1 00:00:01,037 --> 00:00:02,812 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:02,872 --> 00:00:06,752 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,809 --> 00:00:08,618 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,678 --> 00:00:11,454 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,514 --> 00:00:13,494 These are their stories. 6 00:00:37,607 --> 00:00:39,678 What's it today, Judge? Murder? Rape? 7 00:00:39,876 --> 00:00:42,550 Possession with intent. Thirteen pounds of heroin. 8 00:00:42,778 --> 00:00:44,485 Ooh. What's that get you? 9 00:00:44,547 --> 00:00:46,288 A lethal injection. 10 00:00:49,352 --> 00:00:51,025 I have a lunch today at 1:00. 11 00:00:51,087 --> 00:00:52,122 I got it, Judge. 12 00:00:52,555 --> 00:00:53,659 (SCREAMING) 13 00:00:56,958 --> 00:00:58,164 That son of a bitch! 14 00:00:58,560 --> 00:00:59,766 Are you all right, Rodney? 15 00:00:59,828 --> 00:01:01,000 I got winged. 16 00:01:01,062 --> 00:01:02,632 Get this man medical attention. 17 00:01:02,697 --> 00:01:04,802 COURT OFFICER: Right away. Central, we need an EMS. 18 00:01:04,866 --> 00:01:06,368 One man down. 19 00:01:06,535 --> 00:01:08,742 Judge, you better get inside. 20 00:01:11,173 --> 00:01:14,552 Detective Hill got out of his car, this guy runs right at the Judge, shooting. 21 00:01:14,609 --> 00:01:15,849 Hill's the one who got him? 22 00:01:15,911 --> 00:01:16,981 Yeah, he took one himself. 23 00:01:17,045 --> 00:01:18,115 Really? How bad? 24 00:01:18,180 --> 00:01:19,420 Paramedics said he'll be fine. 25 00:01:19,514 --> 00:01:21,585 Damn! Talk about smoking guns. 26 00:01:21,716 --> 00:01:23,457 COP: No wallet, no ID on him. 27 00:01:23,518 --> 00:01:24,690 BRISCOE: And where's the Judge? 28 00:01:24,753 --> 00:01:25,788 Court officers took her inside. 29 00:01:25,854 --> 00:01:26,992 Who is she? 30 00:01:27,055 --> 00:01:28,966 Uh, Judge Linda Karlin. 31 00:01:29,057 --> 00:01:30,365 BRISCOE: Thanks. 32 00:01:30,425 --> 00:01:33,963 Karlin's the one that put away most of the Washington Heights Cowboys a few years back. 33 00:01:34,029 --> 00:01:36,236 Now who'd wanna see her dead? 34 00:02:28,383 --> 00:02:29,453 Hey, how's the arm? 35 00:02:29,517 --> 00:02:31,497 Not bad. Did a good job back there. 36 00:02:32,087 --> 00:02:33,964 I don't know, I think maybe I let my guard down a little. 37 00:02:34,022 --> 00:02:35,933 I been on her six months, nothing's ever happened. 38 00:02:35,991 --> 00:02:37,971 BRISCOE: Hey, don't sweat it. You saved her life. 39 00:02:38,026 --> 00:02:39,027 ED: You ever see the shooter before? 40 00:02:39,261 --> 00:02:40,296 Never. 41 00:02:40,362 --> 00:02:43,138 How long's Karlin been getting this door-to-door service? 42 00:02:43,198 --> 00:02:46,644 Three years. I pick her up, take her to work, hand her off to the court officers. 43 00:02:47,468 --> 00:02:48,845 Most judges take the subway. 44 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:51,813 Not Karlin. She's got someone on her 2417. 45 00:02:51,872 --> 00:02:54,614 On account of her reputation as a high-profile hard-ass. 46 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:56,046 ED: Where's she now? 47 00:02:56,110 --> 00:02:58,147 Knowing her, on the bench. 48 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:00,925 If I don't go right back to work 49 00:03:00,981 --> 00:03:03,518 these people will think they can intimidate me. 50 00:03:03,584 --> 00:03:06,861 Well, still, you might try taking a few extra precautions, Judge. 51 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,228 We can get you a vest. 52 00:03:08,288 --> 00:03:09,892 The man's dead, isn't he, detectives? 53 00:03:10,024 --> 00:03:11,526 He might not have been working alone. 54 00:03:11,659 --> 00:03:14,640 Yes, well, a lot of dangerous people pass through my courtroom. 55 00:03:14,695 --> 00:03:16,641 Well, you recognize this one? 56 00:03:16,697 --> 00:03:18,904 He's about 200 pounds, 6'3". 57 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:21,109 No. I don't recognize him. 58 00:03:21,168 --> 00:03:22,943 What about your calendar, Judge? 59 00:03:23,003 --> 00:03:25,609 Any gang members, any organized crime cases? 60 00:03:25,939 --> 00:03:27,384 Nothing out of the ordinary. 61 00:03:27,441 --> 00:03:29,512 Look, these people don't like me. 62 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:30,748 And I don't like them. 63 00:03:30,811 --> 00:03:33,291 Okay. How about somebody other than "these people"? 64 00:03:33,347 --> 00:03:35,224 Say, a defense attorney you pissed off? 65 00:03:35,349 --> 00:03:36,760 Just about every defense attorney 66 00:03:36,817 --> 00:03:39,423 who walks out of my courtroom is angry about something. 67 00:03:39,486 --> 00:03:41,466 BRISCOE: You're not giving us much to go on, Judge. 68 00:03:41,522 --> 00:03:42,967 I've been on the bench for 14 years. 69 00:03:43,023 --> 00:03:45,435 I was an Assistant D.A. before that. 70 00:03:45,526 --> 00:03:47,437 I made a lot of enemies. 71 00:03:47,795 --> 00:03:50,002 We got no print matches for our shooter in the system. 72 00:03:50,064 --> 00:03:51,134 Any luck with the gun? 73 00:03:51,198 --> 00:03:54,645 Serial number's gone but ballistics said they might be able to recover it. 74 00:03:54,702 --> 00:03:56,841 A run-and-shoot with a defaced .38. 75 00:03:56,904 --> 00:03:58,110 Sounds pretty low-tech. 76 00:03:58,172 --> 00:04:00,846 Hey, if it was one of the perps on her caseload, 77 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:01,909 his prints would've popped. 78 00:04:01,975 --> 00:04:04,148 Well, if we don't know the who, how about the why? 79 00:04:04,211 --> 00:04:05,781 Maybe somebody was doing a friend a favor. 80 00:04:05,846 --> 00:04:07,257 I mean, in some circles, knocking her off 81 00:04:07,314 --> 00:04:08,884 would be like doing community service. 82 00:04:08,949 --> 00:04:10,394 You sound like she deserved it. 83 00:04:10,451 --> 00:04:12,488 Well, I'm just saying this woman racks up years on people 84 00:04:12,553 --> 00:04:13,896 like Tiger racks up tournaments. 85 00:04:13,954 --> 00:04:16,992 Well, before we go culling through 10,000 case files, 86 00:04:17,057 --> 00:04:19,469 let's rule out the usual suspects. 87 00:04:23,330 --> 00:04:25,332 I begged my wife to at least take the day off, 88 00:04:25,399 --> 00:04:27,401 but that's Linda. 89 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:29,044 ED: How long you two been married? 90 00:04:29,103 --> 00:04:30,639 Twenty-two years. 91 00:04:31,004 --> 00:04:34,473 We met at a fundraiser when she was in the D.A.'s office. 92 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:36,587 Our first conversation was a heated debate 93 00:04:36,642 --> 00:04:37,814 over the death penalty. 94 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:39,317 Sounds romantic. 95 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:41,723 Let me guess, she was pro, you were con. 96 00:04:42,081 --> 00:04:44,527 My wife's a woman of strong convictions. 97 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:48,529 Can you think of anybody who might want to hurt your wife, Mr. Karlin? 98 00:04:48,821 --> 00:04:50,698 Besides the criminals she prosecutes? 99 00:04:51,157 --> 00:04:52,636 Any financial problems? 100 00:04:52,692 --> 00:04:54,968 I wish we'd sold our tech portfolio a year ago. 101 00:04:55,027 --> 00:04:56,563 You and me both. 102 00:04:56,629 --> 00:04:58,870 Has your wife received any threats recently? 103 00:04:58,931 --> 00:05:01,969 Linda doesn't like to bring that part of the job home. 104 00:05:02,034 --> 00:05:04,480 It's all handled at the courthouse. 105 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:07,915 Well, the Karlins' private life sounds like a snooze. 106 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:10,011 Let's go check out some of these death threats. 107 00:05:10,076 --> 00:05:12,113 Needle in a haystack time. 108 00:05:16,015 --> 00:05:17,892 Threats against judges are tough to investigate 109 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:19,429 and most aren't serious anyway. 110 00:05:19,485 --> 00:05:20,691 Karlin ever get any threats? 111 00:05:20,753 --> 00:05:22,061 She's our best customer. 112 00:05:22,121 --> 00:05:24,067 We need to see what you got. 113 00:05:24,123 --> 00:05:25,158 I was expecting you. 114 00:05:25,224 --> 00:05:26,828 Anything recent? 115 00:05:28,127 --> 00:05:30,437 We found this just last Tuesday. 116 00:05:32,298 --> 00:05:34,437 "Karlin, you stank ass bitch," 117 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:37,180 "I'm gonna make you lick my MAC-10." 118 00:05:37,236 --> 00:05:38,943 I take it the motion was denied. 119 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:40,109 We found that on a bench, 120 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:41,777 in one of the bull pens on the 12th floor. 121 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:44,583 BRISCOE: How many guys went through that lock-up the day you found it? 122 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:47,022 I'm not sure. Cell capacity's about 100. I can get you a list. 123 00:05:47,380 --> 00:05:48,381 You ever pursue it? 124 00:05:48,448 --> 00:05:51,327 Even if we found this guy, it's probably protected by the First Amendment 125 00:05:51,384 --> 00:05:52,886 and there's nothing we could prosecute on. 126 00:05:53,019 --> 00:05:54,498 There is now. 127 00:05:56,889 --> 00:05:58,027 Court's in recess. 128 00:05:58,291 --> 00:06:00,066 Judge Karlin's not back till 2:15. 129 00:06:00,126 --> 00:06:01,730 Actually we need to speak to you. 130 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:04,408 Any of these guys have a case here last Tuesday? 131 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:05,976 I wouldn't recognize the names. 132 00:06:06,065 --> 00:06:07,703 Tuesday's the Judge's calendar day. 133 00:06:07,767 --> 00:06:09,144 BRISCOE: You got a copy of the calendar? 134 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:12,046 Hey, this isn't Yankee Stadium, huh? 135 00:06:12,104 --> 00:06:13,378 Hats off. 136 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:16,412 Yeah. Right here. 137 00:06:18,077 --> 00:06:19,078 Thanks. 138 00:06:19,145 --> 00:06:21,216 Is there any way somebody could smuggle a weapon in here? 139 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:24,226 I have two guys hand-scanning everyone who walks through here. 140 00:06:24,282 --> 00:06:27,229 And that's after they go through the metal detector downstairs. 141 00:06:27,285 --> 00:06:28,764 Is that standard procedure? 142 00:06:28,820 --> 00:06:30,128 Standard for Judge Karlin. 143 00:06:30,188 --> 00:06:31,292 ED: I got a match. 144 00:06:33,492 --> 00:06:34,732 Evan Bruce. 145 00:06:34,793 --> 00:06:35,931 Kidnap two. 146 00:06:35,994 --> 00:06:37,439 I remember that case. 147 00:06:37,596 --> 00:06:38,631 It was an a.m. call. 148 00:06:38,730 --> 00:06:41,438 We brought the guy in from the Tombs next door. 149 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:43,036 BRISCOE: We're looking for an inmate. 150 00:06:43,101 --> 00:06:44,739 Right place. You got a name? 151 00:06:44,803 --> 00:06:46,180 Evan Bruce. 152 00:06:46,238 --> 00:06:47,774 Forget to read him his rights? 153 00:06:47,873 --> 00:06:51,821 No, we're here to collect on his pledge to the Police Athletic League. 154 00:06:51,877 --> 00:06:53,254 Evan Bruce. 155 00:06:54,546 --> 00:06:55,820 Checked in in September. 156 00:06:55,881 --> 00:06:57,360 AW problems? 157 00:06:57,949 --> 00:06:59,223 Problems? 158 00:06:59,317 --> 00:07:01,923 Yeah, you know, disciplinary infractions? 159 00:07:01,987 --> 00:07:03,796 CLERK: Nothing. How about psych work-ups? 160 00:07:04,155 --> 00:07:06,726 That information's confidential. I wouldn't have access. 161 00:07:06,791 --> 00:07:09,135 BRISCOE: Well, we need to talk to him. 162 00:07:09,194 --> 00:07:11,902 Too late. He was released three days ago. 163 00:07:12,898 --> 00:07:14,377 Now why I gotta come down here? 164 00:07:14,432 --> 00:07:16,742 You realize threatening a judge is a felony? 165 00:07:16,835 --> 00:07:18,678 I didn't threaten no judge That's crazy, man. 166 00:07:18,737 --> 00:07:20,148 More like stupid. 167 00:07:20,205 --> 00:07:23,015 Somebody sent Judge Karlin this little love letter. 168 00:07:23,074 --> 00:07:25,714 Whoever wrote it called her a stank ass bitch. 169 00:07:25,777 --> 00:07:26,778 Wasn't me. 170 00:07:26,845 --> 00:07:28,085 ED: We want you to write it for us. 171 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,917 Write it. Stank ass bitch. 172 00:07:42,727 --> 00:07:45,264 Look, Lennie. He misspelled bitch. 173 00:07:47,032 --> 00:07:48,204 Again. 174 00:07:49,701 --> 00:07:51,544 All right. Look, I was just letting go of my anger 175 00:07:51,603 --> 00:07:53,082 from being in there so long. 176 00:07:53,138 --> 00:07:56,210 Is that what you call taking three shots at a judge? 177 00:07:56,274 --> 00:07:57,514 Is this guy a friend of yours? 178 00:07:57,742 --> 00:07:59,050 Does he look like a friend of mine? 179 00:07:59,110 --> 00:08:01,283 ED: Man, we don't know who you keep company with. 180 00:08:01,346 --> 00:08:04,919 Look, half the people that walked out of that courtroom wanted that bitch... 181 00:08:05,517 --> 00:08:07,360 I mean, that Judge, dead. 182 00:08:07,419 --> 00:08:10,331 Yeah, but most of them didn't write her a threatening note. 183 00:08:10,554 --> 00:08:11,965 But why I'm gonna kill her? 184 00:08:12,022 --> 00:08:14,502 My lawyer beat the case on a speedy trial motion. 185 00:08:14,558 --> 00:08:15,901 Ain't nothing she can do to me now. 186 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:17,132 (DOOR OPENING) 187 00:08:17,194 --> 00:08:18,730 BRISCOE: Well, maybe you better hang on to that lawyer 188 00:08:19,196 --> 00:08:22,973 'cause we're gonna send this to the D.A. and see if they want to prosecute. 189 00:08:23,033 --> 00:08:24,671 Just got this from ballistics. 190 00:08:24,735 --> 00:08:27,045 They recovered the serial number from the gun. 191 00:08:27,104 --> 00:08:30,381 It traced to the Lodi, New Jersey police department. 192 00:08:34,011 --> 00:08:36,013 So what brings you to Lodi, detectives? 193 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,186 We're investigating an attempted murder in Manhattan. 194 00:08:39,249 --> 00:08:40,523 You know this guy? 195 00:08:40,584 --> 00:08:42,791 No. You said "attempted murder." 196 00:08:42,853 --> 00:08:45,595 Yeah. He was killed in a shoot-out with the NYPD. 197 00:08:45,689 --> 00:08:47,362 His .38 traced to your department. 198 00:08:47,424 --> 00:08:49,233 Well, we don't use .38's anymore. 199 00:08:49,293 --> 00:08:52,137 We went to 9 millimeter automatics two years ago. 200 00:08:52,196 --> 00:08:54,176 Yeah, so did most of us. 201 00:08:54,264 --> 00:08:57,177 Could it be that one of your guys kept one as a back-up? 202 00:08:57,234 --> 00:08:59,942 We traded them all in to knock the price down on our new weapons. 203 00:09:00,137 --> 00:09:02,208 You mean there are police-issue guns on the street? 204 00:09:02,272 --> 00:09:04,274 This is a small department with a tight budget. 205 00:09:04,341 --> 00:09:05,945 We can't afford to melt them down. 206 00:09:06,076 --> 00:09:08,682 This gun was used to shoot at a judge. 207 00:09:08,946 --> 00:09:10,152 (SIGHS) 208 00:09:10,347 --> 00:09:15,797 Look, if a dealer sold the gun legally, it should show up on the state's database. 209 00:09:21,358 --> 00:09:22,598 Excuse me. 210 00:09:22,660 --> 00:09:24,037 You Vince Ellis? 211 00:09:24,094 --> 00:09:25,368 Far as I know. 212 00:09:25,429 --> 00:09:27,932 We got your name off the state handgun registry. 213 00:09:27,998 --> 00:09:30,103 You bought a .38 about a year ago? 214 00:09:30,167 --> 00:09:32,113 Yeah, but I don't got it no more. 215 00:09:32,169 --> 00:09:33,546 It was stolen. 216 00:09:33,671 --> 00:09:34,979 ED: When was that? 217 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:37,110 Noticed it missing about two weeks ago. 218 00:09:37,174 --> 00:09:39,120 BRISCOE: You report it to the police? 219 00:09:39,176 --> 00:09:40,177 Didn't get around to it yet. 220 00:09:41,378 --> 00:09:43,756 You heard about this judge who got shot at in the city? 221 00:09:43,847 --> 00:09:44,848 One where the shooter got killed? 222 00:09:45,549 --> 00:09:46,550 What about it? 223 00:09:46,984 --> 00:09:49,794 They found your gun in the shooter's hand. 224 00:09:51,021 --> 00:09:52,261 Oh, God. 225 00:09:53,223 --> 00:09:54,725 ED: Who is it? 226 00:09:55,192 --> 00:09:58,537 You know, we could charge you right now as an accomplice, Mr. Ellis. 227 00:10:00,196 --> 00:10:02,176 It's my nephew, Frankie. 228 00:10:02,765 --> 00:10:04,244 Frank Morris. 229 00:10:05,435 --> 00:10:06,436 Where's he live? 230 00:10:07,170 --> 00:10:08,808 Over in Paterson. 231 00:10:08,905 --> 00:10:10,851 He was in here a few nights last week. 232 00:10:10,907 --> 00:10:12,887 Asked if he could use my .38. 233 00:10:12,942 --> 00:10:13,977 And you let him? 234 00:10:14,043 --> 00:10:16,922 Said he'd give me 200 just to borrow it. I told him no way. 235 00:10:16,979 --> 00:10:18,185 Next night I come in and it's gone. 236 00:10:19,615 --> 00:10:21,561 That's a pretty convenient explanation. 237 00:10:21,617 --> 00:10:23,153 It's the truth. 238 00:10:23,319 --> 00:10:24,696 Look, $200? 239 00:10:25,254 --> 00:10:26,858 I knew something real bad was going down. 240 00:10:26,923 --> 00:10:28,766 I ain't risking my place here for that kind of money. 241 00:10:28,825 --> 00:10:30,327 So why'd you file down the serial number? 242 00:10:30,393 --> 00:10:31,497 I didn't. 243 00:10:31,961 --> 00:10:34,737 Frankie must have done it so it couldn't get back to me. 244 00:10:35,264 --> 00:10:37,073 He couldn't even get that right. 245 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:40,107 So where is this in Paterson? 246 00:10:41,104 --> 00:10:42,640 How long are you guys gonna be here? 247 00:10:42,705 --> 00:10:43,740 Couple more hours. 248 00:10:43,806 --> 00:10:45,513 And then who's gonna move out his stuff? 249 00:10:45,575 --> 00:10:47,111 We'll get back to you on that. 250 00:10:47,176 --> 00:10:50,180 Well, if Morris got paid, it isn't here. 251 00:10:50,313 --> 00:10:51,656 Got some nice magazines. 252 00:10:51,714 --> 00:10:53,387 Hot Lace, Rough and Ready. 253 00:10:53,449 --> 00:10:55,429 Are you gonna need those? 254 00:10:59,155 --> 00:11:02,898 Here's a driver's license with the name John Sheppard on it. 255 00:11:03,893 --> 00:11:05,566 Yeah, and Morris's picture. 256 00:11:05,628 --> 00:11:07,335 Standard issue for a swindler that old. 257 00:11:07,396 --> 00:11:09,307 Hey, did Morris have a car? 258 00:11:09,365 --> 00:11:11,538 Uh, yeah. The Camaro out front. 259 00:11:11,601 --> 00:11:13,274 It's worth a look. 260 00:11:13,970 --> 00:11:15,779 We're not breaking any laws here, are we, Detective? 261 00:11:15,838 --> 00:11:19,684 Hey, the guy's dead. It's not like he's gonna be filing a suppression motion. 262 00:11:19,742 --> 00:11:22,279 These 85's are a little tougher than the 86's. 263 00:11:22,345 --> 00:11:24,450 Anything before '82's cake. 264 00:11:24,647 --> 00:11:25,682 Got it. 265 00:11:25,748 --> 00:11:28,592 Could have used one of these on prom night. 266 00:11:28,718 --> 00:11:30,857 Ed, you wanna pop the trunk? 267 00:11:36,993 --> 00:11:38,199 Nothing back here, Ed. 268 00:11:38,261 --> 00:11:40,366 I got nothing here, either. 269 00:11:40,963 --> 00:11:42,374 So what do you want to do with it? 270 00:11:42,431 --> 00:11:43,432 Can you tow it? 271 00:11:43,499 --> 00:11:44,944 Sure. What was the owner's name? 272 00:11:45,001 --> 00:11:46,139 Frank Morris. 273 00:11:46,435 --> 00:11:47,914 Morris? Morris? Wait a second. 274 00:11:47,970 --> 00:11:50,415 I think the staties were looking at a guy with that name. 275 00:11:50,472 --> 00:11:52,452 Looking at him for what? 276 00:11:52,707 --> 00:11:53,913 Murder. 277 00:11:55,510 --> 00:11:57,751 Chief witness in a narcotics case got killed. 278 00:11:57,813 --> 00:11:59,224 Morris was our only suspect. 279 00:11:59,281 --> 00:12:00,589 Who was the defendant? 280 00:12:00,649 --> 00:12:02,754 Major heroin dealer down in Camden. 281 00:12:02,818 --> 00:12:04,161 We flipped one of his clockers. 282 00:12:04,219 --> 00:12:06,199 He got dead three days before the trial started. 283 00:12:06,254 --> 00:12:07,528 Shooting? 284 00:12:07,689 --> 00:12:08,690 Middle of the day, 285 00:12:08,757 --> 00:12:10,737 two pops while he's killing a brew on the front porch. 286 00:12:10,792 --> 00:12:11,896 Nobody saw a thing. 287 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:13,496 What's this dealer's connection to Morris? 288 00:12:13,562 --> 00:12:15,838 No prior relationship we could make out. 289 00:12:16,298 --> 00:12:18,471 It's the best we could figure Morris is a small-time low-life 290 00:12:18,533 --> 00:12:19,773 who's trying to make his bones. 291 00:12:19,835 --> 00:12:21,405 BRISCOE: Yeah. His sheet was clean. 292 00:12:21,470 --> 00:12:23,143 Yeah, kid had a great future ahead of him. 293 00:12:23,205 --> 00:12:25,446 So, I take it you just didn't have much evidence. 294 00:12:25,507 --> 00:12:26,815 Nothing we could make stick. 295 00:12:26,875 --> 00:12:28,513 But we could put him in the informant's neighborhood 296 00:12:28,577 --> 00:12:29,578 the day of the murder. 297 00:12:29,644 --> 00:12:32,682 And he visited the defendant in Rahway prison a week before. 298 00:12:32,747 --> 00:12:35,057 A hit man who makes house calls. 299 00:12:36,318 --> 00:12:38,423 Karlin's a Manhattan judge, 300 00:12:38,687 --> 00:12:42,635 so anybody she puts in pending trial is either in Rikers or the Tombs. 301 00:12:42,691 --> 00:12:45,194 So we pulled the visitors log from the last three weeks. 302 00:12:45,260 --> 00:12:46,830 You find Morris? 303 00:12:46,895 --> 00:12:49,466 John Sheppard. Now that's the name that was on the fake ID 304 00:12:49,531 --> 00:12:51,135 we found in Morris's apartment. 305 00:12:51,199 --> 00:12:53,839 So Sheppard visited an inmate at Rikers 306 00:12:54,102 --> 00:12:55,979 named Randall Wylie on March 7th. 307 00:12:56,037 --> 00:12:58,313 Yeah. They spent 25 minutes together, 308 00:12:58,373 --> 00:13:00,046 eight days before the hit. 309 00:13:00,108 --> 00:13:02,247 Well, what charge was this Wylie in for? 310 00:13:02,310 --> 00:13:03,880 It's a paper case. The guy's a CPA. 311 00:13:03,945 --> 00:13:08,325 Now here's the kicker. Wylie's case is currently before Judge Karlin. 312 00:13:11,586 --> 00:13:12,690 (BUZZER BUZZING) 313 00:13:12,754 --> 00:13:14,495 Have you guys spoken to my lawyer? 314 00:13:14,556 --> 00:13:17,730 We're not here about your current case, Mr. Wylie. 315 00:13:17,893 --> 00:13:19,930 Oh, then what's this about? 316 00:13:20,161 --> 00:13:21,868 According to the prison log, 317 00:13:21,930 --> 00:13:24,604 a John Sheppard visited you on March 7th. 318 00:13:25,033 --> 00:13:26,273 John Sheppard? 319 00:13:26,334 --> 00:13:27,779 BRISCOE: Yeah. You know him? 320 00:13:27,836 --> 00:13:28,871 No. 321 00:13:29,037 --> 00:13:31,074 ED: Then why'd he come and visit you? 322 00:13:31,139 --> 00:13:35,087 An officer came by and said someone was here for me in the visiting area. 323 00:13:35,477 --> 00:13:38,150 When I came out, it was this guy, Sheppard. 324 00:13:38,846 --> 00:13:40,757 I asked him who he was. 325 00:13:41,415 --> 00:13:43,452 He told me my lawyer had sent him. 326 00:13:43,617 --> 00:13:45,187 Sent him about what? 327 00:13:45,853 --> 00:13:49,266 He said he was assisting her on my case. 328 00:13:49,356 --> 00:13:50,994 Assisting her how? 329 00:13:51,325 --> 00:13:52,770 WYLIE: That's what I was thinking. 330 00:13:52,826 --> 00:13:54,134 After a couple minutes it became clear 331 00:13:54,194 --> 00:13:56,504 he didn't know anything about my case either. 332 00:13:56,563 --> 00:13:57,598 Sol left. 333 00:13:57,665 --> 00:13:59,338 You didn't find this strange, Mr. Wylie? 334 00:14:00,134 --> 00:14:02,774 A lot of strange things happen in here. 335 00:14:04,004 --> 00:14:07,474 I figured somebody must have just written down the wrong inmate number or something. 336 00:14:07,541 --> 00:14:09,020 But he knew who you were? 337 00:14:10,144 --> 00:14:12,090 Look. Look, what does this have to do with me? 338 00:14:12,146 --> 00:14:15,753 A week after he visited you, John Sheppard tried to kill Judge Karlin. 339 00:14:16,717 --> 00:14:18,924 You know who Judge Karlin is, don't you? 340 00:14:20,020 --> 00:14:21,761 I had nothing to do with that. 341 00:14:21,822 --> 00:14:24,735 So it's just a coincidence that he comes to visit you out of the blue 342 00:14:24,792 --> 00:14:28,069 and then a week later he takes a shot at your judge. 343 00:14:29,797 --> 00:14:33,540 I don't think my lawyer would want me talking to you anymore. 344 00:14:34,868 --> 00:14:37,508 This guy's about as menacing as Jeff van Gundy. 345 00:14:37,571 --> 00:14:39,573 And it doesn't even look like he's facing much time. 346 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:40,914 Why risk killing a judge? 347 00:14:40,975 --> 00:14:43,854 Hey, he lied about how much time he spent with Morris that day. 348 00:14:43,944 --> 00:14:47,414 Let's see if the Lou can pull some strings in the frauds department. 349 00:14:47,481 --> 00:14:48,687 Thanks. 350 00:14:50,384 --> 00:14:52,159 Thanks for coming down, Detective. 351 00:14:52,219 --> 00:14:53,254 Sure. 352 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,300 So what's up with my old buddy, Randall Wylie? 353 00:14:55,356 --> 00:14:56,630 We're just trying to figure out 354 00:14:56,690 --> 00:14:59,296 if he's capable of more than just securities violations. 355 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:00,498 As in Judge Karlin? 356 00:15:00,561 --> 00:15:01,835 That's what we're thinking. 357 00:15:01,895 --> 00:15:04,501 Wylie's a CFO of a small investment bank. 358 00:15:04,565 --> 00:15:07,478 Wife, two little girls, plush house in Westchester. 359 00:15:07,534 --> 00:15:10,981 Got a little greedy, he took some stock from a company he was consulting. 360 00:15:11,038 --> 00:15:12,073 He unloaded the shares, 361 00:15:12,139 --> 00:15:13,948 racked up almost half a million dollars in profit. 362 00:15:15,342 --> 00:15:17,481 But what's your gut, though? 363 00:15:17,645 --> 00:15:19,591 Was he desperate enough to hire a hit man? 364 00:15:19,913 --> 00:15:21,790 The indictment turned his world upside down, 365 00:15:21,849 --> 00:15:23,385 and he was fired by his firm. 366 00:15:23,450 --> 00:15:25,293 We took him out of his office in handcuffs. 367 00:15:25,352 --> 00:15:27,262 That had to be tough on his ego. 368 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:28,321 And his wallet. 369 00:15:28,388 --> 00:15:29,890 D.A. froze most of his accounts, 370 00:15:29,956 --> 00:15:32,197 except for what his family needed to pay his bills. 371 00:15:32,492 --> 00:15:34,233 So your answer is yes. 372 00:15:35,094 --> 00:15:37,335 My answer is who the hell knows what anybody's capable of, 373 00:15:37,397 --> 00:15:38,671 push come to shove. 374 00:15:38,731 --> 00:15:40,972 Here are the financials you wanted. 375 00:15:43,102 --> 00:15:45,378 Wylie's got more accounts than I got dollars. 376 00:15:45,438 --> 00:15:46,940 Brokerage accounts, 377 00:15:47,006 --> 00:15:49,282 money markets, four checking accounts. 378 00:15:49,342 --> 00:15:51,652 Yeah, but he ain't got nothing in them, $300, $400, 379 00:15:51,711 --> 00:15:53,452 and all I'm seeing here are mortgage payments, 380 00:15:53,513 --> 00:15:55,117 car payments, credit card bills. 381 00:15:55,181 --> 00:15:56,819 Yeah. He couldn't afford to buy a gun, 382 00:15:56,883 --> 00:15:58,385 much less hire a killer. 383 00:15:58,451 --> 00:16:01,955 And there are no major withdrawals, even before the freeze. 384 00:16:02,622 --> 00:16:04,727 And here's his tax returns. 385 00:16:05,324 --> 00:16:08,396 Gross income, 246 grand. 386 00:16:08,661 --> 00:16:11,335 Wow. Maybe he put some of that money in his mattress. 387 00:16:11,998 --> 00:16:13,477 Here's his schedule A. 388 00:16:13,533 --> 00:16:16,776 You know, Wylie's got a New York State college tuition account? 389 00:16:18,004 --> 00:16:20,507 I thought his two girls were little. 390 00:16:24,277 --> 00:16:27,053 The college tuition program's about three years old. 391 00:16:27,113 --> 00:16:29,150 It helps people save for their kids' education. 392 00:16:29,215 --> 00:16:30,660 Can anybody open an account here? 393 00:16:30,716 --> 00:16:32,855 Yeah, if you live in New York and have a kid. 394 00:16:32,919 --> 00:16:34,193 How old's the kid have to be? 395 00:16:34,253 --> 00:16:37,757 Well, you can open an account the same day you give birth. 396 00:16:37,824 --> 00:16:41,203 And does the money go directly to the kid's college? 397 00:16:41,260 --> 00:16:43,069 You can withdraw from the account, 398 00:16:43,129 --> 00:16:45,939 but you incur a tax penalty if it's not used for tuition. 399 00:16:46,566 --> 00:16:50,810 Does a Randall Wylie still have an account here? 400 00:16:50,870 --> 00:16:52,213 Let's see. 401 00:16:52,271 --> 00:16:54,182 Randall Wylie. 402 00:16:54,841 --> 00:16:56,616 Yeah, the account's still active. 403 00:16:56,676 --> 00:16:58,053 Any withdrawals recently? 404 00:16:58,111 --> 00:17:02,287 (SIGHING) There's one on March 12th. 405 00:17:02,548 --> 00:17:04,118 That's three days before the shooting. 406 00:17:04,183 --> 00:17:05,355 For how much? 407 00:17:05,418 --> 00:17:06,726 Practically the whole account. 408 00:17:07,420 --> 00:17:08,831 $100,000. 409 00:17:10,656 --> 00:17:13,660 I guess he wasn't worried about a tax penalty. 410 00:17:16,928 --> 00:17:20,398 We pulled the IUDs from the phone Wylie had access to at Rikers. 411 00:17:20,465 --> 00:17:21,637 A week before the shooting 412 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:24,374 there was a call to the bar where Morris got the gun. 413 00:17:24,636 --> 00:17:25,842 Can we put Morris on the call? 414 00:17:25,937 --> 00:17:26,938 He was at the bar. 415 00:17:27,405 --> 00:17:31,410 The next day he spent 25 minutes with Wylie in the visitors' area. 416 00:17:31,510 --> 00:17:32,989 Money change hands? 417 00:17:33,045 --> 00:17:35,719 Well, there was a $100,000 withdrawal 418 00:17:35,781 --> 00:17:37,886 from Wylie's daughters' tuition account. 419 00:17:38,083 --> 00:17:39,494 Any evidence it went to Morris? 420 00:17:39,551 --> 00:17:41,087 Nothing so far. 421 00:17:42,554 --> 00:17:45,467 Wylie's not some Colombian drug lord, Anita. 422 00:17:45,624 --> 00:17:48,127 I'm having trouble imagining some milquetoast CPA 423 00:17:48,193 --> 00:17:49,536 ordered a hit on a judge. 424 00:17:49,594 --> 00:17:52,632 Yeah, we're having some problems buying into it ourselves. 425 00:17:53,565 --> 00:17:56,375 Okay, well Jack and I will talk to the A.D.A. in our Frauds Bureau 426 00:17:56,434 --> 00:17:59,472 who was handling Wylie's case. We'll, see how serious his situation was. 427 00:17:59,538 --> 00:18:00,642 Okay. 428 00:18:00,972 --> 00:18:02,645 You really think he went after Karlin? 429 00:18:02,707 --> 00:18:04,015 You tell us. 430 00:18:04,075 --> 00:18:05,281 I guess anything's possible. 431 00:18:05,343 --> 00:18:06,549 Did you offer Wylie a plea? 432 00:18:06,611 --> 00:18:07,817 Yeah, two-to-six. 433 00:18:07,879 --> 00:18:08,983 And he wasn't interested? 434 00:18:09,047 --> 00:18:10,117 Never got that far. 435 00:18:10,182 --> 00:18:12,526 Karlin wouldn't agree to the deal. She thought it was too lenient. 436 00:18:12,584 --> 00:18:13,790 Was it? 437 00:18:13,952 --> 00:18:16,523 It was nothing different than what Wylie could've gotten next door. 438 00:18:16,588 --> 00:18:19,501 But Karlin wanted top count, no promise on sentence. 439 00:18:19,558 --> 00:18:21,560 On the next adjourn date, she put him in Rikers. 440 00:18:21,626 --> 00:18:22,900 With no priors. 441 00:18:22,961 --> 00:18:26,067 She found out that Wylie's wife went to the Cayman islands. 442 00:18:26,131 --> 00:18:27,269 Off-shore bank accounts? 443 00:18:27,332 --> 00:18:28,777 She flew in and out the same day. 444 00:18:28,833 --> 00:18:30,471 Well, she's not there for the snorkeling. 445 00:18:30,535 --> 00:18:32,640 Karlin remanded him as a flight risk. 446 00:18:32,704 --> 00:18:34,274 How did Wylie react? 447 00:18:34,339 --> 00:18:35,579 He was pretty shaken up. 448 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,313 When the court officers came in to cuff him, 449 00:18:37,375 --> 00:18:40,185 they had to drag his wife out kicking and screaming. 450 00:18:40,245 --> 00:18:41,349 I'm late for an arraignment. 451 00:18:41,413 --> 00:18:43,120 So if there's anything else, I'll be in my office later. 452 00:18:43,181 --> 00:18:44,660 Okay, thanks. 453 00:18:45,851 --> 00:18:48,263 Sounds like Wylie had a reason to want Karlin dead. 454 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,392 And if one reason wasn't enough, she gave him another. 455 00:18:51,456 --> 00:18:54,198 You think what she did was inappropriate? 456 00:18:54,526 --> 00:18:57,439 I respect her right to turn down a plea if she thought it was too lenient. 457 00:18:57,496 --> 00:18:59,942 But it forces Wylie to go to trial. 458 00:19:00,131 --> 00:19:03,078 How many judges would balk at a chance to dispose of a case? 459 00:19:03,134 --> 00:19:05,044 She treats her job as more than a numbers game. 460 00:19:05,102 --> 00:19:06,581 More power to her. 461 00:19:06,637 --> 00:19:08,844 A woman after your own heart. 462 00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:11,879 The voters re-elected her twice, Jack. 463 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:14,351 We know that Wylie's wife was pretty angry. 464 00:19:14,411 --> 00:19:17,654 It wouldn't be the first time that a family member went too far. 465 00:19:17,715 --> 00:19:19,456 Well, I have a meeting with her in Westchester. 466 00:19:19,516 --> 00:19:22,224 I'm gonna drive up there this afternoon. 467 00:19:22,586 --> 00:19:26,363 I'm sorry, but you wasted your time coming all the way up here. 468 00:19:26,423 --> 00:19:29,404 Actually, I was hoping you could clarify a few things for me, Mrs. Wylie. 469 00:19:30,361 --> 00:19:33,467 If you're not clear, why are you prosecuting my husband? 470 00:19:33,764 --> 00:19:36,404 At this point, we haven't made any formal decision. 471 00:19:36,734 --> 00:19:37,769 No, 472 00:19:37,835 --> 00:19:39,872 but you've made up your mind already, haven't you? 473 00:19:39,937 --> 00:19:42,474 He did meet with the man who shot at Judge Karlin. 474 00:19:44,141 --> 00:19:45,745 Believe what you want. 475 00:19:45,809 --> 00:19:48,653 My husband is an accountant, Ms. Carmichael. 476 00:19:48,712 --> 00:19:50,123 Not a killer. 477 00:19:51,115 --> 00:19:53,220 We found the money, Mrs. Wylie. 478 00:19:54,385 --> 00:19:55,762 What money? 479 00:19:56,153 --> 00:19:58,064 The money from your daughters' college tuition. 480 00:19:59,490 --> 00:20:01,492 I also know about the trip to the Caymans. 481 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:04,837 First this Judge and now you. 482 00:20:04,895 --> 00:20:08,104 I thought people were supposed to be presumed innocent? 483 00:20:08,198 --> 00:20:10,439 If you assisted your husband in procuring money 484 00:20:10,534 --> 00:20:11,535 to hire this man... 485 00:20:11,602 --> 00:20:12,876 Are you threatening me? 486 00:20:15,005 --> 00:20:18,953 I think what I'm doing is offering you a chance to save what's left of your family. 487 00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:21,853 That money was used to pay our legal fees. 488 00:20:22,246 --> 00:20:24,590 Now get the hell out of my house. 489 00:20:31,789 --> 00:20:33,291 (DOOR OPENING) 490 00:20:36,226 --> 00:20:39,673 Please. You expect me to help you put away my own client? 491 00:20:39,730 --> 00:20:41,710 We could always subpoena your account records. 492 00:20:41,765 --> 00:20:43,369 And I can always refuse to comply. 493 00:20:43,434 --> 00:20:45,971 Somehow I don't see you in prison stripes, Danielle. 494 00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:48,448 Well, you're gonna see me a lot more in pin stripes, Jack, 495 00:20:48,505 --> 00:20:49,506 because as of yesterday, 496 00:20:49,573 --> 00:20:52,679 I represent Randall Wylie in the attempted murder case. 497 00:20:52,743 --> 00:20:54,688 Here's my notice of appearance. 498 00:20:54,744 --> 00:20:56,155 Well, that's a convenient way to shield yourself 499 00:20:56,212 --> 00:20:57,953 from being called as a witness at his trial. 500 00:20:58,014 --> 00:20:59,891 There are ways around that, Danielle, if that's what this is. 501 00:21:01,017 --> 00:21:02,758 You wouldn't do that to me, would you, Jack? 502 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:04,928 In a New York minute. 503 00:21:07,423 --> 00:21:10,165 The minute Karlin blocked a plea bargain, 504 00:21:10,259 --> 00:21:12,068 my trial fee kicked in. 505 00:21:12,128 --> 00:21:14,108 Here's the deposit slip. 506 00:21:16,299 --> 00:21:18,279 $100,000 cash. 507 00:21:18,434 --> 00:21:20,107 You took your money up front. 508 00:21:20,169 --> 00:21:23,150 And I so wanted to sandbag you with it at trial. 509 00:21:23,206 --> 00:21:26,483 It's just too bad that Janice opened her big mouth. 510 00:21:30,113 --> 00:21:31,888 LEWIN: It's a good thing Melnick came clean. 511 00:21:31,948 --> 00:21:36,158 You'd have spent your summation wiping the shoe polish off your mouth. 512 00:21:36,219 --> 00:21:37,789 Meanwhile, we have no proof 513 00:21:37,854 --> 00:21:39,891 Wylie actually paid Morris. 514 00:21:39,956 --> 00:21:41,731 Could have been COD. 515 00:21:42,158 --> 00:21:45,139 His hitman trusted him more than his lawyer did. 516 00:21:45,194 --> 00:21:46,969 So without connecting him to a payment, 517 00:21:47,030 --> 00:21:48,566 do we even have a case? 518 00:21:48,631 --> 00:21:50,201 Wylie met with Morris face to face 519 00:21:50,266 --> 00:21:52,246 about a week before the murder attempt. 520 00:21:52,301 --> 00:21:55,714 I seriously doubt it was a conversation about tax advice. 521 00:21:55,772 --> 00:21:58,514 Why would a man like Wylie stoop to something like this? 522 00:21:58,574 --> 00:22:00,110 'Cause he stole half a million dollars. 523 00:22:00,176 --> 00:22:04,318 Well, there's a small difference between greed and murdering a judge. 524 00:22:04,380 --> 00:22:06,417 Well, how about a judge who wouldn't cut him a deal 525 00:22:06,482 --> 00:22:07,552 and threw him in jail? 526 00:22:07,617 --> 00:22:09,187 Frauds Bureau was ready to take a plea, 527 00:22:09,252 --> 00:22:11,289 Karlin put the kibosh on it. 528 00:22:11,354 --> 00:22:15,325 One would think our people knew more about the case than she did. 529 00:22:15,425 --> 00:22:17,427 I've had a half-dozen cases with her. 530 00:22:17,493 --> 00:22:21,942 She listens to our recommendations, but she tends to make up her own mind. 531 00:22:22,799 --> 00:22:24,870 How did Wylie find Morris? 532 00:22:24,934 --> 00:22:29,007 It's hard to imagine his firm has a murder-for-hire consultant. 533 00:22:29,706 --> 00:22:33,017 Maybe he started hanging out with the wrong element. 534 00:22:39,749 --> 00:22:43,924 Randall Wylie was remanded without bail by Judge Karlin on March 4th. 535 00:22:44,352 --> 00:22:46,593 Assigned C-17, lower tier 3. 536 00:22:47,089 --> 00:22:48,329 That a dorm or a cell? 537 00:22:48,390 --> 00:22:50,199 That's a single inmate unit. 538 00:22:50,258 --> 00:22:52,169 He was on suicide watch. 539 00:22:52,260 --> 00:22:53,261 Did he make an attempt? 540 00:22:53,762 --> 00:22:54,866 Not that we know of. 541 00:22:54,930 --> 00:22:57,877 In this case the suicide watch was requested by his own lawyer. 542 00:22:58,233 --> 00:23:00,076 Did Wylie have contact with any other inmates? 543 00:23:00,669 --> 00:23:03,445 We have SOA's patrolling the areas, making sure nobody hangs up. 544 00:23:03,505 --> 00:23:04,540 JACK: SOA's? 545 00:23:04,606 --> 00:23:05,949 Suicide Observation Aides. 546 00:23:06,641 --> 00:23:07,779 Staff or inmates? 547 00:23:08,110 --> 00:23:10,647 Inmates. As long as they're not charged with murder. 548 00:23:11,780 --> 00:23:13,521 To avoid any conflict of interest. 549 00:23:14,716 --> 00:23:17,219 CARMICHAEL: Who was on Wylie's tier? 550 00:23:17,719 --> 00:23:19,665 MCGOWAN: Randall was wound up pretty tight when he got here. 551 00:23:19,721 --> 00:23:21,758 Never been in jail before. 552 00:23:22,557 --> 00:23:24,696 JACK: Did he ever talk about killing himself? 553 00:23:24,759 --> 00:23:26,170 Seemed okay to me. 554 00:23:26,228 --> 00:23:29,107 Took his belt and shoelaces away, just in case. 555 00:23:29,331 --> 00:23:31,436 Gave him a pass by every five, 10 minutes. 556 00:23:31,533 --> 00:23:32,534 Did you spend anytime with him? 557 00:23:32,968 --> 00:23:34,675 Yeah, we talked a little bit. 558 00:23:34,803 --> 00:23:36,009 Mostly about his case. 559 00:23:36,638 --> 00:23:39,710 Did Wylie ever say anything about Judge Karlin? 560 00:23:44,012 --> 00:23:47,118 Oh, I probably shouldn't be talking to you guys. 561 00:23:48,183 --> 00:23:51,027 CARMICHAEL: What's the problem, Mr. McGowan? 562 00:23:51,153 --> 00:23:52,154 Nothing. 563 00:23:52,954 --> 00:23:55,798 You know we can always notify the A.D.A. who's prosecuting you 564 00:23:55,857 --> 00:23:57,530 that you're obstructing our investigation. 565 00:23:58,293 --> 00:24:00,933 They got their own set of rules in here, you know that. 566 00:24:00,996 --> 00:24:02,475 JACK: Honor among thieves. 567 00:24:02,531 --> 00:24:04,135 Don't snitch on nobody. 568 00:24:04,666 --> 00:24:06,407 Unless it pays off. 569 00:24:08,904 --> 00:24:10,577 You got something for me? 570 00:24:11,606 --> 00:24:13,813 If you have something for us. 571 00:24:16,611 --> 00:24:19,353 I'm looking at 25 years on an arson two rap. 572 00:24:19,748 --> 00:24:21,091 What exactly did you burn down? 573 00:24:21,483 --> 00:24:23,622 A store and nobody got hurt. 574 00:24:24,085 --> 00:24:26,793 If you plead to a C felony, we can try and get you minimum. 575 00:24:26,855 --> 00:24:28,459 Provided you're straight with us. 576 00:24:28,723 --> 00:24:31,396 And the D.A. prosecuting me's gonna go along with this? 577 00:24:31,625 --> 00:24:33,229 Our case has priority. 578 00:24:36,363 --> 00:24:38,468 Then I guess we got a deal. 579 00:24:40,701 --> 00:24:44,376 According to McGowan, Wylie was in a rage about Judge Karlin from day one. 580 00:24:44,438 --> 00:24:46,884 He was obsessed about finding away to get back at her 581 00:24:46,941 --> 00:24:50,115 for putting "someone like him" into that hell-hole. 582 00:24:51,145 --> 00:24:53,386 That's pretty tough talk from a CPA. 583 00:24:53,847 --> 00:24:55,758 He was looking down the teeth of atrial 584 00:24:55,816 --> 00:24:58,023 and a long sentence. He had nothing but bad choices. 585 00:24:58,085 --> 00:25:01,157 And his only way out was the ultimate in judge-shopping. 586 00:25:01,255 --> 00:25:03,735 So you actually believe this McGowan? 587 00:25:03,791 --> 00:25:05,236 We found him, Nora. 588 00:25:05,459 --> 00:25:08,338 McGowan only corroborated what we already suspected. 589 00:25:08,796 --> 00:25:11,003 I'm sure you two cut him a pretty good deal. 590 00:25:11,398 --> 00:25:15,278 It wasn't like our pool of potential witnesses was the boys tabernacle choir. 591 00:25:15,502 --> 00:25:18,574 But we still can't connect him and Morris with a payment. 592 00:25:18,973 --> 00:25:21,453 Our forensic accountants have been all over the paperwork. 593 00:25:21,508 --> 00:25:22,543 So far, no luck. 594 00:25:22,610 --> 00:25:25,614 It's a pretty solid circumstantial case, even without the money. 595 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,484 So some schlep goes to Rikers for a few months 596 00:25:29,550 --> 00:25:31,757 and we manage to turn him into a cold blooded killer. 597 00:25:35,823 --> 00:25:37,234 Pick him up. 598 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,570 Randall Wylie, we need you to come with us. 599 00:25:42,830 --> 00:25:44,366 Can't you see I'm with my wife? 600 00:25:44,431 --> 00:25:46,308 Stand up, Mr. Wylie. You're under arrest. 601 00:25:46,367 --> 00:25:48,643 Course I'm under arrest. What else would I be doing here? 602 00:25:48,702 --> 00:25:50,477 Yeah, only this time it's for attempted murder. 603 00:25:50,537 --> 00:25:51,607 Randall, what's going on? 604 00:25:51,672 --> 00:25:53,242 I'm already in jail, for God's sake. 605 00:25:53,307 --> 00:25:55,116 Tell it to the judge. 606 00:25:58,412 --> 00:26:00,983 I knew I was right about Wylie. 607 00:26:01,682 --> 00:26:03,457 Right about him in what way, Judge? 608 00:26:03,517 --> 00:26:04,621 You sit on the bench long enough, 609 00:26:04,685 --> 00:26:07,097 you get a feel for guys like that. 610 00:26:08,188 --> 00:26:10,600 He's a businessman with no priors. 611 00:26:10,991 --> 00:26:12,800 Are you saying you knew he was dangerous? 612 00:26:14,395 --> 00:26:16,807 I thought you came here to prep me for the trial. 613 00:26:16,864 --> 00:26:17,865 I did. 614 00:26:18,098 --> 00:26:21,408 You're gonna be cross examined on the appearance of bias. 615 00:26:21,467 --> 00:26:24,573 And I'm sure you'll be able to lay that misconception to rest. 616 00:26:24,637 --> 00:26:27,447 They'll say you threw Wylie in jail because of what his wife did. 617 00:26:27,507 --> 00:26:29,043 That was hardly bias. 618 00:26:29,509 --> 00:26:32,080 And when our office proposed a plea bargain 619 00:26:32,145 --> 00:26:33,715 you refused to go along with it. 620 00:26:33,780 --> 00:26:38,991 I wasn't satisfied your office was sending the right message to white collar defendants. 621 00:26:39,385 --> 00:26:40,921 Are you second-guessing me? 622 00:26:40,987 --> 00:26:43,934 The defense'll paint all this as being Draconian. 623 00:26:43,990 --> 00:26:46,596 Wylie was going to run. I stopped him. 624 00:26:47,326 --> 00:26:50,330 Danielle Melnick made nice to some young A.D.A. 625 00:26:50,430 --> 00:26:53,502 who'll probably end up working at her law firm someday. 626 00:26:53,566 --> 00:26:56,103 Only you didn't propose any alternative. 627 00:26:56,169 --> 00:26:58,479 The constitution does that, Jack. 628 00:26:58,638 --> 00:26:59,981 It's called atrial. 629 00:27:03,209 --> 00:27:04,415 (SIGHS) 630 00:27:05,111 --> 00:27:07,955 I've given you your motive evidence wrapped in a ribbon. 631 00:27:08,114 --> 00:27:10,253 And that's why we're calling you, Judge. 632 00:27:10,316 --> 00:27:12,853 Only don't underestimate a jury's sympathy. 633 00:27:13,219 --> 00:27:14,459 I don't. 634 00:27:14,921 --> 00:27:17,265 That's why I prefer bench trials. 635 00:27:21,427 --> 00:27:24,067 KARLIN: Randall Wylie was before me on a fraud indictment. 636 00:27:24,130 --> 00:27:26,906 I was assigned to preside over all pre-trial proceedings, 637 00:27:26,966 --> 00:27:28,001 then the trial. 638 00:27:28,067 --> 00:27:31,810 How much time was the defendant facing if convicted of all charges against him? 639 00:27:31,871 --> 00:27:33,714 There were three separate frauds, 640 00:27:33,773 --> 00:27:36,777 for which he could be sentenced consecutively. 641 00:27:36,843 --> 00:27:38,584 Forty-five years was the aggregate. 642 00:27:38,644 --> 00:27:41,557 JACK: I turn your attention to January 17th. 643 00:27:41,748 --> 00:27:45,127 What, if anything, happened with regard to Mr. Wylie's case? 644 00:27:45,184 --> 00:27:47,095 The defense motion was on my calendar. 645 00:27:47,153 --> 00:27:49,190 When the case was called, Ms. Benedict, 646 00:27:49,255 --> 00:27:51,565 the A.D.A. from your Frauds Bureau, 647 00:27:51,924 --> 00:27:54,165 told the court that Mrs. Wylie 648 00:27:54,227 --> 00:27:57,106 took a flight to the Cayman islands and returned the same evening. 649 00:27:57,163 --> 00:27:59,700 JACK: What did you do upon learning this information? 650 00:27:59,766 --> 00:28:03,612 Mrs. Wylie was in the courtroom that day, so I asked her if it was true. 651 00:28:03,670 --> 00:28:05,513 JACK: What did she say? 652 00:28:05,571 --> 00:28:07,881 That it was none of my business. 653 00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:09,350 JACK: What happened next? 654 00:28:09,408 --> 00:28:11,547 KARLIN: I remanded the defendant as a flight risk. 655 00:28:11,643 --> 00:28:14,419 JACK: And what transpired in the courtroom? 656 00:28:14,479 --> 00:28:17,460 My court officers placed handcuffs on Mr. Wylie 657 00:28:17,516 --> 00:28:18,927 and led him into the pens. 658 00:28:18,984 --> 00:28:21,555 At that point Mrs. Wylie began throwing a tantrum. 659 00:28:21,620 --> 00:28:23,759 She said her husband didn't belong in Rikers Island 660 00:28:23,822 --> 00:28:25,631 that I was out to get him. 661 00:28:26,124 --> 00:28:28,764 JACK: Now, in the days preceding this incident, 662 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:33,204 did you take any other action with regard to Mr. Wylie's case? 663 00:28:34,332 --> 00:28:37,006 A plea bargain was brought to me, I rejected it. 664 00:28:37,069 --> 00:28:39,174 How much time was involved? 665 00:28:39,538 --> 00:28:40,539 Two years. 666 00:28:40,605 --> 00:28:42,607 Not the 45 year aggregate? 667 00:28:42,941 --> 00:28:43,919 KARLIN: Far from it. 668 00:28:43,975 --> 00:28:48,185 And when this plea bargain was refused how did Mr. Wylie react? 669 00:28:49,414 --> 00:28:50,984 He was incensed. 670 00:28:53,852 --> 00:28:55,456 Nothing further. 671 00:28:57,889 --> 00:29:00,529 What's your reputation on the bench, Judge Karlin? 672 00:29:00,592 --> 00:29:02,936 I like to think it's tough, but fair. 673 00:29:02,994 --> 00:29:06,737 But you routinely mete out prison sentences in the hundreds of years. 674 00:29:06,798 --> 00:29:08,744 I wouldn't say routinely. 675 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,802 But you do impose three-digit sentences 676 00:29:10,869 --> 00:29:13,509 when you know that the absolute maximum a defendant can serve 677 00:29:13,572 --> 00:29:17,281 for a non-capital case is 50-years-to-life? Is that right? 678 00:29:17,642 --> 00:29:19,519 I do it to make a point. 679 00:29:19,811 --> 00:29:21,154 What's that? 680 00:29:21,213 --> 00:29:22,851 To enrage the people you sentence? 681 00:29:23,648 --> 00:29:26,254 That predators, who are brought to justice in my courtroom, 682 00:29:26,318 --> 00:29:27,797 will not be coddled. 683 00:29:27,853 --> 00:29:30,197 MELNICK: So I take it you've remanded hundreds of defendants 684 00:29:30,255 --> 00:29:31,962 the way you remanded Mr. Wylie? 685 00:29:32,424 --> 00:29:33,494 Yes. 686 00:29:33,625 --> 00:29:36,231 MELNICK: And I'm sure that Mrs. Wylie is not the first relative 687 00:29:36,428 --> 00:29:39,875 of a defendant to express disapproval with you? 688 00:29:39,998 --> 00:29:41,671 Most people behave in my courtroom. 689 00:29:41,733 --> 00:29:42,973 Why is that? 690 00:29:43,034 --> 00:29:44,672 Because they're scared to death of you? 691 00:29:44,736 --> 00:29:48,240 A healthy respect for authority goes a long way, Ms. Melnick, 692 00:29:48,306 --> 00:29:49,876 especially these days. 693 00:29:50,642 --> 00:29:53,054 Judge, I'd like you to take a look 694 00:29:54,012 --> 00:29:55,992 at defense exhibit four. 695 00:29:57,315 --> 00:30:01,490 Is this your likeness, on a glassine envelope used to package heroin, 696 00:30:01,619 --> 00:30:03,530 with the brand name Judge Dread? 697 00:30:04,154 --> 00:30:05,929 I've seen this before. 698 00:30:05,990 --> 00:30:09,460 I don't like it, but I'm not sure it's such a bad thing. 699 00:30:09,827 --> 00:30:12,467 At least the dealers will know what's in store for them 700 00:30:12,530 --> 00:30:15,568 when they're caught selling this poison to our children. 701 00:30:15,699 --> 00:30:17,975 MELNICK: Before you were appointed to the bench, 702 00:30:18,035 --> 00:30:20,914 you prosecuted thousands of defendants as an Assistant D.A., 703 00:30:20,971 --> 00:30:22,473 is that right? Yes. 704 00:30:22,740 --> 00:30:25,550 And you've probably sent an equal number of defendants 705 00:30:25,609 --> 00:30:27,088 to state prison 706 00:30:27,144 --> 00:30:29,090 as a Supreme Court judge, am I right? 707 00:30:29,346 --> 00:30:30,586 Close to it, yes. 708 00:30:30,648 --> 00:30:32,628 So would it be fair to say 709 00:30:32,783 --> 00:30:34,956 that you were hated by virtually everyone 710 00:30:35,019 --> 00:30:36,623 over whom you have presided? 711 00:30:36,687 --> 00:30:37,688 Objection. 712 00:30:37,755 --> 00:30:39,530 No, I want to answer that. 713 00:30:39,790 --> 00:30:42,100 This isn't a popularity contest. 714 00:30:42,726 --> 00:30:45,263 If these defendants liked me, Ms. Melnick, 715 00:30:45,329 --> 00:30:47,366 I wouldn't be doing my job. 716 00:30:49,266 --> 00:30:50,438 Right. 717 00:30:57,975 --> 00:31:00,785 I met Randall Wylie on his first night at Rikers. 718 00:31:00,844 --> 00:31:04,382 I was on duty on his tier as a Suicide Observation Aide. 719 00:31:04,748 --> 00:31:06,022 Was he suicidal? 720 00:31:06,083 --> 00:31:07,460 He was mad. 721 00:31:07,718 --> 00:31:09,129 Mad at whom? 722 00:31:09,220 --> 00:31:10,631 The judge who put him in there. 723 00:31:11,222 --> 00:31:13,725 JACK: What, specifically, did he say? 724 00:31:13,791 --> 00:31:15,998 Well, at first he was just trash talking about how, 725 00:31:16,060 --> 00:31:17,835 you know, she was trying to screw him over. 726 00:31:17,895 --> 00:31:19,431 JACK: And then? 727 00:31:19,496 --> 00:31:22,739 And then after awhile, he started talking about how he was gonna take her out. 728 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:24,811 Killing her? 729 00:31:25,536 --> 00:31:26,640 Yeah. 730 00:31:28,639 --> 00:31:30,778 JACK: When exactly did this happen? 731 00:31:30,841 --> 00:31:33,447 I remember one day he said that he was... 732 00:31:33,510 --> 00:31:36,923 He was getting out and I probably wouldn't see him again. 733 00:31:36,981 --> 00:31:39,894 Anyway, later that night, he was right back on the rock. 734 00:31:39,984 --> 00:31:42,294 But that's when he started talking about it seriously. 735 00:31:42,853 --> 00:31:43,854 What do you mean? 736 00:31:43,921 --> 00:31:46,901 Well, he said nobody could screw him and get away with it, 737 00:31:46,956 --> 00:31:49,459 and he was gonna find someone on the outside 738 00:31:49,525 --> 00:31:52,062 who would take care of the situation once and for all. 739 00:31:52,128 --> 00:31:55,041 JACK: Did you have any further conversations with him of this nature? 740 00:31:55,131 --> 00:31:57,907 I remember about a week before the Judge was shot at, 741 00:31:57,967 --> 00:32:00,311 I came by, Randall was downstairs for a visit. 742 00:32:00,370 --> 00:32:02,213 Later I asked him if it was his wife 743 00:32:02,272 --> 00:32:05,515 and he said it was someone he was doing business with. 744 00:32:07,477 --> 00:32:09,081 Nothing further. 745 00:32:11,047 --> 00:32:12,958 Let's see, Mr. McGowan, 746 00:32:13,449 --> 00:32:15,929 you were previously convicted of grand larceny? 747 00:32:17,020 --> 00:32:18,124 Yeah. 748 00:32:18,521 --> 00:32:20,967 And then you set a fire in a store? 749 00:32:22,659 --> 00:32:24,570 I pled guilty to that, yeah. 750 00:32:24,627 --> 00:32:26,834 MELNICK: Well, did you do it, Mr. McGowan? 751 00:32:27,196 --> 00:32:28,300 Yes, I did. 752 00:32:28,364 --> 00:32:29,365 MELNICK: Why? 753 00:32:30,633 --> 00:32:32,374 Was it an accident? 754 00:32:35,104 --> 00:32:37,050 I had a problem with somebody who worked there. 755 00:32:37,106 --> 00:32:39,108 I made a mistake and I'm serving my time for it. 756 00:32:39,642 --> 00:32:41,212 Well, you made a deal 757 00:32:41,277 --> 00:32:44,281 for the minimum allowable sentence in exchange for this testimony, right? 758 00:32:45,315 --> 00:32:46,453 Pretty much. 759 00:32:46,516 --> 00:32:47,790 And you testified 760 00:32:48,051 --> 00:32:51,430 that you spoke with Mr. Wylie on several occasions about Judge Karlin? 761 00:32:51,721 --> 00:32:52,893 Yes, I did. 762 00:32:52,955 --> 00:32:55,595 MELNICK: Did you also speak to my client on other occasions 763 00:32:55,658 --> 00:32:57,501 when Judge Karlin's name did not come up? 764 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:58,561 Sure. 765 00:32:58,628 --> 00:33:00,039 So would it be fair to say 766 00:33:00,096 --> 00:33:01,166 that over the course of several months, 767 00:33:01,230 --> 00:33:04,507 you developed a personal relationship with Mr. Wylie? 768 00:33:06,235 --> 00:33:08,078 Yeah, I guess you could say that. 769 00:33:08,137 --> 00:33:10,947 Right. You befriended him because, why? 770 00:33:11,607 --> 00:33:12,950 You're just a hell of a nice guy? 771 00:33:13,009 --> 00:33:14,920 Objection. JUDGE: Sustained. 772 00:33:16,579 --> 00:33:18,183 Nothing further. 773 00:33:25,254 --> 00:33:28,633 When Judge Karlin remanded me that day, I was stunned. 774 00:33:28,691 --> 00:33:30,534 I couldn't believe she would put me in jail 775 00:33:30,593 --> 00:33:32,402 for something my wife did. 776 00:33:32,462 --> 00:33:34,601 What happened when you got to Rikers? 777 00:33:34,664 --> 00:33:37,872 Well, even before I got there, something happened. 778 00:33:38,166 --> 00:33:40,237 This inmate on the bus punched me in the face 779 00:33:40,302 --> 00:33:42,543 and made me give him my wristwatch. 780 00:33:43,372 --> 00:33:46,285 So what was your emotional condition when you arrived? 781 00:33:47,042 --> 00:33:48,919 Scared out of my mind. 782 00:33:49,211 --> 00:33:51,521 It was the worst day of my life. 783 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,120 Mr. Wylie. 784 00:33:53,181 --> 00:33:55,787 When did you first meet Jimmy McGowan? 785 00:33:56,084 --> 00:33:58,121 WYLIE: I think it was the next day. 786 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,394 He asked what a guy like me was doing there, 787 00:34:01,890 --> 00:34:04,928 and basically, I told him what happened with Judge Karlin. 788 00:34:04,993 --> 00:34:06,802 MELNICK: And were you angry about that? 789 00:34:06,862 --> 00:34:07,863 Of course. 790 00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:10,369 So what did Mr. McGowan say? 791 00:34:10,432 --> 00:34:12,776 Jimmy seemed to know all about Judge Karlin. 792 00:34:12,834 --> 00:34:14,711 A lot more than I did. 793 00:34:14,803 --> 00:34:16,646 He told me these stories that 794 00:34:16,938 --> 00:34:18,417 scared the hell out of me. 795 00:34:18,473 --> 00:34:20,419 MELNICK: What kind of stories, Mr. Wylie? 796 00:34:22,477 --> 00:34:27,756 Well, about how she'd put away guys for hundreds of years for selling a few bags of coke. 797 00:34:28,050 --> 00:34:31,122 That in her eyes you were guilty before you were proven innocent. 798 00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:34,357 And if the prosecutor couldn't make a case, 799 00:34:35,290 --> 00:34:36,564 she would do it for them. 800 00:34:36,625 --> 00:34:40,630 MELNICK: How many times did Mr. McGowan talk to you about Judge Karlin? 801 00:34:40,862 --> 00:34:43,570 Just about every time he had the chance. 802 00:34:44,599 --> 00:34:47,910 He said that if I didn't figure out some way to get out from under her, 803 00:34:47,969 --> 00:34:49,778 my case was hopeless. 804 00:34:50,172 --> 00:34:51,981 She'd send me upstate 805 00:34:52,674 --> 00:34:54,813 and my wife would divorce me. 806 00:34:54,943 --> 00:34:57,082 I'd never see my kids again. 807 00:34:58,547 --> 00:35:00,788 MELNICK: So what happened next? 808 00:35:02,517 --> 00:35:03,928 Jimmy offered to help. 809 00:35:05,053 --> 00:35:06,828 Really? What was his offer? 810 00:35:08,790 --> 00:35:10,235 He said he can put me in touch with someone 811 00:35:10,292 --> 00:35:13,205 who could take care of the situation for me. 812 00:35:13,662 --> 00:35:15,369 I asked him what he meant. 813 00:35:15,430 --> 00:35:16,841 He said, "What do you think I mean?" 814 00:35:17,199 --> 00:35:19,873 And what did you think he meant, Mr. Wylie? 815 00:35:20,569 --> 00:35:22,446 A professional killer. 816 00:35:25,406 --> 00:35:26,510 What happened next? 817 00:35:26,574 --> 00:35:28,781 Well, he mentioned this uh... 818 00:35:28,943 --> 00:35:32,789 Three or four times, and I would say "No, no" 819 00:35:33,681 --> 00:35:34,785 And then one day out of the blue 820 00:35:34,849 --> 00:35:38,126 he said there was a guy coming to the visiting room to meet me. 821 00:35:38,185 --> 00:35:39,926 I should at least hear what he had to say. 822 00:35:39,987 --> 00:35:43,127 So you actually had a face-to-face meeting with Frank Morris? 823 00:35:43,190 --> 00:35:46,467 I know how it sounds, but I just needed to get Jimmy off my back. 824 00:35:47,928 --> 00:35:50,135 So, I went down for the meeting... 825 00:35:50,197 --> 00:35:52,370 Where Frank Morris was waiting for you? 826 00:35:52,433 --> 00:35:55,175 And I started to tell him that I didn't want to go through with it 827 00:35:57,138 --> 00:36:00,585 and then he mentioned that he knew where my house was. 828 00:36:02,343 --> 00:36:04,152 Where my kids went to school. 829 00:36:04,779 --> 00:36:06,884 MELNICK: So what did you do? 830 00:36:06,947 --> 00:36:08,824 I went back to my cell 831 00:36:09,817 --> 00:36:11,797 and I thought to myself, 832 00:36:13,187 --> 00:36:18,227 "This is absolutely insane! I can't believe I got myself involved with these people." 833 00:36:19,326 --> 00:36:22,034 So the next time I saw Jimmy, I told him 834 00:36:22,897 --> 00:36:25,434 that I was just going to take my chances with Judge Karlin. 835 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,707 And how did Mr. McGowan react? 836 00:36:28,536 --> 00:36:31,847 He said, "Hey, it's your life going down the drain." 837 00:36:32,339 --> 00:36:35,286 And that was the last time we talked about it. 838 00:36:35,709 --> 00:36:38,553 About a week later, I found out what happened. 839 00:36:38,612 --> 00:36:40,285 I couldn't believe it. 840 00:36:42,116 --> 00:36:43,424 Mr. Wylie. 841 00:36:43,484 --> 00:36:46,488 Did you ever hire Frank Morris to kill Judge Karlin? 842 00:36:46,554 --> 00:36:47,624 Absolutely not. 843 00:36:47,688 --> 00:36:51,067 Did you ever pay him or anyone else any money to do that? 844 00:36:51,492 --> 00:36:52,869 Not a cent. 845 00:36:53,594 --> 00:36:54,937 Thank you. 846 00:37:05,806 --> 00:37:07,183 Did we get duped? 847 00:37:07,241 --> 00:37:09,585 Either that or Wylie gave an award-winning performance. 848 00:37:10,678 --> 00:37:12,316 Jack? Hard to say. 849 00:37:13,214 --> 00:37:14,487 But Wylie's a scam artist. 850 00:37:14,547 --> 00:37:16,754 That's why they threw him in prison in the first place. 851 00:37:16,816 --> 00:37:20,161 But he was in jail because Judge Karlin threw him in there. 852 00:37:20,220 --> 00:37:21,893 Well, we throw people in jail every day. 853 00:37:21,955 --> 00:37:24,697 How many of them end up by discussing pay-back with a hired killer? 854 00:37:25,091 --> 00:37:26,627 Only if McGowan were a cop, 855 00:37:26,693 --> 00:37:28,832 they'd be arguing entrapment. 856 00:37:28,895 --> 00:37:31,136 That Wylie was induced to commit a crime he never would have 857 00:37:31,197 --> 00:37:32,608 committed otherwise. 858 00:37:32,665 --> 00:37:34,508 He'd probably walk away from this. 859 00:37:34,567 --> 00:37:36,342 Only McGowan wasn't a cop. 860 00:37:36,502 --> 00:37:41,008 No. I know exactly who he was He was an arsonist who got the minimum. 861 00:37:41,474 --> 00:37:43,954 It'd mean he planned this from the start, 862 00:37:44,010 --> 00:37:46,752 that he knew we were gonna come looking for him. 863 00:37:46,813 --> 00:37:48,520 He set himself up to be the hero. 864 00:37:48,581 --> 00:37:50,254 Who's playing us, Nora? 865 00:37:50,316 --> 00:37:51,795 A guy who sets fires 866 00:37:51,851 --> 00:37:56,561 or a guy who mined the loopholes in the Security Act of 1934? 867 00:37:56,623 --> 00:37:58,534 We bet on the wrong horse, that's all. 868 00:37:58,591 --> 00:38:00,229 Desperate people do desperate things. 869 00:38:00,293 --> 00:38:02,239 It doesn't matter what company they keep. 870 00:38:02,295 --> 00:38:04,775 Why do you always believe the worst in people, Jack? 871 00:38:05,865 --> 00:38:07,037 Who, me? 872 00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:10,206 Spend a few more years in this place, you'll be right there with us. 873 00:38:11,104 --> 00:38:13,641 I like to think I can do this job without becoming a cynic. 874 00:38:14,641 --> 00:38:16,245 I'm not a cynic. 875 00:38:16,476 --> 00:38:19,480 I get up every morning hoping to find an honest man. 876 00:38:19,545 --> 00:38:22,116 Then let's make sure the punishment fits the crime. 877 00:38:22,882 --> 00:38:24,589 If McGowan got three to six 878 00:38:24,651 --> 00:38:27,461 and there's the least chance he pushed Wylie into this, 879 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,522 then Wylie shouldn't do 25-to-life. 880 00:38:30,323 --> 00:38:31,927 You're the boss. 881 00:38:38,298 --> 00:38:39,470 (BUZZER BUZZING) 882 00:38:40,833 --> 00:38:43,973 Asking to meet with a defendant the night before you cross-examine him? 883 00:38:44,037 --> 00:38:45,778 This is a first, even for you, Jack. 884 00:38:47,407 --> 00:38:48,909 We have an offer. 885 00:38:50,643 --> 00:38:53,453 Like I said, this is a first. 886 00:38:54,180 --> 00:38:55,181 What is it? 887 00:38:55,348 --> 00:38:57,350 Twelve-and-a-half- to-25. 888 00:38:58,251 --> 00:38:59,992 (STAMMERING) Years? 889 00:39:00,386 --> 00:39:02,991 CARMICHAEL: You tried to kill a judge. 890 00:39:05,190 --> 00:39:07,033 Don't you understand how it happened? 891 00:39:07,092 --> 00:39:10,301 JACK: We heard what you tried to sell to the jury. 892 00:39:11,029 --> 00:39:14,101 After everything McGowan supposedly said to you, 893 00:39:14,499 --> 00:39:17,343 there's no way you expected him to call it off. 894 00:39:17,703 --> 00:39:20,274 Whatever pressures you were under, Mr. Wylie, 895 00:39:20,339 --> 00:39:21,750 they don't excuse your actions. 896 00:39:22,441 --> 00:39:24,921 I'm assuming we have blanket immunity in here. 897 00:39:26,845 --> 00:39:28,449 Queen for a day. 898 00:39:33,518 --> 00:39:34,929 They were threatening me. 899 00:39:35,620 --> 00:39:37,531 I didn't know what else to do. 900 00:39:37,589 --> 00:39:40,900 CARMICHAEL: How about reporting it to the authorities? 901 00:39:42,127 --> 00:39:44,403 The authorities can't protect you in here. 902 00:39:44,463 --> 00:39:46,704 You could have told someone you had a change of heart. 903 00:39:47,532 --> 00:39:49,034 Or you could have tried to stop it. 904 00:39:50,369 --> 00:39:51,677 I was scared. 905 00:39:51,970 --> 00:39:53,608 Too scared to tell your own lawyer? 906 00:39:59,845 --> 00:40:01,984 If he testifies he told you, Danielle, 907 00:40:03,315 --> 00:40:05,659 we'll call you to corroborate it. 908 00:40:06,151 --> 00:40:08,825 CARMICHAEL: You made no effort to openly repudiate the crime, Mr. Wylie. 909 00:40:10,222 --> 00:40:11,860 The law's clear on renunciation, 910 00:40:11,923 --> 00:40:13,266 you can't make it out. 911 00:40:14,025 --> 00:40:16,096 I think my lawyer's doing pretty well. 912 00:40:16,194 --> 00:40:18,140 JACK: All she's done is create some sympathy. 913 00:40:18,196 --> 00:40:20,198 Once I cross examine you, 914 00:40:20,799 --> 00:40:23,302 the jury won't have much of it left. 915 00:40:27,506 --> 00:40:30,749 You'll spend the rest of your life in prison. 916 00:40:35,847 --> 00:40:38,384 If you're so confident, Jack, why the offer? 917 00:40:40,786 --> 00:40:44,529 In our minds there's a sliver of doubt that if Jimmy McGowan 918 00:40:44,890 --> 00:40:49,134 hadn't been assigned to your client's tier, we wouldn't be here today. 919 00:40:52,396 --> 00:40:55,002 You made some foolish decisions, Mr. Wylie. 920 00:40:56,534 --> 00:40:58,445 Don't make another one. 921 00:41:03,074 --> 00:41:04,883 I heard you're cutting a deal with Wylie. 922 00:41:05,476 --> 00:41:06,955 That's right. 923 00:41:07,011 --> 00:41:08,285 What's he getting? 924 00:41:08,345 --> 00:41:09,722 Twelve-and-a-half- to-25. 925 00:41:10,748 --> 00:41:11,886 That's outrageous. 926 00:41:11,949 --> 00:41:14,259 I have given out more time for narcotics possession. 927 00:41:15,286 --> 00:41:16,697 That's well known. 928 00:41:16,754 --> 00:41:18,563 When Wylie took a shot at me, 929 00:41:19,056 --> 00:41:22,128 he took a shot at every judge in the courthouse. 930 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,271 They'll be coming after prosecutors next. 931 00:41:25,329 --> 00:41:27,138 You know, no matter how much time Wylie gets, 932 00:41:27,198 --> 00:41:29,508 I don't think it's going to deter the next maniac. 933 00:41:29,567 --> 00:41:32,173 And I also don't think it's appropriate for you to be here 934 00:41:32,236 --> 00:41:33,681 putting in your two cents. 935 00:41:33,971 --> 00:41:37,009 I am the victim in this case. I should have been consulted. 936 00:41:37,074 --> 00:41:39,884 Your feelings toward this defendant have been duly noted. 937 00:41:40,311 --> 00:41:43,121 Are you questioning my impartiality, Nora? 938 00:41:43,180 --> 00:41:45,683 Everyone here respects your courage. 939 00:41:45,749 --> 00:41:48,889 All the sacrifices that you and your family have made. 940 00:41:48,953 --> 00:41:51,058 We just come from two different places. 941 00:41:51,122 --> 00:41:54,399 I try to enforce the law, you try to compromise it. 942 00:41:54,625 --> 00:41:57,299 It's called prosecutorial discretion. 943 00:41:57,428 --> 00:41:59,374 So you make a bargain with Jimmy McGowan, 944 00:41:59,430 --> 00:42:01,910 then it backfires and you have to cut a deal with Wylie. 945 00:42:01,966 --> 00:42:03,240 (SIGHS DEEPLY) 946 00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:05,439 I'm not happy about McGowan. 947 00:42:05,870 --> 00:42:10,341 But any judge who reflexively imposes the maximum in every case 948 00:42:10,507 --> 00:42:12,851 just forces the hard decisions on the rest of us. 949 00:42:12,910 --> 00:42:14,685 I changed this city! 950 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:19,293 In case you hadn't noticed it, you can walk down the streets these days 951 00:42:19,350 --> 00:42:21,853 without having to kick a crack vial out of your way 952 00:42:21,919 --> 00:42:24,058 to the sound of gunfire in the background. 953 00:42:24,221 --> 00:42:26,758 That'll make a great sound bite one day. 954 00:42:26,824 --> 00:42:29,464 I'm still not changing my decision about Wylie. 955 00:42:29,927 --> 00:42:31,736 Do whatever you want. 956 00:42:32,096 --> 00:42:34,872 I still have him in front of me on securities fraud. 957 00:42:35,499 --> 00:42:37,740 That indictment was covered by the plea bargain. 958 00:42:38,168 --> 00:42:40,647 How can you possibly think that's appropriate? 959 00:42:40,703 --> 00:42:42,114 It's my job. 960 00:42:43,506 --> 00:42:46,419 Until someone else is sitting in this chair, 961 00:42:46,676 --> 00:42:49,486 I'll continue to do what I think is right. 962 00:43:03,059 --> 00:43:04,834 Judge Karlin called. 963 00:43:04,894 --> 00:43:08,842 She wants to make a victim impact statement at Wylie's sentencing. 964 00:43:08,898 --> 00:43:10,707 Oh, that's her right. 965 00:43:11,467 --> 00:43:15,279 So, all things being equal, is Wylie a killer? 966 00:43:15,772 --> 00:43:16,978 CARMICHAEL: That's a tough question. 967 00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:19,884 Does the man make Rikers or does Rikers make the man? 968 00:43:19,943 --> 00:43:22,287 I think Judge Karlin had something to do with it. 969 00:43:22,445 --> 00:43:23,617 JACK: Funny thing is, 970 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:24,886 Wylie got away from her. 971 00:43:25,648 --> 00:43:27,821 That's what he's been trying to do all along.