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In the criminal justice system,
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the people are represented
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by two separate
yet equally important groups:
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the police,
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Mrs. Schwinger
on the fourth floor's
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been complaining
three times a day.
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So it's slow.
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What's her rush,
anyway?
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It's not the controls.
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Gears?
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Or the brakes
jamming.
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It's probably kids.
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Bozos call it
elevator surfing.
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Ride the tops,
jump from one to the other.
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Give me a flashlight,
will you?
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I just don't want
any lawsuits.
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I been here 12 years.
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Never opened.
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Going to have to take it
down to the basement.
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Lower it slow.
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You Local 196?
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Wouldn't work if I wasn't.
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My brother-in-law,
20 years of dues.
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Now he's
in St. Thomas...
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Oh, my God.
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Stop the damn thing.
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This is preliminary.
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CERRETA:
We're listening.
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Death by strangulation.
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Looks like a wire.
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Premortem cuts and abrasions
on the face.
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She fought back.
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I bagged her hands
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in case there's anything
under her nails.
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She's partially
out of rigor.
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She's been dead
24 to 36 hours.
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Monday night.
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Mr. Hellman,
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have you ever
seen her before?
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Yeah. Judy Bream, 3B.
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She live alone?
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Yeah. Alone.
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you do--
Here's what
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first, let those men
into Judy's apartment
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then later I'll have
some questions for you.
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Does this sound familiar?
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Young woman, nude,
strangled with wire
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duct tape on her face,
body tossed like garbage.
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East River Park,
six months ago.
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Same guy?
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Could be.
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That would be number two
in a series of...
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Well, it depends on how late
in his game we're coming in.
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She was a grad student
at Columbia.
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Some kind of ancient
history, I think.
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Moved in about
a year and a half ago.
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Family lives
in Hartford.
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Old man cosigned
the lease.
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What kind of tenant
was she?
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A doll.
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If they were
all like her...
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What about boyfriends?
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I don't keep track.
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Anyway, when you're
young and beautiful,
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who wants to be alone?
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Tell me about
this building, okay?
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Anybody hanging around
who didn't belong?
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On the Upper West Side?
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You want them all
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or just the ones
that talk to themselves?
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No sign of forcible entry.
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Must have been somebody
she knew or expected.
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There's nothing
about it in here.
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This whole week's marked off
as being in Connecticut.
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Her folks live in Hartford.
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Last couple
of months
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two doctor's visits,
a paper, three exams
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one potluck dinner.
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Found it on the floor
near the bed.
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Wrapper for
a Polaroid cartridge.
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She have a camera?
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Didn't find one.
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Think our boy's
a shutterbug?
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Some are.
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Helps them to remember
the good times.
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Let's hope
this is a coincidence.
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I don't think so.
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We turned up a third vic
three months ago in Queens.
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All three
taped, strangled, tossed.
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Rape?
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No evidence of penetration.
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Three kills
in six months.
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Slow but consistent.
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Oh, man.
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All right.
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Nothing to encourage this guy
to pick up the pace.
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No press.
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I want to keep this
off the books.
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Anything you need,
you come directly to me.
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Did he leave us
anything at all to go on?
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Autopsy report...
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says digestion
on her stomach contents
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puts the time of death
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between 7:00 and 8:00
Monday night.
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Other than that,
we got nada.
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No prints,
no fluids, no hairs.
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Regular angel of death.
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The last one--
Judy Bream--
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he tossed down
the elevator shaft.
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And?
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You need a special key.
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Elevator repairmen,
firemen, electricians.
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Great. So, that narrows it
down to, what?
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About 100,000 suspects?
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Hey, the guys in Brooklyn
were lucky, huh?
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They got the Son of Sam
on parking tickets.
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Yeah. Six months
and six bodies later.
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( phone buzzes )
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What?
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Yeah.
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Thanks.
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The Breams are outside.
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You want to do it
in here?
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No.
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Let's take
an interrogation room.
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I told her
she'd be safer
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in one of the university
residences,
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but, uh...
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she knew better.
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Had to have
her own place.
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( sighs )
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Judy was never afraid
of anything
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not even as a child.
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We know that Judy was supposed
to spend the week with you.
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Was there any reason
that those plans were changed?
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She got a call Sunday afternoon
up at our house--
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someone connected
with the building.
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MRS. BREAM:
I heard...
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I heard her call him Mr. Cook.
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Um... some work had to be done.
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Do you know what kind of work?
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No.
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Something electrical.
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With the wiring.
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They...
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( sobbing )
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They had to move
the furniture.
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At least
that's what Judy said.
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Would Judy have told
the building manager
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how to reach her
up in Connecticut?
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MR. BREAM:
No. She didn't
have to.
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Her calls were forwarded.
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Her phone, was it...?
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Was it listed?
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No.
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I thought it would be safer.
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( Mrs. Bream sobbing softly )
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All three were killed
in their apartments.
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But the first two were dumped
at least half mile away,
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while Judy Bream was
left in her building.
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Why?
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He's in a rush.
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Couldn't get her
out of the building.
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It doesn't make sense.
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It would be easier to leave
them in their apartments.
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He does it, Phil.
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It's got to mean
something, Phil.
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What?
Power? Degradation?
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A sense of finality?
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Okay,
thanks.
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If this guy knew these girls,
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it wasn't because
he changed their fuses.
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Their buildings were serviced
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by three different
electrical contractors.
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There's got to be a connection.
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He picks
these girls.
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Volunteer work--
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Judy Bream
did three hours a week
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at the Stuart Counseling Center
in the Bronx.
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Debra Beckett did United Way
every Christmas.
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A couple of times a year
at a soup kitchen.
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Sandy Markham,
no charity work.
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Lots of political.
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Canvassed for
Senator Peppino in '90.
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Registered "not interested."
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State politics
in Connecticut.
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Sport club membership,
Columbia athletic.
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Racquetball every day.
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Mine goes to the Downtown Y.
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Not a jock.
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Repeated visits
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to Dr. Phillip Banks,
OB-GYN.
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Who?
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Phillip Banks.
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You got, uh...
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you got Bream's
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appointment book?
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She was seeing a doctor.
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In November.
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November 24,
Dr. P. Banks, 9:00 A.M.
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What about your Queens lady?
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He... Crap.
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It's not a match.
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Dr. Charles Cohen,
Forest Hills.
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Still, we got two out of three.
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It's worth a look.
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Well, Marcus Welby he's not.
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One assault charge
three years ago.
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He pleaded down
to a misdemeanor.
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Complainant was his ex-wife.
Dig this.
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Broke her jaw during
a marriage counseling session.
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This man is a lover
and a fighter.
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The AMA has received
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over a dozen complaints
against Banks.
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Former patients,
their husbands--
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the doc likes to play around
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while his patients
are in the stirrups.
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He still has a license?
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Protect thine own.
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The AMA refused to pursue.
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I just know what I read
in the papers.
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The city's going
straight to hell.
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She'd been your
patient for long?
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First appointment
was, uh, February.
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Routine pelvic.
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You ever ask her out?
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CERRETA:
Debra Beckett--
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she was your patient, too,
right?
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What the hell
are you getting at?
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Two of your
patients
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have been murdered
in the last three months.
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CERRETA:
Did you ever examine
Sandy Markham?
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No.
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Do you mind
if we check your records?
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Sure, be my guest.
My nurse will help you.
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Thanks. By the way,
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did you happen to have a date
last Monday night?
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Yes.
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Emily Feist,
nine pounds, three ounces.
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Born Monday, 7:16 P.M.,
after three hours of labor.
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Yeah.
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What do you got?
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Okay. Thanks a lot.
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Hospital has him
signing in at 4:16,
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signing out
at ten to 8:00.
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It would take him
at least 20 minutes
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to get to Judy Bream's place.
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The M.E. puts the time
of death between 7:00 and 8:00.
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But M.E.'s have been known
to be off by an hour or so.
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We still have to connect
Sandy Markham.
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She never saw Dr. Banks.
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Maybe he's lying.
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Maybe she did see him
under a different name.
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Let's go talk
to Dr. Cohen.
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No.
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Sandy Markham was referred
by Dr. Rosen on Park Avenue.
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Had she ever been treated
by Dr. Banks?
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We can get a subpoena.
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If she had been,
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I think she would
have told me.
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Why?
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He's a disgrace.
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I wouldn't send my schnauzer
to see Phillip Banks.
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You don't like
his bedside manner?
268
00:12:11,465 --> 00:12:13,131
The guy's a walking lawsuit.
269
00:12:13,133 --> 00:12:14,132
Malpractice?
270
00:12:14,134 --> 00:12:15,934
Now he's
branching out.
271
00:12:15,936 --> 00:12:18,837
My bookkeeper tells they're
after him for insurance fraud.
272
00:12:18,839 --> 00:12:21,139
You and Banks have
the same bookkeeper?
273
00:12:21,141 --> 00:12:24,476
Yes.
274
00:12:25,746 --> 00:12:28,279
You mind giving us his name?
275
00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:30,749
Albert Lawrence Cheney.
276
00:12:30,751 --> 00:12:32,751
Spent five years
in Attica.
277
00:12:32,753 --> 00:12:34,152
Cheating on his taxes?
278
00:12:34,154 --> 00:12:37,889
He got Man Two,
paroled in '89...
279
00:12:37,891 --> 00:12:40,959
He killed a girl
in Queens.
280
00:12:40,961 --> 00:12:42,794
Strangulation? Tape?
281
00:12:44,030 --> 00:12:46,264
Rest of the file
will be in tomorrow.
282
00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,183
You want to wait?
283
00:12:48,184 --> 00:12:50,101
Not on your life.
Risk losing another one? No.
284
00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:54,272
Hello?
285
00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:55,273
Hello.
286
00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:57,275
Does Albert Cheney
live here?
287
00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:58,309
Yes.
288
00:12:58,311 --> 00:13:00,145
Is he here
289
00:13:00,147 --> 00:13:02,514
because we'd like
to talk to him.
290
00:13:02,516 --> 00:13:03,515
I'm Mrs. Cheney.
291
00:13:03,517 --> 00:13:05,116
Is there a problem?
292
00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:06,885
No, it's not a problem.
293
00:13:06,887 --> 00:13:08,553
Just want to talk to him.
294
00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:10,121
He's in
the other room.
295
00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:11,089
He's busy working.
296
00:13:11,091 --> 00:13:12,257
Excuse me.
297
00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:15,293
Are you Albert
Lawrence Cheney?
298
00:13:17,030 --> 00:13:19,030
Yes.
299
00:13:19,032 --> 00:13:20,899
Do you mind if we talk?
300
00:13:20,901 --> 00:13:22,167
I'm in the middle...
301
00:13:22,169 --> 00:13:24,269
LOGAN:
I think it will keep.
302
00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:31,009
Don't you think we'd be
more comfortable at the station?
303
00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:41,019
Look, I'm not trying
to outrun my past.
304
00:13:41,021 --> 00:13:42,453
I did the time.
305
00:13:42,455 --> 00:13:44,055
LOGAN:
So you're
rehabilitated.
306
00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:45,456
I didn't do the crime.
307
00:13:45,458 --> 00:13:46,991
CERRETA:
Aren't you bitter
308
00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:50,094
having spent five years
in Attica for something
309
00:13:50,096 --> 00:13:51,830
you didn't do?
310
00:13:51,832 --> 00:13:53,832
I'm at peace with it now.
311
00:13:53,834 --> 00:13:56,968
I was unlucky enough
to be at the wrong place
312
00:13:56,970 --> 00:13:58,603
at the wrong time.
313
00:13:58,605 --> 00:13:59,971
My lawyer said
314
00:13:59,973 --> 00:14:02,006
the best thing was to deal.
315
00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:04,976
"Five was better than 15,"
he said.
316
00:14:04,978 --> 00:14:06,778
You work
317
00:14:06,779 --> 00:14:08,579
with Dr. Banks and Dr. Cohen.
318
00:14:08,582 --> 00:14:12,450
And Burton and Scarlon
and Schuman.
319
00:14:12,452 --> 00:14:13,985
How long you been
keeping books?
320
00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:15,453
Two years, since I got out.
321
00:14:15,455 --> 00:14:16,487
And before that?
322
00:14:16,489 --> 00:14:18,857
Master electrician.
323
00:14:18,859 --> 00:14:21,993
Manhattan Power
doesn't like ex-cons.
324
00:14:21,995 --> 00:14:24,429
Last Monday night,
you remember what you did?
325
00:14:24,431 --> 00:14:29,067
My wife and I went
to dinner and a movie.
326
00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:32,537
It was an early show, 5:00.
327
00:14:35,008 --> 00:14:38,109
You know a woman
named Judy Bream?
328
00:14:45,185 --> 00:14:48,052
Why? What happened to her?
329
00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:49,554
She was murdered.
330
00:14:52,158 --> 00:14:55,627
We had pizza
at Julio's in Astoria.
331
00:14:55,629 --> 00:14:58,196
What time did you
leave the restaurant?
332
00:14:58,198 --> 00:15:02,567
Around 8:00, although
I'm not exactly certain.
333
00:15:02,569 --> 00:15:04,002
Where did you go?
334
00:15:04,004 --> 00:15:05,536
I drove Albert home.
335
00:15:05,538 --> 00:15:08,539
I went to work,
the Post Office. night shift.
336
00:15:08,541 --> 00:15:10,541
I punched in at 9:00.
337
00:15:10,543 --> 00:15:12,543
Have you been married
a long time?
338
00:15:12,545 --> 00:15:14,245
A year.
339
00:15:18,218 --> 00:15:22,987
Seven years ago,
I saw his picture in the paper.
340
00:15:22,989 --> 00:15:25,924
He had such gentle eyes.
341
00:15:25,926 --> 00:15:28,927
I wrote him
and he wrote me back.
342
00:15:28,929 --> 00:15:30,662
And when he was released?
343
00:15:30,664 --> 00:15:34,132
He joined our church group,
St. Eligius Baptist.
344
00:15:34,134 --> 00:15:37,702
He's a good man, Detective.
345
00:15:37,704 --> 00:15:39,070
Phil.
346
00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:46,611
It was in the bottom drawer.
347
00:15:46,613 --> 00:15:48,079
There's no film,
348
00:15:48,081 --> 00:15:51,115
but it's the same type
to fit the wrapper we found.
349
00:15:51,117 --> 00:15:53,184
My son has the same one.
350
00:15:53,186 --> 00:15:55,019
Look at this.
351
00:15:58,224 --> 00:15:59,657
Duct tape.
352
00:16:01,661 --> 00:16:04,095
Your son got one of these--
353
00:16:04,097 --> 00:16:07,732
a Manhattan Power Company
employee I.D.?
354
00:16:07,734 --> 00:16:10,969
Expires June, 1985.
355
00:16:10,971 --> 00:16:14,072
Think Albert kept it
as a souvenir?
356
00:16:21,214 --> 00:16:22,680
The fibers
from his washer-dryer--
357
00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,349
beige with a wool/acrylic
weave--
358
00:16:24,350 --> 00:16:26,017
matched the carpeting
in Judy Bream's apartment.
359
00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:29,020
Must have been
on Cheney's clothes
360
00:16:29,022 --> 00:16:30,288
when he washed them.
361
00:16:30,290 --> 00:16:31,689
Puts him at the scene.
362
00:16:31,691 --> 00:16:34,258
Or in my apartment
or 10,000 others.
363
00:16:34,260 --> 00:16:35,693
It's not what you'd
call unique.
364
00:16:35,695 --> 00:16:38,262
Had better luck
with the duct tape.
365
00:16:38,264 --> 00:16:40,164
The roll
from Cheney's apartment,
366
00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:42,233
same as the tape
recovered from the body.
367
00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:44,235
We pieced together
the tape on the roll
368
00:16:44,237 --> 00:16:46,404
with the tape on the girl.
369
00:16:46,405 --> 00:16:48,572
The tears at the end were ragged
enough to make a match.
370
00:16:48,575 --> 00:16:52,276
So, please tell me
this is conclusive.
371
00:16:52,278 --> 00:16:53,277
Probable.
372
00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:54,312
Sorry.
373
00:16:54,314 --> 00:16:56,214
CRAGEN:
Duct tape
374
00:16:56,216 --> 00:17:00,018
carpet fibers, I.D. card,
prior conviction--
375
00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,619
it adds up, Paul.
376
00:17:01,621 --> 00:17:03,054
To a weak indictment.
377
00:17:03,056 --> 00:17:05,023
The prior bad act
is inadmissible,
378
00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:06,758
the rest,
circumstantial.
379
00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:07,759
What about Cheney's phone?
380
00:17:07,761 --> 00:17:09,293
Brick wall-- the LUD's show
381
00:17:09,295 --> 00:17:11,696
no telephone calls
to any of the victims.
382
00:17:11,698 --> 00:17:13,331
Alibi?
383
00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:15,733
His wife punched in
to work at 9:00.
384
00:17:15,735 --> 00:17:18,669
Before that, nobody remembers
him at the movies or restaurant.
385
00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:20,705
An alibi that
can't be verified.
386
00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:22,724
Or refuted.
387
00:17:22,725 --> 00:17:24,742
It's possible we're wrong
about Cheney.
388
00:17:24,744 --> 00:17:26,044
Guilty people call their
lawyers-- he hasn't.
389
00:17:26,046 --> 00:17:28,046
And innocent people
kick and scream.
390
00:17:28,048 --> 00:17:29,380
I haven't seen him do that
either.
391
00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:32,116
You guys want
to indict him
392
00:17:32,118 --> 00:17:34,052
then have it
just die?
393
00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:35,653
Fine.
394
00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:41,092
Get Cheney
into interrogation.
395
00:17:47,067 --> 00:17:48,466
Look at it, Albert.
396
00:17:48,468 --> 00:17:50,134
You're the only one.
397
00:17:50,136 --> 00:17:52,437
No one else appears here
three times.
398
00:17:52,439 --> 00:17:54,272
You want to explain that to me?
399
00:17:54,274 --> 00:17:55,273
It's a fluke.
400
00:17:55,275 --> 00:17:56,741
Fine.
401
00:17:56,743 --> 00:18:00,244
Maybe you can help me
because we're a little stumped.
402
00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:03,748
Who else has total access
to these women's lives?
403
00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:06,751
You look at their files
every day.
404
00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:09,787
You look at their charts,
their billing statements.
405
00:18:09,789 --> 00:18:11,789
Do the doctors you work for,
406
00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:13,658
do they know you snoop
through patients' files?
407
00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:15,226
I don't do that.
408
00:18:15,228 --> 00:18:17,128
I just do
the accounting.
409
00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:18,763
Maybe so, Albert,
maybe so,
410
00:18:18,765 --> 00:18:20,765
but we know
you did Judy Bream.
411
00:18:20,767 --> 00:18:21,766
We know that.
412
00:18:21,768 --> 00:18:23,768
I never met those girls.
413
00:18:23,770 --> 00:18:25,703
I told you.
414
00:18:28,274 --> 00:18:30,108
Okay...
415
00:18:30,110 --> 00:18:32,110
You recognize this?
416
00:18:32,112 --> 00:18:35,279
It's a picture
of your electrician's I.D.
417
00:18:35,281 --> 00:18:37,381
I worked there
for five years.
418
00:18:37,383 --> 00:18:38,716
That was eight years ago.
419
00:18:38,718 --> 00:18:41,052
How come you kept it so long?
420
00:18:41,053 --> 00:18:43,387
We know how you got
into those girls' apartments.
421
00:18:43,389 --> 00:18:45,790
We know all about
your electrician's routine.
422
00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:47,692
You're a pretty smart guy,
Albert--
423
00:18:47,694 --> 00:18:50,228
like the way
you opened those elevator doors
424
00:18:50,230 --> 00:18:52,263
to toss Judy Bream's body
down there.
425
00:18:52,265 --> 00:18:53,498
Boy, that had us going.
426
00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:54,732
Till we figured out
you were using
427
00:18:54,734 --> 00:18:56,100
one of those elevator
access keys.
428
00:18:56,101 --> 00:18:57,467
All you electricians
have those access
keys, don't you?
429
00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:58,536
I don't know about any key.
430
00:18:58,538 --> 00:19:00,171
Oh, sure you do.
431
00:19:00,172 --> 00:19:01,805
We checked with Manhattan Power.
They told us that you do.
432
00:19:01,808 --> 00:19:03,274
They told us
that after you were fired,
433
00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:04,275
you didn't turn in the key.
434
00:19:04,277 --> 00:19:05,143
That's not true.
435
00:19:05,145 --> 00:19:05,543
It's true.
436
00:19:05,545 --> 00:19:07,145
Albert.
437
00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:08,746
Albert, don't
fight us on this.
438
00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:10,815
We know that you
didn't turn it in.
They told us.
439
00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:13,284
He was fired
eight years ago.
440
00:19:13,286 --> 00:19:16,287
Manhattan Power keeps records
of their keys?
441
00:19:16,289 --> 00:19:19,290
They don't even know
if he really had one.
442
00:19:19,292 --> 00:19:22,493
Look, I just don't think
that's true.
443
00:19:22,495 --> 00:19:24,795
I can't remember having one.
444
00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:26,864
See you in a while, pal.
445
00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:34,572
This was next to Judy's bed
on the floor.
446
00:19:34,574 --> 00:19:38,509
It's the exact same kind
of film your camera uses.
447
00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:44,248
She doesn't even have
a camera like that.
448
00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:46,450
How did it get there?
449
00:19:46,452 --> 00:19:49,320
When did you take
the pictures, Albert?
450
00:19:49,322 --> 00:19:51,539
Before you killed her?
451
00:19:51,540 --> 00:19:53,757
Be much more gruesome
after, though, wouldn't it?
452
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,326
It's your work.
453
00:19:55,328 --> 00:19:57,328
You could see what you've done.
454
00:19:57,330 --> 00:19:59,597
I've never even been
in her place.
455
00:19:59,599 --> 00:20:01,332
And yet, your duct tape
was there,
456
00:20:01,334 --> 00:20:03,568
there were carpet fibers
on your clothes,
457
00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:06,337
you got her address
from Dr. Banks's files
458
00:20:06,339 --> 00:20:08,940
and you have
an electrician's badge!
459
00:20:08,942 --> 00:20:11,409
You like looking
at those pictures,
460
00:20:11,411 --> 00:20:12,510
don't you, Albert?
461
00:20:12,512 --> 00:20:14,478
Takes you back.
462
00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,416
You got a special
place for them?
463
00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:24,555
I don't have any pictures.
464
00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:34,599
CRAGEN:
These are ligature marks,
Albert.
465
00:20:34,601 --> 00:20:37,802
You see,
when you strangle someone,
466
00:20:37,804 --> 00:20:39,437
you leave marks
467
00:20:39,439 --> 00:20:40,571
like fingerprints.
468
00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:43,057
This is...
469
00:20:43,058 --> 00:20:45,542
Sally Kessler, the girl
you killed eight years ago.
470
00:20:45,545 --> 00:20:48,813
See those ligature marks
way up high?
471
00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,581
Just like the ones
on Judy's neck.
472
00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:52,917
You like to get them
up high, don't you?
473
00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:55,553
They take longer to suffocate
that way, right?
474
00:20:55,555 --> 00:20:59,023
CRAGEN:
Is that when you get
your knee in their back
475
00:20:59,025 --> 00:21:00,491
and give it a yank?
476
00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:02,927
You know what I want to know?
477
00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:06,564
Why did you switch from ties
to electrical cord?
478
00:21:06,566 --> 00:21:07,898
Is that better?
479
00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,634
You get more control that way?
480
00:21:09,636 --> 00:21:12,536
Maybe the ties
were a little too risky, huh?
481
00:21:12,538 --> 00:21:15,373
A couple wind up
damaged or missing.
482
00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:17,608
The wife starts wondering,
thinking, asking questions.
483
00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:21,579
"Is the man I sit next to
in church every Sunday
484
00:21:21,581 --> 00:21:23,848
really what he
says he is?"
485
00:21:23,850 --> 00:21:26,384
I...
486
00:21:26,386 --> 00:21:28,586
I'm tired.
487
00:21:28,588 --> 00:21:30,955
You want to talk
to a lawyer?
488
00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:32,990
Get it off your chest.
489
00:21:32,992 --> 00:21:34,525
It will be privileged.
490
00:21:34,527 --> 00:21:37,078
No.
491
00:21:37,079 --> 00:21:39,630
It's just that I'm tired,
that's all.
492
00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:43,534
I want to go lie down.
493
00:21:43,536 --> 00:21:45,703
Yeah, okay, soon,
very soon.
494
00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:48,439
I just want to go over
495
00:21:48,441 --> 00:21:51,309
a couple more things
here, all right?
496
00:22:02,555 --> 00:22:06,724
CERRETA:
These are the keys
we found in your apartment.
497
00:22:06,726 --> 00:22:08,993
Which one
is the elevator key?
498
00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:11,996
I don't know
if I have one.
499
00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:13,397
They say you did.
500
00:22:13,399 --> 00:22:15,700
You kept it
like you kept your I.D.
501
00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:17,635
Is it this one here, huh?
502
00:22:17,637 --> 00:22:19,337
No, that's uh, uh...
503
00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:22,073
Sara's old place
in the Bronx.
504
00:22:22,075 --> 00:22:24,108
How about this one?
505
00:22:24,110 --> 00:22:26,610
That's for the garage.
506
00:22:26,612 --> 00:22:28,412
What about this?
507
00:22:28,414 --> 00:22:30,414
Sara's bicycle.
508
00:22:30,416 --> 00:22:32,383
The lock.
509
00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:34,552
This one?
510
00:22:36,456 --> 00:22:38,589
Is that an elevator access key?
511
00:22:38,591 --> 00:22:40,725
No. It's for the storage.
512
00:22:40,727 --> 00:22:42,526
You're lying, Albert.
513
00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:44,628
Your building has no storage.
514
00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:46,030
Not there.
515
00:22:46,032 --> 00:22:47,531
I mean on Sutphin.
516
00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:50,501
One of those rental places?
517
00:22:56,376 --> 00:22:58,776
What do you keep there, Albert?
518
00:22:58,778 --> 00:23:01,645
Just, uh...
519
00:23:04,450 --> 00:23:05,583
junk.
520
00:23:09,455 --> 00:23:12,390
The pictures.
521
00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:16,127
I'll get working
on a search warrant.
522
00:23:24,704 --> 00:23:26,437
According to this,
523
00:23:26,439 --> 00:23:28,672
the guy came in
about once a week
524
00:23:28,674 --> 00:23:30,441
usually in the evenings.
525
00:23:30,443 --> 00:23:31,509
LOGAN:
Phil!
526
00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:37,081
Some people collect
527
00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:38,783
baseball cards.
528
00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:47,425
BAILIFF:
Case number 750127,
529
00:23:47,427 --> 00:23:49,627
People v.
Albert Lawrence Cheney.
530
00:23:49,629 --> 00:23:53,431
Three counts of murder
in the second degree.
531
00:23:53,433 --> 00:23:56,567
Talk to me.
532
00:23:57,937 --> 00:23:59,670
Counselor?
533
00:23:59,672 --> 00:24:01,172
Not guilty, Your Honor.
534
00:24:01,174 --> 00:24:02,640
Mr. Robinette?
535
00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:05,142
Your Honor, as far
as the State is concerned,
536
00:24:05,144 --> 00:24:07,978
the heinous nature
of the crimes charged
537
00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:10,981
mandates that the defendant
be held without bail.
538
00:24:10,983 --> 00:24:13,217
My client has rights.
539
00:24:13,219 --> 00:24:14,919
And so do the rest of women
in this city.
540
00:24:14,921 --> 00:24:15,920
I think that's...
541
00:24:15,922 --> 00:24:17,087
Save it, Carl.
542
00:24:17,089 --> 00:24:19,690
Court orders
defendant held without bail.
543
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,994
All right,
you behave yourself.
544
00:24:32,205 --> 00:24:34,171
The police repeatedly told
Albert Cheney
545
00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:37,174
he had a right
to an attorney.
546
00:24:37,176 --> 00:24:38,943
He waived that right?
547
00:24:38,945 --> 00:24:40,144
Several times.
548
00:24:40,146 --> 00:24:41,946
Miranda.
549
00:24:41,948 --> 00:24:44,248
Waiver's got to be made
550
00:24:44,250 --> 00:24:47,952
voluntarily, knowingly,
and intelligently.
551
00:24:47,954 --> 00:24:49,186
Carl, this guy's
been there before.
552
00:24:49,188 --> 00:24:51,589
He's well aware of his rights.
553
00:24:51,591 --> 00:24:55,159
But after 12 hours,
guy would forget his name.
554
00:24:55,161 --> 00:24:56,193
Come again?
555
00:24:56,195 --> 00:24:57,194
They battered
556
00:24:57,196 --> 00:24:59,497
my client for 12 hours.
557
00:24:59,499 --> 00:25:01,131
Of course he broke.
558
00:25:01,133 --> 00:25:04,568
And gave us a box full
of photographs of his victims.
559
00:25:04,570 --> 00:25:06,537
BERG:
Supreme Court says
560
00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:08,505
we should look at the totality
of the circumstances--
561
00:25:08,508 --> 00:25:11,208
length of detention,
prolonged questioning,
562
00:25:11,210 --> 00:25:13,010
mental exhaustion.
563
00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:15,012
Carl, this guy
is a serial killer.
564
00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:16,247
He'll do it again.
565
00:25:16,249 --> 00:25:19,250
You get the stake,
I've got the match.
566
00:25:19,252 --> 00:25:21,185
What is it,
Ben, huh?
567
00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:22,253
Charge a guy
568
00:25:22,255 --> 00:25:24,021
with killing three girls,
569
00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:26,657
he loses his rights
against self-incrimination?
570
00:25:26,659 --> 00:25:29,627
The Supreme Court
never set hard and fast rules
571
00:25:29,629 --> 00:25:31,161
about length of interrogations.
572
00:25:31,163 --> 00:25:33,030
It is a judgment call.
573
00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:34,164
In my judgment,
574
00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:36,233
the more heinous
the crime,
575
00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:38,301
the more protective we must be
of the rights
576
00:25:38,304 --> 00:25:40,538
of the accused.
577
00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:42,206
Police overstepped their bounds.
578
00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:45,576
I'm excluding the photos.
579
00:25:45,578 --> 00:25:47,144
We had a warrant.
580
00:25:47,146 --> 00:25:49,813
Without the browbeating,
you wouldn't have known
581
00:25:49,815 --> 00:25:51,215
where to search.
582
00:25:51,217 --> 00:25:53,217
As the photos
583
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:55,218
were wrongfully presented
to the grand jury,
584
00:25:55,221 --> 00:25:58,122
this entire indictment
should be dismissed.
585
00:25:58,124 --> 00:25:59,223
We have physical evidence
586
00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:01,091
linking him to
the crime scene--
587
00:26:01,093 --> 00:26:02,159
a false
electrician's I.D.
588
00:26:02,161 --> 00:26:05,095
It's all on the Bream girl.
589
00:26:05,097 --> 00:26:06,196
What about the others?
590
00:26:06,198 --> 00:26:07,665
Zippo.
591
00:26:08,768 --> 00:26:10,134
Ben?
592
00:26:10,136 --> 00:26:12,736
We drop the charges
593
00:26:12,738 --> 00:26:14,738
on the first two girls.
594
00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,924
Try it only on Judy Bream.
595
00:26:16,925 --> 00:26:19,109
Remember, Ben, he's being tried
for the Bream murder alone.
596
00:26:19,111 --> 00:26:21,679
Any mention of any priors,
we return to "go."
597
00:26:21,681 --> 00:26:25,049
I've watched Berg's work
for years.
598
00:26:25,051 --> 00:26:27,051
He doesn't try a case.
599
00:26:27,053 --> 00:26:28,719
He charms the jury.
600
00:26:28,721 --> 00:26:33,157
When he's done, they'll give
Cheney a Nobel prize.
601
00:26:33,159 --> 00:26:35,125
So much
for victims' rights.
602
00:26:35,127 --> 00:26:37,628
Dead people don't have any,
my boy.
603
00:26:37,630 --> 00:26:39,129
What do we got here?
604
00:26:39,131 --> 00:26:41,298
What we don't have is one
iota of direct evidence.
605
00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:44,268
Cheney can't be that good.
606
00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:45,836
He's had practice.
607
00:26:45,838 --> 00:26:48,138
Two priors,
no evidence whatsoever.
608
00:26:48,140 --> 00:26:50,207
But they caught him once, right?
609
00:26:50,209 --> 00:26:51,642
ROBINETTE:
Man Two.
610
00:26:51,644 --> 00:26:53,744
He only spent five years
in Attica.
611
00:26:53,746 --> 00:26:55,245
Berg represent him?
612
00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:57,247
Who prosecuted?
613
00:26:57,249 --> 00:26:58,282
Fleischman.
614
00:26:58,284 --> 00:27:01,235
In Brooklyn.
615
00:27:01,236 --> 00:27:04,187
In this business,
lightning does strike twice.
616
00:27:06,158 --> 00:27:09,126
Find out how the hell
Berg did it.
617
00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,228
How could I forget?
618
00:27:11,230 --> 00:27:14,365
Sally Kessler, 18 years old.
619
00:27:14,367 --> 00:27:17,234
An Hermes tie
wrapped around her neck.
620
00:27:17,236 --> 00:27:19,737
Dumped naked
into a recycling bin
621
00:27:19,739 --> 00:27:22,239
behind Nathan's
out at Coney island.
622
00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:24,141
He's using wire now.
623
00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:26,677
Times is hard.
624
00:27:26,679 --> 00:27:28,679
It's scary.
625
00:27:28,681 --> 00:27:31,815
Cheney sat there and smiled
while he told us about it.
626
00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:33,350
Wait a minute.
627
00:27:33,352 --> 00:27:34,918
He confessed?
628
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,654
That was the only way
629
00:27:36,656 --> 00:27:38,856
we were going
to touch that guy.
630
00:27:38,858 --> 00:27:41,091
But he only served five
for Man Two.
631
00:27:41,093 --> 00:27:42,793
We're questioning Cheney,
632
00:27:42,795 --> 00:27:45,396
nice and polite,
getting nowhere.
633
00:27:45,398 --> 00:27:48,098
Soon he asked to see his shrink.
634
00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:50,267
We ignore him, keep on pressing.
635
00:27:50,269 --> 00:27:51,869
After an hour or so
636
00:27:51,871 --> 00:27:55,372
we hit a sore spot
and Cheney spills his guts.
637
00:27:55,374 --> 00:27:56,674
What's the problem?
638
00:27:56,676 --> 00:28:00,110
He goes and hires Carl Berg.
639
00:28:00,112 --> 00:28:02,813
Berg hears
about this shrink thing,
640
00:28:02,815 --> 00:28:04,865
starts doing a song and dance,
641
00:28:04,866 --> 00:28:06,916
screaming and yelling
about Fare v. Michael C.
642
00:28:06,919 --> 00:28:09,253
The case where the kid asked
for his parole officer?
643
00:28:09,255 --> 00:28:10,954
Supreme Court
said it's not the same thing
644
00:28:10,956 --> 00:28:12,122
as asking for a lawyer.
645
00:28:12,124 --> 00:28:13,257
Only at that time,
646
00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:15,859
the Supreme Court
had heard arguments,
647
00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,861
but hadn't yet handed down
its opinion.
648
00:28:17,863 --> 00:28:20,431
Parole officer, shrink--
could have gone either way.
649
00:28:20,433 --> 00:28:22,166
So you cut a deal.
650
00:28:22,168 --> 00:28:23,967
I got him off the streets
651
00:28:23,969 --> 00:28:25,235
for five to 15.
652
00:28:25,237 --> 00:28:26,970
Usually I take all bets,
653
00:28:26,972 --> 00:28:29,973
but the chance
that Cheney goes free?
654
00:28:29,975 --> 00:28:30,974
I'm sorry.
655
00:28:30,976 --> 00:28:33,711
Those stakes were just too high.
656
00:28:35,381 --> 00:28:37,715
And he served the minimum?
657
00:28:37,717 --> 00:28:39,450
Warden said he was
a model prisoner.
658
00:28:39,452 --> 00:28:40,718
Parole Board agreed.
659
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,921
( telephone rings )
660
00:28:45,257 --> 00:28:47,958
Robinette.
661
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:49,960
Yeah?
662
00:28:49,962 --> 00:28:53,397
Thanks.
663
00:28:53,399 --> 00:28:56,266
The Breams
are in your office.
664
00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:57,735
They're not alone.
665
00:28:57,737 --> 00:28:59,770
A lawyer, Jack O'Connell
666
00:28:59,772 --> 00:29:03,407
from the Connecticut D.A.'s
office, is with them.
667
00:29:03,409 --> 00:29:06,410
So the Brooklyn D.A. screws up
668
00:29:06,412 --> 00:29:09,913
and this psycho
is free to kill again.
669
00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:10,914
Nobody screwed up.
670
00:29:10,916 --> 00:29:12,750
They had to cut a deal.
671
00:29:12,752 --> 00:29:15,986
My daughter is dead
because of a technicality!
672
00:29:15,988 --> 00:29:17,354
I regret it,
673
00:29:17,356 --> 00:29:20,424
but the Supreme Court decided
a long time ago
674
00:29:20,426 --> 00:29:21,992
that when the system errs,
675
00:29:21,994 --> 00:29:25,295
of individual rights.
it will be on the side
676
00:29:25,297 --> 00:29:27,931
If my daughter had
been hit by a car,
677
00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:30,000
we could sue the driver.
678
00:29:30,002 --> 00:29:33,036
Can we sue the Supreme
Court, Mr. Stone?
679
00:29:33,038 --> 00:29:36,440
I assure you, Mrs. Bream,
we'll do the best we can.
680
00:29:36,442 --> 00:29:38,308
Maybe I can do you one better.
681
00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:41,378
Cheney lured Judy from
Connecticut into New York,
682
00:29:41,380 --> 00:29:43,914
where he ultimately held her
captive and killed her.
683
00:29:43,916 --> 00:29:45,916
With your assistance,
we can prosecute him
684
00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:47,284
in Connecticut for kidnapping.
685
00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:48,852
He never abducted her.
686
00:29:48,854 --> 00:29:50,821
Kidnapping by pretense.
687
00:29:50,823 --> 00:29:52,790
STONE:
When Cheney phoned with
this electrician's story,
688
00:29:52,792 --> 00:29:56,927
he had no idea the call was
forwarded to Connecticut.
689
00:29:56,929 --> 00:29:58,328
He thought she was home.
690
00:29:58,330 --> 00:29:59,463
He had no intent
691
00:29:59,465 --> 00:30:01,799
of luring her
anywhere.
692
00:30:01,801 --> 00:30:05,302
Oh, no. I was there
when the call came.
693
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:07,838
Judy told him
that she was
694
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,506
at our house.
695
00:30:11,043 --> 00:30:12,976
O'CONNELL:
With death being
696
00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:15,012
the ultimate result
of the kidnapping,
697
00:30:15,014 --> 00:30:16,513
we can toss in felony murder.
698
00:30:16,515 --> 00:30:17,981
I don't understand.
699
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:20,684
It's simple.
700
00:30:20,685 --> 00:30:23,386
In Connecticut,
we have the death penalty.
701
00:30:23,389 --> 00:30:25,489
Yeah, it's like Chicago
in the '20s.
702
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:27,090
You don't like someone,
703
00:30:27,092 --> 00:30:30,494
hire a couple of out-of-state
thugs to rub him out.
704
00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:32,029
They don't want justice, Adam.
705
00:30:32,031 --> 00:30:33,497
They want vengeance.
706
00:30:33,499 --> 00:30:35,532
An eye for an eye worked
for thousands of years.
707
00:30:35,534 --> 00:30:36,900
What are you
going to do, Ben?
708
00:30:36,902 --> 00:30:38,419
I said thanks, but no thanks.
709
00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:39,937
They can have Cheney
after we're through with him.
710
00:30:39,939 --> 00:30:42,039
If we lose, double jeopardy
prevents anyone
711
00:30:42,041 --> 00:30:43,841
from retrying him
on the murder.
712
00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:45,375
O'Connell says
he has a good shot
713
00:30:45,377 --> 00:30:47,511
at admitting evidence
from the prior murders
714
00:30:47,513 --> 00:30:50,314
to show that Cheney had the
requisite intent to kidnap.
715
00:30:50,316 --> 00:30:51,548
But their case is bogus, Paul.
716
00:30:51,550 --> 00:30:53,967
You saw the mother.
She's lying.
717
00:30:53,968 --> 00:30:56,385
Her daughter never told Cheney
she was in Connecticut.
718
00:30:56,388 --> 00:30:59,089
What jury won't believe
a grieving mother?
719
00:30:59,091 --> 00:31:00,290
STONE:
Cheney is an animal.
720
00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:01,959
Yes, he should be tried
and convicted,
721
00:31:01,961 --> 00:31:04,628
but, no, we shouldn't subvert
the legal system to do it.
722
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:06,930
And if Mrs. Bream is
telling the truth?
723
00:31:06,932 --> 00:31:08,465
He committed a crime
in New York.
724
00:31:08,467 --> 00:31:11,401
Our law says he should be
convicted, not executed.
725
00:31:11,403 --> 00:31:12,870
What about his alibi?
726
00:31:12,872 --> 00:31:14,504
ROBINETTE:
It plays,
as far as I can tell.
727
00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:17,641
Sara Cheney punched into work
at 9:00 P.M.
728
00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:20,510
Don't coworkers
scratch each other's backs?
729
00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:24,014
She drives to work, doesn't she?
730
00:31:27,419 --> 00:31:28,485
Civil service.
731
00:31:28,487 --> 00:31:29,486
Can't be fired.
732
00:31:29,488 --> 00:31:30,954
Bennies up the ying yang.
733
00:31:30,956 --> 00:31:32,556
Should've taken the exam.
734
00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:34,892
All the postal workers
park here?
735
00:31:34,894 --> 00:31:35,893
Half-price.
736
00:31:35,895 --> 00:31:38,562
Uncle Sam picks up the rest.
737
00:31:38,564 --> 00:31:39,997
We keep the receipts.
738
00:31:39,999 --> 00:31:41,999
The Feds don't trust anybody.
739
00:31:42,001 --> 00:31:43,433
Here we go.
740
00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:44,902
Cheney, green Metro.
741
00:31:44,904 --> 00:31:46,970
Punched in 9:45.
742
00:31:49,942 --> 00:31:50,974
She covered for him.
743
00:31:50,976 --> 00:31:52,643
ROBINETTE:
Her friend admitted
744
00:31:52,645 --> 00:31:55,646
she punched her time card
for her at 9:00.
745
00:31:55,648 --> 00:31:58,682
Even if Cheney gave her
a play-by-play,
746
00:31:58,684 --> 00:32:00,651
we can't put her
on the stand.
747
00:32:00,653 --> 00:32:02,152
Spousal privilege.
748
00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:04,021
No way Cheney waives it.
749
00:32:04,023 --> 00:32:06,189
Oh, the Breams
are playing hardball now.
750
00:32:06,191 --> 00:32:09,960
The Connecticut D.A.'s motion
to have Cheney extradited.
751
00:32:09,962 --> 00:32:12,429
So we'll stop it.
752
00:32:12,431 --> 00:32:14,431
We'll get an injunction.
753
00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:17,200
Have you seen the
civil calendar lately?
754
00:32:17,202 --> 00:32:19,069
Cheney will be tried
and dead six months
755
00:32:19,071 --> 00:32:21,071
before we get a judge
looks at our papers.
756
00:32:21,073 --> 00:32:22,706
We'll get a temporary
restraining order,
757
00:32:22,708 --> 00:32:24,341
we'll do the papers tonight,
758
00:32:24,342 --> 00:32:25,975
and we'll be at 9:30
calendar call tomorrow.
759
00:32:27,947 --> 00:32:30,113
You got other plans?
760
00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:31,448
I don't know.
761
00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:33,650
Representing Cheney
in civil court
762
00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:35,652
just so we can prosecute him?
763
00:32:35,654 --> 00:32:37,621
I am not representing Cheney.
764
00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:41,491
I am representing the people
of the State of New York.
765
00:32:43,095 --> 00:32:45,128
Your Honor, I'm sure
766
00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:46,663
I needn't remind
this court
767
00:32:46,665 --> 00:32:48,565
of the full faith
and credit clause
768
00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:50,701
of the U.S. Constitution,
which mandates
769
00:32:50,703 --> 00:32:53,603
that sister states
honor each other's laws.
770
00:32:53,605 --> 00:32:57,240
Albert Cheney broke the laws
of the State of New York.
771
00:32:57,242 --> 00:32:59,609
He was arrested within
its boundaries.
772
00:32:59,611 --> 00:33:02,179
It would be a miscarriage
773
00:33:02,180 --> 00:33:04,748
to allow another state
to usurp its jurisdiction.
774
00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:07,150
The issue in this motion
is not jurisdiction, Your Honor.
775
00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:09,653
It is the inadequacy, no, the
complete inability of New York
776
00:33:09,655 --> 00:33:11,638
to deal with violent criminals.
777
00:33:11,639 --> 00:33:13,622
And you believe
that Connecticut is more able?
778
00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:16,460
New York has tried to deal
with Albert Lawrence Cheney,
779
00:33:16,462 --> 00:33:18,662
Your Honor, and at least
four young women are dead.
780
00:33:18,664 --> 00:33:21,665
Was he rehabilitated,
and did his five years
781
00:33:21,667 --> 00:33:24,001
in prison prevent recidivism?
782
00:33:24,003 --> 00:33:25,602
Obviously not.
783
00:33:25,604 --> 00:33:27,070
So the only thing left
is revenge.
784
00:33:27,072 --> 00:33:28,538
You tell me.
785
00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:30,007
You had your turn, Mr. Stone.
786
00:33:30,009 --> 00:33:32,476
And let's do without the
rhetoric, Counselor.
787
00:33:32,478 --> 00:33:34,611
If you grant Mr. Stone's motion
788
00:33:34,613 --> 00:33:37,748
and if he tries the defendant
and loses,
789
00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:40,617
we are then precluded
from prosecuting him
790
00:33:40,619 --> 00:33:42,686
for the murder of Judy Bream.
791
00:33:42,688 --> 00:33:44,087
Bottom line, Your Honor,
792
00:33:44,089 --> 00:33:46,223
Albert Cheney is of no use
to anyone alive.
793
00:33:46,225 --> 00:33:47,591
Is this forum shopping?
794
00:33:47,593 --> 00:33:49,226
This is a criminal case.
795
00:33:49,228 --> 00:33:51,595
Yes, I know, Mr. Stone,
and this is civil court.
796
00:33:51,597 --> 00:33:53,797
Why you want to keep
Mr. Cheney alive is beyond me.
797
00:33:53,799 --> 00:33:55,699
I, for one,
wouldn't lose any sleep
798
00:33:55,701 --> 00:33:56,800
if they flipped the switch.
799
00:33:56,802 --> 00:33:58,769
That's not relevant, Your Honor.
800
00:33:58,771 --> 00:34:00,237
I know.
801
00:34:00,239 --> 00:34:02,606
Unfortunately, Mr. Stone
has met the burden
802
00:34:02,608 --> 00:34:04,574
required by law
for a restraining order.
803
00:34:04,576 --> 00:34:07,611
As such, I am forced
to grant his motion.
804
00:34:07,613 --> 00:34:10,714
The case against
Albert Cheney stays put.
805
00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:14,718
May God help both of us if you
lose that trial, Mr. Stone.
806
00:34:19,124 --> 00:34:22,492
The M.E.'s report?
807
00:34:22,494 --> 00:34:26,063
Paul, are you
with me, here?
808
00:34:26,065 --> 00:34:29,166
We've taken flyers before,
but...
809
00:34:29,168 --> 00:34:32,069
You would prefer that I
let O'Connell try this case?
810
00:34:32,071 --> 00:34:34,137
The courts are not
your personal soapbox.
811
00:34:34,139 --> 00:34:35,572
Have you heard me preach?
812
00:34:35,574 --> 00:34:38,475
Better we bend the system
than risk letting him walk
813
00:34:38,477 --> 00:34:40,477
because of some
unfounded morality.
814
00:34:40,479 --> 00:34:42,179
Who's preaching now?
815
00:34:42,181 --> 00:34:43,480
You're not talking
about convicting him,
816
00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:44,815
you're talking
about killing him.
817
00:34:44,817 --> 00:34:47,851
I think my tax dollars
can be put to better use
818
00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:51,121
than clothing, housing
and feeding Albert Cheney.
819
00:34:51,123 --> 00:34:53,123
Now maybe I'm just pragmatic.
820
00:34:53,125 --> 00:34:55,492
The cost to the state
of a capital trial
821
00:34:55,494 --> 00:34:57,160
is roughly $1.8 million--
822
00:34:57,162 --> 00:35:00,464
that is twice the cost
of an average life imprisonment.
823
00:35:00,466 --> 00:35:02,132
Now who's being pragmatic?
824
00:35:02,134 --> 00:35:06,837
Maybe the Breams are entitled
to a little vengeance.
825
00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:10,540
Oh, "do unto others
as they did unto you"?
826
00:35:10,542 --> 00:35:13,510
We burn the homes of arsonists?
827
00:35:13,512 --> 00:35:16,113
We sexually abuse
those who rape?
828
00:35:16,115 --> 00:35:18,181
You're rationalizing.
829
00:35:18,183 --> 00:35:21,151
Maybe, but the New York State
Court of Appeals
830
00:35:21,153 --> 00:35:23,520
says the death penalty
is cruel and inhuman.
831
00:35:23,522 --> 00:35:25,122
And what do you say?
832
00:35:25,124 --> 00:35:26,256
And I say
833
00:35:26,258 --> 00:35:29,259
we uphold
the laws of this state.
834
00:35:33,165 --> 00:35:35,232
LOGAN:
There was a toolbox
835
00:35:35,234 --> 00:35:38,568
and in it, we found
duct tape, electrical wire
836
00:35:38,570 --> 00:35:42,139
and a Manhattan Power Company
employee I.D.
837
00:35:42,141 --> 00:35:43,507
issued to Mr. Cheney.
838
00:35:43,509 --> 00:35:47,611
We also found
a Polaroid camera in a desk.
839
00:35:47,613 --> 00:35:49,346
And the cumulative
effect of this evidence
840
00:35:49,348 --> 00:35:50,847
was sufficient to
arrest Mr. Cheney?
841
00:35:50,849 --> 00:35:52,015
Yes, that and the fact
842
00:35:52,016 --> 00:35:53,182
that he worked
for her gynecologist.
843
00:35:53,185 --> 00:35:54,918
Thank you, Detective.
844
00:35:57,923 --> 00:36:00,657
The duct tape that was used
on the victim...
845
00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:03,360
is there anything
special about it?
846
00:36:03,362 --> 00:36:05,813
No.
847
00:36:05,814 --> 00:36:08,265
It could be purchased
at any hardware store, correct?
848
00:36:08,267 --> 00:36:09,599
That's correct.
849
00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:11,968
Good.
850
00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:14,336
That narrows it down to, what--
eight million suspects,
851
00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:16,873
assuming the culprit
lived in New York City.
852
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:19,376
Judy Bream
had an unlisted number.
853
00:36:19,378 --> 00:36:21,578
Whoever killed her
had to get that number
854
00:36:21,580 --> 00:36:22,946
from somewhere, sir.
855
00:36:22,948 --> 00:36:24,514
Uh-huh.
856
00:36:24,516 --> 00:36:26,917
Can you identify this,
Detective?
857
00:36:26,919 --> 00:36:29,319
That's the victim's
address book.
858
00:36:29,321 --> 00:36:31,321
We found it
in her apartment.
859
00:36:31,323 --> 00:36:32,322
Would you...?
860
00:36:32,324 --> 00:36:33,390
Please.
861
00:36:35,260 --> 00:36:39,296
Tell me, what do you see
in the back portion of the book?
862
00:36:41,533 --> 00:36:44,334
Names, addresses, phone numbers.
863
00:36:44,336 --> 00:36:46,970
And how many names--
roughly--
864
00:36:46,972 --> 00:36:49,206
would you say
appear there?
865
00:36:49,208 --> 00:36:50,941
Roughly? Uh...
866
00:36:53,745 --> 00:36:56,413
I would say
roughly a hundred.
867
00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:59,482
Would it be fair to say
that these hundred people,
868
00:36:59,484 --> 00:37:03,353
who were kind enough to give
Judy their phone numbers,
869
00:37:03,355 --> 00:37:06,356
were also lucky enough
to receive hers?
870
00:37:06,358 --> 00:37:07,357
Objection.
871
00:37:07,359 --> 00:37:09,392
BERG:
Withdrawn.
872
00:37:09,394 --> 00:37:11,361
Detective, you don't have
any evidence at all
873
00:37:11,363 --> 00:37:12,529
against my client, do you?
874
00:37:12,531 --> 00:37:13,730
Your Honor?
875
00:37:13,732 --> 00:37:14,664
That's enough, Mr. Berg.
876
00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:16,433
I have no further questions.
877
00:37:19,304 --> 00:37:23,240
MRS. BREAM:
She spent the weekend with us.
878
00:37:23,242 --> 00:37:25,609
She was off for the holidays.
879
00:37:25,611 --> 00:37:29,012
She was planning on staying
the entire week.
880
00:37:29,014 --> 00:37:31,648
Why did Judy return to the city?
881
00:37:31,650 --> 00:37:33,650
She got a telephone call.
882
00:37:33,652 --> 00:37:36,686
Something about her electricity.
883
00:37:36,688 --> 00:37:40,290
Did she typically leave the door
to her apartment unlocked?
884
00:37:40,292 --> 00:37:46,663
No. She had three chains
on her door.
885
00:37:46,665 --> 00:37:48,398
Her father insisted.
886
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,102
You'd ring the bell
887
00:37:52,103 --> 00:37:55,805
and then she'd double-check,
you know, through the peephole.
888
00:37:55,807 --> 00:37:59,276
When was the last time
you spoke to Judy?
889
00:37:59,278 --> 00:38:02,012
It was that night.
890
00:38:03,282 --> 00:38:05,548
I had her on the phone.
891
00:38:05,550 --> 00:38:07,417
The doorbell rang
892
00:38:07,419 --> 00:38:09,486
and she went to answer it.
893
00:38:09,488 --> 00:38:11,721
Did she put you
on hold?
894
00:38:11,723 --> 00:38:15,358
No. She had a portable phone.
895
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,795
What, if anything,
did you hear then, Mrs. Bream?
896
00:38:21,667 --> 00:38:24,467
I heard her call
897
00:38:24,469 --> 00:38:27,437
to the man through the door.
898
00:38:27,439 --> 00:38:29,606
Did you hear his response?
899
00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:33,777
STONE:
Mrs. Bream?
900
00:38:35,747 --> 00:38:38,315
Mrs. Bream,
did you hear
901
00:38:38,317 --> 00:38:39,616
his response?
902
00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:42,719
Yes.
903
00:38:42,721 --> 00:38:44,087
What did
he say?
904
00:38:44,089 --> 00:38:45,722
Calls for hearsay, Your Honor.
905
00:38:45,724 --> 00:38:47,691
Statement against penal
interest, Your Honor.
906
00:38:47,693 --> 00:38:49,659
Not if my client didn't say it.
907
00:38:49,661 --> 00:38:51,594
Sustained.
908
00:38:52,731 --> 00:38:54,798
No more questions.
909
00:39:04,543 --> 00:39:08,078
I'm truly sorry
about your daughter, Mrs. Bream.
910
00:39:10,082 --> 00:39:13,350
I'll try to make this short.
911
00:39:13,352 --> 00:39:16,686
The voice
that you said you heard...
912
00:39:16,688 --> 00:39:17,654
I heard it.
913
00:39:17,656 --> 00:39:19,122
And do you think
914
00:39:19,124 --> 00:39:23,593
that you could, uh,
recognize the voice?
915
00:39:25,564 --> 00:39:27,364
No.
916
00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:31,534
Because it was through the door,
isn't that right?
917
00:39:33,505 --> 00:39:35,638
So...
918
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,508
all you're sure of
919
00:39:38,510 --> 00:39:41,711
is that it was a man
at the door.
920
00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:48,685
Would you consider that you
and Judy were fairly close?
921
00:39:48,687 --> 00:39:51,521
She was my daughter.
922
00:39:51,523 --> 00:39:53,089
She ever tell you
923
00:39:53,091 --> 00:39:54,891
about any of her friends?
924
00:40:00,432 --> 00:40:03,800
Do you recall her
ever mentioning...
925
00:40:03,802 --> 00:40:06,636
someone by the name of Finkel?
926
00:40:06,638 --> 00:40:08,671
Robert,
I think it was.
927
00:40:08,673 --> 00:40:11,474
Was he one
of her friends?
928
00:40:11,476 --> 00:40:13,710
Ahem. Yes.
929
00:40:13,712 --> 00:40:16,913
And Michael Schwartz?
930
00:40:16,915 --> 00:40:19,883
Yes.
931
00:40:19,885 --> 00:40:21,885
And Steve Eidler?
932
00:40:24,723 --> 00:40:26,756
Yes, but...
933
00:40:26,758 --> 00:40:28,658
And Brian Sherman,
934
00:40:28,660 --> 00:40:32,829
Peter Brav, and Alan Sklar?
935
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:38,568
Now, tell me,
Mrs. Bream.
936
00:40:38,570 --> 00:40:42,739
Isn't it possible
that it was Robert Finkel
937
00:40:42,741 --> 00:40:43,973
or Michael Schwartz,
938
00:40:43,975 --> 00:40:46,810
Steve Eidler,
Peter Brav,
939
00:40:46,812 --> 00:40:49,779
Brian Sherman, or Alan Sklar
940
00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:52,182
who was at the door that night?
941
00:40:56,188 --> 00:41:00,623
Why are you doing this?
942
00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:05,528
Sh... sh... she was my daughter.
943
00:41:05,530 --> 00:41:08,231
No further questions,
Your Honor.
944
00:41:09,468 --> 00:41:11,935
He took her from me.
945
00:41:18,677 --> 00:41:21,678
Berg's got them
eating out of his hand.
946
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:23,613
Yeah. I had a professor
in law school
947
00:41:23,615 --> 00:41:25,882
who said the case is won
by an attorney
948
00:41:25,884 --> 00:41:27,817
who is better liked
by the jury.
949
00:41:27,819 --> 00:41:30,753
Laws, facts, truth--
nothing to do with it.
950
00:41:30,755 --> 00:41:34,524
Maybe in a contract case,
but this is a serial killer.
951
00:41:34,526 --> 00:41:35,758
The jury doesn't know that.
952
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:36,759
What do you got left?
953
00:41:36,761 --> 00:41:38,595
C.S.U. tech will testify
954
00:41:38,597 --> 00:41:40,597
to the duct tape
and carpet fibers
955
00:41:40,599 --> 00:41:42,265
found in Cheney's dryer.
956
00:41:42,267 --> 00:41:43,633
Circumstantial evidence.
957
00:41:43,635 --> 00:41:45,702
Berg will have a field day.
958
00:41:45,703 --> 00:41:47,770
We don't have anything direct
other than the wife
959
00:41:47,772 --> 00:41:49,839
and her testimony's privileged.
960
00:41:49,841 --> 00:41:51,774
If she's an accomplice,
it's broken.
961
00:41:51,776 --> 00:41:53,643
Establishing
a false alibi
962
00:41:53,645 --> 00:41:55,979
does not make her
an accomplice to murder.
963
00:41:57,649 --> 00:41:59,616
But destroying evidence does.
964
00:41:59,618 --> 00:42:02,719
Who do you think
washed Cheney's clothes?
965
00:42:04,890 --> 00:42:07,057
Wake up a judge.
966
00:42:07,058 --> 00:42:09,225
Get an arrest warrant
and notify Legal Aid on this.
967
00:42:09,227 --> 00:42:12,562
I want her
to have a lawyer.
968
00:42:15,667 --> 00:42:17,667
I already told the police.
969
00:42:17,669 --> 00:42:21,804
We went to the movies,
had dinner,
970
00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:26,075
I drove Albert home,
and then I was at work by 9:00.
971
00:42:26,077 --> 00:42:28,578
That's not true, Mrs. Cheney,
and we both know it.
972
00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:31,681
We spoke to a coworker,
Barbara Livingston.
973
00:42:31,683 --> 00:42:34,651
She said she punched
you in at 9:00.
974
00:42:34,653 --> 00:42:37,587
You didn't get to work
until close to 10:00.
975
00:42:37,589 --> 00:42:39,022
So she stopped for a cup
of coffee on the way.
976
00:42:39,024 --> 00:42:41,825
It doesn't prove anything.
977
00:42:41,826 --> 00:42:44,627
You're going to have to do
better than that, Mrs. Cheney.
978
00:42:44,629 --> 00:42:46,262
Accomplice
to Murder Two--
979
00:42:46,264 --> 00:42:48,731
that's a lot
of years in jail.
980
00:42:48,733 --> 00:42:49,844
Wing and a prayer.
981
00:42:49,845 --> 00:42:50,956
Silly putty
doesn't stretch that far.
982
00:42:50,957 --> 00:42:52,068
I don't think so, Ms. Melton.
983
00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:54,070
Your client washed
her husband's clothes.
984
00:42:54,072 --> 00:42:56,339
That's tampering,
accessory after the fact.
985
00:42:56,341 --> 00:42:58,641
You can't prove a thing.
986
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,788
Take a good look, Mrs. Cheney.
987
00:43:14,726 --> 00:43:18,761
That's how your husband
gets his kicks.
988
00:43:25,003 --> 00:43:28,071
( stifled sobs )
989
00:43:37,749 --> 00:43:42,752
That morning...
990
00:43:42,754 --> 00:43:46,623
we read to each other.
991
00:43:46,625 --> 00:43:50,093
Corinthians.
992
00:43:57,702 --> 00:44:01,904
MRS. CHENEY:
He came home at 8:30
and he was frantic.
993
00:44:01,906 --> 00:44:03,339
He, uh...
994
00:44:03,341 --> 00:44:07,677
His shoulder had
some blood on it over here
995
00:44:07,679 --> 00:44:10,913
and he said
he'd been in a fight--
996
00:44:10,915 --> 00:44:14,417
that someone
had tried to mug him.
997
00:44:14,419 --> 00:44:17,720
Was he carrying anything,
Mrs. Cheney?
998
00:44:17,722 --> 00:44:20,189
His toolbox.
999
00:44:20,191 --> 00:44:23,026
Anything else?
1000
00:44:23,028 --> 00:44:25,895
His camera.
1001
00:44:25,897 --> 00:44:29,732
What, if anything,
did he say to you?
1002
00:44:32,671 --> 00:44:37,674
He said that he was afraid
he may have hurt the man
1003
00:44:37,676 --> 00:44:40,109
and he said
he needed an alibi
1004
00:44:40,111 --> 00:44:44,080
and then he
told me to, uh...
1005
00:44:44,082 --> 00:44:47,450
hide the toolbox
and the camera.
1006
00:44:51,856 --> 00:44:56,759
And then... then I washed
the blood off his shirt.
1007
00:45:00,799 --> 00:45:04,734
Why did you help him,
Mrs. Cheney?
1008
00:45:06,905 --> 00:45:09,706
He was my husband.
1009
00:45:09,708 --> 00:45:12,208
He was on parole.
1010
00:45:12,210 --> 00:45:15,144
I don't know.
1011
00:45:15,146 --> 00:45:17,447
Did you believe his story
about the mugging?
1012
00:45:17,449 --> 00:45:19,115
Objection.
1013
00:45:19,117 --> 00:45:20,850
Sustained.
1014
00:45:22,787 --> 00:45:26,456
I loved him.
1015
00:45:26,458 --> 00:45:29,258
I prayed for him.
1016
00:45:29,260 --> 00:45:30,893
I didn't know.
1017
00:45:30,895 --> 00:45:32,729
Didn't know what?
1018
00:45:32,731 --> 00:45:36,466
I didn't know
that he was an animal.
1019
00:45:36,468 --> 00:45:37,867
Objection!
1020
00:45:40,872 --> 00:45:42,505
Thank you, Mrs. Cheney.
1021
00:45:48,847 --> 00:45:50,213
Oh, I don't know.
1022
00:45:50,215 --> 00:45:53,015
25 years to life is a long time.
1023
00:45:53,017 --> 00:45:55,918
I know two people
who consider it a gift.
1024
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:58,020
Then you might enjoy this.
1025
00:45:58,022 --> 00:45:59,756
The obituaries?
1026
00:45:59,758 --> 00:46:02,892
Richard Speck, killed
eight nurses in '66.
1027
00:46:02,894 --> 00:46:04,260
Died in prison.
1028
00:46:04,262 --> 00:46:07,296
He was 49. Cheney's 42.
1029
00:46:07,298 --> 00:46:11,134
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