1 00:00:05,673 --> 00:00:08,076 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:08,109 --> 00:00:10,244 the people are represented by two separate 3 00:00:10,278 --> 00:00:11,812 yet equally important groups-- 4 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:13,614 the police who investigate crime 5 00:00:13,647 --> 00:00:16,617 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:16,650 --> 00:00:19,087 These are their stories. 7 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:22,256 Mickey, where are you? 8 00:00:22,290 --> 00:00:23,191 (Mickey) Tenth. 9 00:00:23,224 --> 00:00:26,026 My grandmother woulda been up there by now. 10 00:00:27,095 --> 00:00:29,063 I think I'm having a heart attack. 11 00:00:29,097 --> 00:00:30,831 A little exercise'll do you some good. 12 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:32,666 Yeah, so would a beer. 13 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:34,668 (Giggs) When you get the damn thing running, 14 00:00:34,702 --> 00:00:36,270 I'll buy the beer. 15 00:00:36,304 --> 00:00:38,606 12, oh, my God. 16 00:00:48,316 --> 00:00:51,185 Someone's damn purse is blocking the door. 17 00:00:53,187 --> 00:00:54,422 Mr. Fix-It. 18 00:00:54,455 --> 00:00:57,191 Okay, car's coming down. 19 00:01:32,626 --> 00:01:34,495 Doorman said she came in around 11:15. 20 00:01:34,528 --> 00:01:36,364 Super found her just after midnight. 21 00:01:36,397 --> 00:01:37,598 Any traffic through the lobby? 22 00:01:37,631 --> 00:01:39,167 Just a few tenants. 23 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,368 He said she was the last one 24 00:01:40,401 --> 00:01:41,702 he saw in or out of the building tonight. 25 00:01:41,735 --> 00:01:44,605 Her cash and credit cards are still here. 26 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:46,174 Serena Darby. 27 00:01:46,207 --> 00:01:47,308 Darby Publishing. 28 00:01:47,341 --> 00:01:50,244 I've heard of it. 29 00:01:50,278 --> 00:01:52,180 The Super says she lives in 12-B. 30 00:01:52,213 --> 00:01:53,347 Well, here you go. 31 00:01:53,381 --> 00:01:55,483 Looks like she never even made it into the apartment. 32 00:01:55,516 --> 00:01:57,218 Hmm. 33 00:01:57,251 --> 00:01:58,219 [sighs] 34 00:01:58,252 --> 00:02:00,621 I'll start looking around. 35 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:03,424 Looks like she kissed the wall half a dozen times. 36 00:02:03,457 --> 00:02:05,226 Pieces of plaster in her nose and mouth. 37 00:02:05,259 --> 00:02:06,660 And some teeth are missing. 38 00:02:06,694 --> 00:02:08,629 Yeah, CSU found two over there. 39 00:02:08,662 --> 00:02:11,165 Probably hit her as soon as she got off the elevator. 40 00:02:11,199 --> 00:02:12,566 You think the assault killed her? 41 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,368 Took her halfway home at least. 42 00:02:14,402 --> 00:02:15,369 But see the color? 43 00:02:15,403 --> 00:02:17,405 Plethoric face from strangulation. 44 00:02:17,438 --> 00:02:20,208 That's how she went. 45 00:02:20,241 --> 00:02:22,243 I thought I recognized the name. She was just in the news. 46 00:02:22,276 --> 00:02:24,478 Serena Darby's the publisher of J.P. Lange's new book. 47 00:02:24,512 --> 00:02:25,613 Right. 48 00:02:25,646 --> 00:02:27,748 About how he hypothetically woulda killed his wife. 49 00:02:27,781 --> 00:02:30,351 Yeah, she's got stacks of 'em on the dining room table. 50 00:02:30,384 --> 00:02:31,752 The picture alone looks guilty. 51 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:34,188 Well, the 12 people that mattered didn't think so. 52 00:02:34,222 --> 00:02:35,489 Justice is blind. 53 00:02:35,523 --> 00:02:37,258 I can't imagine anybody would read this book 54 00:02:37,291 --> 00:02:38,426 even if it was free. 55 00:02:38,459 --> 00:02:40,328 Well, from what I hear, they're not gonna get to anyway. 56 00:02:40,361 --> 00:02:41,329 What do you mean? 57 00:02:41,362 --> 00:02:42,730 So many people are pissed off, 58 00:02:42,763 --> 00:02:44,665 stores are refusing to sell the book. 59 00:02:44,698 --> 00:02:46,300 Even her company's dropping it. 60 00:02:46,334 --> 00:02:47,735 Good. 61 00:02:52,306 --> 00:02:54,308 Maybe somebody thought that wasn't good enough. 62 00:03:46,394 --> 00:03:48,662 CSU got a couple dozen lifts from the stairwell and hallway. 63 00:03:48,696 --> 00:03:51,299 Well, it's gonna take a few days to run all those. 64 00:03:51,332 --> 00:03:52,733 What about this woman's family? 65 00:03:52,766 --> 00:03:53,934 Just a brother. 66 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:55,669 He's coming down from Boston this afternoon. 67 00:03:55,703 --> 00:03:56,870 Well, I'll sit with him. 68 00:03:56,904 --> 00:03:59,640 Every tabloid in the city is sniffin' around this case. 69 00:03:59,673 --> 00:04:01,309 I don't want you wasting time. 70 00:04:01,342 --> 00:04:02,543 Well, they got the scent early. 71 00:04:02,576 --> 00:04:05,045 They were parked outside her place at 8:00 AM this morning. 72 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:08,682 Any idea how our suspect slipped past the lobby surveillance? 73 00:04:08,716 --> 00:04:09,850 Well, according to the Super, 74 00:04:09,883 --> 00:04:11,385 there's some teenagers in the building 75 00:04:11,419 --> 00:04:13,687 that sneak out the fire exit door to smoke cigarettes. 76 00:04:13,721 --> 00:04:14,888 We checked the door. It was unlocked. 77 00:04:14,922 --> 00:04:16,657 It woulda been an easy in and out. 78 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:18,426 And no one in the place saw anything? 79 00:04:18,459 --> 00:04:19,827 We canvassed the entire building. 80 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:21,629 There were two tenants at home at the time of the murder. 81 00:04:21,662 --> 00:04:23,864 One guy had his home theater cranked way up. 82 00:04:23,897 --> 00:04:25,733 And the lady that lived at the end of the hall 83 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:26,934 thinks she heard a man and a woman arguing 84 00:04:26,967 --> 00:04:28,068 and doors being slammed. 85 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:29,069 Which actually coulda been 86 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:31,705 the victim's face slamming against the wall. 87 00:04:31,739 --> 00:04:34,708 Is there any chance this was a random attack? 88 00:04:34,742 --> 00:04:37,077 I don't think so. Too much rage. 89 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:39,713 What about a boyfriend or ex? 90 00:04:39,747 --> 00:04:40,714 Well, there was nothing in the apartment 91 00:04:40,748 --> 00:04:41,949 that made me think she was in a relationship. 92 00:04:41,982 --> 00:04:44,452 And the doorman said she just comes home to sleep, alone. 93 00:04:44,485 --> 00:04:45,653 There wasn't much of anything 94 00:04:45,686 --> 00:04:46,754 in her apartment except for copies 95 00:04:46,787 --> 00:04:47,621 of J.P. Lange's book. 96 00:04:47,655 --> 00:04:50,791 Well, that's a good place to start. 97 00:04:53,461 --> 00:04:55,095 (Elaine Fowler) Lange's book is turning into 98 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:57,331 the publishing disaster of the year. 99 00:04:57,365 --> 00:04:58,666 Maybe of the decade. 100 00:04:58,699 --> 00:04:59,700 How so? 101 00:04:59,733 --> 00:05:01,502 By pulling the book off the market, the company's 102 00:05:01,535 --> 00:05:04,505 eating the advance, losing future royalties and rights. 103 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:07,775 Not to mention the 100,000 copies they already printed. 104 00:05:07,808 --> 00:05:09,710 How much money are we talking about here? 105 00:05:09,743 --> 00:05:12,713 Easily 5 or 6 million. 106 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:14,482 Oh, my God, I can't believe she's dead. 107 00:05:14,515 --> 00:05:17,050 Look, all those people that were angry about Lange's book, 108 00:05:17,084 --> 00:05:19,052 any specific threats towards Serena? 109 00:05:19,086 --> 00:05:20,788 Just lawsuits. 110 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:22,423 How was Serena handling it? 111 00:05:22,456 --> 00:05:23,857 She was angry. 112 00:05:23,891 --> 00:05:25,459 Humiliated. 113 00:05:25,493 --> 00:05:27,495 I stayed out of her way this week. 114 00:05:27,528 --> 00:05:29,062 Tough boss? 115 00:05:29,096 --> 00:05:30,698 You have no idea. 116 00:05:30,731 --> 00:05:33,534 What time did she leave the office last night? 117 00:05:33,567 --> 00:05:35,536 Around 9:00. 118 00:05:35,569 --> 00:05:36,970 Did she say where she was going? Was she meeting anybody? 119 00:05:37,004 --> 00:05:39,807 I don't know. 120 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,074 Was Serena seeing anyone? Dating? 121 00:05:41,108 --> 00:05:42,410 Definitely not. 122 00:05:42,443 --> 00:05:44,077 Most of her calls went through me. 123 00:05:44,111 --> 00:05:47,715 Okay, so who did she talk to yesterday? 124 00:05:47,748 --> 00:05:49,417 Uh, her lawyer. The CEO. 125 00:05:49,450 --> 00:05:50,718 The company's general counsel. 126 00:05:50,751 --> 00:05:51,885 J.P. Lange a few times. 127 00:05:51,919 --> 00:05:53,887 What were the ones with Lange about? 128 00:05:53,921 --> 00:05:55,956 It sounded pretty typical on her end. 129 00:05:55,989 --> 00:05:57,825 Uh, except the last one. 130 00:05:57,858 --> 00:05:59,493 I mean, she always yells on the phone, 131 00:05:59,527 --> 00:06:01,829 but this was different. 132 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:03,096 Harsher. 133 00:06:03,130 --> 00:06:06,534 After that, she wouldn't take his calls. 134 00:06:06,567 --> 00:06:09,002 Hey, I wanted to write a memoir about my baseball career. 135 00:06:09,036 --> 00:06:11,004 Writing about the murder, that was Serena's idea. 136 00:06:11,038 --> 00:06:13,507 So what was that little argument 137 00:06:13,541 --> 00:06:15,943 you had on the phone with her yesterday about? 138 00:06:15,976 --> 00:06:18,078 She was talking about selling the book to another publisher. 139 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:20,180 I told her, "Forget it. I'm not interested." 140 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:22,416 You were just gonna walk away? 141 00:06:22,450 --> 00:06:24,518 What do you think, I went looking for this aggravation? 142 00:06:24,552 --> 00:06:26,587 I think you went lookin' for cash. 143 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:27,387 So what? 144 00:06:27,421 --> 00:06:28,188 All that money dried up, though, 145 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,823 since the book got pulled, right? 146 00:06:29,857 --> 00:06:31,091 No, you got it wrong. 147 00:06:31,124 --> 00:06:33,827 I got a civil judgment against me to the tune of 20 million. 148 00:06:33,861 --> 00:06:36,063 Every penny I ever make is spoken for. 149 00:06:36,096 --> 00:06:37,965 You didn't do that book for free. 150 00:06:37,998 --> 00:06:40,768 The advance went straight into my daughter's trust. 151 00:06:40,801 --> 00:06:43,904 And any profit was to go to charity. 152 00:06:43,937 --> 00:06:46,474 So um, how much does this place cost a month? 153 00:06:46,507 --> 00:06:47,475 My baseball pension 154 00:06:47,508 --> 00:06:48,942 keeps the lights on. 155 00:06:48,976 --> 00:06:50,444 That's all I got. 156 00:06:50,478 --> 00:06:51,812 All right, man, look, where were you last night 157 00:06:51,845 --> 00:06:52,813 between 11:00 and midnight? 158 00:06:52,846 --> 00:06:53,947 Right here. 159 00:06:53,981 --> 00:06:55,949 Watching the Knicks game. Alone. 160 00:06:55,983 --> 00:06:57,551 I don't get out much. 161 00:06:57,585 --> 00:07:00,588 With these paparazzi vultures you brought with you, 162 00:07:00,621 --> 00:07:02,890 I'm probably not going anywhere anytime soon. 163 00:07:02,923 --> 00:07:04,892 Well, this isn't exactly the prison you belong in, 164 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:05,759 though, is it? 165 00:07:07,961 --> 00:07:09,563 Your partner's got some mouth on her. 166 00:07:09,597 --> 00:07:11,198 You do have a history. 167 00:07:11,231 --> 00:07:12,633 We can't pretend that didn't happen. 168 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:15,636 No, what happened was that some bad cops 169 00:07:15,669 --> 00:07:17,471 tried to frame me for my wife's murder. 170 00:07:17,505 --> 00:07:19,640 Now Serena gets killed 171 00:07:19,673 --> 00:07:21,875 and I'm your first stop? 172 00:07:21,909 --> 00:07:23,944 It's like déjà vu all over again. 173 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:28,215 Look, Serena and I were both being harassed. 174 00:07:28,248 --> 00:07:30,250 And not just by the tabloids. 175 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:31,985 All right, Don raised holy hell. 176 00:07:32,019 --> 00:07:33,654 He got my book buried. 177 00:07:33,687 --> 00:07:36,023 He wanted Serena's head on a platter right next to mine. 178 00:07:36,056 --> 00:07:37,891 Don Lampard? 179 00:07:37,925 --> 00:07:38,926 Your father-in-law? 180 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:41,929 Former father-in-law. 181 00:07:43,897 --> 00:07:46,266 I'd gone over to Jenny's apartment that morning. 182 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:48,502 We were gonna go jogging the park. 183 00:07:48,536 --> 00:07:51,238 Five police cars out front, an ambulance. 184 00:07:51,271 --> 00:07:54,007 I knew that son of a bitch had done something to her. 185 00:07:54,041 --> 00:07:56,109 I'd just buried her mother three months before that. 186 00:07:56,143 --> 00:07:58,145 Jenny was all I had left. 187 00:07:58,178 --> 00:08:01,181 Well, I'm sure Lange writing about the murder didn't help. 188 00:08:02,683 --> 00:08:04,051 That book is blood money. 189 00:08:04,084 --> 00:08:05,218 My daughter's blood. 190 00:08:05,252 --> 00:08:07,287 We heard the money wasn't going to him. 191 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,890 Right, that it was earmarked for some charity? 192 00:08:09,923 --> 00:08:12,059 Baloney. The deal was a sham. 193 00:08:12,092 --> 00:08:13,927 How do you mean "sham?" 194 00:08:13,961 --> 00:08:16,229 Serena Darby's been paying Lange under the table. 195 00:08:16,263 --> 00:08:17,965 Itemized under "research costs." 196 00:08:17,998 --> 00:08:19,099 Over 200 grand so far. 197 00:08:19,132 --> 00:08:21,635 You know this for a fact? 198 00:08:21,669 --> 00:08:23,937 I'm filing a lawsuit with Virgil Publishing 199 00:08:23,971 --> 00:08:25,673 and Darby Books because of it. 200 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:29,543 Did Serena Darby know you planned to sue? 201 00:08:29,577 --> 00:08:32,546 The CEO of Virgil Publishing, Dean Savitsky knew. 202 00:08:32,580 --> 00:08:34,114 I told him last week. 203 00:08:34,147 --> 00:08:35,983 I assume he had words with her then. 204 00:08:36,016 --> 00:08:37,084 And I assume that accounts 205 00:08:37,117 --> 00:08:38,952 for why they've been trying to pay me to go away. 206 00:08:38,986 --> 00:08:40,954 I take it you weren't interested? 207 00:08:40,988 --> 00:08:42,155 I told them to go to hell. 208 00:08:42,189 --> 00:08:43,991 And I wanted Serena fired. 209 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:46,159 On that point, he said it was done. 210 00:08:47,628 --> 00:08:50,263 The advance came out of Serena's discretionary money. 211 00:08:50,297 --> 00:08:51,599 I didn't know about the project 212 00:08:51,632 --> 00:08:53,266 until we were so pregnant with it, 213 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:54,267 we had to see it through. 214 00:08:54,301 --> 00:08:56,036 The book was in poor taste. 215 00:08:56,069 --> 00:08:58,706 Now it's a public relations nightmare. 216 00:08:58,739 --> 00:09:00,941 How did Serena take the bad news? 217 00:09:00,974 --> 00:09:03,110 Actually, I was planning on firing her this afternoon. 218 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:04,311 At lunch. 219 00:09:04,344 --> 00:09:07,014 You called Don Lampard last night and said it was done. 220 00:09:07,047 --> 00:09:08,916 As good as done. 221 00:09:08,949 --> 00:09:10,283 Serena had been trying to find a way 222 00:09:10,317 --> 00:09:11,952 to fix things with Mr. Lampard. 223 00:09:11,985 --> 00:09:13,921 You mean pay him off? 224 00:09:13,954 --> 00:09:15,923 Apologize. 225 00:09:15,956 --> 00:09:17,057 And offer a settlement if the lawsuit 226 00:09:17,090 --> 00:09:18,291 and public fury went away. 227 00:09:18,325 --> 00:09:19,760 She was making progress. 228 00:09:19,793 --> 00:09:20,761 He was interested? 229 00:09:20,794 --> 00:09:22,696 Interested in jerking us around. 230 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:23,997 Serena had arranged a dinner 231 00:09:24,031 --> 00:09:25,699 at Cafe du Jardin for the two of them. 232 00:09:25,733 --> 00:09:27,334 To settle things. 233 00:09:27,367 --> 00:09:30,037 She called me last night and said he'd stood her up. 234 00:09:30,070 --> 00:09:33,006 That's why I finally intervened and contacted him myself. 235 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,243 He was happy with your decision to fire Serena? 236 00:09:36,276 --> 00:09:38,946 I'm not sure anything will satisfy his anger. 237 00:09:38,979 --> 00:09:41,615 He's certainly not dropping the lawsuit. 238 00:09:41,649 --> 00:09:43,350 Lampard never mentioned the sit-down 239 00:09:43,383 --> 00:09:45,185 he was supposed to have with Serena Darby. 240 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:46,620 But he didn't show. 241 00:09:46,654 --> 00:09:48,622 So if he was looking for a confrontation, 242 00:09:48,656 --> 00:09:49,723 he missed his chance. 243 00:09:49,757 --> 00:09:51,759 Virgil's CEO called him at home. 244 00:09:51,792 --> 00:09:53,060 That argument could've set him off. 245 00:09:53,093 --> 00:09:54,795 He meets up with Serena at her apartment. 246 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:55,696 Is she listed? 247 00:09:55,729 --> 00:09:57,197 Yeah, her address was on the suit he filed 248 00:09:57,230 --> 00:09:58,298 against Darby books. 249 00:09:58,331 --> 00:10:00,033 Well, latents finished comparisons 250 00:10:00,067 --> 00:10:01,635 on the lifts from the scene. 251 00:10:01,669 --> 00:10:03,103 All but five come back to people 252 00:10:03,136 --> 00:10:04,638 living in the building. 253 00:10:04,672 --> 00:10:06,707 Lampard works for the city. They run his prints too? 254 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:08,709 His and Lange's. 255 00:10:08,742 --> 00:10:09,977 Neither popped up. 256 00:10:10,010 --> 00:10:11,211 Well, it was cold outside. 257 00:10:11,244 --> 00:10:13,013 They could've been wearing gloves. 258 00:10:13,046 --> 00:10:16,083 If I was him, she'd be the second person I'd want to kill. 259 00:10:16,116 --> 00:10:17,751 LUDs from Lampard's home phone. 260 00:10:17,785 --> 00:10:19,086 He got the call from Virgil's CEO 261 00:10:19,119 --> 00:10:20,788 at 10:22 p.m. the night of the murder. 262 00:10:20,821 --> 00:10:21,789 That still gives him time 263 00:10:21,822 --> 00:10:23,156 to get uptown. 264 00:10:23,190 --> 00:10:24,191 And I checked with the restaurant. 265 00:10:24,224 --> 00:10:26,059 They confirmed Serena Darby was there last night, 266 00:10:26,093 --> 00:10:29,096 but get this, her tab was 188 bucks. 267 00:10:29,129 --> 00:10:30,363 Well, there's no way 268 00:10:30,397 --> 00:10:32,800 she ran up a bill that high dining alone. 269 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:37,805 (man) Ms. Darby was here 9:30 to 11:00. 270 00:10:37,838 --> 00:10:40,373 She insisted on a table in the back corner. 271 00:10:40,407 --> 00:10:41,842 Thank you. 272 00:10:41,875 --> 00:10:43,811 Here we go. Dinner, rack of lamb. 273 00:10:43,844 --> 00:10:46,379 Then five drinks, two desserts. 274 00:10:46,413 --> 00:10:48,181 Who was she with? 275 00:10:48,215 --> 00:10:49,750 Some guy joined her near the end of her dinner. 276 00:10:49,783 --> 00:10:51,785 They had a couple drinks. 277 00:10:51,819 --> 00:10:54,054 I seated a couple at the next table. 278 00:10:54,087 --> 00:10:56,089 Sounded like Ms. Darby and her friend were getting into it. 279 00:10:56,123 --> 00:10:57,190 Arguing? 280 00:10:57,224 --> 00:10:58,325 They struggled to keep their voices down. 281 00:10:58,358 --> 00:11:00,193 She was upset. 282 00:11:00,227 --> 00:11:02,162 And then he stuck her with the bill. 283 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:03,196 No class. 284 00:11:03,230 --> 00:11:05,298 Was this an older guy? 285 00:11:05,332 --> 00:11:06,299 Around 60? 286 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:07,300 Grey hair? 287 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:10,070 No, younger than that. 288 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:12,039 Sort of looked like that guy who killed his wife, 289 00:11:12,072 --> 00:11:13,440 the baseball player. 290 00:11:16,443 --> 00:11:19,046 [grunting] 291 00:11:22,282 --> 00:11:24,117 Oh, my two favorite cops. 292 00:11:24,151 --> 00:11:25,719 What was your best average, J.P.? 293 00:11:25,753 --> 00:11:27,120 339? 340? 294 00:11:27,154 --> 00:11:29,122 347, the year we won the Series. 295 00:11:29,156 --> 00:11:31,091 You can remember some number from ten years ago, 296 00:11:31,124 --> 00:11:33,360 but you don't remember having dinner with Serena 297 00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:36,163 the night she was killed? 298 00:11:36,196 --> 00:11:37,297 You ever eat there? 299 00:11:37,330 --> 00:11:38,732 It's pretty forgettable. 300 00:11:38,766 --> 00:11:40,868 Look man, why don't you come down to our place, 301 00:11:40,901 --> 00:11:42,102 clear up some misunderstandings? 302 00:11:42,135 --> 00:11:43,871 We'll have you back here in a minute. 303 00:11:43,904 --> 00:11:46,073 You got nothing to hide, right, J.P.? 304 00:11:50,844 --> 00:11:52,412 This better not take long. 305 00:11:57,317 --> 00:12:00,087 You lied to us about seeing Serena Darby that night. 306 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,321 It was none of your business. 307 00:12:01,354 --> 00:12:03,056 Here. 308 00:12:03,090 --> 00:12:05,058 You got in an argument, an hour later she gets killed. 309 00:12:05,092 --> 00:12:08,028 It's pretty obvious how that looks. 310 00:12:08,061 --> 00:12:09,930 We had a conversation about a personal matter. 311 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:11,064 That's it. 312 00:12:11,098 --> 00:12:13,801 That personal matter have anything to do with money? 313 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:15,435 Kickbacks from that book? 314 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:16,669 We know she was paying you under the table. 315 00:12:16,703 --> 00:12:19,306 Don Lampard found out about it, and he came after you both 316 00:12:19,339 --> 00:12:20,908 for violating the civil judgment. 317 00:12:20,941 --> 00:12:22,910 That's why you argued. 318 00:12:22,943 --> 00:12:24,111 I didn't kill her. 319 00:12:24,144 --> 00:12:25,345 You been using that line for four years, 320 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:26,346 since you murdered your wife. 321 00:12:26,379 --> 00:12:28,916 I didn't do that either. 322 00:12:28,949 --> 00:12:30,050 Man, everybody knows about your legendary temper. 323 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:31,051 All those dugouts that got cleared 324 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:32,285 because you started a fight. 325 00:12:32,319 --> 00:12:34,187 Then you retire, you start beatin' on your wife 326 00:12:34,221 --> 00:12:35,388 and she ends up dead. 327 00:12:35,422 --> 00:12:36,456 Now, Serena's pissed you off. 328 00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:39,026 And this isn't hypothetical like your book, J.P. 329 00:12:39,059 --> 00:12:41,962 I saw you workin' that heavy bag. 330 00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:42,996 Tell me... 331 00:12:44,231 --> 00:12:46,199 How'd Serena like your right hook? 332 00:12:47,367 --> 00:12:48,969 There's that mouth again. 333 00:12:51,071 --> 00:12:52,139 Am I under arrest? 334 00:12:52,172 --> 00:12:54,107 No, you can leave. 335 00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:57,911 We ain't done with you yet, though. 336 00:13:00,413 --> 00:13:01,481 All right. 337 00:13:01,514 --> 00:13:05,185 I'll tell you since you're gonna find out anyway. 338 00:13:07,254 --> 00:13:09,056 Serena and I were seeing each other. 339 00:13:09,089 --> 00:13:11,124 Strictly sex, not a relationship. 340 00:13:11,158 --> 00:13:13,093 Last few times we got together, 341 00:13:13,126 --> 00:13:15,863 she started to get... 342 00:13:15,896 --> 00:13:17,097 Clingy. 343 00:13:17,130 --> 00:13:18,431 Attached. 344 00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:20,968 Started talking about going to St. Bart's. 345 00:13:21,001 --> 00:13:23,971 Can you imagine being alone on an island 346 00:13:24,004 --> 00:13:26,006 with that crazy bitch? 347 00:13:28,175 --> 00:13:30,878 Anyway, once the publisher decided to cancel my book, 348 00:13:30,911 --> 00:13:33,213 I figured I should cut bait with Serena as well. 349 00:13:34,915 --> 00:13:35,515 You broke it off with her? 350 00:13:35,548 --> 00:13:36,884 Yeah, I tried. 351 00:13:36,917 --> 00:13:37,951 Serena wasn't the type of girl 352 00:13:37,985 --> 00:13:39,152 who's used to getting dumped. 353 00:13:39,186 --> 00:13:40,153 That's why we argued. 354 00:13:40,187 --> 00:13:42,089 So how'd you end it? 355 00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:45,893 She had a copy of my book in her bag. 356 00:13:45,926 --> 00:13:48,528 I signed it and gave it back to her. 357 00:13:48,561 --> 00:13:51,231 Kinda like a good-bye present. 358 00:13:51,264 --> 00:13:52,933 Then I walked outta the restaurant 359 00:13:52,966 --> 00:13:53,967 and I never saw her again. 360 00:13:54,001 --> 00:13:56,203 You signed the book? 361 00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:57,204 What'd you write? 362 00:13:57,237 --> 00:13:59,106 "Screw you." 363 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:02,009 I figured I couldn't have made it any clearer 364 00:14:02,042 --> 00:14:03,310 how I felt. 365 00:14:04,444 --> 00:14:06,279 If Serena and Lange were getting it on, 366 00:14:06,313 --> 00:14:08,015 he coulda known about using that fire door 367 00:14:08,048 --> 00:14:09,082 to get into the building. 368 00:14:09,116 --> 00:14:11,018 Well, then they were keeping that affair a secret, 369 00:14:11,051 --> 00:14:12,319 'cause nobody had a clue about it. 370 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:15,355 Well, can we confirm anything about his story? 371 00:14:15,388 --> 00:14:18,125 The secretary said she did have a copy of Lange's book 372 00:14:18,158 --> 00:14:19,993 in her bag when she left the office that night. 373 00:14:20,027 --> 00:14:22,095 (Green) But we didn't find one at the scene. 374 00:14:22,129 --> 00:14:23,496 So the killer walked away with it? 375 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:25,999 Unless Lange wasn't telling us the real story. 376 00:14:26,033 --> 00:14:27,367 Well, we can't arrest him if that's all you got. 377 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,302 Well, that's all we got. What about Lampard? 378 00:14:29,336 --> 00:14:31,104 Well, we haven't ruled him out completely. 379 00:14:31,138 --> 00:14:33,006 But if what Lange is saying is true, 380 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,208 I don't see Lampard taking the book with him. 381 00:14:35,242 --> 00:14:37,544 Well, you need to verify Lange's version one way or the other. 382 00:14:37,577 --> 00:14:38,545 That book could be 383 00:14:38,578 --> 00:14:41,148 on a trash barge halfway up the Hudson by now. 384 00:14:41,181 --> 00:14:43,050 Look, even I would've pulled it out of the garbage. 385 00:14:43,083 --> 00:14:46,086 Stolen copies are popping up on eBay for 1,000 bucks. 386 00:14:46,119 --> 00:14:47,587 Needle in a haystack. 387 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:49,056 So go shopping. 388 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:50,090 See what you can find. 389 00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:57,197 (Stubbs) So I posted an ad looking to buy 390 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,531 an autographed copy of Lange's book. 391 00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:00,033 Somebody hit? 392 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:02,002 Good news and bad news. 393 00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:04,104 Got about 60 responses. 394 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:05,538 Obviously, most of them are fakes. 395 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:07,074 How much did you offer? 396 00:15:07,107 --> 00:15:08,141 100,000. [laughs] 397 00:15:08,175 --> 00:15:09,109 Figured you were good for it. 398 00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:10,277 (Cassady) What about that one? 399 00:15:10,310 --> 00:15:13,180 It says they can authenticate the signature. 400 00:15:13,213 --> 00:15:14,081 You want me to write back? 401 00:15:14,114 --> 00:15:15,315 Yeah. 402 00:15:15,348 --> 00:15:17,050 Hey, tell 'em we gotta see the book in person 403 00:15:17,084 --> 00:15:19,352 before we buy it. 404 00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:22,289 I compared the signature to some of Lange's sports autographs. 405 00:15:22,322 --> 00:15:23,590 Looked the same to me. 406 00:15:23,623 --> 00:15:24,491 Where'd you get it? 407 00:15:24,524 --> 00:15:27,094 Some dude contacted me through my website. 408 00:15:27,127 --> 00:15:29,029 "Deathjunky.com." 409 00:15:29,062 --> 00:15:30,063 Can't say I've heard of it. 410 00:15:30,097 --> 00:15:31,498 Oh, I collect stuff, you know? 411 00:15:31,531 --> 00:15:34,367 Related to serial killers, famous murders. 412 00:15:34,401 --> 00:15:35,368 I get the idea. 413 00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:37,204 Yeah, well, 414 00:15:37,237 --> 00:15:39,006 I paid 4,000 bucks for the book. 415 00:15:39,039 --> 00:15:43,243 That's like three Manson letters or a Gacy painting, easy. 416 00:15:44,411 --> 00:15:46,179 I cracked it, by the way. 417 00:15:46,213 --> 00:15:47,380 Reads like a real confession. 418 00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:50,083 So I'm not getting the 100,000? 419 00:15:50,117 --> 00:15:51,551 Uh, no. 420 00:15:51,584 --> 00:15:53,586 And we can't give you the book back either, sorry. 421 00:15:56,089 --> 00:15:58,258 Well, looks like Lange's telling the truth about something. 422 00:15:58,291 --> 00:16:01,094 Who sold you this? 423 00:16:01,128 --> 00:16:02,329 Here you go. 424 00:16:02,362 --> 00:16:05,498 I paid the money into an online account to Gerald Stockwell. 425 00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:11,138 This is the address he listed on the account. 426 00:16:11,171 --> 00:16:13,040 Well, it's a different name on the buzzer. 427 00:16:13,073 --> 00:16:14,541 Maybe a roommate? 428 00:16:19,446 --> 00:16:20,647 How long you wanna wait? 429 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,349 My day's open. 430 00:16:22,382 --> 00:16:24,051 [laughs] 431 00:16:30,190 --> 00:16:31,191 Hey, man. 432 00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:34,194 You live here? 433 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:35,595 You know Gerald Stockwell, 4B? 434 00:16:37,197 --> 00:16:38,331 Oh, damn it. 435 00:16:42,102 --> 00:16:43,503 Get your ass back here. 436 00:16:45,338 --> 00:16:47,307 What? 437 00:16:47,340 --> 00:16:49,376 What're you doing? Your hands. 438 00:16:49,409 --> 00:16:51,711 Oh, what do you know, Gerald Stockwell. 439 00:16:51,744 --> 00:16:53,213 Well, I don't money, okay? 440 00:16:53,246 --> 00:16:54,181 I can't pay you right now, man. 441 00:16:54,214 --> 00:16:55,182 Who do you think we are? 442 00:16:55,215 --> 00:16:56,183 What, you're cops? 443 00:16:56,216 --> 00:16:57,016 Homicide. 444 00:16:57,050 --> 00:16:58,518 Homicide, what? I didn't do anything. 445 00:16:58,551 --> 00:16:59,619 "I didn't do anything." 446 00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:01,354 They always say that when they run. 447 00:17:03,123 --> 00:17:05,492 Gerald Stockwell's the ghostwriter on Lange's book. 448 00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:08,095 Serena Darby fired him after his first draft. 449 00:17:08,128 --> 00:17:11,164 I hear firing writers was her hobby. 450 00:17:11,198 --> 00:17:13,333 According to the assistant, Serena also promised 451 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:14,601 to publish his novel. 452 00:17:14,634 --> 00:17:16,603 Two months ago, she backed out of the deal. 453 00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:18,205 And that set him off? 454 00:17:18,238 --> 00:17:20,273 That's a long lead up to murder. 455 00:17:20,307 --> 00:17:22,309 Yeah, but then she wouldn't give it back. 456 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:24,277 Owned it, but refused to publish it. 457 00:17:24,311 --> 00:17:27,347 So she killed his novel, he might've returned the favor. 458 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:30,317 The M.E. didn't find any foreign DNA under her nails. 459 00:17:30,350 --> 00:17:32,619 But the blood spatter from the book he sold 460 00:17:32,652 --> 00:17:35,255 leads right to Serena Darby. 461 00:17:35,288 --> 00:17:38,325 Okay, let's see what he has to say about it. 462 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:43,230 Sit down, Jerry. 463 00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:44,731 I swear to God, I didn't kill anybody. 464 00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:45,665 Then why'd you run? 465 00:17:45,698 --> 00:17:47,767 I borrowed some money from some people. 466 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:49,169 They've been after me. 467 00:17:49,202 --> 00:17:50,170 I thought that's who you were. 468 00:17:50,203 --> 00:17:51,504 Where were you the night Serena Darby was killed? 469 00:17:51,538 --> 00:17:52,639 I'm home every night. Writing. 470 00:17:52,672 --> 00:17:53,640 Alone? 471 00:17:53,673 --> 00:17:55,175 Yeah, I was alone. 472 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:56,376 Where'd you get the book? What book? 473 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:58,611 J.P. Lange's, 474 00:17:58,645 --> 00:17:59,646 with the autograph inside the cover. 475 00:17:59,679 --> 00:18:01,714 The one you sold to the website. 476 00:18:01,748 --> 00:18:03,183 It showed up on my doorstep. 477 00:18:03,216 --> 00:18:04,651 I figured Serena messengered it to me. 478 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:06,219 Why'd he write "screw you" in the book? 479 00:18:06,253 --> 00:18:07,086 'Cause he hates my guts. 480 00:18:07,120 --> 00:18:09,189 He had Serena fire me off the project. 481 00:18:09,222 --> 00:18:10,022 I thought it was one last dig 482 00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:11,258 after the book blew up in his face. 483 00:18:11,291 --> 00:18:12,592 Sounds pretty thin, Jerry. 484 00:18:12,625 --> 00:18:14,161 I'm telling you the truth! 485 00:18:14,194 --> 00:18:15,695 Sit your ass down! 486 00:18:21,334 --> 00:18:22,402 Why'd you sell the book? 487 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:24,671 'Cause I needed to eat this month. 488 00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:26,539 You needed money because Serena Darby 489 00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:29,176 wouldn't publish your novel, then she wouldn't give it back. 490 00:18:29,209 --> 00:18:30,210 I bet that set you off. 491 00:18:30,243 --> 00:18:32,679 Yeah, but that doesn't mean that I killed her! 492 00:18:32,712 --> 00:18:34,314 We found your fingerprints at the crime scene. 493 00:18:34,347 --> 00:18:35,382 What? 494 00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:37,217 You heard what I said. We found your fingerprints 495 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:38,351 at the crime scene where she was beaten to death. 496 00:18:38,385 --> 00:18:40,353 You went to her apartment that night. 497 00:18:40,387 --> 00:18:42,289 No, I didn't. Then explain these. 498 00:18:42,322 --> 00:18:43,423 I--I do not know. 499 00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:45,325 I went to her place a couple times to drop off revisions. 500 00:18:45,358 --> 00:18:46,626 That's it. 501 00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:48,328 We have your fingerprints at the crime scene. 502 00:18:48,361 --> 00:18:49,796 And the victim's blood on the book you sold. 503 00:18:49,829 --> 00:18:51,264 That book didn't just drop out of the sky. 504 00:18:53,333 --> 00:18:54,167 Gerald! 505 00:18:54,201 --> 00:18:57,304 You got one shot to be straight with us. 506 00:18:57,337 --> 00:18:59,206 Yeah, and I'm telling you the truth. 507 00:18:59,239 --> 00:19:00,340 You got the wrong guy. 508 00:19:03,343 --> 00:19:05,345 All right, now you can stand up. 509 00:19:07,414 --> 00:19:09,549 Gerald Stockwell, you're under arrest 510 00:19:09,582 --> 00:19:10,750 for the murder of Serena Darby. 511 00:19:10,783 --> 00:19:11,784 What? 512 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:14,321 You know, for a writer, you're a hell of an actor. 513 00:19:14,354 --> 00:19:15,555 You have the right to remain silent. 514 00:19:15,588 --> 00:19:17,490 Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. 515 00:19:17,524 --> 00:19:18,491 You have the right to an attorney. 516 00:19:18,525 --> 00:19:19,526 If you cannot afford one... 517 00:19:21,894 --> 00:19:23,930 Docket number 84213. People v. Gerald Stockwell. 518 00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:25,798 Charge is murder in the second degree. 519 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:27,767 I'll take your plea, Mr. Stockwell. 520 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:28,868 Not guilty. 521 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:30,570 The People ask for remand. 522 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:32,205 We request ROR, Your Honor. 523 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,674 How 'bout some middle ground, counselors? 524 00:19:34,707 --> 00:19:36,643 Judge, they barely have a case against my client. 525 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,411 We can tie the defendant to the scene of the crime. 526 00:19:38,445 --> 00:19:39,912 He broke into the victim's building 527 00:19:39,946 --> 00:19:41,981 where he beat and strangled her to death. 528 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:43,650 Not exactly the type of fellow 529 00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:44,851 we want running around, Ms. Bocanegra. 530 00:19:44,884 --> 00:19:46,519 Your Honor, my client lacks the means 531 00:19:46,553 --> 00:19:47,654 to make even the lowest bail. 532 00:19:47,687 --> 00:19:48,655 Then it's easy. 533 00:19:48,688 --> 00:19:49,989 We'll let him stay put. 534 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:51,458 I'm remanding the defendant. 535 00:19:56,296 --> 00:19:57,730 (Bocanegra) If you had a better case, Jack, 536 00:19:57,764 --> 00:19:59,832 you wouldn't be here. 537 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:02,802 I've proven harder cases with less. 538 00:20:02,835 --> 00:20:04,036 We are here to listen. 539 00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:07,840 Maybe Mr. Stockwell wants to share his side of the story. 540 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:09,008 I didn't kill Serena. 541 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:10,943 I swear. 542 00:20:10,977 --> 00:20:13,246 As you've heard, my client maintains he's innocent. 543 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,948 He's a writer, he makes things up. 544 00:20:15,982 --> 00:20:17,550 Well, he's not interested in a deal. 545 00:20:17,584 --> 00:20:19,286 And I don't think he should plead. 546 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:20,720 He sold a book spattered with Serena Darby's blood 547 00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:22,455 two days after her murder. 548 00:20:22,489 --> 00:20:23,790 He knew where she lived 549 00:20:23,823 --> 00:20:26,626 and doesn't have an alibi to say he didn't stop by. 550 00:20:26,659 --> 00:20:28,828 Call it "opportunity and motive." 551 00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:30,963 I told you, someone dropped that book at my door. 552 00:20:30,997 --> 00:20:31,864 I don't believe this. 553 00:20:31,898 --> 00:20:34,867 Taking some things into consideration, 554 00:20:34,901 --> 00:20:36,703 if Mr. Stockwell went there that night 555 00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:38,471 without the intention of committing murder, 556 00:20:38,505 --> 00:20:40,940 but the argument escalated... 557 00:20:42,342 --> 00:20:45,478 I think Man One, 15 years, is fair. 558 00:20:45,512 --> 00:20:46,913 15? 559 00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:48,881 Are you kidding? 560 00:20:48,915 --> 00:20:50,650 The alternative with a conviction, Mr. Stockwell, 561 00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:52,552 is 25 to life. 562 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:54,987 (McCoy) Quite a writer's retreat. 563 00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:56,523 I don't think it took Tolstoy 564 00:20:56,556 --> 00:20:58,925 half that long to crank out War and Peace. 565 00:21:00,327 --> 00:21:02,329 Okay, so what if I knew something? 566 00:21:02,362 --> 00:21:03,330 Something serious? 567 00:21:03,363 --> 00:21:06,699 Maybe we could work things out if I told you? 568 00:21:06,733 --> 00:21:08,501 Is there room here to trade, Jack? 569 00:21:08,535 --> 00:21:10,637 Some. 570 00:21:10,670 --> 00:21:12,305 I'd need to hear it. 571 00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:16,008 I've got interviews I did for the book. 572 00:21:16,042 --> 00:21:19,346 On one of 'em, Lange admits to killing his wife. 573 00:21:19,379 --> 00:21:22,081 And not hypothetically "if he killed her." 574 00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:23,350 The real thing. 575 00:21:23,383 --> 00:21:24,617 A confession. 576 00:21:24,651 --> 00:21:27,320 His voice, his words. 577 00:21:27,354 --> 00:21:28,955 He can shout it from the Empire State Building. 578 00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:30,923 He was acquitted. 579 00:21:30,957 --> 00:21:33,360 I can't do anything about it, and it's no use to you. 580 00:21:33,393 --> 00:21:35,728 Even if he bribed a juror to beat the charge? 581 00:21:37,063 --> 00:21:38,030 Excuse me? 582 00:21:38,064 --> 00:21:40,032 He told me off the record. 583 00:21:40,066 --> 00:21:43,002 He said he bought his walk by bribing a juror. 584 00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:47,374 Double jeopardy aside, Jack. 585 00:21:47,407 --> 00:21:50,109 I can't believe you're not gonna touch this one. 586 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:51,778 Lange was your case. 587 00:21:59,085 --> 00:22:02,054 Could there be anything to this bribery claim? 588 00:22:02,088 --> 00:22:05,124 I'd like to think I didn't lose the trial completely on my own. 589 00:22:05,157 --> 00:22:06,759 But nothing happened at the time 590 00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:08,895 to cause you to think twice about the verdict? 591 00:22:10,697 --> 00:22:13,366 We took some hits. 592 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,668 The defense insinuated that the detectives 593 00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:17,370 on the case set him up. 594 00:22:17,404 --> 00:22:19,939 I thought I addressed it in my closing, but then... 595 00:22:20,973 --> 00:22:22,108 You don't know. 596 00:22:22,141 --> 00:22:23,643 From what I remember reading, 597 00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:25,978 the jury deadlocked three times, right? 598 00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:27,680 Could mean someone was holding out. 599 00:22:27,714 --> 00:22:30,016 (Branch) It doesn't take tampering to get the wrong verdict 600 00:22:30,049 --> 00:22:31,384 out of a jury. 601 00:22:31,418 --> 00:22:33,052 Well, let's say it turns out to be true. 602 00:22:33,085 --> 00:22:34,120 What's our recourse? 603 00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:36,088 Lange's protected by double jeopardy on the murder. 604 00:22:36,122 --> 00:22:37,757 Even an acquittal based on fraud 605 00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:39,392 wouldn't get past an appeal. 606 00:22:39,426 --> 00:22:40,793 I'm not gonna let it go 607 00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:42,161 if he cheated his way out the door. 608 00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:43,996 Between jury tampering 609 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:46,833 and bribery, he could get solid prison time. 610 00:22:48,768 --> 00:22:50,102 Where he belongs. 611 00:22:50,136 --> 00:22:52,171 If you can make a case. 612 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:53,773 You might want to see 613 00:22:53,806 --> 00:22:55,975 if the rest of Stockwell's story holds up too. 614 00:22:56,008 --> 00:22:58,978 That someone framed him with the book? 615 00:22:59,011 --> 00:23:00,847 We'll look into it. 616 00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:06,118 (Todd Dawson) To this day, my brother calls me a friggin' idiot 617 00:23:06,152 --> 00:23:08,154 for lettin' that guy off the hook. 618 00:23:08,187 --> 00:23:09,055 Girl broke up with me once 619 00:23:09,088 --> 00:23:11,724 'cause I told her I was on that jury. 620 00:23:11,758 --> 00:23:14,727 Why did you think Lange was innocent? 621 00:23:14,761 --> 00:23:17,630 What can I say, in hindsight we were obviously wrong. 622 00:23:17,664 --> 00:23:19,732 Did anyone approach you about the trial 623 00:23:19,766 --> 00:23:21,000 while you were being sequestered? 624 00:23:21,033 --> 00:23:22,001 No way. 625 00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:24,737 They had us locked down 24/7. 626 00:23:24,771 --> 00:23:26,673 When we weren't stuck in that fleabag hotel, 627 00:23:26,706 --> 00:23:28,675 they had us chained to the table in the jury room. 628 00:23:28,708 --> 00:23:30,943 So what were deliberations like? 629 00:23:30,977 --> 00:23:33,646 Ugh, misery. 630 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,449 Anyone in particular argue for an acquittal? 631 00:23:36,483 --> 00:23:37,484 Yeah, there was one woman. 632 00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:39,151 Lydia. She was a piece of work. 633 00:23:39,185 --> 00:23:41,220 She was the holdout from the get-go. 634 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,222 Lydia Neville. Juror number seven. 635 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:44,123 Yeah, that's her. 636 00:23:44,156 --> 00:23:45,825 Yeah, she was always coming back around 637 00:23:45,858 --> 00:23:47,159 to the cops who investigated. 638 00:23:47,193 --> 00:23:48,961 Insisted they planted evidence. 639 00:23:48,995 --> 00:23:51,664 And then convinced everybody else it was true. 640 00:23:51,698 --> 00:23:54,033 More like wore us down. 641 00:23:54,066 --> 00:23:55,968 I mean, we were tired of being there. 642 00:23:56,002 --> 00:23:57,837 Judge kept sending us back when we were deadlocked. 643 00:23:57,870 --> 00:24:00,139 We were stuck in that room eight days. 644 00:24:01,207 --> 00:24:04,110 I missed my kids. 645 00:24:04,143 --> 00:24:05,912 Whether or not J.P. Lange killed his wife, 646 00:24:05,945 --> 00:24:07,113 you people didn't prove it. 647 00:24:07,146 --> 00:24:08,715 Simple as that. 648 00:24:08,748 --> 00:24:09,982 Some of the other jurors I spoke with 649 00:24:10,016 --> 00:24:11,884 said you persuaded them to acquit. 650 00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:14,253 That's what a deliberation's about. 651 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:16,122 I read the trial transcripts, Lydia. 652 00:24:16,155 --> 00:24:18,190 Saying the detectives planted evidence 653 00:24:18,224 --> 00:24:19,926 is stretching the facts. 654 00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:21,994 What's your point? 655 00:24:22,028 --> 00:24:23,696 There's been an allegation that one of the jurors 656 00:24:23,730 --> 00:24:25,197 at the trial was bribed. 657 00:24:25,231 --> 00:24:26,933 Bribed? 658 00:24:26,966 --> 00:24:28,067 And you think it was me? 659 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:28,968 According to the others, 660 00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:30,837 you were the reason for the deadlock. 661 00:24:30,870 --> 00:24:32,171 I don't remember it that way. 662 00:24:32,204 --> 00:24:33,305 Really? 663 00:24:33,339 --> 00:24:35,975 What I remember is Jack McCoy got his pants pulled down. 664 00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:38,545 'Cause the detective practically admitted to framing Lange. 665 00:24:38,578 --> 00:24:39,812 My fellow jurors agreed. 666 00:24:39,846 --> 00:24:41,948 Look, I have a class to teach. 667 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:43,182 We're done. 668 00:24:46,252 --> 00:24:47,954 I remember Lydia Neville. 669 00:24:47,987 --> 00:24:49,989 Smart. PhD. 670 00:24:50,022 --> 00:24:51,190 With the DNA evidence, 671 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:53,292 I figured she'd be an asset on the jury. 672 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:56,729 That PhD put her 75 grand in the hole with student loans, 673 00:24:56,763 --> 00:24:59,231 which, by the way, she paid off shortly after the trial ended. 674 00:24:59,265 --> 00:25:01,300 Did the money come from Lange? 675 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:02,301 I don't think so. 676 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:05,304 I spoke with Virgil Publishing's general counsel. 677 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:07,774 He recognized Lydia Neville's name. 678 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:10,777 Serena Darby? 679 00:25:10,810 --> 00:25:12,745 From a book contract. 680 00:25:12,779 --> 00:25:13,813 Drawn up when? 681 00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:15,915 Well, her advance was paid after the trial ended. 682 00:25:15,948 --> 00:25:17,316 But the lawyers drafted her contract 683 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:19,318 even before defense rested their case. 684 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:22,221 Anything to confirm she was acting on behalf of Lange? 685 00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:24,123 Serena Darby already had a deal 686 00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:25,124 in place with him. 687 00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:26,192 If you think about it, 688 00:25:26,225 --> 00:25:28,928 if he were convicted, what incentive would he have 689 00:25:28,961 --> 00:25:30,062 to follow through with the book? 690 00:25:30,096 --> 00:25:33,199 Son of Sam laws would've prevented any personal profit. 691 00:25:33,232 --> 00:25:36,836 Darby had to get him a walk. 692 00:25:36,869 --> 00:25:39,772 I want Ms. Neville picked up first thing in the morning. 693 00:25:41,307 --> 00:25:43,275 Serena approached me about doing a book 694 00:25:43,309 --> 00:25:45,277 after the trial ended. 695 00:25:45,311 --> 00:25:46,779 She paid me the advance, 696 00:25:46,813 --> 00:25:48,014 but the project fell apart after that. 697 00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:51,050 Look, I didn't do anything wrong. 698 00:25:51,083 --> 00:25:53,352 Don't lie to me, Ms. Neville. 699 00:25:53,385 --> 00:25:55,354 Contracts in your name were drawn up 700 00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:57,957 even before closing arguments. 701 00:25:57,990 --> 00:26:00,292 I don't know anything about that. 702 00:26:00,326 --> 00:26:02,962 Accepting a bribe is a D felony, Lydia. 703 00:26:02,995 --> 00:26:04,831 Seven years in state prison. 704 00:26:04,864 --> 00:26:07,066 We have more than enough to prosecute. 705 00:26:07,099 --> 00:26:08,167 And I intend to do it. 706 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,569 Unless you tell me everything. 707 00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:18,244 It was supposed to be a hung jury. 708 00:26:19,345 --> 00:26:20,346 A mistrial. 709 00:26:22,114 --> 00:26:23,916 Serena said if I was the lone hold-out, 710 00:26:23,950 --> 00:26:26,653 I could have a best-selling book. 711 00:26:26,686 --> 00:26:28,320 She talked big. I needed the money. 712 00:26:28,354 --> 00:26:30,623 I didn't think that we would actually acquit him. 713 00:26:32,892 --> 00:26:34,326 Did Lange know the fix was in? 714 00:26:35,394 --> 00:26:38,330 Before the verdict, I don't know. 715 00:26:38,364 --> 00:26:40,199 After the trial, yeah. 716 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,035 Did you have contact with him? 717 00:26:45,004 --> 00:26:48,340 A couple of months ago, I sent him a letter. 718 00:26:48,374 --> 00:26:51,177 I asked for money or I said I'd go public about the bribe. 719 00:26:52,979 --> 00:26:54,080 You blackmailed Lange? 720 00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:56,883 He was paid a lot for his book. 721 00:26:58,217 --> 00:27:00,186 I didn't think it was fair. I have bills. 722 00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:02,321 I risked a lot to help him out. 723 00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:04,390 Did he pay you? 724 00:27:04,423 --> 00:27:05,624 Some. 725 00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:09,361 So I sent him another letter. 726 00:27:09,395 --> 00:27:11,397 Right before Serena died. 727 00:27:14,901 --> 00:27:16,335 Does he know who you are? 728 00:27:16,368 --> 00:27:18,104 No. 729 00:27:19,706 --> 00:27:21,340 No, the letters were sent anonymously. 730 00:27:21,373 --> 00:27:23,109 I had him leave the money at a bus stop 731 00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:26,112 so he wouldn't see me pick it up. 732 00:27:26,145 --> 00:27:28,047 Only Serena knew my name. 733 00:27:30,449 --> 00:27:31,550 (McCoy) We think Lange wanted 734 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:34,153 the name of the juror blackmailing him, 735 00:27:34,186 --> 00:27:36,689 and Serena Darby refused to give it up. 736 00:27:36,723 --> 00:27:37,589 They argued at dinner. 737 00:27:37,623 --> 00:27:39,125 He confronted her when she went home. 738 00:27:39,158 --> 00:27:41,160 It escalated to murder. 739 00:27:41,193 --> 00:27:43,062 Why would she hold out on the name? 740 00:27:43,095 --> 00:27:44,997 Both their necks were on the line. 741 00:27:45,031 --> 00:27:47,033 My guess is she told him to pay the money. 742 00:27:48,134 --> 00:27:49,268 And the affair? 743 00:27:49,301 --> 00:27:50,269 There's no evidence they were having one. 744 00:27:50,302 --> 00:27:51,738 Nothing in her date book. 745 00:27:51,771 --> 00:27:53,439 Not even one email. 746 00:27:53,472 --> 00:27:55,141 Well, you already have one guy sitting in Rikers 747 00:27:55,174 --> 00:27:56,342 for her murder. 748 00:27:56,375 --> 00:27:58,077 I think you oughta figure out who you wanna charge on this 749 00:27:58,110 --> 00:27:59,245 and do it fast. 750 00:27:59,278 --> 00:28:00,412 My bet's on Lange. 751 00:28:00,446 --> 00:28:02,715 Okay. 752 00:28:02,749 --> 00:28:04,083 Reassure me that this is not 753 00:28:04,116 --> 00:28:05,451 colored by your history with him. 754 00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:07,720 I want to convict him, Arthur. 755 00:28:07,754 --> 00:28:11,290 It happens to coincide nicely with the fact that he's guilty. 756 00:28:11,323 --> 00:28:13,926 Can you prove that he framed this other fella? 757 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,995 Gerald Stockwell lives in Flatbush. 758 00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:18,030 Green and Cassady went back to his neighborhood 759 00:28:18,064 --> 00:28:19,732 and did a full canvass. 760 00:28:19,766 --> 00:28:21,433 Those are from the school surveillance camera 761 00:28:21,467 --> 00:28:23,402 across the street from his building. 762 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:26,038 That is Lange the morning after Serena's murder. 763 00:28:26,072 --> 00:28:28,040 Stockwell says the book with her blood on it 764 00:28:28,074 --> 00:28:30,042 was dropped at his door. 765 00:28:30,076 --> 00:28:33,245 I take it that Lange doesn't get out to Brooklyn that often. 766 00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:35,447 I'm guessing no. 767 00:28:35,481 --> 00:28:36,282 I think he's learned a few things 768 00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:38,117 since the last time he killed someone. 769 00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:40,386 Like how to manufacture reasonable doubt. 770 00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:43,455 The good news is this time he won't have Serena Darby 771 00:28:43,489 --> 00:28:45,491 to bribe a juror on his behalf. 772 00:28:45,524 --> 00:28:49,095 Bribery, blackmail, and a patsy. 773 00:28:49,128 --> 00:28:51,964 This guy Lange is a tabloid's dream. 774 00:28:53,399 --> 00:28:54,600 Here he comes right now. 775 00:28:54,633 --> 00:28:56,969 He's in there. He's in there on the other side. 776 00:28:57,003 --> 00:29:01,473 [overlapping chatter] 777 00:29:01,507 --> 00:29:02,408 Please move to the side. 778 00:29:02,441 --> 00:29:04,043 Move to the side. Hands behind your back. 779 00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:05,444 J.P., did you kill Serena Darby? 780 00:29:05,477 --> 00:29:07,980 Are you guilty of this crime, J.P.? 781 00:29:08,014 --> 00:29:09,515 Please, everybody, move to the side. 782 00:29:09,548 --> 00:29:11,317 Move. Move. Move. 783 00:29:11,350 --> 00:29:12,484 Mr. Carsley. 784 00:29:12,518 --> 00:29:15,054 Mr. Carsley, is your client gonna fight these charges? 785 00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:17,156 He's looking forward to clearing his name again. 786 00:29:17,189 --> 00:29:18,524 Thank you. So you're saying there's no basis? 787 00:29:18,557 --> 00:29:20,559 There's no foundation. There's no evidence. 788 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:24,330 This is a vendetta by ADA Jack McCoy against my client. 789 00:29:24,363 --> 00:29:26,498 It's a personal vendetta. 790 00:29:26,532 --> 00:29:30,036 Mr. Lange is absolutely, 100% not guilty. 791 00:29:30,069 --> 00:29:31,470 Now if you'll excuse me. 792 00:29:36,075 --> 00:29:37,176 There's no foundation. There's no evidence. 793 00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:39,045 This is a vendetta by ADA Jack McCoy 794 00:29:39,078 --> 00:29:40,479 against my client. 795 00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:42,048 It's a personal vendetta. 796 00:29:42,081 --> 00:29:45,317 Mr. Lange is absolutely, 100% not guilty. 797 00:29:45,351 --> 00:29:47,053 Now if you'll excuse me. 798 00:29:47,086 --> 00:29:49,321 Spin it hard, spin it early. 799 00:29:49,355 --> 00:29:52,491 Carsley obviously called the press about the arrest. 800 00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:55,594 And got the first shot across our bow. 801 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:56,863 Well, this isn't a vendetta. 802 00:29:56,896 --> 00:29:58,130 Any missteps, Carsley won't have 803 00:29:58,164 --> 00:30:00,199 any trouble making it look like one. 804 00:30:00,232 --> 00:30:02,068 Most people have been dying to see J.P. Lange 805 00:30:02,101 --> 00:30:03,202 back on the hot seat. 806 00:30:03,235 --> 00:30:05,271 Yourself among them. 807 00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:07,139 I know the difference 808 00:30:07,173 --> 00:30:09,208 between vengeance and justice, Arthur. 809 00:30:09,241 --> 00:30:12,044 We have a solid case. 810 00:30:12,078 --> 00:30:14,981 Nobody wants to see that S.O.B. walk out of court again. 811 00:30:15,014 --> 00:30:17,283 But if Carsley ropes you in to a personal fight, 812 00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:18,851 he wins. [knocking at the door] 813 00:30:20,352 --> 00:30:21,320 $2 million bail. 814 00:30:21,353 --> 00:30:22,855 Lange posted an hour ago. 815 00:30:22,889 --> 00:30:24,623 And his attorney didn't waste any time either. 816 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:25,824 What have we got? 817 00:30:25,858 --> 00:30:28,560 Motion to exclude Lydia Neville's testimony. 818 00:30:32,899 --> 00:30:34,934 (Carsley) It's totally irrelevant to the case at bar. 819 00:30:34,967 --> 00:30:36,368 Mr. McCoy is alleging 820 00:30:36,402 --> 00:30:38,337 that my client bribed Ms. Neville 821 00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:40,206 in a trial which is legal ancient history. 822 00:30:40,239 --> 00:30:42,341 It goes squarely to motive in the murder, Your Honor. 823 00:30:42,374 --> 00:30:44,310 (Carsley) More like fabricating motive. 824 00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:46,045 The People allege guilt in a case 825 00:30:46,078 --> 00:30:48,147 for which my client was already acquitted. 826 00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:51,017 Because they can't find any solid evidence in this one. 827 00:30:51,050 --> 00:30:52,551 Stop grandstanding, Counselor. 828 00:30:52,584 --> 00:30:54,253 I don't see any cameras in here. 829 00:30:54,286 --> 00:30:56,155 I apologize, Judge. 830 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:58,324 I tend to get upset about overzealous D.A.s 831 00:30:58,357 --> 00:30:59,391 with a score to settle. 832 00:30:59,425 --> 00:31:02,962 We can prove that Serena Darby 833 00:31:02,995 --> 00:31:04,663 paid Lydia Neville to secure a verdict 834 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:06,632 other than a conviction. 835 00:31:06,665 --> 00:31:09,001 That bribery led to blackmail, 836 00:31:09,035 --> 00:31:11,203 which led to Ms. Darby's murder by the defendant. 837 00:31:11,237 --> 00:31:13,272 (Carsley) If the bribery allegation is not irrelevant, 838 00:31:13,305 --> 00:31:15,274 it's certainly prejudicial. 839 00:31:15,307 --> 00:31:17,609 And they can't connect any of it back to my client. 840 00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:19,678 It's a question of who benefited from the scheme. 841 00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:21,247 (Carsley) Ms. Darby certainly did. 842 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,349 And she acted without Mr. Lange's knowledge. 843 00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:25,417 It's evidence the jury should weigh. 844 00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:27,686 It goes to the foundation of the crime. 845 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:29,421 Now which murder does Mr. McCoy 846 00:31:29,455 --> 00:31:31,290 want us to believe that he's talking about? 847 00:31:31,323 --> 00:31:32,424 All right, enough. 848 00:31:32,458 --> 00:31:34,060 I'll review the briefs. 849 00:31:34,093 --> 00:31:36,695 You'll have my answer by the end of the day. 850 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:38,697 The bribery's out? 851 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:42,001 Along with any mention of the first trial. 852 00:31:42,034 --> 00:31:43,702 Which means the contents of the book are also excluded, 853 00:31:43,735 --> 00:31:45,271 I assume? 854 00:31:45,304 --> 00:31:47,173 Anything to suggest that Lange got away with murder 855 00:31:47,206 --> 00:31:49,108 the first time around is out. 856 00:31:49,141 --> 00:31:50,309 Then you're gonna have a tough time 857 00:31:50,342 --> 00:31:52,378 proving his motive in this one. 858 00:31:52,411 --> 00:31:55,982 Every member of that jury knows about that book. 859 00:31:56,015 --> 00:31:58,217 They think he's a killer already. 860 00:31:58,250 --> 00:32:00,219 And when they convict him on bias alone, 861 00:32:00,252 --> 00:32:02,454 don't be surprised when Judge Emerton sets aside the verdict 862 00:32:02,488 --> 00:32:04,390 because you failed to meet your burden of proof. 863 00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:05,457 The blood on Darby's copy 864 00:32:05,491 --> 00:32:07,626 is still solid physical evidence. 865 00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:09,195 It ties Lange to the crime. 866 00:32:09,228 --> 00:32:11,730 After it changed hands three times. 867 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:14,333 We can tie him to the scene, show consciousness of guilt 868 00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:15,434 in framing Stockwell. 869 00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:18,204 And the defense will say that you declined to prosecute 870 00:32:18,237 --> 00:32:20,206 the real killer just to get 871 00:32:20,239 --> 00:32:21,640 a second bite of the apple with Lange. 872 00:32:21,673 --> 00:32:23,209 Which isn't true. 873 00:32:23,242 --> 00:32:25,144 But it's gonna look like it is. 874 00:32:25,177 --> 00:32:26,412 Lange's the second person 875 00:32:26,445 --> 00:32:28,647 that you've indicted for this murder, Jack. 876 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,416 You know it's gotta help him. 877 00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:33,652 I'm not going to plead this out, Arthur. 878 00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:34,753 Your case is falling apart. 879 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,288 I don't wanna see Lange 880 00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:39,325 walk away from a murder again scot-free. 881 00:32:39,358 --> 00:32:40,759 I want to see him do some real time. 882 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:42,228 And what's that? 883 00:32:42,261 --> 00:32:44,096 Well, considering the state of things, 884 00:32:44,130 --> 00:32:46,298 I think ten years would be a godsend. 885 00:32:46,332 --> 00:32:47,766 And if this were any other case, 886 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:49,101 you'd agree with me. 887 00:32:49,135 --> 00:32:50,969 But it's not, not for me. 888 00:32:52,271 --> 00:32:54,040 Make the deal, Jack. 889 00:32:59,811 --> 00:33:03,382 (McCoy) Mr. Lange pleads to Man One. 890 00:33:03,415 --> 00:33:05,517 We'd recommend no more than 15 years. 891 00:33:05,551 --> 00:33:07,419 Don't waste our time. 892 00:33:07,453 --> 00:33:09,255 You don't have the leverage to offer half of that. 893 00:33:09,288 --> 00:33:12,391 If it were up to me, we wouldn't be here at all. 894 00:33:12,424 --> 00:33:13,592 Sure, Branch is forcing your hand 895 00:33:13,625 --> 00:33:17,263 because he knows your case doesn't have a leg to stand on. 896 00:33:17,296 --> 00:33:19,265 Any rookie attorney can throw 897 00:33:19,298 --> 00:33:20,399 reasonable doubt at every shred 898 00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:22,134 of evidence you got. 899 00:33:22,168 --> 00:33:24,336 We didn't call this meeting looking for a critique. 900 00:33:24,370 --> 00:33:26,372 No, you took stock. 901 00:33:26,405 --> 00:33:28,074 This is the only option you've got. 902 00:33:28,107 --> 00:33:29,541 Don't think your client began this trial 903 00:33:29,575 --> 00:33:31,510 with a presumption of innocence, either. 904 00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:34,446 Well, I'm not sure either of us 905 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,348 are making up a lot of ground in this trial so far. 906 00:33:36,382 --> 00:33:38,217 Our offer's on the table. 907 00:33:41,187 --> 00:33:43,155 Mr. Lange is willing to take an Alford plea. 908 00:33:43,189 --> 00:33:45,157 For a reduced charge. 909 00:33:45,191 --> 00:33:47,359 He'll do five years in prison. 910 00:33:47,393 --> 00:33:49,161 No more than five years. 911 00:33:49,195 --> 00:33:52,198 Plead no contest to the crime, with no admission of guilt? 912 00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:54,300 I didn't kill Serena. 913 00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:56,368 I'm not gonna say I did. 914 00:33:56,402 --> 00:33:57,436 You're not a very good liar, Mr. Lange. 915 00:33:57,469 --> 00:33:59,071 Even after four years of practice. 916 00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:05,477 Any plea comes with a full allocution. 917 00:34:05,511 --> 00:34:07,279 Hey, what do you wanna hear from me, McCoy? 918 00:34:07,313 --> 00:34:09,315 That I killed my wife? 919 00:34:09,348 --> 00:34:11,483 That I cut her throat? 920 00:34:11,517 --> 00:34:13,085 That I gutted her? 921 00:34:13,119 --> 00:34:15,487 I read your book, I heard it already. 922 00:34:15,521 --> 00:34:18,056 Yeah, and you're pissed off you can't do anything about it. 923 00:34:19,358 --> 00:34:21,827 Contrary to what your attorney says, Mr. Lange, 924 00:34:21,860 --> 00:34:24,130 that's not why you're on trial here. 925 00:34:27,366 --> 00:34:30,236 I'm not gonna say I killed Serena either. 926 00:34:32,838 --> 00:34:34,306 (Carsley) Alford plea is still 927 00:34:34,340 --> 00:34:36,508 justice served, Jack. It's win-win. 928 00:34:36,542 --> 00:34:38,577 It's still 15 years too light. 929 00:34:44,483 --> 00:34:46,218 Forget it, we'll finish the trial. 930 00:34:46,252 --> 00:34:48,587 You know all that talk in the press about a vendetta? 931 00:34:48,620 --> 00:34:51,357 It was just that, it was talk. 932 00:34:51,390 --> 00:34:53,825 But I wasn't far off the mark, was I? 933 00:34:58,164 --> 00:35:00,166 Show yourselves out. 934 00:35:04,903 --> 00:35:07,406 Serena and I were having an affair. 935 00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:11,443 I broke it off with her that night over dinner. 936 00:35:11,477 --> 00:35:14,213 She wasn't happy about it. 937 00:35:14,246 --> 00:35:15,514 Before I got up to leave, 938 00:35:15,547 --> 00:35:18,517 I pulled the book out of her bag 939 00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:21,487 and I wrote those words. 940 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,255 It was a stupid thing to do. 941 00:35:23,289 --> 00:35:24,656 And I feel bad that things 942 00:35:24,690 --> 00:35:27,159 were left that way before she died. 943 00:35:29,295 --> 00:35:30,596 According to the prosecution, 944 00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:33,565 you were in Flatbush the morning after her murder. 945 00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:35,334 That's ridiculous. I've never been in Flatbush 946 00:35:35,367 --> 00:35:36,502 in my entire life. 947 00:35:36,535 --> 00:35:37,603 Then, um... 948 00:35:37,636 --> 00:35:40,672 How do you explain this-- 949 00:35:40,706 --> 00:35:41,673 this photo? 950 00:35:41,707 --> 00:35:44,576 It's payback, obviously. 951 00:35:44,610 --> 00:35:47,413 You're saying that the police 952 00:35:47,446 --> 00:35:48,680 and the district attorney 953 00:35:48,714 --> 00:35:50,482 fabricated evidence 954 00:35:50,516 --> 00:35:52,218 because they couldn't convict you last time. 955 00:35:52,251 --> 00:35:54,953 Look, did anybody see me out there? 956 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,323 No. 957 00:35:57,356 --> 00:35:59,858 I'm a pretty recognizable guy. 958 00:35:59,891 --> 00:36:02,861 Did anybody see me at Serena's apartment that night? 959 00:36:02,894 --> 00:36:04,430 Of course not. 960 00:36:04,463 --> 00:36:06,465 'Cause I wasn't there. 961 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,635 Did you kill Serena Darby? 962 00:36:10,636 --> 00:36:12,638 Absolutely not. 963 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:15,173 Thank you. 964 00:36:20,612 --> 00:36:24,616 Mr. Stockwell is a convenient scapegoat. 965 00:36:24,650 --> 00:36:26,352 He ghostwrites your book. 966 00:36:26,385 --> 00:36:27,953 You give him credit for the murder you commit. 967 00:36:27,986 --> 00:36:30,556 I didn't kill anybody. 968 00:36:30,589 --> 00:36:32,391 Look, everybody knows why 969 00:36:32,424 --> 00:36:33,692 you're accusing me of this, Mr. McCoy. 970 00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:36,528 If you were having an affair with Serena Darby, 971 00:36:36,562 --> 00:36:38,297 why isn't there any evidence of it? 972 00:36:38,330 --> 00:36:40,232 Because Serena didn't want people to know about it. 973 00:36:40,266 --> 00:36:42,601 Except for the night in question? 974 00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:44,603 When she chose to have dinner with you 975 00:36:44,636 --> 00:36:46,472 in a popular restaurant? 976 00:36:46,505 --> 00:36:47,473 And you chose 977 00:36:47,506 --> 00:36:49,375 a public place to break things off? 978 00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:50,642 That's right. 979 00:36:54,980 --> 00:36:56,948 So this relationship that you claim 980 00:36:56,982 --> 00:36:59,618 you had with her, 981 00:36:59,651 --> 00:37:04,290 this...grew out of working together? 982 00:37:04,323 --> 00:37:06,425 Writing the book, yeah. 983 00:37:06,458 --> 00:37:08,427 Would it be accurate to say that Ms. Darby knew you well? 984 00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:11,263 As well as anybody, I guess. 985 00:37:11,297 --> 00:37:13,265 And she never expressed concern 986 00:37:13,299 --> 00:37:15,267 about having a relationship with you? 987 00:37:15,301 --> 00:37:17,369 [scoffs] 988 00:37:17,403 --> 00:37:18,537 Why would she? 989 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:20,672 Well, she was your publisher, 990 00:37:20,706 --> 00:37:22,941 isn't that right? 991 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:24,676 For this. 992 00:37:27,379 --> 00:37:28,480 There's nothing in that book 993 00:37:28,514 --> 00:37:29,681 that she needed to be concerned about. 994 00:37:29,715 --> 00:37:32,584 Really? 995 00:37:32,618 --> 00:37:34,586 Don't you confess to the murder of your wife? 996 00:37:34,620 --> 00:37:36,021 That's-- (Carsley) Objection. 997 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:37,689 (Judge) Approach. 998 00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:42,294 You ruled on this, Your Honor. 999 00:37:42,328 --> 00:37:44,029 Mr. McCoy, I made it clear that the content of that book 1000 00:37:44,062 --> 00:37:45,297 was out of bounds. 1001 00:37:45,331 --> 00:37:47,466 Mr. Lange opened the door. 1002 00:37:47,499 --> 00:37:49,668 He stepped in your trap. 1003 00:37:51,803 --> 00:37:53,772 Then I withdraw the question. 1004 00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:55,641 No, your cross-exam is over. 1005 00:37:55,674 --> 00:37:57,609 I want to redirect my client. 1006 00:37:57,643 --> 00:37:59,545 Fine. Step back. 1007 00:38:02,714 --> 00:38:05,083 (Carsley) Mr. Lange... 1008 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:08,787 Mr. Lange, this book-- 1009 00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:11,657 this book is purely a work of fiction, correct? 1010 00:38:11,690 --> 00:38:12,991 Yes, it is. 1011 00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:14,760 Absolutely. 1012 00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,695 (Carsley) Thank you. 1013 00:38:16,728 --> 00:38:18,597 The defense rests, Your Honor. 1014 00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:22,067 Your Honor, the People wish to call a rebuttal witness, 1015 00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:23,435 Gerald Stockwell. 1016 00:38:23,469 --> 00:38:24,603 That-- (Carsley) Chambers, Your Honor. 1017 00:38:24,636 --> 00:38:25,737 Let's go. 1018 00:38:29,608 --> 00:38:31,777 Your Honor, Mr. McCoy plans to impeach my client 1019 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:33,412 on excluded material. 1020 00:38:33,445 --> 00:38:34,613 The defense chose to redirect 1021 00:38:34,646 --> 00:38:37,383 on the basis of that material. 1022 00:38:37,416 --> 00:38:39,685 The testimony given was patently false. 1023 00:38:39,718 --> 00:38:40,519 This is a dirty trick-- 1024 00:38:40,552 --> 00:38:42,087 It goes to credibility, Your Honor. 1025 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,790 Mr. Stockwell will testify that the defendant 1026 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:46,558 made a willing confession to him 1027 00:38:46,592 --> 00:38:47,726 about killing his wife. 1028 00:38:47,759 --> 00:38:48,760 This doesn't matter. 1029 00:38:48,794 --> 00:38:50,362 You already ruled that the content 1030 00:38:50,396 --> 00:38:52,631 of that book is off limits during this trial. 1031 00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:54,366 It certainly didn't stop you 1032 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,034 from going there with your question. 1033 00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:57,736 This was a deliberate set-up, Your Honor. 1034 00:38:57,769 --> 00:38:59,638 Mr. McCoy is just trying to find a way to say 1035 00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:01,740 that my client got away with his wife's murder. 1036 00:39:01,773 --> 00:39:04,410 Be that as it may, the People have a right 1037 00:39:04,443 --> 00:39:07,479 to impeach the witness based on his prior testimony. 1038 00:39:07,513 --> 00:39:08,680 Excuse me? 1039 00:39:08,714 --> 00:39:10,582 You heard me, Mr. Carsley. 1040 00:39:10,616 --> 00:39:12,651 A lie is a lie in my courtroom. 1041 00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:14,820 And saying that book is fiction, 1042 00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:17,689 I think your client just told a big one. 1043 00:39:18,890 --> 00:39:20,559 You can call Mr. Stockwell. 1044 00:39:27,933 --> 00:39:31,503 What was your involvement in the writing of this book? 1045 00:39:31,537 --> 00:39:32,904 (Stockwell) I was the ghostwriter on the project. 1046 00:39:32,938 --> 00:39:34,506 And what did that entail? 1047 00:39:34,540 --> 00:39:36,842 Extensive interviews with Mr. Lange. 1048 00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:39,645 Then I outlined and wrote a draft of the manuscript. 1049 00:39:39,678 --> 00:39:42,881 Was this book a work of fiction? 1050 00:39:42,914 --> 00:39:45,417 Absolutely not. 1051 00:39:45,451 --> 00:39:47,519 In these interviews, did Mr. Lange 1052 00:39:47,553 --> 00:39:49,588 discuss the murder of his wife? 1053 00:39:49,621 --> 00:39:51,590 Yes. 1054 00:39:51,623 --> 00:39:53,091 What did he say? 1055 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:55,661 Quite a lot. 1056 00:39:55,694 --> 00:39:58,396 That's why I recorded our sessions. 1057 00:39:59,931 --> 00:40:02,734 (McCoy) Your Honor, at this time 1058 00:40:02,768 --> 00:40:06,438 the People would like to offer into evidence 1059 00:40:06,472 --> 00:40:10,776 a recording of one such interview. 1060 00:40:10,809 --> 00:40:12,778 Marked exhibit 18. 1061 00:40:12,811 --> 00:40:15,146 Objection, Your Honor. 1062 00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:17,483 These interviews are being taken out of context. 1063 00:40:17,516 --> 00:40:19,217 (McCoy) We can rebut 1064 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:20,852 direct testimony of the defendant. 1065 00:40:20,886 --> 00:40:23,589 Who better to do that than the defendant himself? 1066 00:40:25,591 --> 00:40:26,725 I'll allow it. 1067 00:40:35,634 --> 00:40:37,669 (Stockwell on recording) You were angry? 1068 00:40:37,703 --> 00:40:39,905 (Lange) I was tired of the disrespect. 1069 00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:41,773 And she'd go out with her girlfriends 1070 00:40:41,807 --> 00:40:43,842 and act like some street whore. 1071 00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:45,511 I knew what she was doing. 1072 00:40:45,544 --> 00:40:47,579 (Stockwell) What set things off that night? 1073 00:40:47,613 --> 00:40:48,814 (Lange) I could tell she'd been 1074 00:40:48,847 --> 00:40:50,849 with someone before I showed up. 1075 00:40:50,882 --> 00:40:52,951 I called her on it and she just got... 1076 00:40:52,984 --> 00:40:54,920 you know, hysterical. 1077 00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:56,788 (Stockwell) Can you describe what happened? 1078 00:40:58,824 --> 00:41:00,191 (Lange) She lunged at me. 1079 00:41:00,225 --> 00:41:01,893 And I had the knife in my hand. 1080 00:41:01,927 --> 00:41:04,863 And...that was it. 1081 00:41:04,896 --> 00:41:07,265 (Stockwell) You cut her throat? 1082 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:09,635 [Lange chuckles] I almost took her head off. 1083 00:41:09,668 --> 00:41:12,871 And all that blood, man... 1084 00:41:12,904 --> 00:41:14,840 Oh, you have no idea. 1085 00:41:16,808 --> 00:41:17,943 Don't look at me like that, Jerry. 1086 00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:20,679 You said you wanted to know what happened, 1087 00:41:20,712 --> 00:41:23,615 I ain't gonna lie to you. 1088 00:41:23,649 --> 00:41:25,751 I'm a free man. 1089 00:41:25,784 --> 00:41:27,653 I don't have to lie to anyone anymore. 1090 00:41:41,032 --> 00:41:43,602 Has the jury reached a verdict? 1091 00:41:43,635 --> 00:41:45,837 (woman) We have, Your Honor. 1092 00:41:45,871 --> 00:41:47,639 On the charge of Murder in the Second Degree, 1093 00:41:47,673 --> 00:41:49,207 for the killing of Serena Darby, 1094 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:50,709 how do you find? 1095 00:41:50,742 --> 00:41:51,743 We find the defendant, 1096 00:41:51,777 --> 00:41:53,612 James Paul Lange, 1097 00:41:53,645 --> 00:41:54,913 guilty. 1098 00:41:54,946 --> 00:41:56,682 [judge bangs gavel] 1099 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,301 It doesn't sound like Judge Emerton 1100 00:42:16,334 --> 00:42:18,336 was totally unsympathetic to your position. 1101 00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:19,805 Maybe not. 1102 00:42:19,838 --> 00:42:22,574 Or maybe I beat Lange at his own game. 1103 00:42:22,608 --> 00:42:25,276 Sounds like your taking this victory a tad personally. 1104 00:42:25,310 --> 00:42:26,945 Damn right, I am. 1105 00:42:26,978 --> 00:42:28,346 So what do you think, 1106 00:42:28,379 --> 00:42:30,649 did the jury convict Lange for the right murder? 1107 00:42:30,682 --> 00:42:31,983 (McCoy) That we'll probably never know. 1108 00:42:32,017 --> 00:42:32,083 Till one of them writes a book about it.