therapy that made me sick.

I was tired all the time and depressed.

Did you tell Dr. Kyle about this?

Oh, yes, he implied that it was all in my head.

He put me on antidepressants.

William: Did it help? - No. [sighs]

The lethargy just got worse.

I didn't go out.

Some days I wouldn't even get dressed, wouldn't bother to eat.

I was this zombie who sat around

the house and cried all the time.

So basically you suffered from depression.

Kate: Not just that.

I...

I wasn't able to...

feel things the way I used to...

and not just emotions, though that was part of it.

But sexual feelings.

What feelings did you lose?

I lost all sensitivity in my nipples.

Kate: Nothing.

And I could no longer achieve orgasm.

I was, I was just dead inside.

Kate: I wasn't me anymore.

I'm still not me.

And for all this, you blame the doctor and the hospital.

Oh yeah, I blame them!

They didn't tell me what it would be like.

What a hysterectomy could do to a woman.

For God's sake, why didn't they tell me?

[sobbing]

[instrumental music]

On April 15, 1990 we received a letter from Mr. Weeks

mailed in the envelope provided for his tax returns.

And what did Mr. Weeks' letter say?

That he refused to pay his Federal income taxes.

Well, did he say why he was refusing to pay?

He wrote...

"I read his lips, his lips lied and I won't pay."

Can you tell the court the amount

of the defendant's outstanding tax bill?

$14,957.

Thank you, Mr. Fletcher.

[footsteps]

You had heard from Upton Weeks before, hadn't you Mr. Fletcher?

Many times.

And he made it very clear why he wasn't

gonna pay his taxes, didn't he?

Oh, yes.

I refer to defense exhibits

one through seventeen, your Honor.

[paper rustling]

Would you read the marked paragraph in this letter please?

Your Honor, what does this have to do with anything?

Either he paid his taxes or he didn't.

The Supreme Court of the United States

has made it clear that the reasons why Mr. Weeks refused

to pay are relevant, your Honor.

This is a test case, the political ramifications

here are-- are monumental.

I'm going to allow it, for now.

"Enough is enough.

"I refuse to continue funding rank stupidity.

Marv: "I won't keep paying my hard-earned money

to politicians who flush it down $6000 toilets.

"I won't! I won't! I won't!

Sincerely, Upton Weeks."

[applause]

[knocks on bench]

Thank you, Mr. Fletcher.

[paper rustling] That's all I have.

[indistinct chattering]

[footsteps]

[rattling]

Lyman Hatcher for the defense.

- Ready for trial again. - Who's the D.A.?

Zoey: Your Honor, I am, Zoey Clemmons.

Your Honor, this case was just reassigned

to me, I'll be seeking a continuance.

Opposed.

This matter has been continued seven times, Ms. Clemmons.

It's marked no further continuance.

My apologies to the court, your Honor, but I'm currently

in the middle of a murder trail--

I don't care, it's something different every time.

And meanwhile the defendant is being denied

his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

Zoey: Your Honor, if I-- Donald: It's a simple robbery.

Donald: For God's sake, we can do it in a day.

My understanding is there was also an aggravated assault.

Tomorrow, 2 O'clock.

I'm in with Judge Armand on a murder case.

- I can't be here-- - Tell him...

to let you out at 2 O'clock.

I don't like my docket backlogged any more than he does

and if he's got a problem, have him call me, next case.

Bailiff: Case number 6-9-8-6-6...

Mr. Johanson? Edward Johanson?

Edward: That's me. - Oh.

Hi, I'm Zoey Clemmons, I'm handling your case.

What happened to Mr. Cavelini? [chuckles]

Well, he's no longer with the department.

Look, I'm gonna put you up first.

We have your statement in the file and this is a copy for you.

I want you to go over it tonight and if you have any additions

or if anything's not right I want you to let me know.

Okay.

Uh, Zoey, the car's waiting out front.

Alright, let's you and I meet tomorrow

1 o'clock, right here and we'll go over everything.

Okay, we'll see you then.

[thud]

[paper rustling]

Simple deal, testify that Waring shot the boy

we plead you out as an accessory.

- I'm not giving' you nothin'! - Let me do the talking, Billy.

Hey, she's lost her witness, man! She's got no case!

My case may be falling apart against your buddy,

Mr. Michael, but my chances of convicting you just went up.

How do you figure?

If I don't get Waring,

I simply stand up in front of the jury

at your trial and I say, "Hey, the bullets

that killed Scott Carter came from your car.

Waring was acquitted, so guess who must've done it.

That's crap!

A jury's gonna hold someone accountable, we all know it.

If Waring goes free it's gonna be you, come on!

All you did was drive the car

do you really want to risk life imprisonment?

I'm gonna be looking for total immunity

before I let him make a squeak.

Testify you saw him shoot the boy

I'll give you a use immunity.

- I didn't see that! - Billy--

I didn't! He was in the back seat.

He was shooting', I didn't see him hit the kid.

Testify to that, time and place, you saw him

stick the gun out, you saw him fire.

- Total immunity. - Plus protection.

I don't want him coming after me.

He's not coming out of custody ever.

[buzzing]

So I go completely free? Even though I was driving?

Yeah, you go free.

Deal.

We videotape your statement under oath this afternoon.

You'll be in court tomorrow morning.

Have him there in a suit and tie.

Glad we can work it all out.

[scoffs]

[clinks on door]

I think it's a mistake to just capitulate

on the tax abatement.

Well, what's the point?

Wasting the time of six attorneys?

Fighting over a moot point?

It's not a moot point, Leland, it's a contingency.

It's what every good lawyer plans for.

Rosalind, I'm sorry I can't marry you.

- This isn't about that. - This is about that.

For the past week I've been getting nothing but resentment.

You know that's true.

I don't resent you, Leland.

If anything maybe I resent myself.

For staying with a man who doesn't love you? [bell dings]

I really don't want to talk about it.

[rustling]

[screams]

[loud thud] Oh! Rosalind!

Oh! Oh my God!

[rattling]

[rattling]

We didn't know if there was anybody inside.

He was just shooting' at the house to give 'em the message.

So this was basically gang retaliation.

Basically.

And after you drove away from the gray house did

the defendant, Richard Waring, fire his gun again?

Michaels: Yeah.

Zoey: Did you drive by a woman and her two children

about a block from the house?

Yes.

And did the defendant stick his gun out

the window and fire in their direction?

I dunno if it was in their direction.

But he did stick his gun out the window and fire.

Yes, ma'am.

And, sir, you yourself were scheduled

to go on trial next, after Mr. Waring.

And you've offered up this testimony in exchange

for immunity, isn't that right?

Yeah, but I'm telling' the truth.

Richard fired his gun.

Thank you, that's all.

[rustling]

[paper rustling]

[indistinct whispers]

[rustling]

Sir, do you know for a fact that my client

shot and killed Scott Carter?

No, sir.

Klein: Do you know how Scott Carter was killed?

Michaels: Yes, sir. Klein: How?

- I shot him. - What the hell is this!

[indistinct murmurs] In my chambers! Now! Bailiff!

[indistinct murmurs]

[clinks on door]

Don't tell me you didn't know about it!

I didn't!

You both participated in a fraud on the court!

- I didn't participate in-- - He stuck to the proffer!

- His immunity is revoked! - It is like hell!

Richard: Quiet!

Now, I want to know exactly what

you instructed your client to do.

Nothing, I told him he had immunity on the murder no matter

what he said as long as he stuck to his proffer and he did.

It's too damn perfect!

He goes free on immunity while clearing his buddy

he had to have help from you two!

I never even spoke to him!

Their paths crossed briefly in the holding cell, maybe they

figured it out then, but I didn't orchestrate this.

I have no knowledge that Billy Michaels didn't shoot the boy.

Oh, please! Your Honor, I move for a mistrial on this.

I can't just call a mistrial, Ms. Clemmons

we've got double jeopardy problems.

As for your guy's immunity I want to see the agreement.

I also videotaped his statement.

And I want to see that.

Jimmy: He said every-- - Shut up!

Richard: At a minimum you've walked

the line here, Counsel.

His testimony was a surprise to me too, Judge.

Get me a transcript.

If he breached his promise even slightly

he loses immunity and he's standing trial, you got it?

- Got it. - Good.

This trial is stayed until I read all the papers.

That's all.

[footsteps]

[clinks on door]

As most of you no doubt know last night

a little after 10 o'clock Rosalind Shays inadvertently

stepped into an empty elevator shaft.

Leland: It wasn't known exactly how far she fell

only that she didn't hit bottom.

And the police, by lowering a camera

were able to determine that she'd been ensnared in

some cable wires between the 7th and 8th floors.

Uh, we saw no signs of life.

Leland: Since this is the express elevator

there's limited access on the lower floors

and they've not yet retrieved the body.

They expect to do so by noon.

I will make the funeral arrangements and let you know.

Um, Jack Sollers is representing Rosalind's estate

he's already been in touch.

And Douglas, coordinate that.

As for everyone else, the situation

with the elevators is not resolved.

Obviously, your attention before boarding is advised.

[rattling]

I told her recovery would take about six weeks.

There'd be localized pain, some loss of stamina

and that she would need the estrogen therapy.

That's it? You told her nothing else?

In my experience those are the medical consequences

of a total hysterectomy. Yes.

Are you aware, doctor, of the studies that show that fully

one-third of all hysterectomy patients suffer a decreased

sexual response, as well as an inability

to have uterine orgasms?

The uterus in my opinion

is a reproductive organ not a sexual organ.

So this is a pretty easy call, wasn't it?

You just chop out her uterus and her ovaries.

When there is a potential cancer risk, I think it is import--

There was a 1% chance of cancer, doctor.

And you recommended a radical surgery on a 36 year old woman.

Now if a man had a 1% chance of testicular cancer

would you opt to castrate him just to be on the safe side?

It's not the same thing!

These are your medical records here for the past 12 years.

For all the thousands of women who have come to you

with fibroids, with pelvic pain, you have recommended

hysterectomies for 85%.

- There's no relevance to what-- - It's relevant.

Despite alternative treatments

you've been chopping out uteri for nine out of ten women.

What the hell are you accusing me of?

I'm accusing you of running a hysterectomy farm.

These operations, they take 30 to 40 minutes tops

the hospital bill's $15,000 a pop.

[snaps] Easier than the alternative methods.

I'm not staying for this.

Sit down, Everett,

let's just get it over with.

Your hospital performs 1,500 hysterectomies annually.

Generating an income of 22 million dollars.

You personally, perform close to 200 of these procedures

a year, with the surgeon's fee alone being 3000.

That means you, yourself, make over

$600,000 a year cutting out women's' uteri.

That doesn't mean anything!

It means something to these women!

This deposition's over.

- I'll be going for costs. - You do whatever you want.

This deposition is over.

[rattling]

[footsteps]

What made you so mad that you refused

to pay your taxes, Mr. Weeks?

I can sum it up in two words, George Bush.

- George Bush. - Yes.

He said, "Read my lips, no new taxes," so I voted for him.

He's a year into office and what have we got?

New taxes, it's fraud!

- Fraud? Weeks: Fraud!

Listen to what he spends our money on, [paper rustling] here.

200...

$210,000 to find out if cow belches affect global warming.

[chuckles] Weeks: He did that.

1.2 million to preserve a sewer as a historical monument.

40,000 to find out why hockey fans smile.

[chuckles] Weeks: And 1,200 for a solar toilet.

Solar toilet?

Yeah, it's written down here, right here.

[paper rustling] What are your sources?

The government itself.

Oh, right here... [paper rustling and mumbling]

the General Accounting Office, The Office of Management

and Budget, Department of Defense

Department of Agriculture, Department of Housing

and Urban Development.

Oh, it's all documented, your Honor.

$144,000 to test supply and demand on pigeons.

Pigeons.

$46,000 to find out

how long it takes to cook breakfast.

[chuckling] Breakfast.

And, 45 million dollars...

to allow Medicare to pay for cutting our toenails.

Your Honor, this is ridiculous--

Of course, it's ridiculous!

We have a ridiculous government.

And I'll be damned if I'm gonna pay for it any more, I won't!

And neither should any of you!

[applause]

Hold it! Hold it! Calm down out there.

It was just before 8:00 and I was closing up the newsstand...

and suddenly I felt this thump on the back of my head

and everything went kinda brown.

- Did you black out? - No, no, but I went down.

And the next thing I knew I was getting' kicked.

Did you look up to see who was kicking you?

Yes, I did. It was that man right there.

Zoey: You're sure? Edward: Very sure.

Edward: I picked him out at the line up and I recognize him now.

What happened after he kicked you, Mr. Johanson?

He took off my cash belt.

Zoey: How much cash were you carrying?

Edward: Oh, about $200, maybe.

And he took my wedding' ring, too.

And he kicked me in the head and he run off.

Thank you, sir, I have nothing further.

Mr. Johanson, before you first looked

at the assailant that night...

We got the transcripts printed, Judge is going over it.

Lyman: You'd been struck on the back of the head, right?

Yes.

And it made everything seem brown.

Edward: Yes.

Lyman: And when the police arrived you were...

Keep pressing murder on Michaels hard unless Armand kicks it.

As for Waring, let's try to plead it out.

And the only description you gave to police at the time

was "Young, black, over six feet."

Lyman: Is that right? - Yes.

Mr. Pinkett's only five nine.

Well, I was on the ground so he probably looked bigger.

See if we have grounds to make perjury against Michaels.

- Yes. Lyman: And at the line up...

you said you were pretty sure it was my client.

Lyman: But you weren't positive, were you?

I was under a little shock then, but I'm positive today.

Thank you, sir, that's all.

Donald: Ms. Clemmons.

Your Honor, we have one more eyewitness

who we've been unable to locate.

Can you assure the court you will locate this witness?

- No, but-- Donald: Then forget it.

Donald: No other witnesses?

- No. Donald: Mr. Hatcher.

Defense calls no witnesses, your Honor.

We're ready for closing arguments.

Same time, same place tomorrow.

Witness may step down, we're adjourned.

[rustling] See if there's anything to muscle Michaels with

we have to break the immunity agreement.

I don't know how.

These guys are killers, John, they're gonna walk.

We have to do whatever we can.

The man broke my jaw, three of my ribs, knocked out two teeth.

How come you didn't ask me about that part?

We got our case in, Mr. Johanson, it went very well.

Did you know about that part?

[mellow music]

[instrumental music]

Stuart: The birth of this nation was a tax protest.

Americans tossed their tea into Boston Harbor

to protest an unfair tax on it and pretty soon,

there was a shot heard round the world.

From the Revolution to the Pentagon Papers...

true patriots have never hesitated

to tell this country what was wrong with it.

When he refused to pay his taxes...

when he balked at shelling out for more solar toilets

and toenails Upton Weeks was living up to his heritage.

When he stood up and said, no, I won't be soaked any more

for anymore useless Hubble telescopes and rockets

that explode in our faces, Upton Weeks was being a true patriot.

He was saying that a government of the people

by the people, and for the people

should not be allowed to rob the people.

Stuart: And so when he saw his taxes so unfairly raised...

Upton Weeks stood up...

as an American.

As a lover of democracy.

And he said...

"I won't."

"I won't!"

"Read my lips."

"I won't."

Upton Weeks is a criminal.

Brenda: In direct violation of federal law

he refused to pay his taxes.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, we all hate paying taxes.

Brenda: We all hate that some of our money goes to waste.

But if we were all to be like Mr. Weeks

and refuse to pay we'd have no government.

We'd have no army. No navy.

Brenda: No Social Security, no Medicare.

Now, if you think it's patriotic to refuse to pay

for your fair share of these things then

by all means acquit Upton Weeks.

But, if you believe...

like our founding fathers...

that government is a responsibility of the governed.

And that includes paying for it.

Then you'll find Upton Weeks guilty.

Brenda: Thank you.

We've got some serious problems here, people.

And most of them are yours.

On Waring we are prepared to deal.

[clinks on door] Funny thing.

Richard: Don't give me an excuse to jump on you, Mr. Klein.

As it is, I'm just this close to locking you up.

On what grounds?

On the grounds that I don't like you.

We'll dismiss on murder if he cops to assault

with deadly plus reckless endangerment.

Rejected.

Zoey: I've got a laundry list of felonies, including arson.

Klein: Which you can't make. Zoey: Yeah, but I can file.

And since your boy won't make bail,

that's a two year sentence.

Assuming he doesn't get kicked right now.

Safe assumption.

We'll agree to two, out in one on parole.

That's a year for a murder, Mr. Klein.

Okay, done.

Now for Michaels, the people would ask

for a revocation of the immunity...

- No way, uh-uh. - Clearly contravened...

with his agreement with that surprise confession.

I'd like to agree with you, Ms. Clemmons, but he's testified

exactly as he said he would when you made the deal.

But I obviously didn't know he would claim to be the shooter.

That's because you didn't ask him all the right questions.

Your Honor, he lied, for God's sake, he got up on that--

I understand that perfectly but use immunity is use immunity

anything he said can't be used against him

now even if I tried to stick him I'd only get spanked on appeal.

And with the dockets so jammed--

He murdered a six year old child!

I am not gonna throw away hundreds of thousands

of tax payer dollars on a case

where we already know the result.

Richard: Billy Michaels has use immunity.

Now that's all the business for today.

Everybody is free to go.

[sighs and clinks on door]

[bell dings]

Ms. Clemmons! [camera clicks]

Do you have any further information?

I have no comment.

Did you simply made a mistake when--

Hey! I said I have no comment, you keep bothering me

I'll bring you up on harassment. Get lost!

[camera clicks and indistinct chatter]

Uh, Ms. Clemmons!

[murmurs]

I found somebody that knows Maxine Raleigh.

Who?

She's the eyewitness who saw me get mugged.

This guy says she lives someplace over in Torrance.

Do you have an address?

No, but if we could send out a few men over there--

Mr. Johanson, the evidence on your case is closed.

The judge won't reopen without a guarantee that she can be found.

But if you could send a few policemen over there--

I don't have the manpower to do that.

Now we've got closing arguments in about 12 minutes.

I have to go figure out what I'm--

I have to go work on my summation.

I'll meet you in the courtroom, okay?

Yeah.

[murmurs] Okay.

[paper rustling]

Noreen, what are you doing here?

I've been thinking maybe...

maybe if you got us into a witness protection

or something', I'd identify him.

[scoffs]

It's too late for that. I just cut a deal.

[rustling] He gets a one year sentence.

- You can't undo it? - It wouldn't matter.

The driver took the stand and said he shot your son.

It was Waring, not the driver! I saw who it was!

It doesn't matter. We could never get a conviction now.

Zoey: Don't you see, with Michaels' testimony--

[sighs]

Noreen, it's over.

There is nothing either you or I can do now.

It's done.

I made a big mistake, didn't I?

I'm sorry.

So am I.

350, full settlement.

Payable over the next year, a schedule of 12 payments.

With one other condition, all terms are confidential.

[scoffs]

Uh, I'll have to consult with my clients about that.

William: What's the problem here, Counselor?

There's a statutory cap of $250,000.

We're offering you a $100,000 above what you could get

in court as a matter of law, if you win.

We just need to think it over, that's all.

I'll give you a call as soon as we've had

a chance to talk about it.

[rustling]

[clinks]

[soft thud] My God! 350!

You said the most we could ever get was 250.

- It's a bribe. - What?

They want a gag order to stop us from talking about the case.

Or reveal any information that might

have been brought up during discovery.

Well, what does that mean?

That we can't ever tell about what they're doing over there?

That's right, you see, they're afraid a trial will expose

their 20 million dollar hysterectomy factory.

So what are you saying, we should turn down the offer?

That hospital is guilty of mutilation.

And if we don't speak out, what happened to Kate

is going to keep happening to thousands of other women.

Mr. Sifuentes, we've got two kids.

Kate's been too tired, too depressed to take care of them.

I make 35,000 a year, we've gone thousands of dollars

into debt for daycare, and you're asking us to turn down

a hundred thousand dollars more

than we could ever get at a trial?

Kate: Honey, maybe he's right.

I can't put any other women through what I went through.

And what about you?

Ed: This money can never replace

what those bastards took from you.

But we sued them.

We're in this for the money.

How can we not take it?

Accepting their offer, in my opinion...

is morally wrong, I'm sorry.

We'll think about it and let you know.

Leland: $600,000?

Death by elevator shaft, pays big.

C'mon, Jack!

Tough way to go, Leland.

Plunging downward into darkness

suddenly clothes lined by a cable wire.

I don't appreciate that!

We're not responsible for the elevators.

But you knew about the malfunction.

She was invited to the property

and you didn't warn her.

Jack: C'mon boys, there's a monster case here.

It figures, when Rosalind goes down

she'd find a way to take you down with her.

For God's sakes, the body is not even cold yet.

Please, if anything death probably

warmed her up a few degrees.

One more crack like that

and I'll bounce you right outta here!

Now, Jack, Leland and Roz

had a social relationship, lately.

Well, I'm sorry, Leland, I had no idea, I just...

really?

[sighs]

Let's just address this case.

Okay, here's the deal.

I'll be chasing the landlord mainly, plus the elevator people

but let's face it you guys are liable too.

Make me an offer, I'll be as reasonable as I can.

We'll think it over, Jack.

Great. [rustling]

Oh, if you can think it over fast.

I'm gonna settle it.

We have very little exposure here.

- Even if-- - Leland!

If I can bring it in under five

it's within our coverage.

And I don't want the firm dragged through this.

I don't want you put through it.

Oh, don't worry about me.

- Just get the-- - Hey!

Let me take care of it.

Will you please?

[sighs] Yeah.

You know...

the last thing I said to her before she...

I reminded her that I didn't love her.

She knew you cared about her, Leland.

Yeah.

That's all she knew.

That I cared.

No witnesses.

Except the victim himself, who admitted

he was knocked woozy before seeing the assailant's face.

He identified the suspect as being

over six feet, my client is only five nine.

Lyman: He admitted he wasn't positive at the line-up.

There's no evidence except the tentative I.D.

of a dizzy victim in the middle of a mental brown-out

ladies and gentlemen, there can be no suggestion...

that the prosecution has cleared reasonable doubt.

This has already taken up too much of your time.

Lyman: Let's go home, hmm?

[soft thud]

Under the Constitution Kyle Pinkett gets represented here.

Edward Johanson does not.

[chuckles]

I would love to tell you about this man's family.

Get you to see him for the human being

that he is and feel his pain.

But I don't even know if he has a family.

And I don't have time to care.

I have murder cases, kidnapping

rape, he just got beat up and robbed.

I have a capital case, for God's sake

two killers, they killed a child.

One gets a year in prison, the other goes free--

Ms. Clemmons, I direct you to stick to the facts of this case.

The facts.

He gave you a positive I.D. on the stand.

He told you under oath, "That's the guy."

Zoey: That's the guy.

Picked him out of a line-up, identified him

in this room and his testimony,

ladies and gentlemen, is uncontroverted.

Unopposed.

Nobody put up here to dispute the fact that that's the guy.

Nothing to dispute the facts that he put in evidence

so the only way for you to not convict here...

is to just look at Edward Johanson and dismiss him.

Dismiss him.

The thing is...

the only hope for Edward Johanson and victims like him

is that people living outside the oppression of the system...

people like you, can find it in your hearts to care.

Because the people living inside it, people like me...

we haven't got the time.

And I'm sorry for that.

I am.

[instrumental music]

[paper rustling]

Mr. Foreman, you have a verdict?

- Yes, your Honor. Donald: How do you find?

"In the matter of the people versus Kyle Pinkett

count one, first-degree assault we find the defendant guilty."

Foreman: "On count two, robbery, we find the defendant guilty."

Donald: Thank you, we're done.

Sentencing is on the 29th at 9:00 a.m.

Same bail, [soft thud] we're adjourned.

[rustling]

[coughs]

[rattling]

[footsteps]

Noreen Carter just shot and killed Richard Waring.

What?

They were transferring him to county

she was standing outside the courthouse.

She just shot him dead.

[indistinct chatter]

[in foreign language]

Splat!

[in foreign language]

Splat!

[in foreign language]

Splat!

[in foreign language]

[clinks on door]

- You want to see me? - I certainly do.

Ed Recklaw called me this morning.

Both he and his wife wanted to accept the hospital's offer

but Kate Recklaw was upset about the prospect of facing you.

I accepted the defendant's offer.

You did what?

It was a 100,000 above what you could get at trial

how could you even consider advising them against it?

Because it contained a gag order, Douglas!

Which means that that hospital can continue to perform these

unnecessary hysterectomies on these unsuspecting women!

We don't represent those women!

We represent the Recklaws and counseling them

to reject that offer was not only

grossly irresponsible, it was malpractice.

Well, I'm sorry but I--

No excuses, Victor, what you did

was unethical and you damn well know it!

Well, you know something, I don't care!

I'm sick and tired of following the lawyers' ethical guidelines.

From now on, I'm gonna follow my own ethics not the damn A.B.A's!

And I just might go out there and make a public statement

about that hospital.

If you do that you'll vitiate the settlement.

And make no mistake I'll fire you before you finish--

You don't have the authority to fire me!

I do! I do!

If a lawyer willfully disregards the professional rules

of responsibility, the Senior Partner can discharge

that lawyer without a vote, and I'll do it, Victor!

If it's the last thing I do as Senior Partner, I'll do it.

Douglas: You indulged your conscience at the expense

of this firm, and at the expense of your clients.

You better hope the State Bar doesn't find out.

[clinks on door]

[thud]

[indistinct murmurs and paper rustling]

In the matter of United States versus Weeks,

have you reached a verdict?

Yes, your Honor.

Though we all feel a bond with Mr. Weeks, we find him guilty.

Woman: Heroic but guilty.

Thank you, thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen, you're dismissed.

Saul: I'll pronounce sentence on this matter Monday morning.

Until then, court is adjourned.

I've lost again.

I want you to appeal, Supreme Court.

You need a procedural error--

There was a procedural error!

Weeks: Deceit, hearsay, George Bush.

Oh, God.

[thud]

[metal clink]

[metal rattling]

[footsteps]

[keys rattling]

[metal rattling]

[alarm buzzing]

[metal rattling]

[metal clink]

I couldn't...

just couldn't walk away.

I wish I could get the other one too.

You say you cared about your children.

What now for them, Noreen?

What kind of mother could I have been, living with me?

They'd have just grown up with all my hate.

This way I, I live with myself.

You'll be prosecuted. You know that.

But the other one, Michaels, he don't get prosecuted, does he?

No. [scoffs]

Can you tell me how that can be?

He goes free and I go to jail.

Noreen: You got an answer for that?

No.

Did you know that the risk of breast cancer and heart disease

is triple that in hysterectomy patients than of other women?

I know.

I also know you're obsessing just a little.

Grace, this is not just this particular hospital.

This is going on everywhere.

Hysterectomies are the most over-performed

operation in the country.

Now how can I just let that go? Uh?

Victor, you've been a lawyer, for what? For nine years.

I mean you know all this.

You've been down this road before, it's nothing new.

[paper rustling] I'm sorry.

Rub me right there.

I don't know, I'm just like...

I don't know, I guess I just uh...

I'm letting' this one get under my skin a little too much sorry.

[smacking lips]

[groans]

Because I'm pregnant?

Yeah, because you're pregnant.

[mellow music]

Excuse me, visiting hours are over at 10:00.

- Oh! - Five minutes?

- Alright. - Hmm.

Hi.

Oh, Ann, [chuckles] oh, thanks for coming'.

I though I'd be here sooner but I had the closing.

- In Sacramento - I know, I know.

It's good of you to come.

Everybody in the firm made it.

[chuckles]

Yeah, I appreciate that.

Ann: Were there many other people here?

Leland: No, her daughter, a few friends.

She made me alive again.

A year ago, I was a tired old man, and she came in and...

[deep breath]

challenged me.

[deep breath]

She empowered me.

She did a little of that to all of us.

But you, she loved.

I miss her.

I miss you.

[rustling]

Goodbye.

[somber music]

Now come on, they're gonna throw us outta here.

[theme music]