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(susan hirasuna) a group
of el monte citizens
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are being called heroes tonight
for catching a possible killer.
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it happened early this morning
at a local trailer park.
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neighbors heard gunfire coming from the trailer
of maria and frankie duarte.
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inside, maria duarte lay dead,
the victim of a shotgun blast.
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her husband frankie duarte ran from the trailer,
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but quick-thinking neighbors held him
until sheriffs could arrive.
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duarte admits he was home at the time when his wife was shot
but denies killing her.
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the shotgun that killed maria duarte
was found in the trailer.
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frankie?
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this video was made by one of the neighbors
involved in the capture.
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i didn't kill my wife.
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i love my wife.
she's the mother of my son.
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what happened, frankie?
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i was sleeping.
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i hear a bang.
i go into the other room.
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maria is there, shot.
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and whose shotgun was it?
do you know?
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it's mine.
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why do you need a shotgun?
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i got to protect myself
and maria after...
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maria got raped.
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frankie...
and the guy who did it,
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he's in a gang.
he lives in the park.
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he raped her.
now he killed her.
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oh, but they don't arrest him.
you know why?
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he's born here.
he's american.
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where's your son now?
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in el salvador
with maria's family.
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he doesn't know
his mom's dead.
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we're gonna call
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just as soon as
i get you out of here.
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why are you here?
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'cause you saw me on tv,
that's why you came?
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you work for us.
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now in my book,
that makes you family.
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why wouldn't i be here?
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what about the other lawyer?
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what other lawyer?
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the guy the sheriffs
brought in here, the lawyer.
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hey.
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alden...
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wow.
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nice.
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you going out?
yes, tom.
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there's more to life
than law.
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yeah, i've heard.
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so where you going?
on a date.
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dinner in beverly hills,
party in malibu.
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wouldn't you rather go to
a murder scene in el monte?
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it's at a trailer park.
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have you ever heard of
the last chance doctrine?
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hell, yes, it applies here.
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the last chance doctrine says
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the last person who can save someone
has a legal obligation to do it.
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the last chance doctrine only applies to tort cases,
accidents,not criminal cases,
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and it hasn't applied to them
for a hundred years.
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yeah, well, it should.
it's a good principle.
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this is it here.
(dog barks)
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look, i hate to drag you
out here,but i don't have a lot of time.
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it's okay.
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it just seems that your sense of injustice
always kills my social life.
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hey, sorry.
i can't help it.
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i see a lynch mob,
i root for the guy they're trying to lynch.
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it's like ron says,
"it's a weakness."
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somebody could have
climbed in here.
yeah.
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it doesn't look like the sheriffs dusted
for fingerprints either.
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some of the buckshot holes
aren't even circled.
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not exactly
a great investigation.
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whose case is this?
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l.a. sheriff's homicide.
they did a terrible job.
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they told a tv reporter that
frankie was in the room with her when she was shot.
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look, there's two rooms.
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frankie swears he was behind
a door when maria was shot.
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i don't think he killed her.
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i think it's a little early
to say that.
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(sighs)
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yeah, well, not for me.
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(susan hirasuna) this video was
made by one of the neighbors
involved in the capture.
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her husband frankie duarte
ran from the trailer...
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ooh.
but quick-thinking neighbors--
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(beep)
he needs us, luther.
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lots of people need us, tom.
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besides,
he's already got a lawyer.
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yeah, bill grant.
the guy's a hack.
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the county pays him to plead
cases out, not fight them.
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he won't put up a defense.
prisons are filled with guys
who didn't get a great defense.
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it happens, it's life.
we can't fix that.
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well, then let's just fix the ones
that involve people we know.
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but you don't know him.
you don't know anything about him.
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i see him every day.
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i talk to him.
he parks your car here.
he's a valet.
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he's not your neighbor.
you're not in nebraska anymore.
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yeah, i know, i know, but we
haven't taken on a pro bono case in a long time.
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look, frankie's got
no criminal record.
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he came into this country illegally.
that's a crime.
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which is totally irrelevant as
to whether he killed his wife.
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it's relevant because jurors
don't like illegal aliens.
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which is why he needs
good lawyers.
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a case like this...
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it's why i became a lawyer.
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i'm doing it.
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tom, this is a partnership.
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we don't go around doing our own cases,
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and ron should be asked
about this.
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yeah, well, ron's not here.
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ron's skiing in aspen
with some c.e.o.s,
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trying to land
a big patent case.
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and if he does, he's not gonna
ask for my permission to do it.
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but it's like you say,
luther.
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we are a partnership, right?
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(man) next case--
people vs. frank duarte.
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here for a combination
arraignment and guilty plea.
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deputy district attorney
susan hale for the people.
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bill grant for the defendant.
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tom nicholson for tnt&g.
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can we have a moment,
your honor?
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duarte is about to get
new counsel.
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what are you doing,
slumming?
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this is a nothing case.
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not now it isn't.
our discovery request.
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we expect you
to honor it promptly.
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now why does ron trott
want this case?
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they making a movie about it?
yeah, george clooney
plays you.
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just give us the damn file.
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your honor...
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we plead not guilty.
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thank you.
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thank you for helping me.
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he didn't speak english to
the sheriffs who arrested him.
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maybe he's more comfortable
speaking spanish.
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or he's pretending to be
a poor, confused immigrant,
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because it makes people like you
feel sorry for him.
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we got no fingerprints,
but he told us it was his gun.
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plus, we have gunshot residue
on his hands.
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we got a witness who heard them
fighting before she was shot,
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who heard him say,
"i'm gonna kill you."
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i don't know why you guys
are doing this case,
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but if it's because you think
he's innocent, you're wrong.
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if that's true,
then we'll take a deal.
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but at least we will have tried
to give him a defense first.
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oh, no. you break the plea,
you own the trial.
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he cut a deal.
he's backing out of it.
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there are no more deals
for him or you now.
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do you know why?
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because if she beats us
at trial, it makes her career.
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she won't beat us.
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she better not,
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because a plea may have been
frankie's best move.
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i know he wanted us to help him,
but we may have just made things worse.
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ep 09
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i land a huge patent case
in aspen--
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we're going to sue china,
all of china--
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but instead, you want to do
a trailer park murder case.
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yeah, ron, i do, for free.
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frankie duarte has no money.
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fine.
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we'll get him a better plea deal
than his first lawyer.
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there are no deals.
this d.a. is ambitious.
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winning a trial against us
would be big for her.
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great, we'll do both cases,
if you can handle it.
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the patent case is gonna take
a lot of work.
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fine, no problem.
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good.
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then go have fun
storming the castle.
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just make sure you do your
fair share of the patent case.
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this is how
you run the store?
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you want tom to leave the firm,
tell him not to do the case.
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you know him.
he has a need to help people.
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i know.
it's a sickness.
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so you're okay
with us doing it?
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sure,
because it was your decision.
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so now
it's your responsibility.
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get duarte a gourmet defense
on a fast-food budget.
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don't put him up at a hotel.
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find a church
that will let him stay.
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don't pay for expensive demos,
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but whatever you do,
watch tom.
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don't let him cross the line.
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what do you mean?
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tom's a crusader, dangerous.
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when he thinks he's right,
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he starts to think the ends
justify the means.
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he can go too far,
especially for underdogs.
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i've seen it.
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okay.
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this is all the discovery?
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yep, just one file.
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okay, let's talk fast.
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i don't want to waste
more billable hours on this than we have to.
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all right,
the d.a.'s story is
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that husband kills wife
after a domestic fight.
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frankie had gun residue
on his hands
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and a witness
heard them fighting.
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now our story is that
someone else did it.
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there's a gang banger
named joe collins,
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and frankie says collins raped
his wife a few months ago.
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(luther)
did the sheriffs question him?
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no, the sheriffs barely
investigated this case at all.
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oh, no, this is your show, tom.
you handle the assignments.
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okay.
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all right, let's face it.
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frankie came into
this country illegally,
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and jury might want
to convict him because of that,
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so we start from behind.
alden, forensics.
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see how the gunpowder could have
gotten on frankie's hands
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and see if maria was
sexually assaulted.
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if collins did it once,
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have may have done it
that night or tried to.
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luther, you're ex-d.a.
betsy harrison is ex-l.a.p.d.
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see if the two of you can prove
that collins did this.
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we'll also look into frankie.
we still don't really know him.
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great. ron...
no, no, no.
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i'm first chair
on the chinese patent case.
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you're first chair on this.
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good luck to you.
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the d.a.'s got a witness--
teresa call.
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now she says she heard you tell
maria that you'd kill her.
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did you?
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no.
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where'd you keep your shotgun?
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under maria's bed.
she had her own bed?
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after she got raped, she didn't
want to sleep with me.
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that night,
we fought about that.
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did you try to have sex
with her anyway?
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her pants were ripped,
frankie.
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after what collins did to her,
you think i would hurt her like that?
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betsy, what's our defense
investigation turned up so far?
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here's where collins lives.
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it's not like we can just
ask him if he killed her.
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sure you can.
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just not right away.
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this is just step one.
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watch this.
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collins!
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this is for you.
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who are you?
what the hell is this?
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i'm a lawyer.
that's a restraining order.
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you're a gang member.
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that order means that you must remove yourself
from this gang territory and remain 100 yards away
from it.
243
00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:52,502
you can't tell me to leave.
244
00:11:52,502 --> 00:11:55,002
yes, i can.
in fact, i just did.
245
00:11:55,002 --> 00:11:56,569
if you don't,
246
00:11:56,569 --> 00:11:58,835
that order gives the police
the right to arrest you.
247
00:11:58,835 --> 00:12:01,069
oh, yes, please.
248
00:12:01,069 --> 00:12:03,402
start something now.
249
00:12:03,402 --> 00:12:07,102
the tape is rolling.
250
00:12:18,369 --> 00:12:20,302
now that
251
00:12:20,302 --> 00:12:22,436
was step one.
252
00:12:25,736 --> 00:12:27,736
how are we doing
on that autopsy?
253
00:12:27,736 --> 00:12:30,135
problem--to prove collins
killed maria, we need evidence.
254
00:12:30,135 --> 00:12:34,135
his d.n.a. on her body would help,
but they still haven't done her autopsy.
255
00:12:34,135 --> 00:12:36,269
we need that autopsy now.
i tried a court order,
256
00:12:36,269 --> 00:12:39,235
but the judge blew me off.
now i'm thinking habeas.
257
00:12:39,235 --> 00:12:41,069
don't.
why?
258
00:12:41,069 --> 00:12:43,269
we use habeas motions all
the time to free a live person.
259
00:12:43,269 --> 00:12:45,269
why not a dead one?
because you are going
260
00:12:45,269 --> 00:12:47,436
to get hale angry,
and she is going to retaliate.
261
00:12:47,436 --> 00:12:50,803
i would if i were her.
yeah, i know,
but i don't have a choice.
262
00:12:50,803 --> 00:12:53,002
i need that evidence.
i'm gonna file the habeas.
263
00:12:53,002 --> 00:12:55,636
first step went faster
than expected.
264
00:12:55,636 --> 00:12:57,736
collins didn't leave
the trailer.
265
00:12:57,736 --> 00:13:01,135
the cops just arrested him for
violating the retraining order.
266
00:13:01,135 --> 00:13:04,002
then it's time for step two.
we need ron.
267
00:13:04,002 --> 00:13:06,502
nobody does step two
like ron.
268
00:13:06,502 --> 00:13:08,536
he loves it.
269
00:13:11,769 --> 00:13:13,769
hell, yes, i know you.
270
00:13:13,769 --> 00:13:16,135
you're that guy
that got rick james off.
271
00:13:16,135 --> 00:13:18,502
actually,
that was mark werksman.
272
00:13:18,502 --> 00:13:21,202
yeah, but you're famous.
273
00:13:21,202 --> 00:13:23,302
i cannot believe
you're gonna do my case.
274
00:13:23,302 --> 00:13:24,636
i'm not.
275
00:13:24,636 --> 00:13:27,202
i don't have time to handle
all your work.
276
00:13:27,202 --> 00:13:31,569
so far, our investigators
can prove your welfare fraud,
277
00:13:31,569 --> 00:13:33,202
failure to pay child support,
rapes.
278
00:13:33,202 --> 00:13:36,369
we're giving your file to
the police when we're done.
279
00:13:36,369 --> 00:13:38,803
and why would you do something
like that to me?
280
00:13:38,803 --> 00:13:43,536
um, crisis of conscience
after defending guilty clients?
281
00:13:43,536 --> 00:13:45,035
i'm kidding.
282
00:13:45,035 --> 00:13:47,769
we won't turn it over
if you just tell us
283
00:13:47,769 --> 00:13:50,803
where you were
the night maria duarte died.
284
00:13:50,803 --> 00:13:55,135
or i walk out and tell some drug lawyers
i know
285
00:13:55,135 --> 00:13:57,369
you're cooperating against
the cali cartel.
286
00:13:57,369 --> 00:13:59,302
what?
they'll believe me, too.
287
00:13:59,302 --> 00:14:01,835
they'll check the jail records
and see i was here,
288
00:14:01,835 --> 00:14:03,803
and they'll wonder,
"why would ron trott
289
00:14:03,803 --> 00:14:08,769
"see this lowlife scumbag
unless he was connected
with something big?"
290
00:14:08,769 --> 00:14:12,269
they're very cynical,
these drug lawyers.
291
00:14:12,269 --> 00:14:16,302
so again, where were you
the night maria duarte died?
292
00:14:24,935 --> 00:14:28,102
ron threatened to hang
a snitch jacket on collins.
293
00:14:28,102 --> 00:14:32,569
he got collins to tell us where
he was the night maria died.
294
00:14:32,569 --> 00:14:36,102
he was with an underage girl.
damn it!
295
00:14:36,102 --> 00:14:40,369
and we can confirm it.
my whole defense was
that collins did it!
296
00:14:40,369 --> 00:14:44,502
i got 20 hours of depos in this damn patent case
and no other suspect in frankie's!
297
00:14:44,502 --> 00:14:47,369
i have found you another suspect
from the trailer park.
298
00:14:47,369 --> 00:14:49,536
this one has no alibi.
299
00:14:49,536 --> 00:14:51,135
meet ed gorman.
300
00:14:51,135 --> 00:14:55,935
he's the guy on the video the night maria died
beating frankie, and he's a peeping tom.
301
00:14:55,935 --> 00:14:59,769
women have complained
he's videotaped them in the trailer park.
302
00:14:59,769 --> 00:15:02,135
he's unemployed now, but when
he works, he's an electrician.
303
00:15:02,135 --> 00:15:05,835
they have wire-cutters,and wire-cutters cut the window
of frankie's trailer.
304
00:15:05,835 --> 00:15:09,235
this is great, luther.
thank you.
305
00:15:09,235 --> 00:15:11,336
look, i know you're busy
with other cases--
306
00:15:11,336 --> 00:15:14,336
it's okay.
that's what partners do.
307
00:15:17,636 --> 00:15:19,602
go.
308
00:15:19,602 --> 00:15:21,636
take alden.
309
00:15:21,636 --> 00:15:23,102
talk to frankie.
310
00:15:23,102 --> 00:15:24,868
it wasn't gorman!
311
00:15:24,868 --> 00:15:27,102
until that night when he hit me,
gorman was my friend!
312
00:15:27,102 --> 00:15:28,736
collins killed maria.
313
00:15:28,736 --> 00:15:30,369
he didn't.
314
00:15:30,369 --> 00:15:32,469
collins will go to jail for
lots of things, but not this.
315
00:15:32,469 --> 00:15:35,369
they can prove collins wasn't
even there that night.
316
00:15:35,369 --> 00:15:37,436
ed gorman was.
317
00:15:37,436 --> 00:15:39,835
frankie, look,
this is good news, all right?
318
00:15:39,835 --> 00:15:43,835
we can tell the jury
that gorman did this.
i thought collins did it.
319
00:15:43,835 --> 00:15:45,769
i left my trailer
to kill him.
320
00:15:45,769 --> 00:15:47,602
wait a minute.
321
00:15:47,602 --> 00:15:49,835
you told tom you went out
to get maria help.
322
00:15:49,835 --> 00:15:51,703
i picked up the shotgun
to kill collins, but i couldn't,
323
00:15:51,703 --> 00:15:53,035
so i left it by the door.
324
00:15:53,035 --> 00:15:54,868
why didn't you tell us
about this before?
325
00:15:54,868 --> 00:15:56,202
because i'm not stupid!
326
00:15:56,202 --> 00:15:57,803
i know the jury won't like
to hear it.
327
00:15:57,803 --> 00:16:01,002
i picked up the shotgun.
it's bad.
328
00:16:01,002 --> 00:16:03,968
now hold on.
329
00:16:03,968 --> 00:16:05,968
it's not all bad.
330
00:16:05,968 --> 00:16:08,868
it means we can explain how the gun residue got on your hands,
331
00:16:08,868 --> 00:16:13,968
but you're gonna have to testify
to explain why you picked up the shotgun.
332
00:16:13,968 --> 00:16:16,302
did you report the rape
to anyone?
333
00:16:16,302 --> 00:16:18,135
we were afraid to tell the police
because collins was in a gang.
334
00:16:18,135 --> 00:16:20,968
was there anybody else she talked to about it?
a doctor, a priest?
335
00:16:22,436 --> 00:16:25,436
no, she wouldn't talk to nobody,
not even the priest. i tried.
336
00:16:25,436 --> 00:16:28,469
i tried to hold her when she was
crying, make her feel safe.
337
00:16:28,469 --> 00:16:30,436
she wouldn't let me touch her.
338
00:16:30,436 --> 00:16:33,269
she was so, uh, depressed.
339
00:16:33,269 --> 00:16:35,102
nothing worked.
340
00:16:35,102 --> 00:16:37,102
she couldn't eat.
she couldn't sleep.
341
00:16:37,102 --> 00:16:39,169
frankie, could she
have killed herself?
342
00:16:39,169 --> 00:16:40,768
no! don't you say that.
343
00:16:40,768 --> 00:16:43,202
maria was a catholic,
very religious.
344
00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:46,402
she would never do that.
345
00:16:55,702 --> 00:16:57,202
--suicide?
that's ridiculous.
346
00:16:57,202 --> 00:16:59,202
the shotgun was 15 feet
away from her.
347
00:16:59,202 --> 00:17:01,336
frankie picked up the gun
to kill collins and left it by the door.
348
00:17:01,336 --> 00:17:06,535
tom, think.
maria's prints weren't on the gun.
349
00:17:06,535 --> 00:17:08,568
frankie admits that he and maria
fought that night.
350
00:17:08,568 --> 00:17:11,136
do you believe
this was suicide?
it's a valid theory.
351
00:17:11,136 --> 00:17:15,835
anyway, frankie doesn't even want to believe it.
in fact, he doesn't want usto bring it up again.
352
00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:17,568
why not?
353
00:17:17,568 --> 00:17:21,635
to a catholic,suicide is a sin,
and that's exactly why i think this was suicide.
354
00:17:21,635 --> 00:17:25,469
look, if he killed her
and was just looking for a defense,
355
00:17:25,469 --> 00:17:27,136
he'd say, "go for it."
356
00:17:27,136 --> 00:17:29,369
but if he loved her and he
was innocent, he wouldn't.
357
00:17:29,369 --> 00:17:33,169
who brought up suicide first,
you or frankie?
358
00:17:33,169 --> 00:17:35,469
uh, i don't know, exactly.
frankie.
359
00:17:35,469 --> 00:17:37,802
well, actually, tom,
it was you.
360
00:17:37,802 --> 00:17:40,202
you said "suicide"
before he did.
361
00:17:40,202 --> 00:17:44,503
if the client doesn't believe
it's suicide,the jury won't either.
362
00:17:44,503 --> 00:17:47,469
if frankie didn't kill her.
ed gorman did.
363
00:17:47,469 --> 00:17:49,469
i don't believe
this guy is a suspect.
364
00:17:49,469 --> 00:17:51,869
i mean, gorman has
no criminal record. i checked.
365
00:17:51,869 --> 00:17:53,568
we know he can be violent.
366
00:17:53,568 --> 00:17:55,802
we have him on video
beating frankie.
367
00:17:55,802 --> 00:18:00,269
you don't want to go with the suicide story,
because you don't believe frankie.
368
00:18:00,269 --> 00:18:01,935
and because
we can't prove suicide.
369
00:18:01,935 --> 00:18:03,935
okay, if you want
to pursue gorman, fine,
370
00:18:03,935 --> 00:18:06,102
but for now,
i'm working on suicide.
371
00:18:06,102 --> 00:18:08,102
i gotta go call frankie.
(sighs)
372
00:18:08,102 --> 00:18:11,702
you don't really believe
this was suicide, do you?
373
00:18:11,702 --> 00:18:14,802
no, but i think tom
really does.
374
00:18:14,802 --> 00:18:18,069
it's good to be loyal...
to the client.
375
00:18:18,069 --> 00:18:21,336
letting tom go
down the wrong path--
376
00:18:21,336 --> 00:18:23,935
not gonna help frankie.
377
00:18:30,502 --> 00:18:34,035
--i got 240 active cases
in my file.
378
00:18:34,035 --> 00:18:35,536
duarte should have
pled out.
379
00:18:35,536 --> 00:18:39,068
the fact it didn't already
screwed up my workload.
380
00:18:39,068 --> 00:18:41,168
you can't file a habeas petition
to get an autopsy.
381
00:18:41,168 --> 00:18:43,202
habeas corpus petition.
use the right term.
382
00:18:43,202 --> 00:18:45,335
it means you have the body.
let it go.
383
00:18:45,335 --> 00:18:48,335
i know what it means.
it doesn't apply to dead people.
384
00:18:48,335 --> 00:18:50,335
well, i can still file it.
385
00:18:50,335 --> 00:18:53,035
see, the thing about a habeas is
that if the defendant files it,
386
00:18:53,035 --> 00:18:55,936
the d.a. has to respond to it.
it's like a bad chain letter.
387
00:18:55,936 --> 00:18:58,035
do you like the law library?
388
00:18:58,035 --> 00:19:02,402
'cause i can keep you in there for years
writing responses to this.
389
00:19:02,402 --> 00:19:07,135
but i prefer that you just
get the autopsy moved up.
390
00:19:13,602 --> 00:19:16,302
tom's going with
a suicide defense?
391
00:19:16,302 --> 00:19:18,135
wow, that's gutsy.
392
00:19:18,135 --> 00:19:20,168
or crazy.
tom gets that way sometimes
393
00:19:20,168 --> 00:19:22,569
when he thinks a poor guy's
getting railroaded.
394
00:19:22,569 --> 00:19:25,235
without an autopsy, proving
suicide's gonna be tough.
395
00:19:25,235 --> 00:19:27,402
i've done some work
that might help.
396
00:19:27,402 --> 00:19:30,068
based on the spray pattern
and the gauge of the shotgun,
397
00:19:30,068 --> 00:19:32,068
i'd say the gun was 7 feet away
from that wall when it went off.
398
00:19:32,068 --> 00:19:34,068
now the trailer has two walls.
399
00:19:34,068 --> 00:19:36,068
there's the wood paneling
that you see
400
00:19:36,068 --> 00:19:38,135
and then the metal skin
of the trailer itself.
401
00:19:38,135 --> 00:19:40,802
the buckshot passed through both
walls but at different heights.
402
00:19:40,802 --> 00:19:43,302
so my calculations show
that the muzzle of the gun
403
00:19:43,302 --> 00:19:45,269
was pointing up at
a 30-degree angle when fired,
404
00:19:45,269 --> 00:19:47,269
just 19 inches
off the floor.
405
00:19:47,269 --> 00:19:49,135
where does that put maria?
406
00:19:49,135 --> 00:19:51,736
she must have been seated
on the bed.
407
00:19:51,736 --> 00:19:54,636
well, how do you know
she was here?
408
00:19:54,636 --> 00:19:56,502
check out these photos.
409
00:19:56,502 --> 00:20:00,836
see those stippling marks
and the size of the entry wound?
410
00:20:00,836 --> 00:20:03,502
which suggests the gun was
pressed up against her.
411
00:20:03,502 --> 00:20:05,402
it also explains
why her pants were open.
412
00:20:05,402 --> 00:20:07,435
see, the blast from the shotgun
forced superheated air
413
00:20:07,435 --> 00:20:09,269
and gas into her body,
414
00:20:09,269 --> 00:20:11,969
causing a violent distention
of the abdomen.
415
00:20:11,969 --> 00:20:14,003
that's why her jeans ripped.
416
00:20:14,003 --> 00:20:16,502
now this...
417
00:20:16,502 --> 00:20:18,335
was the angle.
418
00:20:18,335 --> 00:20:22,102
so she just sat here while
frankie crouched in front of her
419
00:20:22,102 --> 00:20:24,669
and pulled the trigger?
i don't buy it.
420
00:20:24,669 --> 00:20:27,869
no, me neither, but i still
can't prove she killed herself.
421
00:20:30,502 --> 00:20:33,302
is it even possible?
422
00:20:33,302 --> 00:20:36,636
my arms can't reach the trigger,
and i'm taller than maria.
423
00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:39,869
uh-huh. and her prints
weren't on the trigger.
424
00:20:39,869 --> 00:20:42,802
oh, damn.
425
00:20:42,802 --> 00:20:45,669
hey, hey!
426
00:20:45,669 --> 00:20:48,068
what are you doing?
427
00:20:48,068 --> 00:20:50,235
arresting your client.
428
00:20:50,235 --> 00:20:52,702
he violated the conditions
of bail.
429
00:20:52,702 --> 00:20:55,736
he used a false driver's license
to get a job when he first came to the u.s.
430
00:20:55,736 --> 00:20:58,135
five years ago, and it's got
nothing to do with this case.
431
00:20:58,135 --> 00:21:02,369
he's legal now. use of a false i.d.is
an automatic reason to revoke his bail.
432
00:21:02,369 --> 00:21:04,235
it means he's a flight risk.
433
00:21:04,235 --> 00:21:06,669
we just didn't have
the records of it until now.
434
00:21:06,669 --> 00:21:08,168
so how'd you get them?
435
00:21:08,168 --> 00:21:11,202
that would have taken hours
of checking and federal help.
436
00:21:11,202 --> 00:21:15,369
after what tom did to me, filing
the habeas, it was worth it.
437
00:21:15,369 --> 00:21:17,369
you want a war, tom,
i'll give you a war.
438
00:21:17,369 --> 00:21:20,435
hey, you're about to violate
the sanctity of a church.
439
00:21:20,435 --> 00:21:21,736
my client's a parishioner.
440
00:21:21,736 --> 00:21:23,769
show some respect.
you show some first
441
00:21:23,769 --> 00:21:26,235
to me and to the memory
of maria duarte.
442
00:21:26,235 --> 00:21:28,602
you're saying
this was suicide?
443
00:21:28,602 --> 00:21:31,602
that's what you asked maria's
family in el salvador?
444
00:21:31,602 --> 00:21:34,035
we called them, too.
445
00:21:34,035 --> 00:21:38,569
they say it's a lie.
they think he killed her.
446
00:21:38,569 --> 00:21:41,335
this guy is playing you.
447
00:21:41,335 --> 00:21:43,569
you see some poor,
ignorant immigrant.
448
00:21:43,569 --> 00:21:45,869
you know he had
two years of college?
449
00:21:45,869 --> 00:21:47,869
engineering school
in san salvador.
450
00:21:47,869 --> 00:21:49,369
we knew that.
so what?
451
00:21:49,369 --> 00:21:51,369
how's that relevant?
452
00:21:51,369 --> 00:21:52,702
he's smart.
453
00:21:52,702 --> 00:21:55,302
you don't see who he is
or what he did.
454
00:21:55,302 --> 00:21:57,302
his bail is getting revoked.
he's going to jail.
455
00:21:57,302 --> 00:21:59,469
mr. nicholson,
what's going on here?
456
00:21:59,469 --> 00:22:01,869
why are they doing this
to me?
457
00:22:01,869 --> 00:22:06,369
frankie, don't say anything,all right?
i'll be there as soon as i can.
458
00:22:06,369 --> 00:22:10,769
you don't go into a church unless you know you're
pulling out someone guilty.
459
00:22:10,769 --> 00:22:13,802
she found something,
460
00:22:13,802 --> 00:22:17,469
something bad for us.
461
00:22:18,769 --> 00:22:20,502
--(luther) i got your call.
what can i do for you?
462
00:22:20,502 --> 00:22:24,569
the autopsy report and my request
for a reverse discovery is also there.
463
00:22:24,569 --> 00:22:27,469
i want any evidence you have
and intend to use for trial.
464
00:22:27,469 --> 00:22:29,436
good for you.
465
00:22:29,436 --> 00:22:31,935
most d.a.s don't even know
they're entitled to that.
466
00:22:31,935 --> 00:22:33,869
where's the rest of it?
467
00:22:33,869 --> 00:22:37,202
the rest of what?
the discovery that you owe us.
468
00:22:37,202 --> 00:22:39,369
you gave us one thin file,
469
00:22:39,369 --> 00:22:42,135
but you have been working
since then.
470
00:22:42,135 --> 00:22:44,836
you wouldn't have arrested him
at the church
471
00:22:44,836 --> 00:22:47,202
if you didn't have
something new.
472
00:22:47,202 --> 00:22:50,235
we found maria's fingerprint
on the muzzle of the gun.
473
00:22:50,235 --> 00:22:52,536
we missed it at first.
474
00:22:52,536 --> 00:22:54,769
he came at her
with the shotgun,
475
00:22:54,769 --> 00:22:57,402
and she had time
to try to knock it away.
476
00:22:57,402 --> 00:23:02,903
oh, one more thing.
maria had an insurance policy.
477
00:23:02,903 --> 00:23:05,436
he got $25,000.
478
00:23:05,436 --> 00:23:08,402
some husbands kill
their wives for nothing.
479
00:23:12,536 --> 00:23:14,869
frankie says he didn't know
anything about the insurance.
480
00:23:14,869 --> 00:23:16,836
frankie says a lot of things
we can't prove.
481
00:23:16,836 --> 00:23:19,636
he says maria was raped.
he says she was depressed.
482
00:23:19,636 --> 00:23:21,636
what do you want me to do,
blame gorman?
483
00:23:21,636 --> 00:23:24,269
we have no case against gorman.
it won't work.
484
00:23:24,269 --> 00:23:27,035
jury will see right through it.
suicide won't work.
485
00:23:27,035 --> 00:23:28,736
it depends upon them
believing frankie.
486
00:23:28,736 --> 00:23:30,636
they won't.
because you don't believe him!
487
00:23:30,636 --> 00:23:33,068
what do you think
i believe?
girls, girls...
488
00:23:33,068 --> 00:23:37,102
why do you two always have to
get so emotionally involved
in these things?
489
00:23:37,102 --> 00:23:39,369
we have two valid theories.
490
00:23:39,369 --> 00:23:41,569
it was suicide, or gorman
the electrician did it.
491
00:23:41,569 --> 00:23:44,502
i am not going to trial
on two theories.
492
00:23:44,502 --> 00:23:46,436
it looks desperate.
we have to pick one.
493
00:23:46,436 --> 00:23:48,202
suicide is it.
tom...
494
00:23:48,202 --> 00:23:50,369
look, i'm sorry.
495
00:23:50,369 --> 00:23:52,935
i appreciate all the work.
i do.
496
00:23:52,935 --> 00:23:55,669
but i'm the one
trying the case.
497
00:23:55,669 --> 00:23:57,702
i've got to make the call.
498
00:24:01,469 --> 00:24:04,302
talk to him.
499
00:24:10,935 --> 00:24:13,068
what's up?
500
00:24:15,302 --> 00:24:17,202
can we talk about suicide?
501
00:24:17,202 --> 00:24:18,469
mine?
502
00:24:18,469 --> 00:24:21,169
i don't understand why i keep
taking these cases.
503
00:24:21,169 --> 00:24:24,335
they don't exactly bring out
the best in me.
504
00:24:24,335 --> 00:24:26,335
i mean,
i'm fighting with luther.
505
00:24:26,335 --> 00:24:29,035
luther is covering for me
on the patent case,
506
00:24:29,035 --> 00:24:31,602
and he's helping me
with frankie's.
507
00:24:33,935 --> 00:24:36,369
you just need some sleep...
508
00:24:36,369 --> 00:24:38,202
and get laid more often.
509
00:24:38,202 --> 00:24:40,502
what did you say?
510
00:24:40,502 --> 00:24:42,035
seriously.
511
00:24:42,035 --> 00:24:43,968
find some balance
in your life.
512
00:24:43,968 --> 00:24:46,636
is that why you came out here,
to tell me to date more?
513
00:24:46,636 --> 00:24:50,135
no, i went with you
on the suicide theory.
514
00:24:50,135 --> 00:24:56,436
look,i always back your play
because you're usually right,but this time,
515
00:24:56,436 --> 00:24:59,869
i don't know.
516
00:25:02,002 --> 00:25:06,035
luther and i both think
the electrician is a better suspect.
517
00:25:06,035 --> 00:25:09,836
i know. but i have to go
with suicide.
518
00:25:09,836 --> 00:25:11,836
it's what i have to go with
519
00:25:11,836 --> 00:25:16,536
because... it's what
i think happened.
520
00:25:18,736 --> 00:25:21,369
well, thanks for
the advice, alden.
521
00:25:25,003 --> 00:25:27,502
the trial
for frank duarte begins,
522
00:25:27,502 --> 00:25:30,069
and what seemed like
a simple case of murder
523
00:25:30,069 --> 00:25:33,535
is now a high-profile mystery.
did duarte murder his wife?
524
00:25:33,535 --> 00:25:37,769
and why has powerhouse law firm tnt&g
even taken on this case?
525
00:25:46,036 --> 00:25:49,069
this case is all over the press,
so now i have to be here.
526
00:25:49,069 --> 00:25:51,435
no good deed
goes unpunished.
527
00:25:51,435 --> 00:25:54,235
how you doing?
528
00:25:54,235 --> 00:25:57,769
well, i wish i could tell you we
drew a better voir dire panel.
529
00:25:57,769 --> 00:25:59,936
we didn't. it's about
the worst we've ever had.
530
00:25:59,936 --> 00:26:02,702
i only have
one strike left.
531
00:26:02,702 --> 00:26:05,435
okay, based on our background
checks and questionnaires,
532
00:26:05,435 --> 00:26:07,103
here are your choices--
533
00:26:07,103 --> 00:26:09,869
juror #3, ex-l.a.p.d. officer.
534
00:26:09,869 --> 00:26:12,003
pro-prosecution all the way.
535
00:26:12,003 --> 00:26:14,069
juror #5 believes
in alien abduction
536
00:26:14,069 --> 00:26:16,402
and ghost whispering
and has ten cats,
537
00:26:16,402 --> 00:26:19,402
all of which were named
in her questionnaire.
538
00:26:19,402 --> 00:26:23,736
juror #9 was robbed and beaten by a guy
who turned out to be an illegal from mexico.
539
00:26:23,736 --> 00:26:25,736
she definitely may have issues
with frankie.
540
00:26:25,736 --> 00:26:28,202
juror #11...
541
00:26:28,202 --> 00:26:31,003
is an aryan youth member.
542
00:26:32,702 --> 00:26:35,168
i love l.a.
543
00:26:37,569 --> 00:26:40,936
the last juror
that smiled at me,
544
00:26:40,936 --> 00:26:45,135
i kept, and we lost.
545
00:26:45,135 --> 00:26:47,003
your honor...
546
00:26:47,003 --> 00:26:49,502
the defense asks the court
547
00:26:49,502 --> 00:26:53,268
to thank and excuse...
548
00:26:53,268 --> 00:26:55,036
juror number 11.
549
00:27:03,135 --> 00:27:05,103
i would have struck
the ex-cop.
550
00:27:06,769 --> 00:27:11,335
if you don't want my advice,
don't ask for it.
551
00:27:21,836 --> 00:27:24,669
what's ed gorman doing here?
tom, i'm sorry.
552
00:27:24,669 --> 00:27:26,502
i've been trying to prove
he was a suspect,
553
00:27:26,502 --> 00:27:28,636
but then he surprised me.
how?
554
00:27:28,636 --> 00:27:31,036
we dug into his background.
555
00:27:31,036 --> 00:27:35,168
we even let him know
that we were looking into
whether he killed maria.
556
00:27:35,168 --> 00:27:37,402
then he called,
and he volunteered to help us.
557
00:27:37,402 --> 00:27:38,969
you beat up frankie duarte
pretty good.
558
00:27:38,969 --> 00:27:40,669
you enjoy that?
hey, i'm here to help.
559
00:27:40,669 --> 00:27:42,502
just tell tom
what you told me.
560
00:27:42,502 --> 00:27:45,669
the gal who said she heard
them fighting, teresa call?
561
00:27:45,669 --> 00:27:48,569
yeah, she's a bitch.
oh, great, thanks.
i'll bring that up.
562
00:27:48,569 --> 00:27:50,836
i was out there that night.
i didn't hear them fighting.
563
00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:53,836
she's been bragging about
how she's getting frankie out,
564
00:27:53,836 --> 00:27:58,036
so she can move her sister into his spot
in the trailer park.
565
00:27:58,036 --> 00:28:01,469
i'll testify for you.
frankie's my friend.
i'll say anything you want.
566
00:28:02,702 --> 00:28:05,736
will you say that maria duarte
seemed sad,
567
00:28:05,736 --> 00:28:07,235
suicidal?
568
00:28:07,235 --> 00:28:09,369
hold on!
nobody is asking you to lie
569
00:28:09,369 --> 00:28:12,402
or to say anything
but the truth. tom...
570
00:28:12,402 --> 00:28:15,402
you think the d.a.
doesn't do stuff like this?
571
00:28:15,402 --> 00:28:18,302
this guy can help us.
you know as well as i do,
572
00:28:18,302 --> 00:28:20,302
when they offer to say
anything we want,
573
00:28:20,302 --> 00:28:23,168
we no longer believe
they will tell the truth.
574
00:28:30,869 --> 00:28:32,869
(susan hale)
let the record reflect
575
00:28:32,869 --> 00:28:35,036
that the distance
from your trailer door
576
00:28:35,036 --> 00:28:37,502
to the duarte's trailer window
is less than 15 yards.
577
00:28:37,502 --> 00:28:39,769
was your window open
that night, ms. call?
578
00:28:39,769 --> 00:28:42,869
it was hot.
my door was open even.
579
00:28:44,469 --> 00:28:46,669
he said he's going
to kill her.
580
00:28:48,036 --> 00:28:50,302
nothing further.
581
00:28:50,302 --> 00:28:53,902
did maria duarte seem happy
or sad to you most of the time?
582
00:28:53,902 --> 00:28:55,069
objection. relevance?
583
00:28:55,069 --> 00:28:57,168
it goes to prove the heart
of our case,
584
00:28:57,168 --> 00:28:59,268
that maria duarte was suicidal
and killed herself.
585
00:28:59,268 --> 00:29:00,435
objection!
586
00:29:00,435 --> 00:29:02,936
you don't have to be a doctor
or an expert
587
00:29:02,936 --> 00:29:05,736
to testify about whether
a person looks sad
588
00:29:05,736 --> 00:29:08,836
or depressed or hopeless.
589
00:29:08,836 --> 00:29:11,335
a lay witness can talk about
apparent mental state.
590
00:29:11,335 --> 00:29:12,936
objection overruled.
591
00:29:12,936 --> 00:29:16,535
so did maria duarte
look sad to you?
592
00:29:16,535 --> 00:29:19,969
did she seem down or upset?
593
00:29:19,969 --> 00:29:23,969
she seemed sad sometimes,
i guess.
594
00:29:23,969 --> 00:29:28,168
i saw her crying outside
her trailer once.
595
00:29:28,168 --> 00:29:30,502
hale just
walked into that one.
596
00:29:30,502 --> 00:29:34,602
she let tom make his case through her witness
and to make it worse,she objected.
597
00:29:34,602 --> 00:29:37,202
i love it.
(tom) sad?
598
00:29:37,202 --> 00:29:40,302
like she wanted to kill
herself sad, that kind of sad?
599
00:29:42,235 --> 00:29:44,936
you're kicking me
out of court?
600
00:29:44,936 --> 00:29:46,469
you're killing our boy.
601
00:29:46,469 --> 00:29:48,736
how can i be hurting the case?
i haven't said a word.
602
00:29:48,736 --> 00:29:51,469
you don't have to.
i'm watching the jury.
603
00:29:51,469 --> 00:29:54,168
the jury isn't watching tom.
they're watching you.
604
00:29:54,168 --> 00:29:56,736
you're not helping our case.
605
00:29:56,736 --> 00:29:59,003
ron, you're a celebrity.
606
00:29:59,003 --> 00:30:00,802
you do big cases.
607
00:30:00,802 --> 00:30:04,469
the jury's trying to figure out
why you're here.
608
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:07,135
the client is being hurt.
609
00:30:09,302 --> 00:30:13,268
(reporters all shouting
at once)
610
00:30:18,003 --> 00:30:21,402
i just want to say
how proud i am
611
00:30:21,402 --> 00:30:25,168
to be helping
a poor, innocent immigrant.
612
00:30:25,168 --> 00:30:28,103
tnt&g has done well.
613
00:30:28,103 --> 00:30:32,369
now we're doing... good.
614
00:30:32,369 --> 00:30:34,869
thank you.
thank you very much.
615
00:30:34,869 --> 00:30:36,702
(reporters all shouting
at once)
616
00:30:36,702 --> 00:30:39,069
(lowered voice)
that was great, ron.
617
00:30:39,069 --> 00:30:40,235
yeah, great.
618
00:30:40,235 --> 00:30:42,235
by the time i get to the office,
619
00:30:42,235 --> 00:30:46,569
there will be a hundred guys
wanting us to handle their case for free.
620
00:30:46,569 --> 00:30:48,535
this is why
i don't help people.
621
00:30:50,736 --> 00:30:53,168
hey.
622
00:30:53,168 --> 00:30:55,003
i'm worried about you.
623
00:30:55,003 --> 00:30:57,003
get some sleep, please.
624
00:30:57,003 --> 00:30:59,902
you're not helping yourself
or frankie.
625
00:30:59,902 --> 00:31:03,335
duty of rescue doctrine.
626
00:31:03,335 --> 00:31:05,036
you know it?
627
00:31:05,036 --> 00:31:08,036
again, it's a doctrine that only
applies to torts, accidents,
628
00:31:08,036 --> 00:31:09,535
not criminal cases.
629
00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:11,069
well, it applies here.
630
00:31:11,069 --> 00:31:13,669
it says that if you start
to rescue somebody,
631
00:31:13,669 --> 00:31:16,636
you are legally obligated to
complete the rescue, right?
632
00:31:19,969 --> 00:31:21,469
(sighs)
633
00:31:34,268 --> 00:31:37,335
it was suicide.
634
00:31:39,202 --> 00:31:41,869
i think maria may have pushed
the trigger down with her toe.
635
00:31:41,869 --> 00:31:43,902
frankie, that's how
she killed herself!
636
00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:46,569
no! somebody else
must have killed her.
637
00:31:46,569 --> 00:31:49,036
we can't prove anyone else
did this.
638
00:31:49,036 --> 00:31:51,202
collins wasn't there.
639
00:31:51,202 --> 00:31:53,302
gorman helped us destroy
their witness.
640
00:31:53,302 --> 00:31:56,103
he didn't do this.
maria did this to herself.
641
00:31:56,103 --> 00:31:58,702
i don't want our son
to hear that.
642
00:32:00,669 --> 00:32:03,302
okay, look.
643
00:32:03,302 --> 00:32:05,402
if i had a son--
644
00:32:05,402 --> 00:32:07,636
no, just listen.
645
00:32:07,636 --> 00:32:10,003
if i had a son,
646
00:32:10,003 --> 00:32:16,235
i'd rather be out earning a living, raising him
than being in prison protecting a memory.
647
00:32:16,235 --> 00:32:18,736
i'd rather have him think
648
00:32:18,736 --> 00:32:21,569
his mom killed herself
649
00:32:21,569 --> 00:32:24,969
than have him think
his dad killed her.
650
00:32:30,736 --> 00:32:34,535
do you know
how your wife was shot?
651
00:32:34,535 --> 00:32:37,036
no.
652
00:32:37,036 --> 00:32:40,636
when i got to the room,
she was already shot, dead.
653
00:32:40,636 --> 00:32:42,602
how'd you feel
when you saw her?
654
00:32:42,602 --> 00:32:44,602
did you feel responsible?
655
00:32:44,602 --> 00:32:47,802
i felt bad.
656
00:32:47,802 --> 00:32:50,869
she was unhappy
for so long.
657
00:32:50,869 --> 00:32:55,702
we had no one to watch our son
while we went to work,so he had...
658
00:32:55,702 --> 00:32:57,736
he had to stay
in el salvador.
659
00:32:59,202 --> 00:33:02,135
after she was raped,
she got sadder and...
660
00:33:04,268 --> 00:33:06,235
i couldn't help her.
661
00:33:08,103 --> 00:33:09,769
did she kill herself?
662
00:33:09,769 --> 00:33:11,769
i-i don't know.
663
00:33:11,769 --> 00:33:13,836
is it possible?
664
00:33:13,836 --> 00:33:16,369
i don't know.
665
00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:18,602
maybe.
666
00:33:25,902 --> 00:33:27,535
nothing further.
667
00:33:32,135 --> 00:33:34,969
we found
your wife's fingerprint here.
668
00:33:34,969 --> 00:33:38,469
did she try to knock the gun
away before you killed her?
669
00:33:38,469 --> 00:33:40,369
i didn't kill my wife.
670
00:33:45,936 --> 00:33:48,036
your wife never reported
a rape.
671
00:33:48,036 --> 00:33:49,936
she was afraid of collins.
672
00:33:49,936 --> 00:33:52,335
she didn't tell anyone else
either,
673
00:33:52,335 --> 00:33:54,502
not even her family
in el salvador.
674
00:33:54,502 --> 00:33:56,168
she didn't tell anybody.
675
00:33:56,168 --> 00:33:58,268
she was ashamed
of what had happened.
676
00:33:58,268 --> 00:34:00,369
she was? or you were?
677
00:34:00,369 --> 00:34:02,202
where the hell is she going?
678
00:34:02,202 --> 00:34:04,402
was she raped?
679
00:34:04,402 --> 00:34:07,302
or was it consensual sex?
what?
680
00:34:07,302 --> 00:34:09,636
objection. no good faith basis
for the question.
681
00:34:09,636 --> 00:34:10,969
it's inflammatory.
682
00:34:10,969 --> 00:34:13,103
they say it was rape.
683
00:34:13,103 --> 00:34:16,736
we have the right to ask
if it was consensual sex.
684
00:34:16,736 --> 00:34:19,003
overruled.
please answer.
685
00:34:19,003 --> 00:34:21,103
answer what?
that my wife--
objection!
686
00:34:21,103 --> 00:34:23,369
my wife was raped!
or you found out
687
00:34:23,369 --> 00:34:25,902
she was having an affair with
collins, and you killed her!
688
00:34:25,902 --> 00:34:27,936
no! what?
i would never...
689
00:34:27,936 --> 00:34:30,302
you bitch!
690
00:34:34,302 --> 00:34:37,569
nice.
691
00:34:37,569 --> 00:34:41,435
i guess you have issues with
all women, not just your wife.
692
00:34:45,602 --> 00:34:47,369
nothing further.
693
00:34:57,436 --> 00:34:59,969
--guys, guys, come on.
it's not that bad.
not that bad?
694
00:34:59,969 --> 00:35:04,136
the shadow jury was ready to convict
before our client called the d.a. a bitch.
695
00:35:04,136 --> 00:35:07,236
ron, he lost his temper.
the d.a. crossed the line.
696
00:35:07,236 --> 00:35:10,035
the shadow jury loves the d.a.
have you seen these numbers?
697
00:35:10,035 --> 00:35:11,536
they're oprah numbers!
698
00:35:11,536 --> 00:35:13,369
this is not about
shadow juries.
699
00:35:13,369 --> 00:35:15,469
they're a great tool,
but they're not the real jury.
700
00:35:15,469 --> 00:35:16,902
watch the real jury.
701
00:35:16,902 --> 00:35:20,603
they are just 12 people
until they take that oath.
702
00:35:20,603 --> 00:35:23,369
now when they take that oath,
when they swear to god
703
00:35:23,369 --> 00:35:27,069
that they will do justice,
they stand a little taller.
704
00:35:27,069 --> 00:35:29,503
they become something else.
705
00:35:29,503 --> 00:35:31,503
you can see it in their eyes.
706
00:35:31,503 --> 00:35:34,069
being on that jury
is maybe the best thing
707
00:35:34,069 --> 00:35:36,869
they've ever done
or will do.
708
00:35:36,869 --> 00:35:39,469
how would you close?
709
00:35:42,469 --> 00:35:44,202
go right at them.
710
00:35:46,702 --> 00:35:48,136
challenge them.
711
00:35:48,136 --> 00:35:51,102
dare them to be brave enough
to do the right thing.
712
00:35:55,969 --> 00:35:57,869
simple story...
713
00:35:57,869 --> 00:36:00,202
angry husband kills wife.
714
00:36:00,202 --> 00:36:02,635
he was there when it happened.
715
00:36:02,635 --> 00:36:04,503
it was his shotgun.
716
00:36:04,503 --> 00:36:07,069
they fought,
717
00:36:07,069 --> 00:36:10,735
and he got money
from her death.
718
00:36:10,735 --> 00:36:12,768
we proved it.
719
00:36:12,768 --> 00:36:15,369
what more do you need?
720
00:36:15,369 --> 00:36:18,202
keep it simple. don't go
into too much detail.
721
00:36:18,202 --> 00:36:22,302
should i talk about the trigger
and how she did it,with her toe?
722
00:36:22,302 --> 00:36:24,469
the toe on the trigger
sounds made up.
723
00:36:24,469 --> 00:36:26,136
you lose credibility.
724
00:36:26,136 --> 00:36:29,069
if the jury buys suicide,
they won't even care.
725
00:36:36,869 --> 00:36:39,702
this is the evidence.
726
00:36:39,702 --> 00:36:42,136
look at it, hard.
727
00:36:42,136 --> 00:36:44,269
nothing else matters.
728
00:36:44,269 --> 00:36:47,668
no, sir, not at my client.
729
00:36:47,668 --> 00:36:49,935
look at the evidence.
730
00:36:49,935 --> 00:36:52,668
start now, please.
731
00:36:54,802 --> 00:36:57,436
thank you.
732
00:36:57,436 --> 00:36:59,768
if you look at the evidence,
and you're sure
733
00:36:59,768 --> 00:37:02,269
beyond a reasonable doubt
that he did it,
734
00:37:02,269 --> 00:37:03,802
convict him.
735
00:37:05,369 --> 00:37:07,702
but if you think that
she might have killed herself,
736
00:37:07,702 --> 00:37:10,136
then you must find him
not guilty.
737
00:37:11,969 --> 00:37:15,969
now set everything else you
thought before aside, please,
738
00:37:15,969 --> 00:37:17,969
and just do your job.
739
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:21,236
you swore to bring back
a verdict without fear,
740
00:37:21,236 --> 00:37:24,768
sympathy and prejudice.
741
00:37:24,768 --> 00:37:27,569
god help my client
if you don't,
742
00:37:27,569 --> 00:37:30,635
and god help you.
743
00:37:40,603 --> 00:37:44,035
based on what i just heard,
744
00:37:44,035 --> 00:37:46,136
i just have one question.
745
00:37:46,136 --> 00:37:50,236
if this was suicide,
how did she reach the trigger?
746
00:38:04,969 --> 00:38:08,536
those have killed more trial lawyers
than angry clients.
747
00:38:10,603 --> 00:38:13,369
i only smoke when
i'm waiting for a verdict.
748
00:38:13,369 --> 00:38:15,169
you and tom should wait
together then.
749
00:38:15,169 --> 00:38:17,169
he only gets engaged
when he's waiting for a verdict.
750
00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:18,969
tell me the truth.
751
00:38:18,969 --> 00:38:22,169
isn't a little bit of you
rooting for your old team
752
00:38:22,169 --> 00:38:23,902
in these cases?
rooting?
753
00:38:23,902 --> 00:38:26,202
is this a game?
754
00:38:26,202 --> 00:38:29,603
you're a great trial lawyer,
but you want to win too much.
755
00:38:29,603 --> 00:38:31,902
it leads you to make mistakes.
756
00:38:31,902 --> 00:38:34,802
did i make a mistake here?
757
00:38:34,802 --> 00:38:38,069
the jury's back.
758
00:38:49,569 --> 00:38:51,569
they'll say she couldn't reach
the trigger.
759
00:38:51,569 --> 00:38:53,536
i mean,
her arms were too short.
760
00:38:53,536 --> 00:38:55,536
i should have explained
about the toe.
761
00:38:55,536 --> 00:38:57,569
you didn't have to.
hale brought it up,
762
00:38:57,569 --> 00:39:01,436
which told the jury that she was worried
they'd buy into our story.
763
00:39:01,436 --> 00:39:03,436
the whole trial,
she stayed on a message.
764
00:39:03,436 --> 00:39:05,668
then at the last moment,
she blew it.
765
00:39:05,668 --> 00:39:08,035
if i was trying the case,
i wouldn't have mentioned it.
766
00:39:08,035 --> 00:39:10,035
well, if the jury
thinks about it
767
00:39:10,035 --> 00:39:14,402
and looks at the shotgun,
they might be able to figure it out.
768
00:39:14,402 --> 00:39:16,402
did they ask to see
the shotgun?
769
00:39:16,402 --> 00:39:18,635
the clerk said they asked
to see all of the evidence,
770
00:39:18,635 --> 00:39:22,469
but what they did with it
inside the jury room, who knows?
771
00:39:22,469 --> 00:39:25,202
you're not supposed
to be here.
772
00:39:25,202 --> 00:39:27,402
if we win,
i want to celebrate.
773
00:39:27,402 --> 00:39:30,035
if we lose,
i'm taking tom to vegas.
774
00:39:38,569 --> 00:39:40,835
(woman) we the jury
775
00:39:40,835 --> 00:39:44,835
find the defendant
frank duarte...
776
00:39:44,835 --> 00:39:46,969
not guilty.
777
00:40:04,768 --> 00:40:06,768
good for you, tom.
778
00:40:06,768 --> 00:40:09,336
you saved an innocent man,
maybe.
779
00:40:09,336 --> 00:40:13,002
maybe?
are you kidding me?
780
00:40:13,002 --> 00:40:16,069
could we start focusing
on the patent case now?
781
00:40:29,369 --> 00:40:32,236
what, you still think it was
the electrician ed gorman?
782
00:40:32,236 --> 00:40:36,835
well, we stopped looking at him as a suspect
when he came forward to help us.
783
00:40:36,835 --> 00:40:39,002
but don't ask me what happened.
i don't know.
784
00:40:39,002 --> 00:40:40,802
i'm just a trial lawyer.
785
00:43:00,603 --> 00:43:07,336
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