[male announcer] IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,
THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY TWO SEPARATE
YET EQUALLY IMPORTANT GROUPS--
THE POLICE WHO INVESTIGATE CRIME
AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS WHO PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS.
THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.
WE PAID THE FINE!
SORRY.
CAN'T YOU JUST GIVE ME MY CAR?
LOOK, I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY VEHICLE
WHEN YOU'RE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
SONNY, SONNY...
PLEASE!
NO, WE ALREADY MISSED A PARTY BECAUSE WE GOT TOWED.
YEAH, I KNOW.
YOU GOTTA WATCH THOSE NO PARKING SIGNS
IN FRONT OF THOSE CLUBS.
HEY, YOU COULD COME WITH US
IF YOU WANT.
WE--IF YOU-- OH, I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD.
LOOK, WHY DON'T YOU TWO GO GET SOME COFFEE
AND COME BACK IN A FEW HOURS, OKAY?
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME MY GOD--
[vomiting]
OH...
OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
HEY, BENNY, CALL 911. ANOTHER ONE DROPPED.
NO, NO, NO, NO! UH, DON'T.
WE'LL GET IN TROUBLE. I'LL CALL SOMEONE.
UM...
CAN I USE YOUR PHONE?
I'M NOT GETTING A SIGNAL.
WELL, YOU GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS TONIGHT, HUH?
WATCH YOUR BACKS! COMING THROUGH!
SO YOU GIRLS WERE JUST HITTING THE CLUBS?
WE JUST WANTED A NIGHT IN THE CITY.
IF THE CAR HADN'T BEEN TOWED, THEN--
DO YOUR PARENTS KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?
THEY'RE FLYING BACK FROM ST. THOMAS.
I AM SO SCREWED.
BUT SHE'S HERE. OUR DAUGHTER'S MISSING.
THIS ISN'T LIKE ANNE-MARIE.
SHE'S A RESPONSIBLE KID.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW HER?
AT THE TOW YARD.
I CALLED HER WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE AMBULANCE.
SHE SAID SHE WAS GONNA CALL THIS COLLEGE GUY
WE MET AT A CLUB.
WE'VE BEEN CALLING HER PHONE. IT JUST GOES TO VOICEMAIL.
SHE NEVER TURNS IT OFF.
IT'S BEEN ALMOST EIGHT HOURS.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYONE IN THE CITY.
DO YOU REMEMBER THIS COLLEGE KID'S NAME?
BRENDAN.
I THINK I HAVE HIS NUMBER.
THAT'S GOOD, RIGHT?
YOU GUYS'LL FIND HER, RIGHT?
YEAH, KIDS COMING INTO THE CITY,
GOING A LITTLE OVERBOARD.
WE FIND 'EM ALL THE TIME.
SO DON'T WORRY. WE'LL BE IN CONTACT, ALL RIGHT?
YEAH, WE FIND 'EM.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW HER KNOW HER.
I JUST MET HER AND HER FRIEND AT A CLUB
AND INVITED THEM TO A PARTY.
HER FRIEND SAID ANNE-MARIE CALLED YOU LAST NIGHT.
IS THAT RIGHT?
YEAH, LIKE, 3:30 IN THE MORNING.
FOR A RIDE OUT TO SCARSDALE.
WELL, DID YOU GIVE HER A RIDE?
I DON'T EVEN HAVE A CAR, MAN.
I JUST--I TOLD HER TO CALL A CAB.
SHE SAID SHE WAS LOST. THAT WAS IT.
SHE SAID SHE WAS LOST. YOU JUST HUNG UP.
YEAH, IT WAS LATE.
SOME OTHER GIRLS DID COME TO THE PARTY.
SO THEY WERE BOTH CLEARLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF ALCOHOL AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE.
I DIDN'T RELEASE THE VEHICLE,
AND I CALLED THE 911 WHEN THE MOUTHY ONE PASSED OUT.
SO EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK.
THE OTHER ONE, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU DIDN'T SEE WHERE SHE WENT?
NO, SHE GOT ALL WEIRD WHEN I CALLED THE AMBULANCE.
SHE JUST TOOK OFF.
WHAT, DOWN THE HIGHWAY?YEAH, I GUESS.
WHICH DIRECTION?NORTH.
SO WHAT, YOU JUST WATCHED AS A DRUNK TEENAGER
WANDERED ONTO THE HIGHWAY?
WHAT AM I, SUPERNANNY?
PARENTS WENT TO THE PRESS. CALLS ARE FLOODING IN.
SUBURBAN GIRLS.
ANYTHING USEFUL?
WELL, TWO PEOPLE WHO SAW HER ON THE WESTSIDE HIGHWAY.
ONE SAW HER GETTING IN A CAB.
LICENSE PLATE?
NO SUCH LUCK.
GREAT, THAT NARROWS IT DOWN TO 13,000 VEHICLES.
MAYBE NOT-- THIS WITNESS SAYS
THAT THERE WERE FLOWERS PAINTED ON THE TAXI.
WE'RE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF NEW YORK TAXIS.
KIDS ARE PAINTING HOODS, ROOFS, AND TRUNKS.
WELL, THIS SAYS
THE FLOWERS WERE ONLY ON THE TRUNK.
MAYBE SOME KID SLACKED OFF.
ALL RIGHT, CALL THE TAXI GARAGES.
SEE WHO'S GOT HALF A PAINT JOB.
YEAH, I PICKED UP A GIRL
AROUND THIS TIME ON THE WESTSIDE HIGHWAY.
IS THIS HER?
MAYBE HER, MAYBE NOT HER.
I THINK FOR SURE SHE WAS GONNA VOMIT IN THE CAR
BECAUSE SHE'S BARELY STANDING UP.
BUT SHE STILL MANAGED TO HAIL A CAB.
NO, NO, NO, SHE NO HAIL ME. I ALREADY HAVE A FARE.
SO WHY'D YOU STOP?
THE GUY IN THE BACK, HE TELL ME TO STOP.
SAYS HE KNOWS HER.
WHERE'D YOU DROP THEM OFF?
VERY BAD HOTEL.
WE HAVE THREE CAMERAS, BUT TWO ARE BROKEN.
WHOA, WHOA, RIGHT THERE. BACK IT UP A LITTLE.
A LITTLE MORE. RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S GOOD.
CAN'T REALLY SEE THEIR FACES.
RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?
[Antonio] THAT'S SUGAR.
SHE STAYS HERE OFF AND ON.
NICE GIRL.
METH HEAD HOOKER, BUT NICE GIRL.
[Green] WHAT ABOUT THE DUDE?
I DON'T KNOW.
I FIGURED THE GIRL WAS ONE OF SUGAR'S...COWORKERS
AND NEEDED A PLACE TO SLEEP IT OFF.
HIM, I FIGURED A CUSTOMER.
COME ON, SUGAR PAID HIS CAB FARE,
WHICH MAKES HIM HER PIMP.
DID HE RENT A SEPARATE ROOM?
NO, HE SAID HE WAS WITH SUGAR.
AND THE OTHER GIRL, SHE WAS CONSCIOUS OR NO?
UH, SHE COULD KIND OF WALK A LITTLE.
YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO CALL 911?
A SEMI-CONSCIOUS GIRL GETS DRAGGED UPSTAIRS BY A PIMP?
YOU'RE JOKING, RIGHT?
IS SUGAR IN HER ROOM?
NOPE, SHE ONLY PAID UP TILL NOON TODAY.
ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO SEE THE ROOM.
[exhales]
LUPS.
THAT COULD BE BLOOD.
HEY, MAN, THIS IS A CRIME SCENE,
SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU
TO STEP OUT OF THE ROOM, ALL RIGHT?
SURE, SURE, I KNOW THE DRILL.
I'LL SEND THE CSU GUYS UP WHEN THEY GET HERE.
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
[cell phone rings]
IT'S ANNE-MARIE'S.
SOMEBODY USED IT TO CALL SUFFOLK COUNTY
THIS MORNING AT 8:47.
HER NAME IS NOT SUGAR.
IT'S MELINDA.
AND BEFORE SHE CALLED THIS MORNING,
WE HADN'T HEARD FROM HER IN TWO WEEKS.
DID SHE TELL YOU WHERE SHE WAS?
SHE NEVER TELLS US WHERE SHE IS.
SHE JUST ASKS FOR MONEY.
HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO SEND HER THE MONEY
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS?
WE SAY NO. WE ALWAYS SAY NO.
WE CAN'T ENABLE HER.
EVERY TIME... IT BREAKS MY HEART.
SHE'S BEEN THROWN OUT OF REHAB THREE TIMES.
HAS SHE EVER MENTIONED ANY OF THE...
PEOPLE SHE SPENDS TIME WITH?
THE JUNKIES AND THE PIMPS? NO.
WHERE WAS SHE THROWN OUT FROM MOST RECENTLY?
PARKSDALE ACADEMY.
IT'S A SCHOOL FOR PEOPLE LIKE MELINDA.
IT WAS OUR LAST HOPE.
[Green] WHAT'S UP WITH THE SIGNS?
WELL, WE REQUIRE OUR STUDENTS TO OWN THEIR BEHAVIOR.
I KNOW OUR METHODS MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT UNORTHODOX,
BUT BELIEVE ME, WE GET RESULTS.
NOT SO MUCH FOR MELINDA WHITMAN, I GUESS.
NO, NOT FOR MELINDA WHITMAN.
THIS IS NELSON'S ROOM.
AND THIS IS MELINDA'S FRIEND?
CLOSEST THING SHE'S GOT TO ONE.
[knock on door]
STAND UP.
THESE ARE DETECTIVES,
AND THEY NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MELINDA.
OKAY, WE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE, BRO, THANKS.
I'LL BE IN MY OFFICE.
AT EASE, KID.
JUST 'CAUSE YOU GIVE ME A PACK OF SMOKES
DOESN'T MEAN I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT MELINDA.
GIVE 'EM BACK THEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS.
AND EVEN IF I DID, I WOULDN'T HELP YOU
DRAG HER BACK TO THIS HELLHOLE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE MY PARENTS
DROPPED LIKE 50 GRAND ON THIS PLACE?
WE JUST WANT TO TALK TO HER, BRO.
EITHER WAY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS.
BUT YOU'RE FROM THE CITY. SHE'S NOT.
I'M BETTING YOU HOOKED HER UP WITH SOMEONE.
HOW DO YOU KNOW I'M FROM THE CITY?
I ALSO SEE HERE YOU WERE ARRESTED
FOR POSSESSION OF METH.
MELINDA LIKES METH. SHE WOULD NEED A DEALER.
AND SO WILL YOU WHEN YOU GET OUT OF HERE.
BUT AFTER WE ROUND UP EVERY DEALER YOU CAME NEAR
AND TELL 'EM YOU SENT US...
ONE, I MIGHT HAVE HOOKED HER UP WITH ONE.
HAVE YOUR MONEY STRAIGHT. HAVE YOUR MONEY STRAIGHT, MAN.
SAME PRICE AS YESTERDAY.
PRICE AIN'T CHANGED, PRICE AIN'T CHANGED.
[Lupo] STOP!
HEY, HEY, HEY! WHAT'S YOUR RUSH, LYSOL!
COME ON, I AIN'T DO NOTHING, MAN.
YOU DIDN'T DO NOTHING. THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT.
I AIN'T DO NOTHING, MAN.
THIS KIND OF NOTHING WILL GET YOU 8 TO 12, BRO.
MAN, I WANT MY LAWYER. I GOT A LAWYER.
ALL RIGHT, SLOW DOWN. SLOW DOWN, LYSOL.
THAT MIGHT NOT BE NECESSARY.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR A CLIENT OF YOURS.
A WHITE GIRL NAMED SUGAR.
I AIN'T SEEN HER IN A WHILE.
ALL RIGHT, TURN AROUND.
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
SOMETIMES I LEAVE MESSAGES FOR HER AT THIS BAR
UP ON 125.
OH, YEAH? WELL, GIVE HER A CALL.
TELL HER YOU WANT HER TO MEET YOU THERE.
HEY, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY?
TELL HER YOU'RE HAVING A TWO-FOR-ONE SALE.
DID YOU SEE THOSE PARENTS, MAN?
MUST BE ROUGH.
WHICH ONES?
THE ONES WITH THE DAUGHTER
WHO WENT PARTYING AND NEVER CAME BACK?
OR THE ONES WITH MELINDA WHO TURNED INTO SUGAR?
IT'S LIKE WHAT?
A BIG HOUSE, A PILE OF MONEY, A PERFECT LIFE?
IT'S TOO BORING OR...
TRY ME.
HEY. HEY, LYSOL.
MELINDA WHITMAN, WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU DOWNTOWN.
LYSOL, YOU SON OF A BITCH!
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW HER.
NO, HER NAME IS ANNE-MARIE LISCOMB.
AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF HER GOING INTO THE HOTEL
WHERE YOU WERE STAYING.
WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE STAY THERE.
AND THIS IS A PICTURE
OF YOU GOING OUTSIDE TO PAY HER CAB FARE.
YOU'RE IN THE HABIT OF PAYING FOR STRANGER'S TAXIS?
WHO'S THE GUY IN THE PICTURE, MELINDA?
I DON'T KNOW.
HE HANDED ME SOME MONEY
AND THEN TOLD ME TO GO GIVE IT TO THE CAB DRIVER.
THE GIRL WAS REALLY WASTED SO I-I HELPED THEM OUT.
THAT'S ALL. WHAT?
MELINDA, YOU AIN'T HELPING YOURSELF HERE.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THAT IS TELL US THE TRUTH.
THAT IS THE TRUTH.
LOOK, WE FOUND ANNE-MARIE'S BLOOD IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM.
SO IF AIN'T GONNA HELP US FIND THE GUY
THAT CARRIED HER UP THERE,
THE WHOLE THING GETS PINNED ON YOU.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
OH, THIS GUY--THIS GUY MUST BE A REAL PRINCE.
TELL US WHO THE GUY IS, MELINDA,
AND WE CAN PROTECT YOU.
QUIT CALLING ME MELINDA. MY NAME IS SUGAR.
NO, YOUR NAME IS MELINDA.
YEAH, YOU CALLED YOUR PARENTS TO ASK FOR MONEY,
BUT YOU ALSO CALLED THEM TO LET THEM KNOW
THAT YOU'RE STILL ALIVE,
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY GIVE A DAMN.
AND SOMEWHERE IN YOUR LITTLE BLACK HEART,
YOU GIVE A DAMN TOO.
[door opens]
THEY JUST FOUND SOMETHING NEAR THE HOTEL.
OVER HERE.
[Lupo exhales]
SEE? WE FIND 'EM.
I SAW HER PARENTS ON THE NEWS.
YEAH, THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY DOWN HERE.
UGH.
WELL, THERE'S EVIDENCE
OF BOTH ANAL AND VAGINAL PENETRATION.
WE GOT FLUIDS TO RUN FOR DNA.
CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LIGATURE STRANGULATION.
COULD BE AN ELECTRICAL CORD.
[cell phone beeps]
THERE'S ALSO BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD,
WHICH BLED PROFUSELY.
HE'S NOT A VERY NICE GUY, WHOEVER HE IS.
NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO
IS GET HIS GIRLFRIEND TO GIVE HIM UP.
THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
LOOKS LIKE MELINDA'S PARENTS GAVE UP
ON THAT WHOLE TOUGH LOVE THING.
THEY SPRANG FOR A LAWYER. LATER.
IF YOU DON'T INTEND TO CHARGE MY CLIENT,
I WANT HER RELEASED IMMEDIATELY.
YOUR CLIENT IS BEING HELD AS A MATERIAL WITNESS.
SHE'S ENTITLED TO A HEARING ON THAT ISSUE.
AND I'LL OPPOSE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S APPLICATION.
FINE, THEN WE'LL ARREST HER.
SHE'S A VICTIM.
YOU KNOW SHE'S A VICTIM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT AT ALL.
MELINDA, ANNE-MARIE WAS RAPED AND SODOMIZED
BEFORE SHE WAS MURDERED.
NOW YOU KNOW WHO DID THAT.
YOU CAN STOP HIM FROM DOING IT AGAIN.
IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING IN TROUBLE YOURSELF,
WE CAN TALK TO THE D.A., MAYBE MAKE A DEAL.
MS. WHITMAN IS NOT INTERESTED IN A DEAL.
SHE'S INTERESTED IN GOING HOME.
SO WE CHARGE HER.
I MEAN, IF WE GOTTA CHARGE HER, LET'S JUST CHARGE HER.
THE ONE WE WANT IS THE GUY SHE'S PROTECTING.
WE WAVE MURDER AT HER, SHE'LL GIVE HIM UP.
OR MARTYR HERSELF FOR HIM.
ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT THIS?
WE JUST LET HER GO.
HE'S OUT THERE, SO PUT HER OUT THERE.
ROMEO AND JULIET SEEK EACH OTHER OUT.
ALL RIGHT, BUT YOU TWO STAY ON HER
LIKE WHITE ON RICE.
WE SHOULD CALL THE SURGEON GENERAL
TO GET HER A WARNING.
HOW MANY IS THAT?
THAT'S LIKE THREE HOURS WORTH.
LOOKS LIKE ROMEO AIN'T IN NO HURRY.
KNOW WHAT?
I GOT AN IDEA TO GOOSE JULIET.
[door beeping]
HEY, KID.
I WANT YOU TO RUN THIS NOTE UP TO THAT GIRL.
SEE THAT GIRL SITTING UP ON THE STAIRCASE RIGHT THERE?
AND GIVE IT HER. DON'T TELL HER IT'S FROM ME.
[door beeping]
YOU GOTTA TELL ME WHAT THE NOTE SAID.
SAID, "THINK A BITCH CAN RAT ME OUT AND RUN AWAY?"
[laughing]
THINK IT WAS TOO MUCH? NO.
MIGHT MAKE HER HIDE FROM HIM.
MIGHT MAKE HER RUN TO HIM TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, HERE SHE GOES.
[engine revving]
[train passing by]
[Melinda muttering]
YO!
I DIDN'T RAT YOU OUT. I WOULDN'T DO THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I WOULDN'T DO IT.WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHAT NOTE ARE YOU--
PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE 'EM!
PUT YOUR HANDS UP! KEEP 'EM UP!
YOU SET ME UP?NO!
TITO, I DIDN'T!YOU SET ME UP.
NO, TITO, I DIDN'T!YOU BITCH!
I DIDN'T SET YOU UP!
THAT AIN'T ME.
THAT AIN'T NOBODY; YOU CAN'T SEE THE FACE.
YEAH, WELL, WE GOT YOUR TAXI DRIVER COMING DOWN HERE
TO I.D. YOUR ASS.
AND WE GOT DNA FROM THE DEAD GIRL,
WHICH WE'LL BE MATCHING TO YOU
AS SOON AS WE GET A COURT ORDER TO PUT A NEEDLE IN YOUR ARM.
SO WE WENT UPSTAIRS TOGETHER. SO WHAT?
GIRL KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED. NO CRIME IN THAT.
THE GIRL WAS SO DRUNK SHE COULD HARDLY STAND UP.
NO, MAN, SHE JUST COULDN'T KEEP HER HANDS OFF ME.
[chuckling]
WHO SAID SHE WAS DRUNK?
SUGAR?
THAT BITCH IS JEALOUS IS ALL.
AT WHAT, YOU HAVING ANOTHER WOMAN IN HER ROOM
OR SOMETHING ELSE?
GIRL NEEDS TO BE PUT IN HER PLACE SOMETIME.
NEEDS REMINDING THAT TITO AIN'T A ONE-WOMAN MAN.
[chuckling] I DIDN'T THINK
SHE'D ELIMINATE THE COMPETITION THOUGH.
SO YOU PUT YOUR GIRLFRIEND IN HER PLACE
BY RAPING AND SODOMIZING A DRUNK HIGH SCHOOL GIRL.WHOA.
AND THEN YOU GOT THE BALLS TO ACCUSE HER OF MURDER.
WHO'S TALKING ABOUT RAPE?
EVERYTHING I DID TO ANNE-MARIE SHE WAS BEGGING FOR.
AND WHEN IT WAS OVER, I LEFT HER SATISFIED.
AND ALIVE.
YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU HAVE NO IDEA
HOW THAT GIRL WOULD UP IN THAT DUMPSTER?
COULD'VE BEEN ANY NUMBER OF SITUATIONS.
IT'S NOT THE BEST PART OF TOWN, YOU KNOW.
COULD'VE BEEN SOME STICK UP KIDS.
BUT TELL YOU THE TRUTH, MY MONEY'S ON SUGAR.
SHE IS ONE JEALOUS SKANK.
CAN'T STAND IT WHEN TITO GETS HIS SUGAR SOMEWHERE ELSE.
TITO'S FAN CLUB FOLLOWED HIM DOWN HERE.
SUGAR?
INTERVIEW ONE.
LET'S GO TELL HER HE SAID HEY.
HEY, I NEED TO TALK TO TITO.
HE'S A LITTLE BUSY RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I NEED TO TALK TO HIM.
BUSY TELLING US THAT YOU MURDERED ANNE-MARIE.
HE WOULDN'T SAY THAT.
DO YOU WANT US TO CALL YOUR ATTORNEY, MELINDA?
NO.
I KNOW YOU'RE LYING TO ME, ANYWAY.
YEAH?
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE WE'RE LYING?
MELINDA WHITMAN, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST
FOR THE MURDER OF ANNE-MARIE LISCOMB.
WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED HE'D RAT YOU OUT?
HE BROUGHT ANOTHER WOMAN INTO YOUR ROOM,
MADE YOU PAY HER CAB--
TITO LOVES ME.
OKAY, LISTEN, YOU KNOW WHAT, MELINDA?
IT'S BETTER THIS WAY. YOU'LL BE SAFER AT RIKERS.
WHEN WE PICKED UP TITO, HE HAD A .22 IN HIS POCKET.
HE WAS GUNNING FOR YOU FOR TELLING US ABOUT HIM.
I DIDN'T. HEY, YOU KNOW I DIDN'T.
HE FIGURED YOU DID IT BECAUSE YOU WERE JEALOUS.
JEALOUS HE HAD A BETTER WOMAN.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. YEAH?
HE TOLD ME THAT SCREWING HER AFTER SCREWING YOU
WAS LIKE TRADING UP FROM A DUMP TRUCK TO A CADDY.
HE SAID AT LEAST, "SHE DIDN'T JUST LIE THERE
LIKE A JUNKIE SKANK."
HE'S LYING.
HE KILLED HER.
[sobbing] HE MADE ME WATCH
WHILE HE RAPED HER IN MY ROOM.
AND THEN HE KILLED HER.
YOU JUST WATCHED?
HE MADE ME STAY IN THE ROOM.
I WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE.
I WAS AFRAID HE'D KILL ME TOO.
TITO CABASSA, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST
FOR THE MURDER OF ANNE-MARIE LISCOMB.
WHY? WHAT'D SHE SAY?
WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU?
SUGAR!
YOU LYING BITCH! WHERE ARE YOU, HUH?
YOU LYING WHORE-- YEAH, I SEE YOU!
I SEE YOU, YOU LYING BITCH! WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM?
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
YOU DAMN, STUPID, LYING JUNKIE WHORE!
DOCKET NUMBER 33972. PEOPLE V. MELINDA WHITMAN.
HINDERING PROSECUTION IN THE THIRD DEGREE.
ENTER A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
AND ASK THAT BAIL BE SET AT A REASONABLE AMOUNT.
PEOPLE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO BAIL.
IN THAT CASE BAIL IS SET AT $5,000.
[gavel bangs]
[clerk] DOCKET NUMBER 33977.
PEOPLE V. TITO CABASSA, MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
[judge] HOW DOES THE DEFENDANT PLEAD?
WE PLEAD NOT GUILTY, YOUR HONOR.
AS TO BAIL?
PEOPLE SEEK REMAND.
THE DEFENDANT HAS NO PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR EMPLOYMENT.
HE BRUTALLY MURDERED A YOUNG WOMAN
IN FULL VIEW OF A WITNESS--
THAT'S A LIE! TITO, I'M SORRY!
[Judge Alden] ORDER! I LOVE YOU!
ORDER!
[Bocanegra] YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE'S CASE IS BUILT ON FRAUDULENT CLAIMS
MADE BY A SO-CALLED EYEWITNESS WHOSE STATEMENT WAS COERCED.
FOR THE MOMENT, MS. BOCANEGRA YOUR CLIENT IS REMANDED.
YOU CAN REVISIT THE ISSUE OF BAIL
AFTER THE SUPPRESSION HEARING.
[gavel bangs]
[Bocanegra] MELINDA WHITMAN ONLY IMPLICATED MY CLIENT
AFTER THE POLICE ENGAGED IN A SERIES
OF IMPROPER AND FRAUDULENT ACTS.
STARTING WITH THIS.
"THINK A BITCH CAN RAT ME OUT AND RUN AWAY?.
MY CLIENT DIDN'T WRITE THAT. THE POLICE DID.
AND HAD IT DELIVERED TO MS. WHITMAN.
THE POLICE ARE ALLOWED TO USE TRICKERY
TO PROVOKE A STATEMENT.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CONVINCE A WITNESS
THAT A SUSPECT INTENDS TO KILL HER
PROVOKING HER TO LIE
TO GET HIM SAFELY LOCKED UP.
CALL ME CRAZY, MR. CUTTER, BUT I AM INCLINED TO AGREE.
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE
TO INTERVIEW THE POLICE OFFICERS INVOLVED.
DID THEY WRITE THIS?
I BELIEVE THEY DID, YES.
AH.
THIS RENDERS MS. WHITMAN'S STATEMENT SO INCREDIBLE
THAT IT WOULD BE UNDULY PREJUDICIAL
TO ALLOW IT INTO EVIDENCE.
CREDIBILITY IS A MATTER FOR THE JURY TO DECIDE.
YOU CAN ATTACK MS. WHITMAN AND HER STATEMENT
ON CROSS.
I DON'T NEED TO ATTACK HER. SHE ALREADY RECANTED.
ALL RIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR DETECTIVES
HAVE CROSSED THE LINE, COUNSELORS.
MS. WHITMAN'S STATEMENT AGAINST MR. CABASSA
IS SUPPRESSED.
YOU DIDN'T THINK TELLING HER
HE WAS GONNA SHOOT HER
WOULD COME BACK AND BITE US IN THE ASS?
WE NEEDED TO FIND THE GUY.
THAT WAS ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA.
WELL, ITEM TWO IS GONNA BE WATCHING HIM WALK OUT OF JAIL.
WE STILL HAVE THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
OF HIM HAULING THE VICTIM INTO THE HOTEL.
YOU CAN'T SEE HIS FACE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HIS CLOTHES,
AND WE FOUND THOSE CLOTHES AT ANOTHER ONE OF HIS CRIBS.
WE STILL HAVE THE VICTIM'S BLOOD
IN THE ROOM TITO WAS IN.
MELINDA'S ROOM,
AND HE CLAIMS MELINDA KILLED HER.
COULD RAISE REASONABLE DOUBT.
MELINDA DIDN'T RAPE AND SODOMIZE THAT GIRL.
LOOK, I'M NOT SAYING THE GUY DIDN'T DO IT.
I JUST WANT ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO NAIL HIM SIX TIMES OVER.
IF HE WALKS, I'M GONNA FEEL
LIKE AN ACCOMPLICE THE NEXT TIME HE DOES THIS.
WHAT ABOUT OTHER WITNESSES? WHO ELSE WAS IN THAT HOTEL?
THERE'S A WOMAN THAT WAS STAYING NEXT DOOR.
TABITHA MUNDY.
SHE JUST TURNED UP
AT A BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER IN THE BRONX.
[Tabitha] I KNEW IT WAS SUGAR STAYING NEXT DOOR.
WE AIN'T CLOSE OR NOTHING,
BUT I KNOWN HER FROM THE STREET.
DID YOU SEE ANYBODY ELSE THERE WITH HER?
NO.
SURE HEARD SOME NOISES, THOUGH.
UH, SOMEBODY WAS HAVING A TIME.
[Cutter] THERE WAS A MAN IN THERE WITH SUGAR.
AND ANOTHER WOMAN--
WHAT I SAID.
I ONLY SEEN SUGAR, THOUGH.
IT WAS WHEN SHE WAS IN THE HALLWAY
DUMPING HER TRASH DOWN THE AIR SHAFT.
IT WAS AFTER THE NOISE ALL ENDED.
SHE'S ALWAYS SO HIGH AND MIGHTY.
SHE EVEN USED SOME DESIGNER BAG FOR HER TRASH.
PLEASE.
AIN'T NO SUCH THING AS A HIGH CLASS JUNKIE.
DID SHE SAY ANYTHING WHEN YOU SAW HER?
NO.
I THINK MY MAN WENT OVER THERE, THOUGH.
TIMMY WAS ALWAYS LIKE TO BE GOING OVER THERE.
WHERE CAN WE FIND TIMMY?
BRONX CENTRAL LOCKUP THANKS TO THIS.
THIS TIME, I'M PRESSING CHARGES.
[Timmy] THIS GIRL, SHE'S THE ONE THAT WAS ON THE NEWS?
THAT'S RIGHT.
DID YOU SEE HER IN THE HOTEL THAT NIGHT?
YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE?
WELL, YOU KNOW, BEING IN JAIL AND ALL,
EVERYTHING'S SO CROWDED.
I'D JUST BE, UH, A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE
IF THE ROOM WAS A LITTLE, UH, EMPTIER.
IT'S NOT THAT CROWDED.
MIKE, UH, WHY DON'T YOU WAIT OUTSIDE
AND I'LL HANDLE THIS?
YOU SURE? YEAH.
[door opens]
WELL, THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER, ISN'T IT?
THIS ISN'T A DATE, TIMMY.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING?
UH, I SAW TITO. HE WAS THERE.
WE KNOW THAT. DID YOU SEE THE GIRL?
YOU KNOW MY WOMAN CALLED THE COPS ON ME
FOR SMACKING HER AROUND A LITTLE.
THE THING IS, WHEN THEY ARRESTED ME,
I HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
ON MY PERSON.
AND YOU WANT A DEAL.
IF THAT WORRY WAS OFF MY MIND,
MEMORIES COULD JUST COME POURING OUT.
[Delgado] SO, JACK, WHAT BRINGS YOU NORTH OF THE BORDER?
THE ANNE-MARIE LISCOMB CASE.
ONE OF YOUR DEFENDANTS IS A POTENTIAL WITNESS.
BUT HE WON'T SING WITHOUT A DEAL?
HE WANT A DRUG POSSESSION CHARGE DROPPED.
HE'LL PLEAD TO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT.
WHAT DID MY A.D.A. SAY?
HE SAID NO.
TRYING TO KEEP HIS BATTING AVERAGE UP, I GUESS.
WELL, I DO TRY TO KEEP MY PEOPLE MOTIVATED.
THIS WAS A HEINOUS CRIME, JUAN.
IT'S IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST
TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION.
YOU KNOW, JACK, I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED
YOU WERE EVEN ABLE TO FIND YOUR WAY UP HERE
ON THAT WHITE HORSE OF YOURS.
LOOK, I KNOW WE'VE HAD OUR DIFFERENCES--
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES.
I LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD. YOU LIVE IN A HIGHER PLANE.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
A HIGHER PLANE?
I'VE BEEN PROSECUTING DOWN AND DIRTY IN THE TRENCHES
SINCE YOU WERE--
SINCE I WAS WHAT?
A BACKROOM FIXER FOR A POLITICAL MACHINE?
I WASN'T GOING TO SAY THAT.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, JACK.
ONE OF MY BUREAU CHIEFS LIVES ON THE UPPER WESTSIDE.
AND HE HAS A PROBLEM
WITH ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING.
SO IF I FIX HIS PARKING TICKETS,
YOU'LL HELP ME CONVICT A RAPIST-MURDERER?
DEAL.
I COULD HEAR THE TWO OF THEM ARGUING,
TITO AND SUGAR,
THROUGH THIS WALL, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
WHAT WERE THEY ARGUING ABOUT?
I COULDN'T MAKE OUT THE WORDS,
BUT I FIGURED IT MUST'VE BEEN ABOUT HIM
BRINGING THAT OTHER GIRL AROUND.
DID YOU SEE THE OTHER GIRL?
NO, I JUST HEARD HER.
AND THEN I HEARD TITO LEAVE.
THAT'S WHEN I MADE MY MOVE.
WHAT MOVE?ON SUGAR.
I HEARD THE FIGHT.
I KNOW TITO TREATS HER PRETTY BAD,
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE SHE WAS IN NEED OF,
UH, SOME CONSOLATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
[Cutter] WHAT HAPPENED THEN?
SO I COME OUT IN THE HALL AND I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR,
AND SURE ENOUGH, SHE WAS ALONE.
WHAT ABOUT ANNE-MARIE? WHERE WAS SHE?
SHE WAS DOWN THE HALL IN THE BATHROOM
JUST LIKE SUGAR SAID.
DID SUGAR LET YOU INTO THE ROOM?
I TRIED TO, BUT SHE KEPT ME OUT.
I COULD TELL SHE WAS HIDING SOMETHING.
SHE KEPT LOOKING BACK AT A BAG
STICKING OUT FROM UNDER THE BED.
IT WAS LIKE ONE OF THOSE BIG DUFFEL BAGS, YOU KNOW?
COULD YOU SEE WHAT WAS IN IT? MAKE OUT A SHAPE?
WELL, I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS A DOG.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T ALL 'EM IN THE HOTEL,
BUT IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME SUGAR TRIED TO SNEAK ONE IN.
WHAT MADE YOU THINK IT WAS A DOG?
WELL, I COULD SEE IT MOVING.
KIND OF MOVING INSIDE THE BAG AND SORT OF YELPING.
DID SUGAR SEE THAT?
THE THING MOVING INSIDE THE BAG?
UNLESS SHE WAS BLIND AND DEAF, SURE.
OKAY. THANKS.
OH, MY GOD, ANNE-MARIE WAS STILL ALIVE.
AND MELINDA WAS ALONE WITH HER.
TIMMY'S GIRLFRIEND SAID
SHE SAW HER DUMPING SOMETHING DOWN THE AIR SHAFT
AFTER TITO WENT OUT.
CALL LUPO AND GREEN.
YEAH.
HERE'S YOUR MURDER WEAPON.
WE FOUND IT IN THE TRASH HEAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT.
INSIDE A BORSINI'S BAG.
PRINTS ON THE BAG AND THE HAIRDRYER
MATCH MELINDA WHITMAN.
AND THAT'S ANNE-MARIE'S BLOOD ON THE CORD.
WHAT ABOUT TITO'S PRINTS?
NO, JUST MELINDA'S.
SHE KILLED ANNE-MARIE.
TITO THOUGHT HE DID.
HE WENT OUT TO FIND A PLACE TO DUMP THE BODY.
WHILE HE WAS GONE, MELINDA SAW HER MOVING,
FINISHED HER OFF.
YEP.
[tires squealing]
WHAT'S GOING ON?
STEP ASIDE, SIR.
MELINDA WHITMAN, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST
FOR THE MURDER OF ANNE-MARIE LISCOMB.
NO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
MOM? DADDY!
[Melinda sobbing]
DADDY!
[Cutter] MR. GARDNER.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WORK
FOR THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT.
GOING ON 19 YEARS.
AND YOU HAVE THREE CHILDREN.
TWO BOYS AND GIRL.
ANY OF THEM EVER HAVE A BRUSH WITH THE LAW?
NEVER.
THEY KNOW THEY'D HAVE MORE TO WORRY ABOUT
THAN THE LAW IF THAT HAPPENED.
VERY GOOD.
NOW YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS CASE
THERE ARE TWO DEFENDANTS, AND THE JURY
WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER EACH DEFENDANT SEPARATELY?
YES, SIR, I UNDERSTAND.
NO OBJECTIONS TO MR. GARDNER.
MR. CAMPBELL, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED?
ONCE IN 2004
DURING THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES?
I WAS PROTESTING.
I ENDED UP SPENDING THREE NIGHTS AT PIER 57
WITHOUT BEING CHARGED JUST FOR EXERCISING
MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THANKS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I WOULDN'T.
HE'S GOT A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER.
I DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HIM I LIKE.
NO OBJECTION TO MR. CAMPBELL, YOUR HONOR.
TITO'S LAWYER JUST CALLED. HE WANTS A DEAL.
ALREADY?HE'S NO FOOL.
HE'S FIGURED OUT THAT THE JURY MIGHT SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE.
CONVICT THE HISPANIC PIMP
AND ACQUIT THE PRETTY WHITE GIRL.
HE'LL PLEAD TO RAPE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER
AND TESTIFY AGAINST MELINDA.
I THINK WE CAN GET THEM BOTH FOR MURDER.
ISN'T ATTEMPTED MURDER WHAT HE ACTUALLY DID?
YOUR THEORY IS THE GIRL FINISHED OFF THE VICTIM.
THEY'RE ACCOMPLICES. THEY'RE BOTH GUILTY.
BUT SHE MIGHT WALK IF WE DON'T GET HIS TESTIMONY.
AND IF DO, HOW'S THAT GONNA LOOK?
PIMPS, DRUG DEALERS, AND PROSECUTORS
ALL LINED UP AGAINST THIS POOR, HELPLESS GIRL.
SO MAKE IT NOT LOOK THAT WAY.
HOW LONG AFTER YOU SAW THAT BAG MOVING
DID YOU HEAR MR. CABASSA RETURN TO THE HOTEL?
I DON'T KNOW.
MUST'VE BEEN AT LEAST AN HOUR.
AND AFTER MELINDA WHITMAN WENT DOWN THE HALL
WITH HER GARBAGE, YOU HEARD NO MORE YELPING
FROM HER ROOM.
[Timmy] NO.
THE GIRL MUST'VE BEEN DEAD BY THEN.
MOVE TO STRIKE.
IF I'D KNOWN WHAT WAS GOING ON,
I WOULD'VE SAVED HER.
I FEEL REALLY TERRIBLE--
THAT'S ENOUGH, MR. CERCO.
THE JURY WILL DISREGARD HIS LAST TWO STATEMENTS.
NOTHING FURTHER.
[Rothenberg] YOU WERE ARRESTED LAST MONTH...
FOR DRUG POSSESSION
AND ASSAULTING YOUR GIRLFRIEND, CORRECT?
YEAH, BUT THE DRUG CHARGE WAS DROPPED.
IN RETURN FOR YOUR TESTIMONY HERE TODAY.
WELL, THAT'S THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS.
IN FACT, IF YOU DIDN'T IF YOU DIDN'T OFFER INFORMATION
THE PROSECUTION COULD USE IN THIS TRIAL,
THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A DEAL.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
IF I COULDN'T SCRATCH THEIR BACK,
WHY WOULD THEY SCRATCH MINE?
TIMMY CAME OFF AS AN OPPORTUNISTIC
CRIMINAL PIECE OF CRAP.
HE IS AN OPPORTUNISTIC CRIMINAL PIECE OF CRAP,
AND TOMORROW WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE TESTIFYING FOR US.
TITO. HEY, WHY DON'T YOU DO TITO'S DIRECT?
REALLY? ABSOLUTELY. THE FEMININE TOUCH.
SOMETHING TO SOFTEN THIS FOR THE JURY.
[Rubirosa] MR. CABASSA, WHY DID YOU BRING ANNE-MARIE
BACK TO MELINDA'S ROOM?
TO BE HONEST, THERE WAS A LOT OF PLACES WE COULD'VE GONE,
BUT...I WANTED TO MAKE SUGAR--
MELINDA...
I WANTED TO MAKE HER JEALOUS.
YOU WANTED TO PUT HER IN HER PLACE.
YEAH, YOU KNOW.
SHOW HER SHE AIN'T THE ONLY
HOT LITTLE WHITE GIRL OUT THERE.
DID YOU HAVE SEX WITH ANNE-MARIE?
YES, MA'AM, I DID.
EVEN THOUGH WE SAW ON THE SURVEILLANCE TAPE
SHE WAS TOO DRUNK TO WALK.
YEAH, YOU COULD SAY I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF HER.
I WOULD SAY THAT, YES.
WHAT ABOUT MELINDA? WHERE WAS SHE?
I TOLD HER TO GO TAKE A WALK.
BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ME ALONE WITH ANNE-MARIE.
SHE STAYED.
[Rubirosa] SO SHE WATCHED.
SHE WATCHED WHILE YOU RAPED
AND SODOMIZED ANNE-MARIE LISCOMB.
[Tito] HER CHOICE.
THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
ANNE-MARIE STARTED GETTING ALL HINKY.
SAYING SHE WANTED TO GO HOME AND ALL.
WHAT'D YOU DO?
SHE WAS GETTING LOUD,
SO I TRIED COVERING HER MOUTH, BUT SHE GOT AWAY.
SHE WAS GOING FOR THE DOOR.
I GRABBED HER AND SHOVED HER DOWN.
THAT'S WHEN SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE TABLE.
AND THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD.
DID YOU TRY TO REVIVE HER?
YEAH, BUT...I MEAN, SHE WAS GONE.
OR I THOUGHT SHE WAS.
DID YOU OR MELINDA CALL FOR MEDICAL HELP?
I THOUGHT I KILLED HER. SUGAR--
MELINDA, SHE DIDN'T WANT AN AMBULANCE EITHER.
SHE SAID IT SERVED ME RIGHT FOR CHEATING ON HER.
SO WHAT DID YOU DO?
WE CRAMMED HER
IN THIS BIG BAG SUGAR USES FOR CLOTHES.
THEN I WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR A PLACE
WHERE WE COULD DITCH THE BODY.
AND WHEN YOU LEFT,
WHERE WAS MELINDA?
SHE STAYED IN THE ROOM WITH THE BODY.
AND SHE WAS STILL THERE WHEN YOU GOT BACK?
YEAH, SHE WAS THERE.
ALONE WITH THE BODY.
THANK YOU, MR. CABASSA.
YOU DID GREAT.
THANKS.
LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE AGREES WITH YOU.
WHO?
I DON'T KNOW. ANONYMOUS E-MAIL.
"AMAZING PERFORMANCE IN COURT TODAY.
GREAT LEGS AND SMART. YOU'RE THE TOTAL PACKAGE."
I COMPLETELY AGREE.
YOU READY TO CROSS MELINDA?
NO, YOU KNOW, YOU DO IT, MIKE.
YOU'VE GOT GREAT LEGS TOO.
[grunts]
[Melinda] WHAT ELSE WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?
[Cutter] BESIDES WATCHING
AN INNOCENT YOUNG WOMAN BE RAPED?
HOW ABOUT TRYING TO STOP YOUR BOYFRIEND?
HOW ABOUT CALLING FOR HELP?
HOW ABOUT CALLING THE POLICE?
TITO WOULDN'T LET ME.
DID HE TRY TO STOP YOU?
HE WOULD HAVE. HE KILLED THAT GIRL.
HE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME TOO.
HE DIDN'T KILL HER, MELINDA.
SHE WAS STILL ALIVE
AFTER YOU SHOVED HER INTO THAT DUFFEL BAG.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
TIMMY CERCO SAW HER MOVING.
HE HEARD HER. WELL, HE LIED.
WE ALL KNOW WHY HE LIED.
DID HE?
YOU DIDN'T LIKE ANNE-MARIE
BEING IN YOUR ROOM, DID YOU?
NOT IN THAT WAY. OF COURSE NOT.
IT WAS HARD FOR YOU TO SEE HER WITH TITO, WASN'T IT?
YEAH, A LITTLE.
ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE WAS SO MUCH LIKE YOU.
SHE WAS NOTHING LIKE ME.
WELL, MAYBE NOT NOW,
BUT LIKE YOU WERE BEFORE THE DRUGS.
BEFORE THE STREETS.
I WAS NEVER LIKE HER.
BEFORE YOU GET ALL MESSED UP.
I WAS NEVER THAT STUPID.
BEFORE YOU TURNED INTO A JUNKIE SKANK.
YOUR HONOR.
ANNE-MARIE REMINDED TITO OF WHAT YOU USED TO BE.
NO.
THAT'S WHY HE WANTED HER.
SHE THREW HERSELF AT HIM.
YOU WERE GLAD WHEN YOU THOUGHT HE KILLED HER, WEREN'T YOU?
I DIDN'T CARE. SHE MEANT NOTHING TO ME.
WHEN YOU REALIZED HE HADN'T KILLED HER,
YOU FINISHED THE JOB.
YOU GOT RID OF HER.
[breathing heavily]
I JUST WANTED HER TO LEAVE TITO ALONE.
[sobbing] I WANTED HER GONE!
UH, ONE FASHIONELLA, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
[sniffs]
HI.
I'M SORRY, MISTER--CAMPBELL.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO YOU OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM.
OH, I KNOW. I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THAT I HOPE YOU'LL GET TO DO MORE QUESTIONING,
BECAUSE YOU WERE REALLY GOOD.
THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE.
I'M SORRY.
GOOD-BYE.
I CALLED IN TECH SERVICES AND HAD THAT E-MAIL TRACED.
E-MAIL?
"GREAT LEGS?" OH.
LET ME GUESS. JUROR NUMBER EIGHT.
HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?
HE'S BEEN LOOKING YOU OUT SINCE VOIR DIRE.
WELL, HE APPROACHED ME ON THE STREET LAST NIGHT.
DID YOU TALK TO HIM?
NO, HE TALKED TO ME,
BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THAT.
TELL YOU WHAT? A MAN FINDS YOU ATTRACTIVE?
IT'S A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE, CONNIE.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEATED HIM.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAD ME DO TITO'S CROSS.
I DON'T APPRECIATE BEING PIMPED OUT TO THE JURY.
CONNIE, WHAT ABOUT OUR MEETING WITH TIMMY CERCO?
YOU THREW ME OUT OF THE ROOM
BECAUSE HE WAS LUSTING AFTER YOU.
YOU USED YOUR SEXUALITY TO GET WHAT YOU WANTED.
ALL I DID WAS ASK YOU TO LEAVE,
AND THEN I CONDUCTED THAT INTERVIEW
EXACTLY AS I WOULD HAVE
IF YOU HADN'T BEEN THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IF YOU SAY SO, FINE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO ABOUT MR. CAMPBELL?
WE SHOULD TELL THE JUDGE.
WHAT, THAT HE LOOKED AT YOU? THAT HE SAID HELLO?
IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE COMMUNICATION.
YOU DID NOTHING INAPPROPRIATE.
IF WE TELL THE JUDGE AND SHE DECLARES A MISTRIAL,
WE'RE THROWING AWAY OUR BEST SHOT AT MELINDA WHITMAN.
SHE PRACTICALLY CONFESSED ON THE STAND TODAY,
AND SHE WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
IT'S NOT THE POINT.
IT'S THE ONLY POINT.
JACK, ARE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING?
JURORS ARE PEOPLE. LAWYERS ARE PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE REACTIONS.
WE COULD PUT YOU IN A BURQA.
JACK.
OR HIRE ROBOTS TO TRY CASES.
UNTIL THEN, WE USE WHAT WE HAVE.
BY THE WAY, YOUR JURY'S BACK.
IT'S YOUR CALL.
GO LISTEN TO THE VERDICT, OR...TALK TO THE JUDGE.
WHATEVER YOU WANT.
[chair scrapes on floor]
[Judge Moretti] MADAME FOREWOMAN, HAVE YOU REACHED A VERDICT?
WE HAVE, YOUR HONOR.
ON THE CHARGE OF MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE,
HOW DO YOU FIND?
[Forewoman] WE FIND THE DEFENDANT GUILTY.
[sobbing]
[judge pounds gavel]
CONNIE-- DON'T.