1 00:00:01,602 --> 00:00:05,404 by two separate yet equally important groups: 2 00:00:05,406 --> 00:00:07,339 the police, who investigate crime 3 00:00:07,341 --> 00:00:10,142 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 4 00:00:10,144 --> 00:00:12,177 These are their stories. 5 00:00:13,414 --> 00:00:15,414 ( laughter and chatter ) 6 00:00:15,416 --> 00:00:17,483 ( distant siren wailing ) 7 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:36,235 Must have been a good party. 8 00:00:36,237 --> 00:00:37,503 All parties are good 9 00:00:37,505 --> 00:00:39,271 after 12:00 and before 3:00. 10 00:00:51,052 --> 00:00:54,119 Do you think Sarah Louise drinks too much? 11 00:00:54,121 --> 00:00:55,154 You were counting? 12 00:00:55,156 --> 00:00:58,624 I'm just jealous. 13 00:00:58,626 --> 00:01:00,592 I can't touch a drop 14 00:01:00,594 --> 00:01:02,661 if we're really going to start trying. 15 00:01:02,663 --> 00:01:04,596 You really want to? 16 00:01:04,598 --> 00:01:06,632 Don't you? 17 00:01:06,634 --> 00:01:10,135 As long as I don't have to do the 2:00 feeding. 18 00:01:22,149 --> 00:01:25,117 ( car door opening and closing ) 19 00:01:28,622 --> 00:01:30,355 Honey, the flowers. 20 00:01:34,428 --> 00:01:36,695 My brother, he say ain't no woman good enough for him. 21 00:01:36,697 --> 00:01:38,197 Including his wife. 22 00:01:38,199 --> 00:01:39,665 ( gunshot ) 23 00:01:39,667 --> 00:01:42,167 ( woman screaming ) 24 00:01:42,169 --> 00:01:44,503 ( two gunshots ) 25 00:01:54,315 --> 00:01:56,648 MAN: It came from the garage. Two shots, man. 26 00:02:02,690 --> 00:02:07,726 ( man speaking on walkie-talkie ) 27 00:02:07,728 --> 00:02:12,197 ...1290 Sixth Avenue, 1-2-9-0 Sixth. 28 00:02:12,199 --> 00:02:13,665 Check him out. 29 00:03:02,783 --> 00:03:07,419 Captioning sponsored by NBC/UNIVERSAL 30 00:03:46,594 --> 00:03:47,593 Can she talk? 31 00:03:47,595 --> 00:03:48,961 Yeah, at the hospital. 32 00:03:48,963 --> 00:03:51,830 Yeah, the good citizens outside, they heard screams. 33 00:03:51,832 --> 00:03:53,565 Yean, and they fell all over each other, 34 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:54,833 trying to help, right? 35 00:03:54,835 --> 00:03:56,418 Robbery? 36 00:03:56,419 --> 00:03:58,002 Her purse was empty, and his wallet's gone. 37 00:03:58,005 --> 00:04:00,606 It's probably in a garbage can a block away. I.D.? 38 00:04:00,608 --> 00:04:02,274 Car registration. 39 00:04:02,276 --> 00:04:05,644 Ralston, Janet, Alan. 40 00:04:05,646 --> 00:04:06,979 They live a block away. 41 00:04:06,981 --> 00:04:09,748 In the stairwell, crack pipe. 42 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:11,016 Still warm. 43 00:04:11,018 --> 00:04:12,251 Witnesses? 44 00:04:12,253 --> 00:04:14,286 32 Of them, all blind. 45 00:04:14,288 --> 00:04:15,354 Car like that? 46 00:04:15,356 --> 00:04:17,623 They should have bought a clunker 47 00:04:17,625 --> 00:04:19,925 and spent the money on a better neighborhood. 48 00:04:19,927 --> 00:04:23,795 Or one at least more than a block from a police precinct. 49 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:26,598 Those people, how much paper they got? 50 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,400 A couple hundred grand? 51 00:04:28,402 --> 00:04:30,736 I was them, I'd have me a driver. 52 00:04:30,738 --> 00:04:32,638 You don't even have a car. 53 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:33,772 If I had a car. 54 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:35,774 And if I did, it wouldn't be no Lincoln. 55 00:04:35,776 --> 00:04:38,410 Ladies, you see anybody at all? 56 00:04:38,412 --> 00:04:41,380 No, I ain't hear nothing, I ain't seen nothing. 57 00:04:41,382 --> 00:04:42,948 That's what she's good at, nothing. 58 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:46,385 He was black. A kid. 59 00:04:46,387 --> 00:04:48,587 Came out that door running. 60 00:04:48,589 --> 00:04:50,355 You get a look at him? 61 00:04:52,059 --> 00:04:58,297 Designated driver says he saw a kid. 62 00:05:05,739 --> 00:05:07,372 How many fingers? 63 00:05:08,876 --> 00:05:10,375 Three. 64 00:05:15,849 --> 00:05:19,384 WOMAN OVER P.A.: Dr. Ostroski to Room 408. 65 00:05:19,386 --> 00:05:21,953 Mrs. Ralston was very lucky. 66 00:05:21,955 --> 00:05:22,954 Lucky? 67 00:05:22,956 --> 00:05:24,389 She lost her husband. 68 00:05:24,391 --> 00:05:26,658 Well, let's say her children were lucky, then. 69 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:27,926 At least she's still around. 70 00:05:27,928 --> 00:05:30,095 When can we get a description from her? 71 00:05:30,097 --> 00:05:31,797 As soon as she wakes up, I would think. 72 00:05:31,799 --> 00:05:34,700 So the wounds weren't serious, then. 73 00:05:34,702 --> 00:05:36,935 Defense wound to the forearm 74 00:05:36,937 --> 00:05:38,704 and one to the left gluteus maximus. 75 00:05:38,706 --> 00:05:41,740 Last year, Janet was mugged. Central Park. 76 00:05:41,742 --> 00:05:43,842 Ardsley, Hastings... 77 00:05:43,844 --> 00:05:46,878 she wanted to move somewhere up the Hudson. 78 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,014 Someplace with a backyard. 79 00:05:49,016 --> 00:05:52,751 The city's no place to raise a family anymore. 80 00:05:52,753 --> 00:05:57,389 Just last week I was getting their finances in order. 81 00:05:57,391 --> 00:06:00,792 They wanted to move before the third kid. 82 00:06:00,794 --> 00:06:02,127 Alan's mother. 83 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:09,101 I called, uh... I called Denise, the baby-sitter. 84 00:06:09,103 --> 00:06:11,069 She's taking care of the kids. 85 00:06:11,071 --> 00:06:13,739 You were with the children last night? 86 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:17,142 Those poor babies. 87 00:06:17,144 --> 00:06:19,111 Without Alan... 88 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:23,915 Excuse me. 89 00:06:27,921 --> 00:06:30,789 a seminar next Monday There will be WOMAN OVER P.A.: 90 00:06:30,791 --> 00:06:33,058 care center. about the comprehensive 91 00:06:33,060 --> 00:06:35,060 Mr. Himes, could you get a list of the stuff 92 00:06:35,062 --> 00:06:37,829 they were carrying-- jewelry, credit cards? 93 00:06:37,831 --> 00:06:40,732 I'll have it to you first thing in the morning. 94 00:06:46,407 --> 00:06:48,039 $50,000 for information 95 00:06:48,041 --> 00:06:50,942 leading to the arrest and conviction 96 00:06:50,944 --> 00:06:53,412 of whoever killed Alan Ralston. 97 00:06:53,414 --> 00:06:57,916 I'll have my lawyer notify the papers in the morning. 98 00:07:00,521 --> 00:07:01,787 50 grand. 99 00:07:01,789 --> 00:07:04,723 If that's what it took to get a killer, 100 00:07:04,725 --> 00:07:08,927 they'd get rid of us and use our salaries as rewards. 101 00:07:09,897 --> 00:07:12,831 Couldn't look worse. 102 00:07:12,833 --> 00:07:15,434 GREEVEY: Could have happened in front of the precinct. 103 00:07:15,436 --> 00:07:16,968 Half a block away! Two cops! 104 00:07:16,970 --> 00:07:19,004 LOGAN: They don't issue telepathy with badges. 105 00:07:19,006 --> 00:07:21,473 Oh, really? Well, I'm telepathic, 106 00:07:21,475 --> 00:07:23,459 and this is the message I'm sending. 107 00:07:23,460 --> 00:07:25,444 I don't like looking like a freaking incompetent! 108 00:07:25,446 --> 00:07:29,481 The message I'm getting is that we're at a dead end. 109 00:07:29,483 --> 00:07:31,149 30 people on the street. 110 00:07:31,151 --> 00:07:33,518 The only good citizen to come forward is a wino. 111 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:35,754 Well, then you squeeze him for everything he's got. 112 00:07:35,756 --> 00:07:38,857 Then you interview everybody who was on the street that night. 113 00:07:38,859 --> 00:07:41,193 Then you interview everybody who lives on the street. 114 00:07:41,195 --> 00:07:43,195 Are you getting the picture? 115 00:07:43,197 --> 00:07:44,930 ( door slams ) 116 00:07:46,133 --> 00:07:48,033 Shelters... 117 00:07:48,035 --> 00:07:49,968 rather sleep on the street. 118 00:07:49,970 --> 00:07:51,470 Company's better. 119 00:07:51,472 --> 00:07:53,872 No room service, though. 120 00:07:53,874 --> 00:07:54,873 Him. 121 00:07:54,875 --> 00:07:56,208 Maybe. 122 00:07:59,813 --> 00:08:00,846 Yup. 123 00:08:00,848 --> 00:08:02,848 Same guy. Twice. 124 00:08:02,850 --> 00:08:04,483 Willie Tivnan. 125 00:08:04,485 --> 00:08:07,486 You want to buy me a drink? 126 00:08:08,522 --> 00:08:11,890 Mr. Tivnan has a scar on his thumb. 127 00:08:11,892 --> 00:08:13,492 Cut himself deep once. 128 00:08:13,494 --> 00:08:16,027 LOGAN: One thing crack stems are good for, 129 00:08:16,029 --> 00:08:17,796 clear prints. 130 00:08:17,798 --> 00:08:20,065 Nine millimeter. 131 00:08:20,067 --> 00:08:23,568 Marks on the shell casing says it's probably a Beretta. 132 00:08:23,570 --> 00:08:25,904 Fancy gun for the street. 133 00:08:25,906 --> 00:08:26,905 My guess? 134 00:08:26,907 --> 00:08:29,574 He didn't go to Italy to buy it. 135 00:08:31,078 --> 00:08:32,795 Willie got an armed robbery? 136 00:08:32,796 --> 00:08:34,513 Twice with knives. Plead down to misdemeanors. 137 00:08:34,515 --> 00:08:36,815 Breaking and entering,. four hotel burglaries... 138 00:08:36,817 --> 00:08:39,017 Hotel! Well,now we know where he got the Beretta. 139 00:08:39,019 --> 00:08:40,218 Nothing with guns. 140 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:42,654 Four juvenile detention facilities. 141 00:08:42,656 --> 00:08:44,923 Sing Sing. Attica. 142 00:08:44,925 --> 00:08:46,291 Hey, well, at least Willie visits 143 00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:48,193 all the best vacation spots. 144 00:08:48,195 --> 00:08:51,296 The last three busts, popped at the same location. 145 00:08:51,298 --> 00:08:53,632 Let's go book him another trip. 146 00:08:54,568 --> 00:08:55,567 Did she call? 147 00:08:55,569 --> 00:08:56,568 Oh, yeah. 148 00:08:56,570 --> 00:08:57,636 Oh, yeah. 149 00:08:57,638 --> 00:09:01,206 ¶ Rock the mike, you gotta like the way I operate ¶ 150 00:09:01,208 --> 00:09:03,308 ¶ I make miracles happen just by rappin' ¶ 151 00:09:03,310 --> 00:09:06,044 ¶ I'm so lyrically potent and I'm loaded and exploded ¶ 152 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:07,312 ¶ On the scene, mean ¶ 153 00:09:07,314 --> 00:09:09,080 ¶ I got the potential to make it torrential ¶ 154 00:09:09,082 --> 00:09:10,582 ¶ I got the credential that is essential ¶ 155 00:09:10,584 --> 00:09:12,017 ¶ To make the rhymes that chill... ¶ 156 00:09:12,019 --> 00:09:13,919 MAN: Yo, wait up there. 157 00:09:19,226 --> 00:09:22,594 Principles of Eastern philosophy. 158 00:09:22,596 --> 00:09:23,595 How much? 159 00:09:23,597 --> 00:09:26,565 I didn't know cops could read. 160 00:09:26,567 --> 00:09:28,333 I can read a rap sheet, Willie. 161 00:09:28,335 --> 00:09:29,568 Just words, man. 162 00:09:29,570 --> 00:09:30,902 That's all I sell, you know. 163 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:32,203 Magazines and books. 164 00:09:32,205 --> 00:09:33,939 Law says you can sell them 165 00:09:33,941 --> 00:09:36,007 on the street without a license. 166 00:09:36,009 --> 00:09:39,044 What were you selling Saturday night, Willie? 167 00:09:40,314 --> 00:09:42,180 Man... 168 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:45,050 Hey, man! 169 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:57,662 ( siren wailing ) 170 00:09:57,664 --> 00:09:59,230 MAN: Watch out, man! 171 00:09:59,232 --> 00:10:00,599 Hey, you jerk! 172 00:10:08,308 --> 00:10:09,975 Your car, Willie. 173 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:12,944 A garage? 174 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:14,212 I ain't got no wheels. 175 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:15,680 What am I going to park in there? 176 00:10:15,682 --> 00:10:16,915 Except my butt. 177 00:10:16,917 --> 00:10:18,183 Your fingerprints. 178 00:10:18,185 --> 00:10:20,685 The ones you left on the crack pipe 179 00:10:20,687 --> 00:10:22,921 that you left in the garage. 180 00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:25,090 Okay, man. 181 00:10:25,092 --> 00:10:26,224 Look, I was there. 182 00:10:26,226 --> 00:10:29,294 I was just smoking, that's all. 183 00:10:29,296 --> 00:10:31,396 Where did you get the Beretta? 184 00:10:31,398 --> 00:10:32,397 Man, I told... 185 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:34,232 I hear somebody coming down. 186 00:10:34,234 --> 00:10:36,067 I figure it's the Rican, 187 00:10:36,069 --> 00:10:37,369 but then I hear shots. 188 00:10:37,371 --> 00:10:39,404 You know, one, then two more. 189 00:10:39,406 --> 00:10:40,672 Bam, bam! 190 00:10:41,642 --> 00:10:44,342 So, what, you going to arrest me? 191 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,248 Better get me a lawyer. 192 00:10:50,250 --> 00:10:53,218 JANET RALSTON: Alan was coming around the front of the car 193 00:10:53,220 --> 00:10:55,186 to open my door. 194 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:57,355 I got out of the car. 195 00:10:57,357 --> 00:11:01,192 I gave him a kiss. 196 00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:04,763 I noticed there were some flowers in the back seat. 197 00:11:04,765 --> 00:11:08,233 I asked him to get the flowers. 198 00:11:08,235 --> 00:11:11,336 He opened the back door. 199 00:11:11,338 --> 00:11:15,674 He was looking for something in his pocket. 200 00:11:15,676 --> 00:11:18,109 He said, "Did you lock it?" 201 00:11:18,111 --> 00:11:20,712 The car, he meant. 202 00:11:20,714 --> 00:11:23,348 I turned to look. 203 00:11:23,350 --> 00:11:26,151 He went towards the stairwell. 204 00:11:26,153 --> 00:11:28,353 The door opened. 205 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:30,288 A man came out... 206 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:32,424 black. 207 00:11:34,761 --> 00:11:37,228 I didn't see a gun. 208 00:11:37,230 --> 00:11:39,397 I heard the shot 209 00:11:39,399 --> 00:11:43,334 and saw the look on Alan's face 210 00:11:43,336 --> 00:11:46,337 like he'd been punched. 211 00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:52,343 Look at these carefully. 212 00:12:02,355 --> 00:12:04,489 Number three. 213 00:12:06,493 --> 00:12:07,492 I don't... 214 00:12:07,494 --> 00:12:09,794 LOGAN: Take your time. 215 00:12:14,334 --> 00:12:16,801 Uh, number five. 216 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:24,776 Thank you. 217 00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:29,781 CRAGEN: They're still crawling out of the woodwork. 218 00:12:29,783 --> 00:12:31,216 Eight mugging victims, 219 00:12:31,218 --> 00:12:33,218 and the paper's only been out for four hours. 220 00:12:33,220 --> 00:12:35,253 They all get positive I.D.s? 221 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:38,490 Logan is finishing up the last one now. 222 00:12:38,492 --> 00:12:40,692 The first seven? 223 00:12:40,693 --> 00:12:42,893 If Willie didn't do them, he's got a twin. 224 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:47,365 Number eight. Same M.O.-- six-inch switchblade. 225 00:12:48,435 --> 00:12:49,768 What? 226 00:12:49,770 --> 00:12:51,503 These kids... 227 00:12:51,505 --> 00:12:53,037 He never killed anybody. 228 00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:54,906 His M.O.? He uses a knife. 229 00:12:54,908 --> 00:12:56,441 He was in there smoking crack. 230 00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:58,810 but he didn't kill Ralston? 231 00:12:58,812 --> 00:13:01,446 We don't tie him to a gun, we got no case. 232 00:13:01,448 --> 00:13:03,314 We don't arraign him, he's out in 48 hours, 233 00:13:03,316 --> 00:13:04,549 we'll never see him again. 234 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:07,018 Call the D.A. 235 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:14,492 JUDGE: Willie Tivnan. 236 00:13:14,494 --> 00:13:17,495 The charges are murder in the second degree, 237 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:21,232 attempted murder and assault in the first degree. 238 00:13:21,234 --> 00:13:23,935 Does the defendant wish to enter a plea? 239 00:13:23,937 --> 00:13:25,904 Not guilty. 240 00:13:25,906 --> 00:13:27,906 The defendant is indigent, Miss Strickland, is that right? 241 00:13:27,908 --> 00:13:30,475 Yes, Your Honor, and the public defendant's office 242 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:32,544 feel strongly that the facts do not warrant these charges. 243 00:13:32,546 --> 00:13:34,529 Without and indictment... 244 00:13:34,530 --> 00:13:36,513 ROBINETTE: Your Honor, we feel there's sufficient evidence. 245 00:13:36,516 --> 00:13:38,817 Also, the defendant has previous convictions, 246 00:13:38,819 --> 00:13:41,352 and has missed two court appearances. 247 00:13:41,354 --> 00:13:43,488 It's two violent felonies, 248 00:13:43,490 --> 00:13:45,490 and one of them a homicide. 249 00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:47,959 And the defendant has no known residence. 250 00:13:49,596 --> 00:13:51,830 Bail is set at $100,000. 251 00:13:51,832 --> 00:13:53,832 JUDGE: Next case. 252 00:13:53,834 --> 00:13:57,068 BAILIFF: Docket #94628. 253 00:13:57,070 --> 00:13:59,838 People vs Pike... Where's your boss? 254 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,506 You think he shows up for the arraignment of every two-bit 255 00:14:01,508 --> 00:14:03,508 crackhead who's dead-bang guilty? 256 00:14:03,510 --> 00:14:06,511 No one is guilty until the verdict comes in. 257 00:14:06,513 --> 00:14:08,379 Look, I talked to Tivnan. 258 00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:09,848 He's copped to the eight muggings. 259 00:14:09,850 --> 00:14:11,382 He did those, he admits it, 260 00:14:11,384 --> 00:14:13,518 but he didn't kill Ralston. 261 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,520 Come on, Elizabeth. Come on. 262 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:17,521 You don't have a positive I.D. from Janet Ralston. 263 00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:19,424 He doesn't use guns. 264 00:14:19,426 --> 00:14:21,526 Stone's not gonna deal on this one. 265 00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:25,396 The public doesn't like getting killed coming home. 266 00:14:25,398 --> 00:14:26,531 I do this a lot. 267 00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:28,533 This kid's telling the truth. 268 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:30,869 Well, I hope for your sake, you're wrong, 269 00:14:30,871 --> 00:14:33,605 'cause everybody else on Manhattan Island thinks he did it. 270 00:14:39,946 --> 00:14:41,079 Wrapped up. 271 00:14:41,081 --> 00:14:44,148 Another killer off the streets. 272 00:14:45,652 --> 00:14:47,085 Hey, Max, 273 00:14:47,087 --> 00:14:48,620 we'll find the gun. 274 00:14:48,622 --> 00:14:51,055 Willie Tivnan has a rap sheet 275 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:54,359 as long as the Encyclopedia Britannica. 276 00:14:54,361 --> 00:14:56,561 And no mention of him ever 277 00:14:56,563 --> 00:14:58,496 using a gun. 278 00:14:58,498 --> 00:15:02,066 You just think I'm wrong because I'm sure I'm right. 279 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:04,636 I think that he's a street-wise little kid. 280 00:15:04,638 --> 00:15:06,571 Who shot two people for the price of a couple of grams. 281 00:15:06,573 --> 00:15:09,641 Who knows the difference between mugging and murder. 282 00:15:11,144 --> 00:15:12,677 When Marie was mugged, 283 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:14,579 you know, on the East Side last year? 284 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:16,547 What was the first thing that I did? 285 00:15:16,549 --> 00:15:18,549 Picked up your gun and went looking. 286 00:15:18,551 --> 00:15:19,651 Think. 287 00:15:19,653 --> 00:15:21,152 You've been mugged. 288 00:15:21,154 --> 00:15:22,687 You wallet's gone. After you call the cops, 289 00:15:22,689 --> 00:15:25,390 the first thing you do is what? 290 00:15:27,394 --> 00:15:29,460 Willie shoots the Ralstons, 291 00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:32,597 cleans out her purse, takes his wallet... 292 00:15:32,599 --> 00:15:34,399 Sells the credit cards. 293 00:15:34,401 --> 00:15:38,536 It's been three days, but not word one from the banks. 294 00:15:38,538 --> 00:15:41,406 Nobody's used the Ralston cards. 295 00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:45,410 Didn't even try. 296 00:15:52,619 --> 00:15:55,653 ...An ad in the Times Sunday magazine. 297 00:15:55,655 --> 00:15:58,389 A ten-room house, good schools. 298 00:15:58,391 --> 00:16:01,476 Alan always said 299 00:16:01,477 --> 00:16:04,562 we weren't the kind of people who lived in the suburbs. 300 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:09,167 What kind of people live in the suburbs? 301 00:16:10,704 --> 00:16:14,973 The kind that are still alive. 302 00:16:16,042 --> 00:16:18,676 The night it happened... 303 00:16:22,048 --> 00:16:27,585 Alan was coming around the front of the car 304 00:16:27,587 --> 00:16:29,187 to open my door... 305 00:16:29,189 --> 00:16:31,689 I got out of the car. 306 00:16:31,691 --> 00:16:34,058 I gave him a kiss. 307 00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:38,596 I noticed there were some flowers in the back seat. 308 00:16:38,598 --> 00:16:41,265 I asked him to get the flowers. 309 00:16:41,267 --> 00:16:44,469 He opened the door. 310 00:16:44,471 --> 00:16:51,142 Um... he was... he was looking for something in his pocket. 311 00:16:51,144 --> 00:16:53,544 He.... he said, "Did you lock it?" 312 00:16:53,546 --> 00:16:55,546 I turned to look. 313 00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:59,183 He went towards the stairwell. 314 00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:01,119 A man came out. 315 00:17:01,121 --> 00:17:04,622 He was black. 316 00:17:04,624 --> 00:17:06,491 I didn't see a gun. 317 00:17:06,493 --> 00:17:10,194 I heard the shot, and I saw Alan's face. 318 00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:13,231 He looked like he'd been punched. 319 00:17:17,470 --> 00:17:18,603 Yeah, it's amazing. 320 00:17:18,605 --> 00:17:21,172 She repeated her story perfectly. 321 00:17:21,174 --> 00:17:24,475 Yeah. Word for word. 322 00:17:24,477 --> 00:17:27,612 You know, I took the kids to Duchess Stables last weekend. 323 00:17:27,614 --> 00:17:30,615 I hate horseback riding-- scares the hell out of me. 324 00:17:30,617 --> 00:17:33,184 Scary for the horse, too. 325 00:17:33,186 --> 00:17:37,822 You know... I last on the saddle maybe two, three minutes. 326 00:17:37,824 --> 00:17:40,124 I get off, I can't remember one second. 327 00:17:40,126 --> 00:17:42,593 Her husband gets shot, she gets shot. 328 00:17:42,595 --> 00:17:44,262 She sees a black guy, gets scared 329 00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:45,296 she remembers every second. 330 00:17:45,298 --> 00:17:47,598 I know cops been in shooting cases, 331 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,768 lucky if they can remember their badge number. 332 00:17:57,177 --> 00:17:58,609 TIVNAN: I didn't take no ring. 333 00:17:58,611 --> 00:17:59,577 LOGAN: And the wallet? 334 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:01,112 I didn't take no wallet. 335 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:02,646 Come on. Where did you unload the credit cards? 336 00:18:02,649 --> 00:18:05,616 Look, the light went off and I ran. 337 00:18:05,618 --> 00:18:06,717 Light? 338 00:18:06,719 --> 00:18:08,086 Yeah, in the stairs. 339 00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:10,088 That's why I couldn't find my stem. 340 00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:13,691 Okay, Willie, one more time, real slow. 341 00:18:13,693 --> 00:18:15,093 You light up a rock... 342 00:18:15,095 --> 00:18:16,727 The lights went off in the stairwell 343 00:18:16,729 --> 00:18:20,231 and then, you know, bang, bang-- shots. 344 00:18:20,233 --> 00:18:22,700 I ran. 345 00:18:23,770 --> 00:18:26,370 Willie, you may just have bought yourself 346 00:18:26,372 --> 00:18:28,573 a ticket out of here. 347 00:18:43,189 --> 00:18:45,256 The light went out, huh? 348 00:18:45,258 --> 00:18:47,625 Where's the switch? 349 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:50,595 I think Willie's jerking us around. 350 00:18:50,597 --> 00:18:52,763 See if it screws in. 351 00:18:56,169 --> 00:18:58,136 Whoa! Whoops. Sorry. 352 00:18:58,138 --> 00:18:59,837 That's my foot. 353 00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:07,645 How many killers does it take to... 354 00:19:07,647 --> 00:19:09,847 Take the bulb, huh? 355 00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:19,323 Thanks. 356 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,225 Nothing on Janet. 357 00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:26,931 Mr. Himes-- the Ralston's financial advisor? 358 00:19:26,933 --> 00:19:29,200 Public lewdness. 359 00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:31,702 He a kink? 360 00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,738 Last January. 361 00:19:33,739 --> 00:19:35,773 He's coming down the sawmill, 11:00 at night, 362 00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:37,675 stops at the toll booth. 363 00:19:37,677 --> 00:19:38,726 He's half naked. 364 00:19:38,727 --> 00:19:39,776 Some woman's her head in his lap. 365 00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:41,679 ( chuckles ) 366 00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:43,247 She was probably napping. 367 00:19:43,249 --> 00:19:44,682 He's in the automatic lane. 368 00:19:44,684 --> 00:19:46,467 Tosses the token. 369 00:19:46,468 --> 00:19:48,251 Guy in the next booth looks over, sees him. 370 00:19:48,254 --> 00:19:49,754 He calls the cops. 371 00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:55,459 P.O.'d because they didn't drive through his booth. 372 00:19:55,461 --> 00:19:57,395 State Trooper stops them. 373 00:19:57,396 --> 00:19:59,330 Issues a warning, but makes out a report. 374 00:19:59,332 --> 00:20:01,265 Janet Ralston. 375 00:20:01,267 --> 00:20:02,700 Brenda Smith. 376 00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:04,669 Cop describes Brenda. 377 00:20:04,671 --> 00:20:07,705 Brenda sounds a lot like Janet. 378 00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:10,408 Guess what. 379 00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:11,809 I can hardly wait. 380 00:20:11,811 --> 00:20:12,944 The car. 381 00:20:12,946 --> 00:20:14,345 The Ralstons'. 382 00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:19,483 That big, shiny, 1989 Lincoln town car. 383 00:20:22,822 --> 00:20:24,755 CRAGEN: Reopen the case? 384 00:20:24,757 --> 00:20:25,790 I love this. 385 00:20:25,792 --> 00:20:27,658 I really love this. 386 00:20:27,660 --> 00:20:31,462 Just before Willie ran, he said the lights went out. 387 00:20:31,464 --> 00:20:33,414 In his brain. 388 00:20:33,415 --> 00:20:35,365 The bulb-- we got there today-- it was still unscrewed. 389 00:20:35,368 --> 00:20:36,534 So? 390 00:20:36,535 --> 00:20:37,701 Willie got a reason to lie about this? 391 00:20:37,704 --> 00:20:38,936 So? 392 00:20:38,938 --> 00:20:40,905 LOGAN: Look, there were two sets of prints 393 00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:41,939 on that bulb. 394 00:20:41,941 --> 00:20:45,276 One of them, Gil Himes. 395 00:20:45,278 --> 00:20:48,679 Janet Ralston was shot twice. 396 00:20:48,681 --> 00:20:52,483 So you're telling me that Gil Himes shot her husband, 397 00:20:52,485 --> 00:20:55,753 then shot her twice, and now she's covering for him? 398 00:20:59,959 --> 00:21:01,959 She's out of the hospital. 399 00:21:01,961 --> 00:21:05,796 I want to put everything on hold and just stick to her. 400 00:21:05,798 --> 00:21:07,832 On a hunch? 401 00:21:07,834 --> 00:21:10,434 On a hunch that Gil Himes doesn't change light bulbs 402 00:21:10,436 --> 00:21:11,702 on his day off. 403 00:21:11,704 --> 00:21:13,271 It's not even Himes's garage. 404 00:21:13,273 --> 00:21:14,805 There's no possible explanation 405 00:21:14,807 --> 00:21:17,441 for his prints being on that bulb. 406 00:21:19,712 --> 00:21:22,413 Anybody finds out we break this case 407 00:21:22,415 --> 00:21:24,815 and then want to unbreak it... 408 00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:27,885 somebody wanted that hallway dark. 409 00:21:31,291 --> 00:21:32,823 Three days. 410 00:21:32,825 --> 00:21:35,426 tell anybody. And you don't 411 00:21:35,428 --> 00:21:37,295 You're going to be happy 412 00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:38,829 you did this, captain. 413 00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:40,765 No, I'm not. 414 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:54,945 Weather report? 415 00:21:54,947 --> 00:21:57,848 Cloudy... no rain. 416 00:21:57,850 --> 00:22:00,551 Last 24 hours, she's been to the butcher, 417 00:22:00,553 --> 00:22:02,853 the florist, the greengrocer... 418 00:22:02,855 --> 00:22:04,555 dry cleaners, beauty parlor 419 00:22:04,557 --> 00:22:06,857 and she took the kids to school. 420 00:22:06,859 --> 00:22:08,959 Leads a rich and full life, this lady. 421 00:22:08,961 --> 00:22:10,328 Male visitors? 422 00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:11,595 No visitors, period. 423 00:22:11,597 --> 00:22:13,998 A regular nun. 424 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,334 Detective Vitello should know. 425 00:22:16,336 --> 00:22:17,468 He worships me. 426 00:22:17,470 --> 00:22:20,004 He thinks I might raise the dead. 427 00:22:20,006 --> 00:22:22,473 You do this routine every shift? 428 00:22:22,475 --> 00:22:24,375 Only on stakeouts. 429 00:22:24,377 --> 00:22:26,010 CRAGEN: No, Max. 430 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:27,578 No more time. 431 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:29,980 Two days. 432 00:22:29,982 --> 00:22:32,083 How does this sound-- 433 00:22:32,085 --> 00:22:34,985 "Widow, two kids, victim of a horrible crime 434 00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:35,986 "and the police department 435 00:22:35,988 --> 00:22:37,488 "spends 2,000 bucks a day 436 00:22:37,490 --> 00:22:39,590 to find out when she goes to the can." 437 00:22:39,592 --> 00:22:41,959 You want to read that in tomorrow's Post? 438 00:22:41,961 --> 00:22:43,427 One day. 439 00:22:43,429 --> 00:22:45,096 What's it going to buy? 440 00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:49,934 Maybe it will buy me a good night's sleep. 441 00:22:51,404 --> 00:22:53,471 One freaking day. 442 00:22:53,473 --> 00:22:55,806 ( phone ringing ) 443 00:22:55,808 --> 00:22:57,074 What? 444 00:22:57,076 --> 00:22:59,377 Hold on. 445 00:22:59,379 --> 00:23:02,546 They're together-- Hamstead Hotel. 446 00:23:09,589 --> 00:23:11,489 What's she doing? 447 00:23:11,491 --> 00:23:13,157 It's four hours. 448 00:23:13,159 --> 00:23:16,627 Serving him clams casino? 449 00:23:16,629 --> 00:23:18,863 Looks like he ate well. 450 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:22,032 Let's pick him up. 451 00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:23,501 No, no, no. 452 00:23:23,503 --> 00:23:25,903 I want to talk to her first. 453 00:23:46,092 --> 00:23:47,625 Mrs. Ralston. 454 00:23:50,430 --> 00:23:51,562 Excuse me. 455 00:23:51,564 --> 00:23:54,098 Could you help us out here, Mrs. Ralston? 456 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:55,199 Mr. Himes 457 00:23:55,201 --> 00:23:57,568 was in the garage that night. 458 00:23:57,570 --> 00:23:59,003 He got home late. 459 00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:04,575 LOGAN: You know what I think? 460 00:24:04,577 --> 00:24:09,447 I think you and Mr. Himes are having an affair. 461 00:24:09,449 --> 00:24:11,615 I think your boyfriend shot your husband. 462 00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:14,485 I think the D.A. Is going to charge you 463 00:24:14,487 --> 00:24:17,621 as an accessory to the crime. 464 00:24:17,623 --> 00:24:21,559 I think you're too smart not to cooperate. 465 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:30,668 Oh, God. 466 00:24:33,139 --> 00:24:35,506 I was having an affair... 467 00:24:36,742 --> 00:24:39,543 but I broke it off. 468 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,581 Something must have happened 469 00:24:43,583 --> 00:24:46,584 because he got really enraged and... 470 00:24:46,586 --> 00:24:48,118 he snapped and... 471 00:24:48,120 --> 00:24:51,755 he came after Alan and I and he shot us. 472 00:24:59,499 --> 00:25:01,532 JUDGE: The charges are murder in the second degree 473 00:25:01,534 --> 00:25:03,033 and assault in the first degre. 474 00:25:03,035 --> 00:25:05,903 Does the defendant wish to enter a plea? 475 00:25:05,905 --> 00:25:08,606 Your Honor, if we may, 476 00:25:08,608 --> 00:25:10,908 we question whether the prosecutor's information 477 00:25:10,910 --> 00:25:13,777 merits our client being held. 478 00:25:13,779 --> 00:25:15,663 JUDGE: Mr. Shell, 479 00:25:15,664 --> 00:25:17,548 you got to the door but you didn't knock. 480 00:25:17,550 --> 00:25:19,283 If you're questioning the merits, 481 00:25:19,285 --> 00:25:20,985 does that mean you want a hearing? 482 00:25:20,987 --> 00:25:22,820 No, no, Your Honor. 483 00:25:22,822 --> 00:25:25,923 Then let's have the defendant enter a plea. 484 00:25:25,925 --> 00:25:28,592 JUDGE: Mr. Himes? 485 00:25:28,594 --> 00:25:30,261 Not guilty. 486 00:25:30,263 --> 00:25:32,997 Your Honor, Mr. Himes is a substantial member 487 00:25:32,999 --> 00:25:34,732 of the community and has no criminal record. 488 00:25:34,734 --> 00:25:36,567 We ask that he be released on... 489 00:25:36,569 --> 00:25:39,236 If you're suggesting "own recognizance" 490 00:25:39,238 --> 00:25:40,971 the answer is no. 491 00:25:40,973 --> 00:25:42,673 This is two felonies, 492 00:25:42,675 --> 00:25:44,942 one of them a homicide. 493 00:25:44,944 --> 00:25:47,044 Mr. Stone? 494 00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:50,814 We'd like to guarantee Mr. Himes appears, Your Honor. 495 00:25:50,816 --> 00:25:54,051 Bail is set at $200,000, 496 00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:56,854 cash or bond. 497 00:25:56,856 --> 00:26:01,325 Murder in the second degree, Stone? 498 00:26:01,327 --> 00:26:04,728 You have to show the public you go after the rich? 499 00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:06,830 Your client killed in cold blood. 500 00:26:06,832 --> 00:26:09,867 I don't care if he's homeless or owns Grand Central Station. 501 00:26:09,869 --> 00:26:11,936 You get murder two from the grand jury, it's abusive. 502 00:26:11,938 --> 00:26:14,572 Under extreme emotional disturbance, 503 00:26:14,574 --> 00:26:15,573 you're lucky if you get manslaughter two. 504 00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:16,907 The emotionally disturbed 505 00:26:16,909 --> 00:26:18,342 do not plan as well as Himes did. 506 00:26:18,344 --> 00:26:23,581 It's a crime of passion, Stone, pure and simple. 507 00:26:23,583 --> 00:26:28,986 A crime of passion is never pure and it's certainly not simple. 508 00:26:28,988 --> 00:26:34,592 Gil was like the guys I dated in college. 509 00:26:34,594 --> 00:26:37,027 The ones you didn't marry? 510 00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:39,063 The ones you met 511 00:26:39,065 --> 00:26:42,866 after your respectable dates dropped you off. 512 00:26:42,868 --> 00:26:46,003 How long had this been going on? 513 00:26:46,005 --> 00:26:48,872 Do we have to go into this? 514 00:26:48,874 --> 00:26:50,608 Mrs. Ralston, 515 00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:54,044 you're going to be a witness against Mr. Himes. 516 00:26:55,881 --> 00:26:57,948 Three months. 517 00:26:59,652 --> 00:27:01,619 I loved Alan. 518 00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:05,623 I didn't want to throw that away. 519 00:27:05,625 --> 00:27:09,994 How did Mr. Himes react when you told him that? 520 00:27:09,996 --> 00:27:13,030 Well, he said he understood. 521 00:27:13,032 --> 00:27:15,899 Why did you lie to the police? 522 00:27:15,901 --> 00:27:19,069 He tried to kill me. 523 00:27:20,906 --> 00:27:22,906 I was afraid. 524 00:27:22,908 --> 00:27:25,976 He was crazy, irrational. 525 00:27:27,913 --> 00:27:29,780 He looked at me 526 00:27:29,782 --> 00:27:32,850 like he didn't even know who I was. 527 00:27:35,021 --> 00:27:37,988 He was... 528 00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:42,059 a completely changed person. 529 00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:55,439 The Ralstons? 530 00:27:55,441 --> 00:27:58,442 The night of our party, they were getting along fine. 531 00:27:58,444 --> 00:27:59,943 Until he wanted to leave. 532 00:27:59,945 --> 00:28:00,944 Dorothy. 533 00:28:00,946 --> 00:28:03,380 12:00, He wants to go home. 534 00:28:03,382 --> 00:28:05,416 Janet says she's having too good a time. 535 00:28:05,418 --> 00:28:08,018 Dorothy... 2:30, The queen wants to leave. 536 00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:10,120 Alan's got a second wind. 537 00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:12,756 She dragged him out like she had a plane to catch. 538 00:28:12,758 --> 00:28:13,891 You never liked her. 539 00:28:13,893 --> 00:28:15,793 That's because she's a bitch, darling. 540 00:28:15,795 --> 00:28:18,195 but I always liked him. 541 00:28:18,197 --> 00:28:21,699 The evening ran on Janet's schedule. 542 00:28:21,701 --> 00:28:23,467 He wants to go; she says no. She wants to go; they leave. 543 00:28:23,469 --> 00:28:25,102 CRAGEN: He had an appointment. 544 00:28:25,104 --> 00:28:27,071 Run a gun check on Himes and Janet. 545 00:28:27,073 --> 00:28:28,939 Registration, out-of-state sales. 546 00:28:28,941 --> 00:28:30,474 It's still thin. 547 00:28:30,476 --> 00:28:32,009 Make it strong and make it fit. 548 00:28:32,011 --> 00:28:34,011 I want a conviction on this. On who? 549 00:28:34,013 --> 00:28:36,146 The only one on trial here is Himes, 550 00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:38,015 but I'd love to get her, too. 551 00:28:38,017 --> 00:28:40,250 A little bloodlust, Adam? 552 00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:43,087 You ever look at a calendar? 553 00:28:43,089 --> 00:28:46,190 Oh, next year is an election year. 554 00:28:47,793 --> 00:28:49,727 If it's easy to buy a gun, 555 00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:52,029 That means they don't a lot of paperwork. 556 00:28:52,031 --> 00:28:54,031 State requires a lot of paperwork, 557 00:28:54,033 --> 00:28:55,933 then it's not so easy to buy a gun. 558 00:28:55,935 --> 00:28:58,736 We need a place no waiting time, 559 00:28:58,738 --> 00:29:01,138 but where they still keep accurate records. 560 00:29:01,140 --> 00:29:05,109 That leaves Kentucky, Delaware, Tennessee, 561 00:29:05,111 --> 00:29:08,011 Virginia, North Carolina. 562 00:29:08,013 --> 00:29:09,747 That's it? 563 00:29:09,749 --> 00:29:12,082 We strike out with those, we're in trouble. 564 00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:15,085 Maybe we can get Himes's credit card stubs, 565 00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:18,088 her credit card stubs going back a year, year-and-a-half. 566 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:20,190 Business trips, vacations-- 567 00:29:20,192 --> 00:29:22,025 did they hit any of those states? 568 00:29:22,027 --> 00:29:25,996 The guy offered a $50,000 reward. 569 00:29:25,998 --> 00:29:29,800 Crime of passion. 570 00:29:29,802 --> 00:29:33,137 Short of a mob killing, I'm beginning to think 571 00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:35,139 this is the most dispassionate murder 572 00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:37,007 I've ever seen. 573 00:29:37,009 --> 00:29:40,978 That hump Himes, acting like their Dutch Uncle. 574 00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:43,881 Helping the Ralstons look for a new house 575 00:29:43,883 --> 00:29:47,551 checking out the schools in the suburbs for the kids, 576 00:29:47,553 --> 00:29:50,888 clearing the decks for their new baby. 577 00:29:50,890 --> 00:29:53,123 One hell of a financial advisor. 578 00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:56,560 What about their finances? 579 00:29:56,562 --> 00:30:01,265 Had this woman, right? Smart-looking broad. 580 00:30:01,267 --> 00:30:03,901 She come in here five, six, seven times a day, 581 00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:06,003 each time with a different guy. 582 00:30:06,005 --> 00:30:09,173 Turns out she's using the booth over there to turn tricks. 583 00:30:09,175 --> 00:30:11,542 And when we caught her, she said 584 00:30:11,544 --> 00:30:15,112 "Hey, it's a hell of a lot cheaper than a hotel." 585 00:30:15,114 --> 00:30:17,447 Find what you're looking for? 586 00:30:21,887 --> 00:30:24,555 There are standards 587 00:30:24,557 --> 00:30:26,957 but it's up to the individual insurance agent. 588 00:30:26,959 --> 00:30:28,826 Just tell me about the standards. 589 00:30:28,828 --> 00:30:30,093 Before the new policy was issued, 590 00:30:30,095 --> 00:30:32,863 the Ralstons already had $2 million 591 00:30:32,865 --> 00:30:35,365 in life insurance, all on him. 592 00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:37,100 $2 million? 593 00:30:37,102 --> 00:30:40,003 Most couples, now, they also insure the wife. 594 00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:42,372 Her role costs money to replace-- child care, 595 00:30:42,374 --> 00:30:44,107 housekeeping... Not the Ralstons. 596 00:30:44,109 --> 00:30:46,109 What about the new policy? 597 00:30:46,111 --> 00:30:48,145 An additional $3 million? 598 00:30:48,147 --> 00:30:51,315 Well, let's say that's borderline excessive. 599 00:30:51,317 --> 00:30:54,117 So, the agent shouldn't have written it? 600 00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:56,086 The agent should have wondered what was going on. 601 00:30:56,088 --> 00:30:57,955 On top of the personal, 602 00:30:57,957 --> 00:31:00,324 $4 million more paid for by the business. 603 00:31:00,326 --> 00:31:02,226 Is that unusual? 604 00:31:02,228 --> 00:31:05,229 Not if the partners are collecting. 605 00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:07,998 Alan Ralston's beneficiary? 606 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,366 His wife. 607 00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:11,635 This wasn't life insurance. 608 00:31:11,637 --> 00:31:13,337 It was the lottery. 609 00:31:13,339 --> 00:31:16,373 Mrs. Ralston hits the right number. 610 00:31:16,375 --> 00:31:19,076 She collects $9 million. 611 00:31:23,015 --> 00:31:25,015 What does it look like to you? 612 00:31:25,017 --> 00:31:26,884 Like to me like Himes is interested 613 00:31:26,886 --> 00:31:28,886 in seeing Ralston overinsured. 614 00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:31,121 After Janet broke his heart, cut off the affair? 615 00:31:31,123 --> 00:31:33,023 That guy is a positive humanitarian. 616 00:31:33,025 --> 00:31:35,292 Candidate for best friend of the year. 617 00:31:35,294 --> 00:31:37,928 What if she didn't break off the affair? 618 00:31:37,930 --> 00:31:39,096 No, got nothing on the girl. 619 00:31:39,098 --> 00:31:40,297 The gun? 620 00:31:40,299 --> 00:31:43,033 We got word from Kentucky, Tennessee, 621 00:31:43,035 --> 00:31:46,069 Delaware and North Carolina. No luck. 622 00:31:46,071 --> 00:31:48,939 And that leaves...? We'd better get lucky with Virginia. 623 00:31:48,941 --> 00:31:52,309 A year ago, right after Janet was mugged. 624 00:31:52,311 --> 00:31:54,044 Richmond, Virginia. 625 00:31:54,046 --> 00:31:56,947 Tracy's Field and Sport Shop. 626 00:31:56,949 --> 00:31:59,082 A sporting gun? 627 00:31:59,084 --> 00:32:01,585 If you're hunting people. 628 00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:04,087 Beretta, model 94, blowback semi-automatic nine millimeter. 629 00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:06,189 Sold to Himes, Gilbert? 630 00:32:06,191 --> 00:32:10,060 And not to Ralston, Janet, either. 631 00:32:10,062 --> 00:32:11,662 Ralston, Alan? 632 00:32:11,664 --> 00:32:14,364 ROBINETTE: And they stick to their stories 633 00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:17,067 the worst we get him for is maybe man two. 634 00:32:17,069 --> 00:32:19,069 She still gets a walk. 635 00:32:19,071 --> 00:32:20,203 She's already set up 636 00:32:20,205 --> 00:32:23,040 a diminished capacity defense for him. 637 00:32:23,042 --> 00:32:26,376 Said he looked crazy. 638 00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:29,246 You used Alan's gun, didn't you, Mr. Himes? 639 00:32:29,248 --> 00:32:32,115 I love Janet Ralston. 640 00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:33,350 SHELL: You want to talk a deal? 641 00:32:33,352 --> 00:32:35,352 I want to talk guns. 642 00:32:35,354 --> 00:32:36,653 How did you get the Beretta? 643 00:32:36,655 --> 00:32:37,988 Did she give it to you before the party? 644 00:32:37,990 --> 00:32:39,356 No more questions, Stone, 645 00:32:39,358 --> 00:32:42,225 till you put a proposal on the table. 646 00:32:42,227 --> 00:32:45,996 He rolls on Mrs. Ralston, comes up with some evidence-- manslaughter one. 647 00:32:45,998 --> 00:32:48,165 That's not a proposal. 648 00:32:48,167 --> 00:32:50,100 It's an insult. 649 00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:52,169 Come on, Gil. 650 00:33:00,045 --> 00:33:02,379 Himes really does love her. 651 00:33:02,381 --> 00:33:05,115 Maybe he loves manslaughter two more. 652 00:33:05,117 --> 00:33:06,984 We don't find out how it went down, 653 00:33:06,986 --> 00:33:08,218 we may have to offer it to him.. 654 00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:12,055 Well, then let's find out how it went down. 655 00:33:15,394 --> 00:33:17,027 GREEVEY: Let's start over, Willie. 656 00:33:17,029 --> 00:33:19,262 How many times I got to tell you? 657 00:33:19,264 --> 00:33:22,165 GREEVEY: The lights go out. Then what? 658 00:33:22,167 --> 00:33:24,768 Look, I hear a scream, then a shot. 659 00:33:24,770 --> 00:33:26,269 Righ after the lights went out? 660 00:33:26,271 --> 00:33:27,471 Same time. 661 00:33:27,473 --> 00:33:30,340 Run that past me again. 662 00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:32,509 The lights went off. 663 00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:34,011 I hear a shot. 664 00:33:34,013 --> 00:33:37,014 The door opens, a couple seconds later, 665 00:33:37,016 --> 00:33:40,150 I hear two more shots, I get the hell out of there. 666 00:33:40,152 --> 00:33:42,085 If the light was off, 667 00:33:42,087 --> 00:33:44,021 how do you know the door opened? 668 00:33:44,023 --> 00:33:46,723 Light came in from the garage. 669 00:33:46,725 --> 00:33:48,158 After the first shot. 670 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:51,261 Am I talking too fast? That's what I said. 671 00:33:51,263 --> 00:33:54,264 You know,lights off, then bang. 672 00:33:54,266 --> 00:33:57,100 Door opens. Bang, bang. 673 00:33:58,370 --> 00:34:00,470 Willie fires up a rock. 674 00:34:00,472 --> 00:34:02,372 The light goes out. 675 00:34:02,374 --> 00:34:05,809 The first shot came before the door opened? 676 00:34:05,811 --> 00:34:09,312 Then the door opens, then there's two more shots. 677 00:34:09,314 --> 00:34:13,250 But if it's Himes coming down the stairs, and it is, 678 00:34:13,252 --> 00:34:14,351 he goes to the light... 679 00:34:14,353 --> 00:34:16,253 He unscrews it... 680 00:34:16,255 --> 00:34:18,155 the door yet. He hasn't opened 681 00:34:18,157 --> 00:34:19,523 A gun goes off. 682 00:34:19,525 --> 00:34:22,125 So, who shot Alan Ralston? 683 00:34:22,127 --> 00:34:25,395 GREEVEY: Is Willie a good enough witness? 684 00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:27,397 Good enough for me. 685 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,199 Pick her up. 686 00:34:33,138 --> 00:34:34,838 Janet Ralston? 687 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,406 You're under arrest 688 00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:38,408 for the murder of Alan Ralston. 689 00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,844 You have the right to remain silent 690 00:34:40,846 --> 00:34:42,546 and refuse to answer questions. 691 00:34:42,548 --> 00:34:45,215 Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law. 692 00:34:47,753 --> 00:34:49,419 STONE: So you're saying the first shot came 693 00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:51,321 before the door opened. 694 00:34:51,323 --> 00:34:54,124 TIVNAN: Lights out. Bang. 695 00:34:54,126 --> 00:34:56,226 Then the door opens. 696 00:34:56,228 --> 00:34:59,196 But after the lights went out, couple of seconds later, 697 00:34:59,198 --> 00:35:01,131 another two shots. 698 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:02,833 Bang, bang. 699 00:35:02,835 --> 00:35:04,134 Thank you. 700 00:35:04,136 --> 00:35:06,870 No further questions, Your Honor. 701 00:35:06,872 --> 00:35:08,772 Mr. Tivnan, 702 00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:13,243 what were you doing on the stairs of the garage? 703 00:35:17,182 --> 00:35:19,883 Smoking crack. 704 00:35:19,885 --> 00:35:21,318 Uh-huh. 705 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:22,752 Your habit? 706 00:35:22,754 --> 00:35:24,488 How much does it cost? 707 00:35:27,159 --> 00:35:29,292 $200 a day. 708 00:35:29,294 --> 00:35:31,194 Oh. 709 00:35:31,196 --> 00:35:34,264 Do you have a job, Mr. Tivnan? 710 00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:36,033 Objection, Your Honor. 711 00:35:36,034 --> 00:35:37,801 His employment has nothing to do with his testimony. 712 00:35:37,803 --> 00:35:41,171 Mr. Tivnan's state of mind is at issue here. 713 00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:42,272 Overruled. 714 00:35:42,274 --> 00:35:44,207 The witness will answer. 715 00:35:46,211 --> 00:35:50,547 I sell books, magazines on the streets. 716 00:35:50,549 --> 00:35:54,417 Does that pay for your crack habit? 717 00:35:54,419 --> 00:35:57,521 People do a lot of reading. 718 00:35:57,523 --> 00:36:00,457 ( laughter ) 719 00:36:00,459 --> 00:36:02,559 Thank you, Mr. Tivnan. 720 00:36:02,561 --> 00:36:06,429 In your autopsy, you examined the entrance wound 721 00:36:06,431 --> 00:36:08,165 on Mr. Ralston's body? 722 00:36:08,167 --> 00:36:09,166 Yes, I did. 723 00:36:09,168 --> 00:36:10,300 What were your findings? 724 00:36:10,302 --> 00:36:13,837 Light powder burns on Mr. Ralston's tux 725 00:36:13,839 --> 00:36:16,540 indicated that the gun had fired 726 00:36:16,542 --> 00:36:19,242 at a distance of approximately three feet. 727 00:36:19,244 --> 00:36:22,479 The bullet entered Mr. Ralston at the bottom of the thorax. 728 00:36:22,481 --> 00:36:24,214 It traveled upward. 729 00:36:24,216 --> 00:36:28,451 It pierced his right lung and then entered his heart. 730 00:36:28,453 --> 00:36:30,787 From that description, Mr. Borak, 731 00:36:30,789 --> 00:36:34,491 can you tell the height of the person who fired the gun? 732 00:36:34,493 --> 00:36:35,859 Yes, I could. 733 00:36:35,861 --> 00:36:39,196 From the, uh, the angle of the bullet's entry, 734 00:36:39,198 --> 00:36:41,198 the person who shot him 735 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,935 would have to be no taller than five foot six. 736 00:36:44,937 --> 00:36:47,871 In other words, someone shorter than Mr. Ralston. 737 00:36:47,873 --> 00:36:50,373 BORAK: Yes, that's right. 738 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:51,808 Nothing further, Your Honor. 739 00:36:54,980 --> 00:36:59,316 If I told you the floor of that garage slopes, 740 00:36:59,318 --> 00:37:01,851 would that affect your estimation 741 00:37:01,853 --> 00:37:03,553 of the height of the gunman you described? 742 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:04,788 Oh, yes, yes, it would. 743 00:37:04,790 --> 00:37:07,290 Good. It slopes. 744 00:37:07,292 --> 00:37:10,427 So it's possible that Mr. Ralston was shot by a six-foot man 745 00:37:10,429 --> 00:37:11,795 standing at the bottom of a sloping floor. 746 00:37:11,797 --> 00:37:13,597 Yes, that is possible... 747 00:37:13,599 --> 00:37:15,232 Thank you. 748 00:37:15,234 --> 00:37:18,235 Nothing further, Your Honor. 749 00:37:18,237 --> 00:37:20,237 Mrs. Stark, this was some months ago. 750 00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,239 Do you remember the Ralstons? 751 00:37:22,241 --> 00:37:24,975 Yes. They were a nice-looking couple on vacation. 752 00:37:24,977 --> 00:37:26,910 Just come from the mountains. 753 00:37:26,912 --> 00:37:29,346 Did Mr. Ralston know what kind of gun 754 00:37:29,348 --> 00:37:31,298 he wanted to buy? 755 00:37:31,299 --> 00:37:33,249 Well, he didn't know anything about guns, 756 00:37:33,252 --> 00:37:36,253 so I showed him some nice personal weapons. 757 00:37:36,255 --> 00:37:38,255 And he picked one out? 758 00:37:38,257 --> 00:37:40,590 she kept telling him Well, the missus, 759 00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:42,993 that they had to have it, 760 00:37:42,994 --> 00:37:45,395 and he told her he did not want the gun in the house, 761 00:37:45,397 --> 00:37:47,931 that one of the kids might get his head blown off. 762 00:37:47,933 --> 00:37:51,935 And she kept reminding him that she had been mugged 763 00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:53,403 on the street. 764 00:37:53,405 --> 00:37:57,274 So, Mr. Ralston didn't want to buy a gun. 765 00:37:57,276 --> 00:38:01,044 No, it was Mrs. Ralston who was all steamed up. 766 00:38:01,046 --> 00:38:04,514 She insisted that he buy the Beretta. 767 00:38:07,286 --> 00:38:08,551 Thank you. 768 00:38:08,553 --> 00:38:10,020 No further questions. 769 00:38:12,624 --> 00:38:14,891 It's your meeting. 770 00:38:14,893 --> 00:38:16,293 Himes battered 771 00:38:16,295 --> 00:38:17,994 Mrs. Ralston emotionally, 772 00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:19,496 but she never believed him when he said 773 00:38:19,498 --> 00:38:20,930 he'd kill her and her husband. 774 00:38:20,932 --> 00:38:22,999 After he shot you, Mrs. Ralston, 775 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:25,001 you didn't go to the police. 776 00:38:25,003 --> 00:38:26,436 I told you. 777 00:38:26,438 --> 00:38:27,971 I was frightened. 778 00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:30,006 The only thing Mrs. Ralston 779 00:38:30,008 --> 00:38:31,992 might have done wrong 780 00:38:31,993 --> 00:38:33,977 was to mention where Mr. Ralston kept his gun. 781 00:38:33,979 --> 00:38:37,947 Nevertheless, we will plead 782 00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:40,984 criminal facilitation four, conspiracy five, 783 00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:43,586 and she'll testify against Mr. Himes. 784 00:38:43,588 --> 00:38:45,055 You've got to be kidding. 785 00:38:45,057 --> 00:38:46,990 It's like he's on trial for murder. 786 00:38:46,992 --> 00:38:49,092 You're offering us two misdemeanors? 787 00:38:49,094 --> 00:38:51,561 I don't joke about plea bargains, Mr. Stone. 788 00:38:51,563 --> 00:38:53,963 If you want to think about manslaughter one, 789 00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:55,999 we might have something to talk about. 790 00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:59,569 Well, I guess we have nothing to talk about. 791 00:39:04,042 --> 00:39:06,743 They're not biting. She doesn't think we can convince a jury. 792 00:39:06,745 --> 00:39:08,478 Then plea it out at man two. 793 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:09,746 Slap on the wrist? 794 00:39:09,748 --> 00:39:11,381 Since when's two acquittals better than one? 795 00:39:11,383 --> 00:39:13,083 Take one more run at them. 796 00:39:13,085 --> 00:39:14,517 Don't blow this. 797 00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:17,520 I'll take man two. 798 00:39:17,522 --> 00:39:19,089 STONE: Mr. Himes, 799 00:39:19,091 --> 00:39:21,057 she's getting ready to burn you. 800 00:39:21,059 --> 00:39:24,361 That testimony about how tall the gunman was? 801 00:39:24,363 --> 00:39:26,363 Your lover's lawyer is trying 802 00:39:26,365 --> 00:39:29,399 to make it look like you pulled the trigger. 803 00:39:29,401 --> 00:39:32,469 Janet's lawyer was trying to prove 804 00:39:32,471 --> 00:39:34,471 neither of us did it. 805 00:39:34,473 --> 00:39:37,073 Listen to this. 806 00:39:37,075 --> 00:39:39,376 This is a transcript 807 00:39:39,378 --> 00:39:40,977 from one of the interviews with Mrs. Ralston 808 00:39:40,979 --> 00:39:42,045 after you were arrested. 809 00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:43,780 "I loved Gil Himes, 810 00:39:43,782 --> 00:39:46,950 "but he turned out to be weak and pathetic. 811 00:39:46,952 --> 00:39:50,053 "The only solution he found to his unhappiness 812 00:39:50,055 --> 00:39:51,721 was to get a gun." 813 00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:54,090 That's how she depicts you. 814 00:39:54,092 --> 00:39:57,093 You're playing a bad hand, Mr. Himes, 815 00:39:57,095 --> 00:39:59,129 and the dealer's crooked. 816 00:40:06,004 --> 00:40:12,075 Suppose the murder weapon should... happen to turn up. 817 00:40:20,152 --> 00:40:25,989 Mr. Himes, you are now skirting obstruction of justice. 818 00:40:25,991 --> 00:40:27,090 Don't push it, Stone. 819 00:40:27,092 --> 00:40:28,658 He said "suppose," 820 00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:30,593 and he's on trial for murder. 821 00:40:30,595 --> 00:40:33,129 Suppose we add obstruction. 822 00:40:33,131 --> 00:40:35,732 Suppose you never get the gun. 823 00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:46,443 Manslaughter one. 824 00:40:46,445 --> 00:40:48,111 You'll lose. 825 00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:51,047 That jury will never convict. 826 00:40:59,524 --> 00:41:01,524 ( sarcastically ): True love. 827 00:41:01,526 --> 00:41:05,128 They'd sell each other for a nickel. 828 00:41:05,130 --> 00:41:08,164 Give victor Norris a call. 829 00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:10,767 You said you have something we want to hear? 830 00:41:10,769 --> 00:41:14,204 A rumor Mr. Himes is thinking of producing 831 00:41:14,206 --> 00:41:16,105 a murder weapon. 832 00:41:19,878 --> 00:41:21,478 Auction block. 833 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:22,745 Going, going... 834 00:41:22,747 --> 00:41:24,080 Two misdemeanors 835 00:41:24,082 --> 00:41:25,882 and she'll take a year in jail. 836 00:41:25,884 --> 00:41:26,883 Manslaughter one. 837 00:41:26,885 --> 00:41:28,751 Going, going... 838 00:41:28,753 --> 00:41:30,119 No way. 839 00:41:30,121 --> 00:41:31,654 Gone. 840 00:41:31,656 --> 00:41:35,558 You don't scare me, Mr. Stone. 841 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,894 Oh, yes, I do, Mrs. Ralston. 842 00:41:37,896 --> 00:41:40,497 I scare you a great deal. 843 00:41:40,499 --> 00:41:42,131 And I should. 844 00:41:44,202 --> 00:41:48,505 There's another offer on the table from Mrs. Ralston. 845 00:41:48,507 --> 00:41:50,173 This is an idiotic game. 846 00:41:50,175 --> 00:41:53,676 She's up from two misdemeanors to jail time. 847 00:41:58,216 --> 00:42:00,517 We'll take manslaughter two. 848 00:42:00,519 --> 00:42:02,185 Oh, you'll have to do better than that. 849 00:42:02,187 --> 00:42:04,521 Manslaughter one he produces the weapon, 850 00:42:04,523 --> 00:42:07,123 and he tells the jury how he planned it. 851 00:42:12,163 --> 00:42:16,165 Whoever gets to my door first. 852 00:42:22,674 --> 00:42:24,874 You know why we're here. 853 00:42:24,876 --> 00:42:27,243 You can't do this, Stone. 854 00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:38,221 Last chance, ladies and gentlemen. 855 00:42:40,659 --> 00:42:42,725 You've got nothing. 856 00:42:46,164 --> 00:42:48,231 Manslaughter one. 857 00:42:48,233 --> 00:42:49,599 Sold. 858 00:42:49,601 --> 00:42:52,569 You damn fool! 859 00:42:52,571 --> 00:42:55,738 We would have been acquitted. 860 00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:57,974 They've got nothing. 861 00:42:57,976 --> 00:43:01,711 God, you are a pathetic, limp... 862 00:43:01,713 --> 00:43:03,246 Oh, God! 863 00:43:04,849 --> 00:43:07,216 You are such a gutless... 864 00:43:16,995 --> 00:43:18,928 HIMES: She came to me with the plan. 865 00:43:18,930 --> 00:43:21,798 STONE: And what did Mrs. Ralston suggest? 866 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,268 HIMES: She would tell Alan she had been mugged. 867 00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:27,837 Would force him to buy a gun. 868 00:43:27,839 --> 00:43:32,308 Was there more to the plan? 869 00:43:32,310 --> 00:43:37,213 Yes. 870 00:43:37,215 --> 00:43:41,618 She told me I would have to shoot her, too. 871 00:43:41,620 --> 00:43:45,688 I said, "What?!" 872 00:43:45,690 --> 00:43:50,927 She said I would shoot her 873 00:43:50,929 --> 00:43:54,364 after she shot him. 874 00:43:54,366 --> 00:43:58,901 STONE: On the night of the shootings, 875 00:43:58,903 --> 00:44:01,638 did the plan go awry? 876 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:06,009 I was supposed to be there before she shot Alan, 877 00:44:06,011 --> 00:44:09,979 but, uh, he saw the gun in her hand, 878 00:44:09,981 --> 00:44:10,980 so she had to shoot him 879 00:44:10,982 --> 00:44:17,720 before he came into the stairwell. 880 00:44:19,858 --> 00:44:23,026 Who shot Mrs. Ralston? 881 00:44:23,028 --> 00:44:25,928 I did. 882 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:34,070 Is this gun, marked "People's Exhibit 26" 883 00:44:34,072 --> 00:44:37,040 the one you used the night of the shootings? 884 00:44:37,042 --> 00:44:39,776 Yes. 885 00:44:41,813 --> 00:44:43,346 Now, Mr. Himes, 886 00:44:43,348 --> 00:44:47,250 please tell the jury what happened 887 00:44:47,252 --> 00:44:51,821 after Mrs. Ralston talked to the police 888 00:44:51,823 --> 00:44:55,058 at the Hamstead Hotel. 889 00:44:55,060 --> 00:44:58,361 She called me-- Janet called me from a pay phone. 890 00:44:58,363 --> 00:45:01,397 Told me I was going to be arrested 891 00:45:01,399 --> 00:45:04,100 and I should go along with it. 892 00:45:04,102 --> 00:45:07,737 I said she was going to hang us both. 893 00:45:07,739 --> 00:45:10,339 STONE: What were her exact words? 894 00:45:20,952 --> 00:45:24,053 She said, "You dumb son of a bitch. 895 00:45:24,055 --> 00:45:27,390 "You'll get manslaughter two. 896 00:45:27,392 --> 00:45:29,459 "Minimum sentence. 897 00:45:29,461 --> 00:45:31,461 "Out in a third. 898 00:45:31,463 --> 00:45:33,730 Less than two years." 899 00:45:43,875 --> 00:45:49,946 "We'll have each other," she said. 900 00:45:49,948 --> 00:45:52,515 "And the money." 901 00:45:59,057 --> 00:46:01,758 Has the jury reached a verdict? 902 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:03,159 We have, Your Honor. 903 00:46:03,161 --> 00:46:06,362 Will the defendant please rise? 904 00:46:14,072 --> 00:46:17,039 On the first count of the indictment, 905 00:46:17,041 --> 00:46:19,776 the charge of murder in the second degree, 906 00:46:19,778 --> 00:46:21,043 how does the jury find? 907 00:46:21,045 --> 00:46:23,813 We find the defendant guilty. 908 00:46:23,815 --> 00:46:27,450 JUDGE: On the second count of the indictment, 909 00:46:27,452 --> 00:46:31,053 conspiracy in the first degree, how does the jury find? 910 00:46:31,055 --> 00:46:33,990 We find the defendant guilty. 911 00:46:39,063 --> 00:46:42,365 Janet Ralston's planning to sue her lawyer. 912 00:46:42,367 --> 00:46:43,966 She doesn't quit. 913 00:46:43,968 --> 00:46:45,501 Reach any conclusions? 914 00:46:45,503 --> 00:46:48,104 I'm trying to forget her. 915 00:46:48,106 --> 00:46:49,806 Two men in love with her. 916 00:46:49,808 --> 00:46:52,141 Kills one, ready to sell out the other. 917 00:46:52,143 --> 00:46:55,144 What is it? Greed? Power? Evil. 918 00:46:55,146 --> 00:46:57,814 I thought you didn't believe in evil. 919 00:46:57,816 --> 00:46:59,549 Never met Janet Ralston before. 920 00:46:59,551 --> 00:47:01,951 She's either evil or she's two years old. 921 00:47:01,953 --> 00:47:04,487 She wants what she wants when she wants it. 922 00:47:04,489 --> 00:47:04,520 That's cute.