1 00:00:02,738 --> 00:00:04,445 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:04,506 --> 00:00:08,420 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:08,477 --> 00:00:10,184 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:10,245 --> 00:00:13,158 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:13,215 --> 00:00:14,956 These are their stories. 6 00:00:15,617 --> 00:00:17,825 If you could raise me $20 a week, then... 7 00:00:17,887 --> 00:00:20,629 You know how my business is, Bella. Has my phone been ringing? 8 00:00:20,690 --> 00:00:23,762 Mr. Kopinsky said he'd raise me $20 if you did. 9 00:00:23,826 --> 00:00:28,502 If he's so flush, why do I have to match? I haven't had a raise since I started here. 10 00:00:28,564 --> 00:00:31,340 He can afford to raise you if I can, but if I can't, he can't. 11 00:00:31,401 --> 00:00:35,110 My son wants a computer. Does that even make sense? 12 00:00:35,171 --> 00:00:38,448 Hey, Mr. Rockefeller, you're spoiling the help. 13 00:00:40,977 --> 00:00:42,581 I'll make the coffee. 14 00:00:44,514 --> 00:00:46,995 WIGGINS: Bella! Bella, come here! 15 00:00:51,789 --> 00:00:52,927 (GASPING) 16 00:00:54,091 --> 00:00:55,468 Call 911. 17 00:00:59,096 --> 00:01:01,542 Doesn't look like a robbery. There's no sign of a struggle here. 18 00:01:01,598 --> 00:01:04,602 Yeah, except the bullet hole in his head. You got a time of death? 19 00:01:04,668 --> 00:01:08,172 Full rigor. Body's cool. Yesterday afternoon, early last night. 20 00:01:08,639 --> 00:01:10,118 Drive safely. 21 00:01:10,441 --> 00:01:12,512 Gee, who'd wanna kill a lawyer? 22 00:01:12,576 --> 00:01:15,147 Excuse me. Those files are privileged. 23 00:01:15,212 --> 00:01:18,285 You need a waiver from each of Mr. Kopinsky's clients to look at them. 24 00:01:18,349 --> 00:01:21,990 Are you Mr. Kopinsky's partner? We just shared office space. 25 00:01:22,053 --> 00:01:25,227 But I was his lawyer. The lawyer's lawyer, huh? 26 00:01:25,623 --> 00:01:27,569 Litigious times. Sir? 27 00:01:27,625 --> 00:01:30,469 Don't tell me. His date book's privileged, too? 28 00:01:30,528 --> 00:01:34,499 Now, his last appointment yesterday, 6:00 p.m. Mr. Tanaka. 29 00:01:35,533 --> 00:01:38,480 Either one of you see him? I was taking a deposition in White Plains. 30 00:01:38,536 --> 00:01:41,176 I showed him in. When I left he was still here. 31 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:43,719 How were he and Mr. Kopinsky getting along? 32 00:01:43,775 --> 00:01:44,879 Fine. 33 00:01:45,543 --> 00:01:47,319 Are you all right, ma'am? 34 00:01:47,379 --> 00:01:50,189 Mr. Kopinsky was going to give me a raise. 35 00:01:51,283 --> 00:01:52,626 Thank you. 36 00:01:53,352 --> 00:01:54,763 This cost her money. 37 00:01:54,820 --> 00:01:58,825 When we find the shooter, she can have the other lawyer sue him. 38 00:02:47,642 --> 00:02:48,746 The foot traffic is here. 39 00:02:48,809 --> 00:02:50,379 The city wants to move me around the block. 40 00:02:50,444 --> 00:02:51,980 There's nobody over there. 41 00:02:52,046 --> 00:02:53,491 That's why you hired Mr. Kopinsky? 42 00:02:53,548 --> 00:02:56,927 His ad said if he doesn't win your case, you don't pay. 43 00:02:56,984 --> 00:02:58,429 Was he winning yours? 44 00:02:58,486 --> 00:03:01,194 He hadn't started yet. Yesterday was our first meeting. 45 00:03:01,255 --> 00:03:05,431 Mr. Tanaka, as far as we know, you were the last person to see him alive. 46 00:03:05,493 --> 00:03:08,599 No, I wasn't. When I left his office a man was coming in. 47 00:03:08,663 --> 00:03:12,975 Did you get a good look at him? Tall. Wearing glasses. 48 00:03:13,034 --> 00:03:16,346 Give me a skinny cap. No lead. 49 00:03:16,405 --> 00:03:19,181 Decaffeinated cappuccino. With skimmed milk. 50 00:03:19,274 --> 00:03:21,584 What's the point? $3.75. 51 00:03:21,643 --> 00:03:25,250 Look, the tall guy with the glasses, do you remember anything else? 52 00:03:25,314 --> 00:03:28,193 I stopped at the men's room in the hall. 53 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:31,823 When I came out he was still in Mr. Kopinsky's office, shouting. 54 00:03:32,154 --> 00:03:33,155 About what? 55 00:03:33,222 --> 00:03:36,169 About what a son of a bitch Mr. Kopinsky was. 56 00:03:45,168 --> 00:03:48,513 Nicer than his office. Dead people. They're full of surprises. 57 00:03:48,571 --> 00:03:52,883 Who are you? How did you get in? LOGAN: Police. Who are you? 58 00:03:52,942 --> 00:03:56,253 I just got off the phone with Arthur's secretary. 59 00:03:56,312 --> 00:03:58,155 I was going to call you. 60 00:03:58,414 --> 00:04:02,920 And you are? Arthur's roommate. Frank Rosebrock. 61 00:04:02,986 --> 00:04:05,865 Detective Logan. Detective Briscoe. 62 00:04:05,922 --> 00:04:07,799 Please, come in. 63 00:04:08,458 --> 00:04:13,965 So you and Arthur are... Live here. 19 years. 64 00:04:15,566 --> 00:04:17,477 I can't believe he's gone. 65 00:04:18,869 --> 00:04:21,645 He was shot? BRISCOE: We're sorry for your loss. 66 00:04:22,239 --> 00:04:25,118 You can't know. Arthur is a... 67 00:04:26,143 --> 00:04:28,589 Arthur was a wonderful man. 68 00:04:30,547 --> 00:04:32,288 Do you know what happened? 69 00:04:34,051 --> 00:04:38,761 Mr. Rosebrock, were you here yesterday? 70 00:04:38,822 --> 00:04:43,601 No, I was in Phoenix. On business. I just got back. 71 00:04:43,661 --> 00:04:46,165 Look, we have to ask. 72 00:04:46,231 --> 00:04:49,872 Can you think of anybody who might have been angry at Arthur? 73 00:04:50,969 --> 00:04:54,610 Oh, one man called here several times. 74 00:04:54,673 --> 00:04:57,279 Arthur was working on his case day and night. 75 00:04:57,342 --> 00:05:02,519 He sounded crazy. He threatened Arthur. He threatened even me. 76 00:05:02,580 --> 00:05:07,188 Do you remember his name? How could I forget? Carl Piselli. 77 00:05:08,486 --> 00:05:11,296 Cleans and Dirties. I invented the product. 78 00:05:11,356 --> 00:05:14,167 Magnets. You put one on top of the other. 79 00:05:14,493 --> 00:05:17,804 Clean pig, clean dishes. Dirty pig, dirty dishes. 80 00:05:17,863 --> 00:05:19,501 (nos BARKING) 81 00:05:20,066 --> 00:05:22,603 You put this on a dishwasher, huh? 82 00:05:22,668 --> 00:05:27,447 A husband's compulsive. He rinses the dishes before he puts them in. 83 00:05:27,506 --> 00:05:29,611 Wife comes along, takes a look, 84 00:05:29,675 --> 00:05:32,815 thinks they're clean, puts dirty dishes on the shelf. 85 00:05:32,878 --> 00:05:35,882 With these, no problem. And they're cute. 86 00:05:35,948 --> 00:05:38,690 And these are why you hired Mr. Kopinsky? Yes. 87 00:05:38,751 --> 00:05:41,698 I submitted these six months ago to Empire Gifts. 88 00:05:41,754 --> 00:05:43,701 Big sales rep firm. 89 00:05:43,757 --> 00:05:45,964 They could sell a product like this. 90 00:05:46,026 --> 00:05:48,836 I tried selling them myself. It doesn't work. 91 00:05:48,895 --> 00:05:54,174 Mr. Piselli, could be there's just not a market for products like this. 92 00:05:54,234 --> 00:05:57,010 Oh? Empire said, "No, thanks." 93 00:05:57,070 --> 00:05:59,607 Three months later they come out with Neats and Nasties. 94 00:05:59,673 --> 00:06:04,520 Their pig wears a dress instead of a suit. They sold 60,000. Thieves. 95 00:06:04,878 --> 00:06:07,449 Yeah, we understand that you weren't too happy 96 00:06:07,514 --> 00:06:10,154 with the way Mr. Kopinsky was handling your case. 97 00:06:10,217 --> 00:06:12,925 He took my retainer and didn't do a damn thing. 98 00:06:12,986 --> 00:06:14,364 You wanna tell us, just for the record, 99 00:06:14,422 --> 00:06:16,629 where you were last night about 7:00? 100 00:06:16,691 --> 00:06:21,071 Listening to the Hudson Jazz Orchestra. Summer stage. Central Park. 101 00:06:21,129 --> 00:06:25,009 You got a ticket stub? Free concert. 102 00:06:25,266 --> 00:06:28,008 The only show in town that doesn't rip you off. 103 00:06:31,005 --> 00:06:36,387 Yes, Carl Piselli. He claimed he invented Neats and Nasties. 104 00:06:36,444 --> 00:06:38,856 Then last year he claimed that he invented Killer Bee Honey. 105 00:06:38,913 --> 00:06:41,393 The year before that it was Singing Sam's Shower Songs. 106 00:06:41,449 --> 00:06:42,826 I'm afraid I missed that one. 107 00:06:42,884 --> 00:06:45,832 Oh, waterproof lyric cards for singing in the shower. 108 00:06:45,888 --> 00:06:48,198 It does very well on Father's Day. 109 00:06:48,257 --> 00:06:50,066 You know, all this stuff. 110 00:06:50,125 --> 00:06:53,663 Ceramic kittens. Flatulence, The Game. 111 00:06:53,962 --> 00:06:57,739 This is a business? Yes. It's a good one. 112 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,646 And so Piselli's claims are groundless? You came up with all this stuff? 113 00:07:01,703 --> 00:07:06,982 Detective, if Marconi and Tesla can independently invent the radio, 114 00:07:07,042 --> 00:07:08,749 is it so hard to believe that two people 115 00:07:08,811 --> 00:07:11,314 thought of putting magnets on dishwashers? 116 00:07:11,380 --> 00:07:13,793 But you did meet Mr. Piselli? 117 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:16,463 That buzzer on the door. The security camera. 118 00:07:16,519 --> 00:07:19,022 They are there because I meet people like Carl Piselli. 119 00:07:19,089 --> 00:07:21,160 He came in here. He made threats. 120 00:07:21,224 --> 00:07:23,431 Did you ever hear him threaten Mr. Kopinsky? 121 00:07:23,493 --> 00:07:27,532 Several times. I'm sure Kopinsky was sorry he ever took the case. 122 00:07:29,566 --> 00:07:31,068 Forget becoming president. 123 00:07:31,134 --> 00:07:34,445 The real American dream is inventing the next pet rock. 124 00:07:34,504 --> 00:07:38,611 Yeah, well, Piselli fits the bill. He wears glasses and he's mad. 125 00:07:38,675 --> 00:07:42,213 One of my husband's customers comes in the hardware store twice a week 126 00:07:42,278 --> 00:07:46,523 to buy parts for an automatic toilet-seat drop he's inventing. 127 00:07:47,151 --> 00:07:48,789 Did he hire Kopinsky? 128 00:07:48,853 --> 00:07:52,357 He says it'll reduce the conflict between the sexes. 129 00:07:52,756 --> 00:07:54,963 Yo, did you get anything from the cappuccino king? 130 00:07:55,025 --> 00:07:57,471 I showed him the picture. He wasn't sure. 131 00:07:57,962 --> 00:07:59,873 I say we bring in Piselli anyway. 132 00:07:59,930 --> 00:08:01,705 Show him some of our new products. 133 00:08:01,765 --> 00:08:03,108 Check his alibi first. 134 00:08:03,167 --> 00:08:06,444 What, a free concert in Central Park? You're talking about thousands of people. 135 00:08:06,504 --> 00:08:08,814 One who might have been Mr. Piselli. 136 00:08:11,342 --> 00:08:13,448 There were thousands of people here. 137 00:08:13,512 --> 00:08:16,083 Humor us. We're humoring a lieutenant. 138 00:08:16,147 --> 00:08:18,286 Plus it was night so it was dark. 139 00:08:18,350 --> 00:08:20,694 Would you just look at the picture? 140 00:08:22,988 --> 00:08:25,229 Oh, I remember him. You do? 141 00:08:25,290 --> 00:08:26,860 He had a blowup with the ushers. 142 00:08:26,925 --> 00:08:29,166 They wouldn't let him come in with his yapping dog. 143 00:08:29,227 --> 00:08:32,697 So did he leave early? No. He put a muzzle on it. 144 00:08:32,764 --> 00:08:35,370 I wish we'd had one for him. Thanks. 145 00:08:36,001 --> 00:08:39,380 Maybe Piselli's telling the truth about the magnets, too. 146 00:08:39,437 --> 00:08:40,814 (PAGER BEEPING) 147 00:08:42,341 --> 00:08:43,581 Kincaid. 148 00:08:44,143 --> 00:08:46,749 Since when are prosecutors allowed to look at lawyers' files? 149 00:08:46,812 --> 00:08:48,189 There are some criminal cases in there. 150 00:08:48,247 --> 00:08:50,318 I thought Kopinsky only handled civil cases. 151 00:08:50,383 --> 00:08:52,385 Arthur was a rarity. A legal generalist. 152 00:08:52,451 --> 00:08:56,024 Anything for a buck, huh? We have a search warrant, Mr. Wiggins. 153 00:08:56,088 --> 00:08:59,797 It specifies we can't use privileged material about any crime 154 00:08:59,859 --> 00:09:02,135 except the murder of Mr. Kopinsky. 155 00:09:02,194 --> 00:09:03,673 May I see it? 156 00:09:05,932 --> 00:09:08,708 Did you stay on top of what Kopinsky was working on? 157 00:09:08,768 --> 00:09:10,543 He held things pretty close. 158 00:09:10,603 --> 00:09:14,142 I was just his attorney for the record, a matter of convenience. 159 00:09:14,942 --> 00:09:17,923 This seems to be in order. Happy hunting. 160 00:09:18,645 --> 00:09:21,683 You think someone killed him over a shoplifting beef? 161 00:09:22,382 --> 00:09:25,226 He settled a medical malpractice claim for $15,000. 162 00:09:25,285 --> 00:09:28,926 His fee was one-third. The doctor's insurance paid. 163 00:09:28,989 --> 00:09:31,799 I never realized the law was such an exciting profession. 164 00:09:31,858 --> 00:09:33,701 I get to work with you guys. 165 00:09:34,528 --> 00:09:37,270 "Piselli v. Empire Gifts." 166 00:09:37,331 --> 00:09:39,106 BRISCOE: Yeah, we've been down that road. 167 00:09:39,166 --> 00:09:40,839 "Willard Tappan"? 168 00:09:40,901 --> 00:09:43,610 That's the savings and loan king who went down in flames. 169 00:09:43,671 --> 00:09:46,743 Yeah, what'd he get? A couple of years in the federal Club Med? 170 00:09:46,808 --> 00:09:49,288 The guy should've got life for all the people he swindled. 171 00:09:49,344 --> 00:09:51,756 Kopinsky was trying to help them. 172 00:09:52,046 --> 00:09:54,424 Here's a letter to one of Tappan's victims. 173 00:09:54,482 --> 00:09:58,055 "I may be able to collect your judgment," he says. 174 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,031 Kopinsky wrote this guy that he had a lead on some money hidden by Tappan. 175 00:10:02,090 --> 00:10:06,903 It says he just needs three grand for research expenses to track it down. 176 00:10:08,930 --> 00:10:12,037 There must be about 50 of these letters in here. 177 00:10:12,568 --> 00:10:16,675 If Tappan hid some money away and Kopinsky was on to it, 178 00:10:16,739 --> 00:10:19,618 that gives Tappan a nice motive for murder. 179 00:10:21,110 --> 00:10:24,785 Willard Tappan's Savings and Loan opened a branch in my neighborhood. 180 00:10:24,847 --> 00:10:26,588 Borough president cut the ribbon. 181 00:10:26,649 --> 00:10:30,688 I had some friends who lost years' worth of savings. It destroyed people. 182 00:10:30,753 --> 00:10:32,232 Well, the question is, 183 00:10:32,287 --> 00:10:36,235 do you think Tappan's the type of guy to graduate from fraud to homicide? 184 00:10:36,291 --> 00:10:38,498 If his money's at stake, yes. 185 00:10:38,861 --> 00:10:40,499 Isn't he in federal prison? 186 00:10:40,562 --> 00:10:43,669 He was moved to a halfway house in Manhattan last month. 187 00:10:43,867 --> 00:10:47,212 Make my day. Nail that son of a bitch for murder. 188 00:10:49,606 --> 00:10:55,215 Kopinsky? You know, I had a racehorse named Prince Korinsky once. 189 00:10:56,046 --> 00:10:58,219 The government took him, along with everything else. 190 00:10:58,281 --> 00:11:01,728 I suppose Chelsea's riding him now. He was a lawyer. 191 00:11:02,085 --> 00:11:05,328 He told people he had a lead on some money you hid away. 192 00:11:05,388 --> 00:11:09,234 My famous hidden money. It doesn't exist. 193 00:11:10,393 --> 00:11:13,705 You cost the taxpayers, what, half a billion dollars? 194 00:11:13,764 --> 00:11:15,300 Maybe you put some away for a rainy day. 195 00:11:15,366 --> 00:11:18,609 You know, that's what the United States Government thought. 196 00:11:18,669 --> 00:11:21,275 That's what my creditors' attorneys thought. 197 00:11:21,806 --> 00:11:25,253 They scoured the world searching for my buried treasure. 198 00:11:25,910 --> 00:11:27,685 They found nothing. 199 00:11:28,212 --> 00:11:30,624 It was on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. 200 00:11:30,681 --> 00:11:33,252 Maybe Kopinsky didn't read that issue. 201 00:11:33,884 --> 00:11:35,158 Excuse me. 202 00:11:35,453 --> 00:11:37,262 You know, last year, in Chicago, 203 00:11:37,321 --> 00:11:40,963 a lawyer went to jail for telling people he'd found my hidden money. 204 00:11:41,026 --> 00:11:45,168 All he needed to get it was a modest retainer up front. 205 00:11:46,798 --> 00:11:50,905 You'll excuse me. I'm off to rake leaves in Central Park. 206 00:11:52,037 --> 00:11:54,108 Part of my rehabilitation. 207 00:11:57,442 --> 00:12:00,184 When Willard Tappan's Savings and Loan went in the crapper, 208 00:12:00,245 --> 00:12:02,384 I represented its major creditors. 209 00:12:02,447 --> 00:12:04,449 We seized the corporate lodge in Aspen 210 00:12:04,516 --> 00:12:07,258 where Tappan took his friends and prostitutes, 211 00:12:07,319 --> 00:12:10,392 the corporate jet he used for his golf outings, 212 00:12:10,656 --> 00:12:13,603 the corporate apartments in Miami and London. 213 00:12:14,827 --> 00:12:16,272 Sounds like quite a haul. 214 00:12:16,329 --> 00:12:18,468 Everything turned out to be mortgaged elsewhere, 215 00:12:18,531 --> 00:12:20,738 sometimes two or three times. 216 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,470 Did any of your clients ever hear from Arthur Kopinsky? 217 00:12:25,004 --> 00:12:26,142 Financial institutions. 218 00:12:26,205 --> 00:12:29,118 They lose a few million, it's not the end of the world. 219 00:12:29,175 --> 00:12:31,314 It's people who lost a few thousand, 220 00:12:31,377 --> 00:12:34,517 who only had a few thousand, who'd be vulnerable to that kind of thing. 221 00:12:34,580 --> 00:12:36,355 Why'd they lose out? 222 00:12:37,283 --> 00:12:39,422 I mean, weren't their accounts insured? 223 00:12:39,485 --> 00:12:42,865 Their accounts, yes, but a lot of them went in to buy CDs, 224 00:12:42,923 --> 00:12:46,632 and Tappan's people sold them bonds in the Savings and Loan instead. 225 00:12:47,361 --> 00:12:49,773 They became unsecured creditors. 226 00:12:51,064 --> 00:12:52,702 They got nothing. 227 00:12:54,101 --> 00:12:58,572 My husband worked 32 years for Con Edison on pipes. 228 00:12:59,106 --> 00:13:01,279 Saved $60 a week. 229 00:13:02,042 --> 00:13:06,286 He was going to buy us a place in South Carolina when he retired. 230 00:13:06,346 --> 00:13:09,816 But Tappan cleaned him out? Tappan killed him. 231 00:13:09,884 --> 00:13:15,095 Coronary. He was never sick before. Just gave out. 232 00:13:15,557 --> 00:13:18,037 The day after he went down, so did I. 233 00:13:18,092 --> 00:13:20,800 And Mr. Kopinsky told you he'd get you your money back? 234 00:13:20,862 --> 00:13:27,279 Right. If I gave him $3,000 to check on some bank records in the Caribbean. 235 00:13:28,503 --> 00:13:30,779 Where am I to get $3,000? 236 00:13:31,206 --> 00:13:33,186 So you never got involved with him? 237 00:13:33,241 --> 00:13:37,621 I rounded up $600 from my sister and her daughter. 238 00:13:38,146 --> 00:13:43,187 He took it as a down payment. Then he asked for $600 more. 239 00:13:43,786 --> 00:13:47,825 He said he was this close to tracking down my money. 240 00:13:47,890 --> 00:13:51,463 But he never quite did. I know. 241 00:13:52,228 --> 00:13:56,005 If I'm not the biggest fool on earth, I don't know who is. 242 00:13:58,801 --> 00:14:01,645 Some guy loses his lifesavings to Tappan, 243 00:14:02,037 --> 00:14:05,348 then Kopinsky comes along and licks the plate. 244 00:14:05,741 --> 00:14:07,448 I'd wanna kill him, too. 245 00:14:07,510 --> 00:14:09,080 So, what, you wanna be reassigned to a squad 246 00:14:09,144 --> 00:14:12,422 that tracks down murderers you don't sympathize with? 247 00:14:13,717 --> 00:14:17,028 Same old cliche. The little guy gets screwed. 248 00:14:17,087 --> 00:14:19,658 That lawyer's rich clients get some of their money back, 249 00:14:19,723 --> 00:14:22,567 and I guarantee you he collected his fee. 250 00:14:23,126 --> 00:14:25,697 Listen, I've saved up some money for my retirement. 251 00:14:25,762 --> 00:14:29,266 I keep it split up between three banks and two different mutual funds. 252 00:14:29,332 --> 00:14:32,870 If you don't trust one that much, then nobody can hurt you. 253 00:14:33,303 --> 00:14:36,682 What's that, financial advice or marriage counseling? 254 00:14:41,279 --> 00:14:43,350 CURREN: You're here about Mr. Kopinsky? 255 00:14:43,414 --> 00:14:45,223 Your mother's name was on a list of people 256 00:14:45,283 --> 00:14:47,524 he solicited about Willard Tappan. 257 00:14:47,685 --> 00:14:50,598 Yeah, so was I. He was trying to get our money back for us. 258 00:14:50,655 --> 00:14:54,831 $830,000. Everything my husband left me. 259 00:14:55,793 --> 00:14:58,330 We lived on Beekman Place. 260 00:14:58,396 --> 00:15:01,275 After my husband died, Johnny used to visit me there 261 00:15:01,332 --> 00:15:03,710 and we'd walk to Madison Avenue. 262 00:15:04,602 --> 00:15:05,910 Now. 263 00:15:06,304 --> 00:15:07,715 Here. 264 00:15:07,772 --> 00:15:10,083 We don't even have privacy. 265 00:15:10,609 --> 00:15:14,079 Do you think the Tappan business had something to do with the murder? 266 00:15:14,146 --> 00:15:17,491 BRISCOE: We don't know. Poor man. He was our last hope. 267 00:15:17,549 --> 00:15:22,020 We were just wondering, did Mr. Kopinsky ever ask you for money for his expenses? 268 00:15:22,087 --> 00:15:24,431 Yes, he asked for $3,000. 269 00:15:24,489 --> 00:15:27,732 I didn't have that much, so I just gave him $1,000. 270 00:15:27,793 --> 00:15:30,603 I sent him a check just the other day. 271 00:15:30,662 --> 00:15:33,142 Do you know who's taking over his cases? 272 00:15:33,198 --> 00:15:37,840 We're not sure. Mr. Curren, had you seen Kopinsky lately? 273 00:15:37,903 --> 00:15:41,647 No. He said he'd call if he had anything to report. 274 00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:47,118 We talked to a dozen people on Kopinsky's list. 275 00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:49,956 It was a con all right, but half of them don't even know it yet. 276 00:15:50,016 --> 00:15:53,589 He collected tens of thousands of dollars for research. 277 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,595 He never showed anyone any hard evidence that he'd found Tappan's money. 278 00:15:57,657 --> 00:16:01,230 What a guy. Swindling people who'd already been swindled. 279 00:16:01,361 --> 00:16:05,309 You gotta hand it to him. They all had proven track records as victims. 280 00:16:05,365 --> 00:16:06,810 (PHONE RINGING) 281 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,512 Van Buren. 282 00:16:11,005 --> 00:16:13,542 Does one of you have a girlfriend in a nursing home? 283 00:16:13,607 --> 00:16:15,644 No, that would be Lennie. 284 00:16:16,910 --> 00:16:22,690 Mrs. Curren and her son lied to you boys. I can't stand liars. 285 00:16:22,750 --> 00:16:24,787 Well, we appreciate your help, ma'am. 286 00:16:25,052 --> 00:16:27,965 So what if she lived on the East Side? 287 00:16:28,389 --> 00:16:32,428 You'd think it was Buckingham Palace, her attitude. 288 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,871 We don't get to choose our roommates here, you know. 289 00:16:37,464 --> 00:16:40,139 Mrs. Greenfield, what was this lie? 290 00:16:40,201 --> 00:16:45,446 Well, Johnny, her son, came to visit her the night before that lawyer was killed. 291 00:16:45,940 --> 00:16:48,045 She told him she had good news. 292 00:16:48,109 --> 00:16:50,885 A surprise. A surprise? 293 00:16:51,579 --> 00:16:55,994 She'd heard from that lawyer. He was going to get her money back. 294 00:16:56,051 --> 00:16:59,863 She'd sent him a check. Johnny was furious. 295 00:17:00,588 --> 00:17:05,264 He said the lawyer was a confidence man. He'd taken Johnny's money, too. 296 00:17:05,326 --> 00:17:09,241 And Johnny didn't tell his mother this? He hadn't wanted to upset her. 297 00:17:09,298 --> 00:17:13,940 But when he heard that his mother had sent him her last $3,000, 298 00:17:14,403 --> 00:17:18,613 Johnny said he would get it back no matter what it took. 299 00:17:22,178 --> 00:17:23,851 What do you think? 300 00:17:23,913 --> 00:17:25,824 I think she enjoyed double-dating with us 301 00:17:25,881 --> 00:17:27,918 a lot more than some nursing-home attendant, 302 00:17:27,983 --> 00:17:30,623 and she doesn't like Mrs. Curren much. 303 00:17:30,686 --> 00:17:33,394 I don't think she's making up a story like that. 304 00:17:33,456 --> 00:17:36,494 It's making her life a lot more interesting, isn't it? 305 00:17:36,659 --> 00:17:39,504 What's interesting is Kopinsky's phone log. 306 00:17:39,996 --> 00:17:42,977 The day he was shot, John Curren called three times. 307 00:17:43,834 --> 00:17:47,714 Three messages. "Please call. Urgent." 308 00:17:47,771 --> 00:17:49,717 Kopinsky was ducking him. 309 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,642 Some people don't like that. 310 00:17:55,512 --> 00:17:56,547 (CHILDREN LAUGHING) 311 00:17:56,613 --> 00:17:59,059 Okay, you guys, we need the living room here. 312 00:17:59,116 --> 00:18:00,857 Nintendo off. 313 00:18:07,892 --> 00:18:10,372 What are you saying? Mr. Kopinsky lied to us? 314 00:18:10,428 --> 00:18:13,637 He was milking you and about 50 other people with a phony story 315 00:18:13,698 --> 00:18:15,837 about finding Tappan's money. 316 00:18:17,235 --> 00:18:20,011 Oh, my God. It's all right. We'll be okay. 317 00:18:20,071 --> 00:18:24,747 We're thinking maybe this didn't come as a complete surprise to you, Mr. Curren. 318 00:18:24,809 --> 00:18:28,416 Of course it does. We were counting on him. We were going to move. 319 00:18:28,713 --> 00:18:30,249 You didn't tell her? 320 00:18:31,682 --> 00:18:34,561 Well, maybe I suspected he wasn't doing everything he said he was. 321 00:18:34,619 --> 00:18:37,533 I didn't see any reason to worry everybody. 322 00:18:37,890 --> 00:18:42,669 Maybe you were a little upset about your mother sending him her last $3,000? 323 00:18:42,995 --> 00:18:44,872 Your mother did? When? 324 00:18:45,197 --> 00:18:48,576 You said you were waiting for Mr. Kopinsky to call, 325 00:18:48,634 --> 00:18:50,773 but you called him three times the other day. 326 00:18:50,836 --> 00:18:54,283 Yeah, well, my mother was involved. I wanted to see how things were going. 327 00:18:54,339 --> 00:18:56,546 Okay, then, you wouldn't mind coming down to the precinct 328 00:18:56,608 --> 00:18:58,781 for some identification procedure, would you? 329 00:18:58,844 --> 00:19:01,484 You don't think Johnny might have killed that man? 330 00:19:01,547 --> 00:19:04,528 If he didn't, he'll be back here in an hour. 331 00:19:11,424 --> 00:19:15,395 TANAKA: I didn't see him very long. VAN BUREN: Take your time, Mr. Tanaka. 332 00:19:21,668 --> 00:19:24,080 I'd think number four. You think? 333 00:19:25,939 --> 00:19:27,384 Number four. 334 00:19:28,341 --> 00:19:30,321 VAN BUREN: Thank you, Mr. Tanaka. 335 00:19:34,147 --> 00:19:35,751 Curren didn't want a lawyer. 336 00:19:35,815 --> 00:19:38,956 Yeah, I guess after Kopinsky he had his fill. 337 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,696 Think that ID will hold up? To get a search warrant, yeah. 338 00:19:44,658 --> 00:19:46,433 When's my husband coming home? 339 00:19:46,493 --> 00:19:50,407 He's just answering a few questions for us. Does your husband own a gun? 340 00:19:50,464 --> 00:19:53,673 A gun? I won't keep one in the house. 341 00:19:55,069 --> 00:19:58,482 Oh, Willard Tappan on his 100-foot yacht. 342 00:19:59,039 --> 00:20:03,215 Tappan rents the Temple of Dendur for his daughter's debutante ball. 343 00:20:03,577 --> 00:20:05,989 Tappan named to the Businessman's Hall of Fame. 344 00:20:06,046 --> 00:20:09,688 Your husband collect these? That man stole all our money. 345 00:20:09,751 --> 00:20:14,496 It was the same year Johnny lost his job. He was unemployed for 14 months. 346 00:20:18,393 --> 00:20:19,838 What's that? 347 00:20:20,228 --> 00:20:25,177 Your mother-in-law's check to Mr. Kopinsky for $3,000. 348 00:20:27,602 --> 00:20:30,776 You really have to see it from our point of view, Johnny. 349 00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:36,314 You said you hadn't seen Kopinsky for a while, 350 00:20:37,847 --> 00:20:40,088 but our witness saw you go in. 351 00:20:41,017 --> 00:20:42,792 Heard you shouting. 352 00:20:44,687 --> 00:20:47,031 You know that phone call I just had? 353 00:20:48,824 --> 00:20:52,397 My partner found the check your mother wrote to Kopinsky. 354 00:20:56,566 --> 00:20:58,773 It was in your jacket pocket. 355 00:21:06,843 --> 00:21:08,584 How'd it get there? 356 00:21:14,418 --> 00:21:17,865 How did it get from Kopinsky's office to your apartment? 357 00:21:19,423 --> 00:21:21,061 What, did it fly? 358 00:21:23,193 --> 00:21:24,797 Come on, Johnny. 359 00:21:26,163 --> 00:21:28,439 You found out Kopinsky was fleecing your mother 360 00:21:28,498 --> 00:21:31,843 after he had already fleeced you, and you got mad! 361 00:21:31,902 --> 00:21:34,007 Hell, I would've gotten mad. 362 00:21:34,938 --> 00:21:38,682 May I please call my wife? As soon as we're finished here. 363 00:21:39,210 --> 00:21:41,383 Let's just wrap this all up. 364 00:21:43,982 --> 00:21:47,020 So you went downtown to get your mother's money back. 365 00:21:48,553 --> 00:21:51,432 What happened? Did Kopinsky stall you? 366 00:21:53,191 --> 00:21:55,899 No. Did he laugh at you? 367 00:21:58,596 --> 00:22:00,132 No. 368 00:22:01,899 --> 00:22:04,470 I give up. What happened? 369 00:22:05,169 --> 00:22:06,979 He gave me the check back. 370 00:22:07,039 --> 00:22:10,509 You went down to Kopinsky's, and he gave you the check, huh? 371 00:22:13,045 --> 00:22:14,888 That's what happened. 372 00:22:15,547 --> 00:22:17,083 Well, you know, 373 00:22:17,850 --> 00:22:21,992 that's just not the kind of fellow we heard he was, Johnny. 374 00:22:23,055 --> 00:22:25,296 How ever did you persuade him? 375 00:22:26,992 --> 00:22:29,097 He just gave it back to me. 376 00:22:34,933 --> 00:22:36,072 I think... 377 00:22:37,370 --> 00:22:39,816 I think I'd like to see a lawyer now. 378 00:22:44,678 --> 00:22:46,715 Do you believe it? No. 379 00:22:47,714 --> 00:22:49,751 That's good enough for me. 380 00:22:52,252 --> 00:22:56,394 VAN BUREN: John Curren, you're under arrest for the murder of Arthur Kopinsky. 381 00:22:56,456 --> 00:22:58,060 You have the right to remain silent. 382 00:22:58,124 --> 00:23:01,298 Anything you say or do can or will be used against you... 383 00:23:02,128 --> 00:23:05,576 "Docket number 65473. People v. John Curren." 384 00:23:05,633 --> 00:23:07,442 "Murder in the second degree." 385 00:23:07,501 --> 00:23:11,313 Mr. Curren pleads not guilty. The People seek high bail, Your Honor. 386 00:23:11,372 --> 00:23:12,407 The crime was violent. 387 00:23:12,473 --> 00:23:15,545 The defendant sought to elude capture by lying to the police. 388 00:23:15,609 --> 00:23:18,317 The victim is Arthur Kopinsky? 389 00:23:19,980 --> 00:23:21,152 I knew Kopinsky. 390 00:23:21,215 --> 00:23:22,455 Perhaps Your Honor should recuse himself 391 00:23:22,516 --> 00:23:23,961 from setting bail in this case? 392 00:23:24,018 --> 00:23:27,295 If anything, Miss Bell, I'd be biased in favor of your client. 393 00:23:27,355 --> 00:23:29,528 Your Honor, this man is charged with murder. 394 00:23:29,590 --> 00:23:31,934 Don't worry, Counselor. Bail, $100,000. 395 00:23:33,027 --> 00:23:34,632 This won't even get to trial. 396 00:23:34,696 --> 00:23:38,473 Mr. Curren was deprived of an attorney at his lineup and interrogation. 397 00:23:38,533 --> 00:23:41,742 The police have to offer him a lawyer, not force one down his throat. 398 00:23:41,803 --> 00:23:45,376 I'm sure I know how the police couched their offer. You know how they operate. 399 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,751 Get off your soapbox, Sally. You're blocking the view. 400 00:23:48,810 --> 00:23:52,053 So what are you offering? A fair trial by a jury of his peers. 401 00:23:52,114 --> 00:23:53,855 Oh, a jury's gonna feel sorry for him. 402 00:23:53,915 --> 00:23:57,021 He was swindled by Tappan. He was swindled again by Kopinsky. 403 00:23:57,085 --> 00:24:00,123 Kopinsky needed to be disbarred, not shot in the head. 404 00:24:04,159 --> 00:24:08,108 Johnny's face turned red. He paced around the room. 405 00:24:08,965 --> 00:24:13,038 "Kopinsky, Kopinsky." He kept saying the name. 406 00:24:13,102 --> 00:24:15,207 What did he say about Mr. Kopinsky? 407 00:24:15,271 --> 00:24:18,275 He said he'd get his mother's money back. He promised her. 408 00:24:18,341 --> 00:24:20,981 Thank you. Nothing further. 409 00:24:25,081 --> 00:24:29,029 So, Mr. Curren was angry? Yes. Very angry. 410 00:24:29,552 --> 00:24:32,499 You'd seen Mr. Curren angry before, hadn't you, Mrs. Greenfield? 411 00:24:32,555 --> 00:24:36,231 Yes, I have. I didn't like it then, either. 412 00:24:36,593 --> 00:24:39,403 This was when the nursing home wanted to move his mother to another room. 413 00:24:39,463 --> 00:24:41,841 He was sometimes late paying her bill. 414 00:24:41,932 --> 00:24:44,071 Well, he got very angry at the director, didn't he? 415 00:24:44,134 --> 00:24:45,477 I remember. 416 00:24:46,570 --> 00:24:50,313 Did he kill the director? No. Of course not. 417 00:24:50,974 --> 00:24:52,351 Thank you. 418 00:24:52,776 --> 00:24:54,619 And how did Mr. Curren sound 419 00:24:54,678 --> 00:24:57,818 during his phone calls to Mr. Kopinsky the day of the murder? 420 00:24:57,881 --> 00:24:59,588 He was definitely upset. 421 00:24:59,650 --> 00:25:01,323 Did he raise his voice? 422 00:25:01,385 --> 00:25:04,299 He said my boss was a crook and I was a crook, too. 423 00:25:04,355 --> 00:25:07,632 Why were you a crook? I don't know. He was upset. 424 00:25:08,092 --> 00:25:09,366 What else did he say? 425 00:25:09,427 --> 00:25:13,842 He said he wanted to know what stop we were on the Broadway IRT. 426 00:25:19,604 --> 00:25:23,643 Did you receive any other angry phone calls for Mr. Kopinsky that day? 427 00:25:23,708 --> 00:25:25,984 There was always somebody upset about something. 428 00:25:26,044 --> 00:25:29,821 Well, you'd heard other clients call Mr. Kopinsky a crook, hadn't you? 429 00:25:29,881 --> 00:25:32,122 He cut some corners. 430 00:25:32,183 --> 00:25:36,257 In a typical week how many angry phone calls would Mr. Kopinsky receive? 431 00:25:36,322 --> 00:25:37,357 Maybe a dozen. 432 00:25:37,423 --> 00:25:39,869 That's two or three angry phone calls a day. 433 00:25:39,925 --> 00:25:41,996 Oh, yeah. At least that. 434 00:25:44,496 --> 00:25:48,967 BELL: Miss Huntley, your company, Empire Gifts, was being sued by Arthur Kopinsky? 435 00:25:49,034 --> 00:25:52,607 Yes. On behalf of a man named Carl Piselli. 436 00:25:52,671 --> 00:25:54,116 And the police came to question you 437 00:25:54,173 --> 00:25:56,346 during their investigation of Mr. Kopinsky's death? 438 00:25:56,408 --> 00:25:57,443 Yes. 439 00:25:57,510 --> 00:25:59,990 Did they indicate to you they had a suspect in the murder? 440 00:26:00,045 --> 00:26:01,547 Objection, Your Honor. Relevance. 441 00:26:01,614 --> 00:26:04,027 If someone other than Mr. Curren killed Arthur Kopinsky, 442 00:26:04,084 --> 00:26:05,563 I would say that's highly relevant. 443 00:26:05,619 --> 00:26:07,530 If Miss Bell wants to know what the police thought 444 00:26:07,587 --> 00:26:09,692 about this case at various points in ancient history, 445 00:26:09,756 --> 00:26:10,894 she ought to ask them. 446 00:26:10,957 --> 00:26:13,938 Now? After they've circled their wagons around Mr. Curren? 447 00:26:13,994 --> 00:26:16,497 Your objection is overruled, Mr. McCoy. 448 00:26:16,563 --> 00:26:19,840 If you wish, you can bring on the police to rebut. 449 00:26:21,701 --> 00:26:24,910 Did the police indicate to you they had a suspect, Miss Huntley? 450 00:26:24,971 --> 00:26:26,814 Yes. Carl Piselli. 451 00:26:26,873 --> 00:26:30,252 Not John Curren? No. They didn't mention him. 452 00:26:31,277 --> 00:26:35,624 Did you yourself ever hear Mr. Piselli make any threats against Mr. Kopinsky? 453 00:26:35,683 --> 00:26:36,753 Yes. 454 00:26:37,018 --> 00:26:40,056 He said that Mr. Kopinsky was cheating him by taking his money 455 00:26:40,121 --> 00:26:42,965 and not pursuing his case against me. 456 00:26:43,024 --> 00:26:45,971 Would you consider Mr. Piselli a violent man? 457 00:26:48,763 --> 00:26:54,338 Two times he came into my showroom and yelled at my staff and smashed things. 458 00:26:55,570 --> 00:26:56,913 Thank you. 459 00:26:57,972 --> 00:27:00,248 Miss Huntley, you don't know anything 460 00:27:00,307 --> 00:27:04,814 that would indicate that Mr. Piselli killed Mr. Kopinsky, do you? 461 00:27:05,847 --> 00:27:07,918 No. And you don't know anything 462 00:27:07,983 --> 00:27:11,430 that would indicate that Mr. Curren didn't kill him, do you? 463 00:27:12,921 --> 00:27:13,956 No. 464 00:27:15,290 --> 00:27:16,633 Thank you. 465 00:27:17,192 --> 00:27:20,833 Miss Bell, if you have no redirect, we'll recess until tomorrow. 466 00:27:22,831 --> 00:27:24,606 (GAVEL BANGS) 467 00:27:30,672 --> 00:27:35,019 Still won't give a girl a break, huh, Jack? It's all smoke, Sally. 468 00:27:35,078 --> 00:27:36,580 The jury won't buy any of it. 469 00:27:36,646 --> 00:27:39,991 I think the jurors start with a very reasonable reluctance 470 00:27:40,049 --> 00:27:41,687 to believe anything you say. 471 00:27:41,751 --> 00:27:43,355 Me personally? No, the system, Jack. 472 00:27:43,419 --> 00:27:46,525 It's wrong so often. Which reminds me. 473 00:27:48,725 --> 00:27:51,228 It's an addition to my witness list. 474 00:27:57,333 --> 00:27:59,006 What do you do, Miss Maney? 475 00:27:59,068 --> 00:28:01,776 I'm an assistant manager of Security Central Bank. 476 00:28:01,838 --> 00:28:02,874 The branch in Inwood. 477 00:28:02,940 --> 00:28:05,546 Where Mr. Curren and his mother maintain checking accounts? 478 00:28:05,609 --> 00:28:09,113 That's right. He has power of attorney over hers. 479 00:28:09,179 --> 00:28:12,683 Did you see Mr. Curren the morning of the day Mr. Kopinsky was murdered? 480 00:28:12,750 --> 00:28:16,755 Yes. He came in and stopped payment on a check his mother had written. 481 00:28:22,526 --> 00:28:24,369 This check, People's exhibit four, 482 00:28:24,428 --> 00:28:27,466 made out to Arthur Kopinsky for $3,000. 483 00:28:28,032 --> 00:28:29,102 Yes. 484 00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:32,614 He said the person had cheated his mother and she didn't want to pay him. 485 00:28:32,670 --> 00:28:37,449 So, Mr. Curren had no reason to kill anyone to retrieve this check? 486 00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:39,286 It was worthless. 487 00:28:39,344 --> 00:28:41,654 Mr. Curren knew that? Of course. 488 00:28:41,713 --> 00:28:44,319 I took care of the paperwork while he waited. 489 00:28:44,382 --> 00:28:46,191 No further questions. 490 00:28:47,786 --> 00:28:51,791 Was Mr. Curren at all upset that this person had cheated his mother? 491 00:28:51,856 --> 00:28:54,359 Yes. Very. What did he say? 492 00:28:56,728 --> 00:29:00,471 He said the man was dishonest and he ought to be arrested. 493 00:29:09,175 --> 00:29:12,122 I'm beginning to think the defense case is rather convincing. 494 00:29:12,178 --> 00:29:15,455 A smart lawyer can always find holes. Holes, yeah. 495 00:29:15,514 --> 00:29:17,619 You never found the murder weapon. 496 00:29:17,683 --> 00:29:21,631 You don't have a witness to this shooting. You don't even have a motive anymore. 497 00:29:21,687 --> 00:29:24,998 Even if the check was stopped, Curren still had a grudge against Kopinsky. 498 00:29:25,057 --> 00:29:26,593 A grudge? Yeah. 499 00:29:26,659 --> 00:29:30,197 It sounds like everyone in New York City had a grudge against this man. 500 00:29:30,262 --> 00:29:34,370 Are you sure that that's the murderer sitting there at the defense table? 501 00:29:35,435 --> 00:29:39,645 Right. Get a continuance. Start at square one. 502 00:29:39,706 --> 00:29:42,550 Either prove you got the right man or prove you don't. 503 00:29:42,609 --> 00:29:44,213 Have a nice day. 504 00:29:45,846 --> 00:29:48,759 Everything Kopinsky was working on the last month of his life. 505 00:29:48,815 --> 00:29:50,920 The Tappan stuff is there. 506 00:29:51,651 --> 00:29:53,688 "Piselli v. Empire Gifts." 507 00:29:54,554 --> 00:29:56,329 You go through this one already? 508 00:29:56,389 --> 00:29:59,996 The police already investigated Piselli and cleared him. 509 00:30:00,060 --> 00:30:01,404 Pretty fat. 510 00:30:02,029 --> 00:30:05,272 Wasn't Piselli complaining that Kopinsky wasn't doing anything? 511 00:30:05,333 --> 00:30:06,539 Yes. 512 00:30:07,802 --> 00:30:11,875 But Kopinsky's roommate told the police he was working on it night and day. 513 00:30:12,506 --> 00:30:15,851 Interrogatories, deposition notices, subpoenas. 514 00:30:16,511 --> 00:30:18,548 Why didn't he tell Piselli what he was doing? 515 00:30:18,613 --> 00:30:21,685 He hadn't even gone to trial, let alone got a judgment. 516 00:30:22,283 --> 00:30:26,663 He was already examining the gift company's assets. Bank records. 517 00:30:32,094 --> 00:30:35,735 And he hired a private investigator to follow Alice Huntley. 518 00:30:36,932 --> 00:30:41,904 Surveillance log. Circled in red. Three visits to West End CCC. 519 00:30:43,906 --> 00:30:49,117 Community Correction Center. That's Willard Tappan's halfway house. 520 00:30:53,448 --> 00:30:56,691 LEONARD: Kopinsky didn't tell me his secret hopes and dreams. 521 00:30:56,752 --> 00:31:00,131 He just asked me to follow her. You have no idea why? 522 00:31:00,189 --> 00:31:04,104 When I saw her bumping butts with Willard Tappan at the halfway house, 523 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,162 the light began to dawn. 524 00:31:07,330 --> 00:31:09,970 "Bumping butts"? Pardon my French. 525 00:31:10,633 --> 00:31:13,842 While I was pretending to look for my brother in the guest book, 526 00:31:13,903 --> 00:31:16,679 I saw Tappan sneak her upstairs. 527 00:31:16,739 --> 00:31:19,686 I didn't think he was gonna show her his stamp collection. 528 00:31:19,742 --> 00:31:21,744 How long has this been going on? 529 00:31:21,811 --> 00:31:25,190 I dug up some old personnel files from Tappan's bank. 530 00:31:26,149 --> 00:31:30,222 She was in his public relations department. Cute, huh? 531 00:31:31,355 --> 00:31:33,926 You heard my testimony. I talked to the police. 532 00:31:33,991 --> 00:31:37,461 They hadn't seen your bank records. But Kopinsky had. 533 00:31:38,095 --> 00:31:41,474 Your company's gross profit is $300,000 a year. 534 00:31:41,532 --> 00:31:43,978 But you have $5 million on deposit. 535 00:31:44,034 --> 00:31:47,914 Most of it's a loan from a bank in the Netherlands Antilles. 536 00:31:47,972 --> 00:31:51,351 I'm planning on expanding. It's a sound business loan. 537 00:31:51,408 --> 00:31:54,048 You've never made a single payment. 538 00:31:54,111 --> 00:31:57,456 It comes from a place with strict bank secrecy laws. 539 00:31:58,616 --> 00:32:04,295 I file full tax returns. I have a successful legitimate business. 540 00:32:04,356 --> 00:32:06,029 You know what I think, Miss Huntley? 541 00:32:06,091 --> 00:32:09,766 I think Willard Tappan, your boyfriend, stashed this money in the West Indies 542 00:32:09,828 --> 00:32:11,398 in his good old days. 543 00:32:11,463 --> 00:32:15,411 And this loan to your company is just a way of laundering it. 544 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:18,976 I barely know Mr. Tappan. 545 00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:24,944 Did he just use you for criminal conspiracy, fraud and sex, 546 00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:27,615 or did he also involve you in murder? 547 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:30,892 I don't have time to play games, Miss Huntley. 548 00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:34,363 I'll just charge you and let the chips fall where they may. 549 00:32:37,590 --> 00:32:40,537 Did Tappan know Kopinsky had found his money? 550 00:32:46,732 --> 00:32:50,703 Willard said that it would never be traced, 551 00:32:51,570 --> 00:32:54,517 because no one knew that we were involved. 552 00:32:54,574 --> 00:32:58,078 Your bad luck. Kopinsky had a nose for this kind of thing. 553 00:32:58,778 --> 00:33:01,282 He said he would stall his clients. 554 00:33:02,049 --> 00:33:06,623 Willard had me give him $50,000 out of the account. 555 00:33:07,421 --> 00:33:10,959 Then $100,000. Kopinsky came back for more? 556 00:33:12,292 --> 00:33:15,569 And how did your boyfriend enjoy being blackmailed? 557 00:33:17,564 --> 00:33:19,874 Willard wouldn't shoot someone. 558 00:33:21,034 --> 00:33:23,674 Are you sure about that, Miss Huntley? 559 00:33:31,179 --> 00:33:32,920 If I had a secret bank account, 560 00:33:32,980 --> 00:33:34,857 don't you think I'd use the Cayman Islands? 561 00:33:34,916 --> 00:33:36,953 The laws are so much more favorable there. 562 00:33:37,018 --> 00:33:39,658 Mr. Tappan was required to relinquish all his accounts 563 00:33:39,721 --> 00:33:42,600 as a result of his plea bargain five years ago, and he did so. 564 00:33:42,657 --> 00:33:46,571 That's not what Alice Huntley says. Miss Huntley is a spurned lover. 565 00:33:46,627 --> 00:33:49,073 Mr. Tappan has recently become engaged to another woman. 566 00:33:49,130 --> 00:33:51,007 He met her in jail? 567 00:33:51,065 --> 00:33:54,877 No, an old family friend who has always stood by me. 568 00:33:55,269 --> 00:33:57,442 This whole thing is very confusing, Mr. McCoy. 569 00:33:57,505 --> 00:34:00,715 Don't you have someone else on trial for the murder of Arthur Kopinsky? 570 00:34:00,776 --> 00:34:02,585 We got a continuance. 571 00:34:03,979 --> 00:34:06,016 Mr. Tappan, would you mind telling us where you were 572 00:34:06,081 --> 00:34:07,958 the night Mr. Kopinsky was shot? 573 00:34:08,017 --> 00:34:10,293 Not at all. I have no idea, 574 00:34:10,986 --> 00:34:14,126 but I'm sure the office staff at the halfway house can tell you. 575 00:34:14,189 --> 00:34:18,467 They're very efficient at monitoring our movements. 576 00:34:22,197 --> 00:34:25,576 Every time they leave the halfway house, they bring back a signed slip. 577 00:34:25,634 --> 00:34:30,084 When Kopinsky was shot, Tappan was at a pre-release Life Skills class. 578 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,951 Learning how to buy a bus transfer and use a cash machine. 579 00:34:34,010 --> 00:34:35,250 His alibi is solid. 580 00:34:35,311 --> 00:34:37,985 So we've got Tappan with motive but no opportunity, 581 00:34:38,047 --> 00:34:40,425 and Curren with opportunity but no motive. 582 00:34:40,483 --> 00:34:42,429 But what if we put them together? 583 00:34:42,485 --> 00:34:46,797 A pay phone outside Curren's office. 6:00 p.m. The day of the murder. 584 00:34:46,856 --> 00:34:49,496 A 12-minute call to the halfway house. 585 00:34:50,126 --> 00:34:51,605 Good, Claire. 586 00:34:53,329 --> 00:34:55,866 That day would be in this book here. 587 00:34:58,201 --> 00:35:02,207 This isn't my usual line of work. I'm a surgeon. 588 00:35:04,208 --> 00:35:07,849 Medicaid fraud. Well, here it is. 589 00:35:09,113 --> 00:35:12,822 I remember this call. What did the caller say? 590 00:35:12,883 --> 00:35:15,727 He was carrying on. I would have prescribed sedation. 591 00:35:15,786 --> 00:35:18,858 Said he was an old friend of Tappan's, but he wouldn't give his name. 592 00:35:18,923 --> 00:35:20,869 But you put the call through? Yeah, why not? 593 00:35:20,925 --> 00:35:24,065 Tappan was playing ping-pong. I gave him the phone. 594 00:35:24,128 --> 00:35:27,234 What did Tappan say to him? I don't know. 595 00:35:28,299 --> 00:35:30,371 He must have been standing right here. 596 00:35:30,435 --> 00:35:35,384 First thing I learned in prison, miss. Don't eavesdrop on the phones. 597 00:35:36,808 --> 00:35:38,685 The timing is perfect. 598 00:35:39,277 --> 00:35:42,724 Curren talks to Tappan. An hour later he's in Kopinsky's office. 599 00:35:42,781 --> 00:35:45,193 And that includes a half-hour ride on the subway. 600 00:35:45,250 --> 00:35:48,925 You think that this call was prearranged? CLAIRE: Not necessarily. 601 00:35:48,987 --> 00:35:52,332 Curren knew where Tappan was. It was in the papers. 602 00:35:52,390 --> 00:35:55,234 Curren thought Kopinsky was a fraud. 603 00:35:55,293 --> 00:35:58,069 He'd lost his last hope of getting his money back from Tappan. 604 00:35:58,129 --> 00:36:01,202 Maybe he just decided to go straight to the source. 605 00:36:01,267 --> 00:36:05,773 And ask him for a refund? Or beg him. Or scream at him. 606 00:36:06,773 --> 00:36:10,653 Or lure him out to be killed. Or maybe just cry into the phone. 607 00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:12,747 But something Tappan said 608 00:36:12,812 --> 00:36:15,622 sent Curren down to Kopinsky's office with a gun. 609 00:36:17,350 --> 00:36:21,992 What if Tappan told Curren that Kopinsky wasn't lying about finding Tappan's money? 610 00:36:22,054 --> 00:36:26,059 That he'd actually found it, but that he was keeping it from Curren? 611 00:36:26,259 --> 00:36:28,866 That would've set him off. Yeah, sure. 612 00:36:29,296 --> 00:36:31,867 And if that's what happened, do you think he'd tell you? 613 00:36:31,932 --> 00:36:35,038 He'd be hanging himself. Tappan knows what he said. 614 00:36:35,102 --> 00:36:39,448 And he can't tell this story without including the part about his hidden money 615 00:36:39,506 --> 00:36:44,080 which earns him a fresh charge of fraud and a spanking new jail term. 616 00:36:49,349 --> 00:36:52,353 Take a break, Julio. All right, Mr. Tappan. 617 00:36:54,021 --> 00:36:57,059 You know, they're talking about privatizing the park. 618 00:36:57,124 --> 00:37:00,231 A subway token to enter or $30 a year. 619 00:37:00,995 --> 00:37:04,704 Trump thinks he can run it at a profit. That's fascinating. 620 00:37:05,166 --> 00:37:08,670 We're here to... You're here because you have a problem. 621 00:37:08,736 --> 00:37:11,512 I'm talking to you because I have a problem. 622 00:37:11,573 --> 00:37:13,712 We'll prove you hid that money, Mr. Tappan. 623 00:37:13,775 --> 00:37:16,847 That'll prolong your study of institutional dining. 624 00:37:16,911 --> 00:37:19,016 Yes. That's my problem. 625 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,220 Meanwhile, Mr. Curren, your murderer, will go free. 626 00:37:22,283 --> 00:37:25,321 If you hadn't stolen his money that murder would never have taken place. 627 00:37:25,386 --> 00:37:26,490 I concede your point. 628 00:37:26,554 --> 00:37:28,967 If things were different, they wouldn't be the same. 629 00:37:29,024 --> 00:37:31,504 Look, I know that you've been asking 630 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,973 about a conversation I may have had with Mr. Curren, 631 00:37:35,030 --> 00:37:39,103 a conversation I may not be able to recall. 632 00:37:39,869 --> 00:37:42,315 I saw your testimony to the House Banking Committee. 633 00:37:42,371 --> 00:37:45,750 You couldn't seem to recall the answers to more than 200 questions. 634 00:37:45,808 --> 00:37:47,310 My memory is dreadful. 635 00:37:47,376 --> 00:37:49,913 Especially when I'm anxious about the future. 636 00:37:49,979 --> 00:37:52,357 What do you want? No prosecution on fraud. 637 00:37:52,414 --> 00:37:54,792 We take your money. You'll take it anyway. 638 00:37:54,850 --> 00:37:57,057 And you would remember what? 639 00:37:57,119 --> 00:38:02,832 It's possible that I spoke with Mr. Curren, that he was semi-hysterical, 640 00:38:02,892 --> 00:38:07,671 that, to amuse myself, I suggested that he talk to my attorney, Arthur Kopinsky. 641 00:38:09,866 --> 00:38:12,244 You told him you were hooked up with Kopinsky? 642 00:38:12,302 --> 00:38:14,908 Kopinsky hadn't exactly endeared himself to me. 643 00:38:14,971 --> 00:38:17,383 I thought he might enjoy meeting Mr. Curren. 644 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,353 You hoped Curren would kill him to end the blackmail. 645 00:38:20,410 --> 00:38:23,254 Heavens to Betsy, what a dreadful idea. 646 00:38:26,650 --> 00:38:28,790 You think Tappan planned it? 647 00:38:30,888 --> 00:38:32,834 Curren was dynamite. 648 00:38:32,890 --> 00:38:36,929 Tappan mailed him to Kopinsky and hoped somebody would light a match. 649 00:38:36,994 --> 00:38:40,737 And we have to deal with a man like that to convict a sap like Curren. 650 00:38:40,798 --> 00:38:43,438 Tappan is responsible for that murder. 651 00:38:43,901 --> 00:38:46,905 Morally, not legally. We can't arrest him. 652 00:38:47,805 --> 00:38:50,251 I'm a DA. I can arrest anybody. 653 00:38:51,676 --> 00:38:55,852 Well, Jack, I tell you, I dislike Willard Tappan as much as you, 654 00:38:56,681 --> 00:38:58,889 but charging him with murder? 655 00:38:59,218 --> 00:39:03,291 Five people committed suicide when Tappan destroyed their savings. 656 00:39:04,656 --> 00:39:07,535 He's lucky we're only charging him with one murder. 657 00:39:07,793 --> 00:39:09,932 Well, how do you propose to do this? 658 00:39:09,995 --> 00:39:12,373 Curren calls Tappan. He's raging. He's homicidal. 659 00:39:12,431 --> 00:39:14,741 Maybe even says he's got a gun. 660 00:39:15,167 --> 00:39:17,511 He tells Tappan he was swindled by Kopinsky. 661 00:39:17,569 --> 00:39:21,210 Tappan says, "No, no, no, Mr. Kopinsky didn't double-cross you." 662 00:39:21,273 --> 00:39:23,378 "He triple-crossed you. He's got my money." 663 00:39:23,442 --> 00:39:26,423 "Why don't you go see him? And tell him I said hi." 664 00:39:26,479 --> 00:39:29,790 That's evincing a depraved indifference to Arthur Kopinsky's life. 665 00:39:29,849 --> 00:39:33,387 And it led to his death. It's statutory. I understand. 666 00:39:34,053 --> 00:39:36,124 You think you can prove it? 667 00:39:37,290 --> 00:39:39,099 I'd sure like to try. 668 00:39:39,792 --> 00:39:42,033 You want me to testify about that phone call? 669 00:39:42,095 --> 00:39:44,097 Against Willard Tappan? 670 00:39:44,163 --> 00:39:46,666 We arrested him for the murder of Arthur Kopinsky. 671 00:39:46,733 --> 00:39:49,270 Excellent. So when does my client get out of here? 672 00:39:49,335 --> 00:39:53,215 In eight-and-a-third years after he serves his sentence for manslaughter. 673 00:39:53,272 --> 00:39:55,479 Didn't you just say that Tappan is your killer? 674 00:39:55,541 --> 00:39:57,249 JACK: Curren pulled the trigger. 675 00:39:58,012 --> 00:40:02,461 If he doesn't testify against Willard Tappan, Willard Tappan will testify against him. 676 00:40:02,516 --> 00:40:05,156 That's blackmail. You would go that low? 677 00:40:05,219 --> 00:40:07,096 Don't you know me by now, Sally? 678 00:40:10,357 --> 00:40:13,304 I'll do it to get Tappan. 679 00:40:14,962 --> 00:40:18,739 So what was that all about? What was what all about? 680 00:40:18,799 --> 00:40:23,373 "Don't you know me by now?" Oh. Sally. 681 00:40:24,004 --> 00:40:27,214 Yes. Sally. Miss Bell, our opposing counsel? 682 00:40:27,976 --> 00:40:29,819 She was my assistant. 683 00:40:33,882 --> 00:40:36,829 CURREN: I don't even know why I called him. I just... 684 00:40:36,885 --> 00:40:40,594 I knew where he was, and I blamed him for everything. 685 00:40:40,655 --> 00:40:43,693 What was Mr. Tappan's reaction to hearing from you? 686 00:40:43,758 --> 00:40:47,069 He thought it was funny at first. And then? 687 00:40:47,128 --> 00:40:52,202 Well, I started talking about Kopinsky. He said that he knew Kopinsky, 688 00:40:52,267 --> 00:40:54,907 that Kopinsky had found his money, 689 00:40:54,969 --> 00:40:56,972 and now he was planning to keep it all for himself. 690 00:40:57,039 --> 00:41:00,282 So there'd be nothing left for me. Nothing left for anybody. 691 00:41:00,342 --> 00:41:03,050 What did you say? I was stunned. 692 00:41:03,112 --> 00:41:06,355 I had assumed that Kopinsky was lying about everything. 693 00:41:07,616 --> 00:41:09,755 And what did Mr. Tappan say? 694 00:41:10,352 --> 00:41:13,799 He said he was sorry for what he'd done to us. 695 00:41:14,423 --> 00:41:19,031 That he now understood how terrible it was to steal somebody's lifesavings. 696 00:41:20,496 --> 00:41:26,413 And then he said that he'd pay us back, my mother and me. Every cent, if... 697 00:41:28,338 --> 00:41:29,612 If what? 698 00:41:34,311 --> 00:41:36,257 If I killed Kopinsky. 699 00:41:37,747 --> 00:41:39,351 What did you do? 700 00:41:42,285 --> 00:41:43,593 I did it. 701 00:41:45,388 --> 00:41:47,732 I went downtown and I shot him. 702 00:41:52,028 --> 00:41:53,371 Thank you. 703 00:41:57,468 --> 00:42:00,938 You hate Willard Tappan, don't you? Yes. 704 00:42:02,139 --> 00:42:04,415 Wouldn't you lie to hurt him? 705 00:42:04,475 --> 00:42:06,352 No. Oh, really? 706 00:42:07,178 --> 00:42:09,818 You get off easy for a murder that you committed, 707 00:42:09,881 --> 00:42:12,828 and the man you hate goes to jail for the rest of his life. 708 00:42:12,884 --> 00:42:15,160 Isn't that perfect? Perfect? 709 00:42:16,921 --> 00:42:20,733 Perfect would have been if I'd never heard of him, 710 00:42:20,792 --> 00:42:22,499 because, you see, then I would be living 711 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,303 in a three-bedroom house in a nice neighborhood, 712 00:42:25,364 --> 00:42:29,972 and I would be able to watch my children riding their bicycles in the driveway. 713 00:42:30,035 --> 00:42:32,572 But Mr. Tappan took all that away from you. 714 00:42:32,638 --> 00:42:36,552 For him I guess it was just another zero on a list of numbers. 715 00:42:37,109 --> 00:42:38,452 For us... 716 00:42:40,612 --> 00:42:42,285 it was everything. 717 00:42:44,549 --> 00:42:48,190 He went on and on. I was a thief. I was a monster. 718 00:42:48,253 --> 00:42:50,392 I might have been the devil himself, I'm not sure. 719 00:42:50,455 --> 00:42:53,527 Did you offer to pay John Curren to murder Arthur Kopinsky? 720 00:42:53,592 --> 00:42:55,197 Absolutely not. 721 00:42:55,261 --> 00:42:58,799 Did you in any way suggest that he kill Arthur Kopinsky? 722 00:42:59,198 --> 00:43:00,336 No. 723 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:03,108 He was raving about Kopinsky before I said a word. 724 00:43:03,169 --> 00:43:05,479 Kopinsky'd just swindled him. He'd swindled his mother. 725 00:43:05,538 --> 00:43:08,485 He was deranged about it. 726 00:43:08,541 --> 00:43:11,920 Then Mr. Curren is lying about the content of your conversation? 727 00:43:11,978 --> 00:43:16,791 He blames me for ruining his life because he lost money in my institution. 728 00:43:16,850 --> 00:43:18,830 What did you say to him? 729 00:43:18,885 --> 00:43:23,891 His family had lost under a million dollars. I lost over a hundred million. 730 00:43:24,925 --> 00:43:26,802 I told him to grow up. 731 00:43:27,695 --> 00:43:29,072 Thank you. 732 00:43:30,397 --> 00:43:33,276 How many people have you swindled, Mr. Tappan? 733 00:43:33,334 --> 00:43:34,472 None. 734 00:43:35,769 --> 00:43:39,148 How many people have you been convicted of swindling? 735 00:43:39,707 --> 00:43:41,084 14,000. 736 00:43:41,642 --> 00:43:44,885 14,000 people you lied to 737 00:43:44,945 --> 00:43:47,619 when they bought bonds in North River Savings and Loan? 738 00:43:47,681 --> 00:43:49,456 Objection. Argumentative. 739 00:43:49,516 --> 00:43:52,292 Addresses credibility. Overruled. 740 00:43:52,353 --> 00:43:55,563 Why should anyone believe anything you tell them now 741 00:43:55,624 --> 00:43:58,628 since you've been convicted of lying 14,000 times? 742 00:43:58,693 --> 00:44:00,969 I never lied to those people. 743 00:44:01,029 --> 00:44:04,977 Those bondholders were investors. Investors take risks. 744 00:44:05,533 --> 00:44:08,878 Nobody complained when my business was making them money. 745 00:44:08,937 --> 00:44:11,816 John Curren lost his lifesavings. 746 00:44:11,873 --> 00:44:15,411 Because the real estate market collapsed, Mr. McCoy. 747 00:44:15,477 --> 00:44:17,616 That was beyond my control. 748 00:44:23,518 --> 00:44:25,089 You didn't make this guy blink. 749 00:44:25,154 --> 00:44:27,532 It doesn't matter. Willard Tappan will be convicted. 750 00:44:27,590 --> 00:44:30,469 Right. After the judge reminds the jury 751 00:44:30,526 --> 00:44:33,200 that he's not on trial for anything he did in the past 752 00:44:33,262 --> 00:44:36,402 and orders them to put it out of their mind. 753 00:44:36,465 --> 00:44:39,412 Adam, you haven't been in a courtroom in a long time. 754 00:44:39,468 --> 00:44:43,006 What the hell is that supposed to mean? You didn't see their eyes. 755 00:44:43,072 --> 00:44:44,483 When they get into that jury room, 756 00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:47,453 the only thing they'll remember is the 14,000 lies. 757 00:44:47,510 --> 00:44:49,046 Right, sure. 758 00:44:52,848 --> 00:44:56,023 JUDGE MOONEY: And this is most important. The defendant, Willard Tappan, 759 00:44:56,086 --> 00:45:00,592 is on trial here for the murder of Arthur Kopinsky, and that crime only. 760 00:45:00,657 --> 00:45:02,136 Anything he did in the past, 761 00:45:02,192 --> 00:45:03,865 anything you may have heard about his past, 762 00:45:03,927 --> 00:45:07,670 any feelings you may have about his past activities 763 00:45:07,731 --> 00:45:09,768 are absolutely irrelevant. 764 00:45:10,467 --> 00:45:15,143 In making your decision, therefore, you are instructed to give them no weight. 765 00:45:22,479 --> 00:45:25,825 JUDGE MOONEY: Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict? 766 00:45:25,883 --> 00:45:29,330 We have, Your Honor. On the sole count of the indictment, 767 00:45:29,387 --> 00:45:32,334 murder in the second degree, how do you find? 768 00:45:33,091 --> 00:45:36,402 We find the defendant, Willard Tappan, guilty. 769 00:45:36,794 --> 00:45:39,172 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 770 00:45:52,844 --> 00:45:54,756 Did you know we had it? 771 00:45:56,115 --> 00:46:01,326 Well, between Curren and Tappan, who's a jury gonna believe? 772 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:03,661 Who do you believe? 773 00:46:04,990 --> 00:46:08,563 Me, too. Curren's story was awfully convenient. 774 00:46:08,627 --> 00:46:12,370 But under our original theory Tappan is still guilty of murder. 775 00:46:12,431 --> 00:46:14,502 He manipulated Curren. 776 00:46:14,566 --> 00:46:17,046 Jack, we made it sound like he hired Curren. 777 00:46:17,102 --> 00:46:20,982 If you didn't believe that but let it go on to strengthen our case... 778 00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:24,250 Heavens to Betsy, Claire. What a dreadful idea.