Murder One (1995–1997): Season 1, Episode 21 - Chapter Twenty-One - full transcript
the victim.
-Murder last night you could be...
...interested in. Fifteen-year-old
blond named Jessica Costello.
Cleaning lady found her. Naked, tied up,
strangled, drugs all over the place.
The suspect. drug-addicted
movie star Neil Avedon.
lt looks like you're hip-deep
in a rape homicide.
the betrayal.
I talked with Richard Cross.
He informs me you've been working
for him.
-Ted, let me explain.
-You're fired.
A marriage unravels.
We want half the estimated value
of the law firm.
Has it come to this?
I'm tired of living
on the front page of tabloids.
-You think I like it?
-I think you love it.
A friend to lean on.
Come home with me.
I don't know if that's a good idea.
Just this one night.
Illness revealed.
I have this headache.
It just won't go away.
I'm gonna have to excuse myself
for one second.
You just-- You know, you just--
Richard! Richard!
Call 911 .
Richard has AIDS.
It's only gonna get worse
until it kills him.
Maybe he killed my sister,
and he doesn't even remember it.
The trial.
Now you're gonna depend on me,
and you're gonna put your faith in me.
And you'll come out on the other side.
The jury deliberates.
lt is your job to find out whether
that man is guilty of first-degree murder.
All 12 jurors must agree
to the decision.
Whatever the word is from
that jury, we are gonna deal with it.
I'm waiting to hear if they're gonna
Iock me up the rest of my life.
The Avedon jury has been
in deliberation since last Thursday.
Saturday's half-day session brought
a surprise when the foreperson asked...
...that certain portions of the transcript
be read back to the jury.
Felicia Norell on line two. She wants
to be your first post-verdict interview.
Hello, Felicia.
That's quite a request, given what you
did last time I let Neil sit down with you.
That's quite a request, given what you
did last time I let Neil sit down with you.
Unbelievable.
No hard feelings. A long memory.
That's right. That would mean
I'm declining the interview.
I'm not gonna comment on my divorce.
Goodbye, Felicia.
-They're gonna convict.
-You have no idea what they'll do.
Ten thousand pages of testimony. They
only want to hear about my confession.
-They're gonna convict.
-They could just as easily been...
...confirming the testimony
was bogus, to acquit.
-Neil, go home and get some sleep.
-I can't sleep.
Every day, I think this could be
the last day of my freedom.
Ted, line three.
No more media requests.
Take a message.
It's not the media. It's the clerk.
Ted Hoffman.
Thank you.
Jury's reached a verdict.
Let's go.
Neil, are you scared?
You're gonna walk, Neil!
My tarot cards are never wrong!
The jury wasn't out too long.
Is that good or bad for Neil?
See you inside. Excuse us.
Neil, what are your thoughts?
Any predictions? Come on, talk to me.
Excuse us.
All rise.
The Honorable Beth Bornstein, judge,
presiding.
The Honorable Beth Bornstein, judge,
presiding.
Morning, everybody.
Please take a seat.
We're back on the record
in The People v. Avedon.
I understand you have a verdict.
We do, Your Honor.
Did you bring the verdict form?
-I did.
-Please make sure you signed it properly.
Please hand the form to the bailiff.
The foreperson. a 57-year-old
bookkeeper. known only as juror...
...number five. has risen to hand
the verdict to the bailiff.
Madam Foreperson, is this
a true and correct verdict?
Yes, it is.
Before my clerk reads...
...l want to warn everyone in this
courtroom that if there is any...
...acting up or hysterics, you will
be removed immediately.
Will the defendant please rise?
How say you?
We, the jury, in the above entitled
action. The People v. Neil Avedon...
...in the charge of murder in the first
degree for premeditated and deliberate...
...taking of another human life during
the commission of a felony rape...
...find the defendant,
Neil Avedon, guilty.
To wit, violation of Sections 187A...
...and 189 of the penal code
of the state of California...
...as charged in count one
of the information.
...as charged in count one
of the information.
Your Honor, I would like
the jury polled.
Juror number one...
-...is this your true and correct verdict?
-Yes.
-Juror number two?
-lt is.
-Juror number three?
-Yes.
lt most certainly is.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes, it is.
-Yes.
Yes.
You're okay. We're ready
for the next step.
Jurors, this court thanks
you for your diligence and time.
You are under no obligation to speak
to either of the parties, although they...
...have a right to approach you.
You are excused.
The bailiff will see you out.
Your Honor, the defense moves
that this verdict be set aside.
-Denied.
-We move to file a notice of appeal...
-...at this time.
-So noted.
We ask that Mr. Avedon's
bail be continued pending his appeal.
The people vigorously oppose any bail.
This court is in agreement.
Mr. Avedon, you've been found guilty.
The bail is revoked. The defendant is
remanded to the custody of the men's...
...jail until sentencing. We are adjourned.
Please clear the courtroom.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
Mr. Garfield.
-Well done.
Keep breathing, buddy.
There's an entire appeal process.
-Good job, kid.
Thanks.
Prepare yourself.
The next 24 hours are gonna be
the toughest. You can get through it.
Don't panic.
Look at me, Neil.
No matter what, do not panic.
Do you understand me?
Take off your shoes
and give me your socks.
Teddy?
It's procedure. They'll want
your belt and your tie too.
You'll be okay.
Let's go.
-This is wrong.
This is all wrong.
The jury has spoken. Justice has been
served, and we've sent a message...
...across the country that law
enforcement is a priority in Los Angeles.
All of us in Los Angeles County owe
a deep debt of gratitude to the police...
...and to members of the district
attorney's office who have...
...worked so tirelessly
to return this verdict.
And that, of course, includes our
Iead prosecutor, Miriam Grasso.
Yeah!
All right!
Thank you. Thank you very much. I am
very proud of the dedicated members...
...of this office, of my superb
associate, Mark Washington...
...DA Garfield's leadership.
But in our victory, let us not forget
that a young girl's life has been lost.
Thank you very much.
REPORTER 1 : Any statement, sir?
REPORTER 2: How's Neil?
REPORTER 3: Is he on suicide watch?
-Justice was not served today.
This is a mistaken verdict fueled
by suspect evidence and innuendo.
This is a mistaken verdict fueled
by suspect evidence and innuendo.
The jurors are good people,
but their passions were inflamed.
Neil Avedon would not, could not
and did not kill Jessica Costello.
We are going to aggressively appeal
this wrong-headed verdict.
And you will find,
as I have said all along...
...that the true killer of Jessica Costello
is not Neil Avedon. Thank you.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
You put up a good fight.
You are a worthy opponent.
-The game's not over, Roger.
-lt is as far as I'm concerned.
That's right. By the time the court
of appeal makes this right, you'll be...
...into your second term as governor,
with a little help from Richard Cross.
You know why you could never run
for public office, Teddy?
You haven't learned the fine art
of losing gracefully.
Maybe. But I know how to win
without stacking the deck.
Mr. Hoffman! Mr. Hoffman!
Remove yourself from the premises.
Take the Village People with you.
-Louis.
-Tell Miss Norell...
-...he hasn't changed his stance.
-All we want is five minutes.
-No Ted, just we're in the "offices of."
We let everyone up.
Out. Out.
Sorry, sir, you can't come in here.
-I'm delivering a pizza.
-Nobody here ordered a pizza.
I don't understand.
Could I call my office?
No. Take your box and your hidden
camera and get off this floor, okay?
-Would you sign this release?
-No, I would not.
Connie. You know I cannot
Iet you up there. I told you.
-Promise me, Louis.
-Connie, have I ever let you down?
If I say you're on top of the list,
you're on top of the list.
-I'm holding you to that.
-Louis, hi. I need to talk to Ted.
-He'll be available after 2:OO today.
-Great.
No, no. Not you, Justine.
-Louis, this is urgent.
-Your phone number, area code first.
As you may know,
this isn't a very good day.
I have information Ted is going to want,
and I'm not leaving until he hears it.
-We do miss you around here, Justine.
-Hey, Justine. How are you?
Get me 10 minutes with Ted.
I'll put in a good word
when he gets back.
Thank you.
-Chris, you okay?
-I blew it. I blew the trial.
-lt was a group effort, Chris.
-No. I'm the guy who examined Cross.
I also should have talked Neil out of
taking the stand. I could've done it.
There were a million variables
that went into this verdict, Chris.
You're right.
I just wish I wasn't one of them.
Mot taking away from the defense.
because they put on a masterful case...
...given what they were up against.
What they failed to communicate...
...to the jury was that Meil Avedon
was innocent.
But as you know. David. the defense
has no burden to prove anything.
-Legally that's true. but....
-We've made every channel so far.
Pull up a chair.
Hoffman and his
associates didn't give them one.
I have to jump on the bandwagon...
...with you there. Ted Hoffman did float
his "unholy three" theory...
...at closing arguments. but if Hoffman
really believed that Richard Cross...
...was in cahoots with Lester and his
nurse. you'd have expected Hoffman...
...to have examined Cross himself.
Instead. he passed him off to his...
...second chair. Chris Docknovich.
And that communicated to the jury...
-...a secondary status....
-The hits just keep on coming.
Ted Hoffman's comments about my
friend Richard Cross were. frankly...
...beginning to sound pathetic.
He sees conspiracy everywhere he turns.
He's giving Oliver Stone
a run for his money.
I'm not going to discuss the particulars
of our deliberation. But I will say that...
...when we took our first informal vote.
there wasn't a lot of disagreement.
That I will say.
There is a piece of business I must
clear up. Over and over. the press...
...erroneously reported that Meil
Avedon's legal defense was paid for...
...by the studio. He worked for us.
He made a movie, Deadbolt. which is
now out foreign and available on video.
But we never paid for his defense.
We had no part in his defense.
I'm no Oliver Wendell Holmes.
but. frankly. if we had been involved...
...there might have been
a different outcome in court today.
Sadly. Meil Avedon is exactly where he
should be today. And yes. I am...
...contemplating a slander suit against
Hoffman and Associates for their...
...egregious attempts to implicate me
in the death of Jessica Costello.
They're a ruthless group led by an amoral
tactician who would stop at nothing--
First rule of a lost verdict:
Don't attend the wake.
We took it on the chin today. But it's
the end of round three, that's all.
Now we get back up,
go to work on the appeal.
We still have a client behind bars.
Personally, I have the will,
but not the way.
How many times did you hear me tell
Neil, "A murder trial's a marathon"?
This is what I'm talking about.
Some stretches you coast...
...you return to fundamentals.
This is our time to organize. Regroup.
Are you considering any kind of
regrouping staffwise, Ted?
If you are, I'd understand if you wanted
to make a change at second chair.
If there's anything I need from you,
Chris, it's to stand fast.
I didn't hire any of you to see
if you could do the job.
I hired you
because I knew you could.
This case, from the start, has been
difficult for us to get our arms around.
We've had a setback. It's no one
person's fault. I consider it temporary.
lt may ultimately prove to be a bona fide
failure. But you're gonna find in life...
...you learn more from your defeats than
you'll ever learn from your victories.
Go have lunch, on the firm...
...see your families, answer your mail.
Life does go on.
Then come back here
because we've got work to do.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I understand Justine wants my ear.
And that, ladies and gentlemen,
is why his name is on the door.
Justine.
If the verdict had gone another way,
I wouldn't be here.
I don't think Neil should spend the rest
of his life behind bars...
...when another man is guilty.
If you were trying to get my
attention, you've succeeded.
Chris.
Richard Cross has AIDS.
Not a rumor, not conjecture.
He's got it, full-blown.
Not a rumor, not conjecture.
He's got it, full-blown.
-Oh, man.
-How do you know this?
I was at the hospital when
his physician told Julie.
He collapsed the other night.
He's in Stage-IV AIDS dementia.
He was just in court.
He looked fine.
They've had him on steroids.
It masks the effects.
lt certainly would explain
his behavior in court.
-What was Julie's response?
-She was shocked, but not surprised.
-Have you told anyone else?
-No.
If Jessica knew, she may have
threatened to go public with it.
That would be the motive
Cross needed to kill her.
And with the dementia,
he might very well not remember.
If Richard Cross killed Jessica and really
is in the last stages of AIDS...
...he would have nothing
to lose by telling us.
He was at Cedars.
I'd be happy to go with you.
I think it's probably better if Chris
handles it alone, Justine.
Hope I've done the right thing.
There is no doubt in my mind
that you have.
ls there anything else I can do?
Not that I can think of.
But thank you.
Call me from Cedars.
You don't hold out much hope
Cross is still there, do you?
Richard Cross has always managed
to stay one step ahead of us.
If he's dying, it just might
allow us to catch up.
I know he's gone, doctor.
That's pretty evident.
What I'm asking you is
where he's gone to.
I'm not at liberty to say.
Then you're in violation of
the Hippocratic oath. Richard Cross...
-...isn't the only life at stake.
-What are you talking about?
I'm saying other lives will be lost
if I don't find Cross before he dies.
It's that simple.
I'm sorry. I can't help you.
Larry King's office on two.
No word yet from Francesca Cross.
But I'll pencil her in when she calls.
And your wife.
-What line?
-She's here.
Annie?
Hi.
-Everything all right?
-Yeah. I'm here to see if everything's...
-...all right with you.
-Come in.
I'll tell Larry King we'll get back.
l've been watching you on TV all day.
-How are you holding up?
-I'm fine.
You fool everyone but me.
I see you on every channel...
...a microphone stuck in your face...
...responding to these rude,
ridiculous questions.
You look so strong and steady.
No one could guess
how badly you've been hurt.
Because the jury didn't get behind you,
didn't see the logic, your logic.
For three months, you showed them
the way, and they ignored it.
And that hurts.
Yeah.
That hurts like hell.
Come home with me tonight.
We'll order in from The Ivy and play
Scrabble with Lizzie. No TV. No verdict.
-Aren't you worried that'll confuse her?
-Confuse her how?
Get her hopes up that the divorce is off,
that we're a family again.
Ted, we are a family
whether you and I are married or not.
Lizzie and I are your family.
I thought this door was closed.
Just because we can't live together
doesn't mean we can't love each other.
Would you be here if I'd won today?
Would you need me if you'd won today?
Come on, let's go home.
Arnold, let's go.
This is the brief on post-conviction bail...
...the citations you should make...
-...during argument.
-Did you Shepardize those?
Yes, Chris.
I sent a guy to Phoenix.
He'll be at the Freedman Clinic.
If anyone's susceptible to being bought,
he'll find and buy them.
-Tell him not to worry how much for.
He knows.
The defense asks the court
to reconsider the issue of bail.
On what basis should we do that?
Neil Avedon, while out on bail,
never missed a day of court.
He's demonstrated
he's not a flight risk.
He should be free on bail,
pending the determination of his appeal.
The people oppose
the setting of bail in any amount.
Given the change in circumstances, given
the defendant now stands convicted...
...rather than accused, the fact that he
hasn't fled jurisdiction until now...
...hardly provides a compelling
argument for his release.
My client's face is known around
the world. Where is he going to go?
He has access to funds. He can go where
it doesn't matter if his face is known.
-Your motion for bail is denied.
We have supporting papers.
We'd ask that they be read
before the court rules.
l've already ruled.
Submit your papers to the clerk.
May I be heard?
-l've ruled, counsel.
The defendant is remanded to custody.
Let's go, Mr. Avedon.
Neil?
Your Honor, may I have
30 seconds with my client?
Go ahead.
Neil, pull yourself together.
I'm gonna see you later.
I'm expecting to have
some good news.
I want you to hang in and let me work
what I'm working on. Okay, Neil?
Neil, let go of the table.
Come on.
REPORTER 1 : How's Neil taking it?
-Doing fine.
REPORTER 2: What was the problem?
-We had to go over a couple of things.
REPORTER 2: He didn't refuse to leave?
-No.
REPORTER 3: Will there be a new trial?
-Absolutely.
I want you to get with Arnold and Lisa
for an appeal of her ruling on bail.
Do we have any chance?
-So that would be no.
-Sometimes you just take a shot.
With that in mind,
can I talk to you about Justine?
Gigi Fascinelli called
from the Larry King show.
She needs you at the studio no later
than 4:30. Want them to send a car?
-Not necessary.
-I have a long list of calls.
-I won't give them to you.
-Thank you.
What Justine did was dead wrong.
When you fired her, I thought
you were 100 percent right.
I wish I could say the same.
Given what she's done since then, you
wouldn't be betraying any principles...
-...if you brought her back in.
-I don't know if I can trust her.
I think she's trying to show you
that you can.
Yes?
Send her in.
-Thank you for coming.
-I was at the accountant's...
-...when I got your message.
-Please sit down.
What is it, Teddy?
What's wrong?
Richard has AIDS.
I don't know if you knew that.
ln the event you didn't,
I felt an obligation as a friend to tell you.
You are a friend, Teddy.
A very dear one.
And I've known Richard
was HIV-positive for quite some time.
How did you find out?
It's become self-evident.
He's gravely ill.
lf....
If you are at all concerned about
any risk, you needn't be.
When Richard was diagnosed about, um...
...six years ago now,
he was forthright enough to tell me.
I was tested every month
for a couple of years. I'm fine.
And so are you.
At least he had
the decency to tell you.
He was very concerned that he not
give this disease to anyone else.
Not that he's joined the priesthood.
But he's contented himself with
exploring the one part of his nature...
...that apparently gives him pleasure:
Watching.
Watching.
An interest I never shared.
Was anyone else aware
of his condition?
I can't imagine so.
Richard's an intensely private,
very secretive man.
Forgive my self-interest...
...but do you think his illness...
...could have factored
into Jessica's death in some way?
-You mean blackmail?
-Possibly.
I don't think he killed that girl, Teddy.
Why not?
Richard isn't someone
who gets his hands dirty.
He sits back, at an exquisite remove...
...looking at the rest of us
go about our lives.
Cool, detached...
...always watching,
voyeur that he is.
I'm sorry to hear that he's so ill.
If you see him,
tell him that he's in my prayers.
Not to sound uncharitable, I'm not sure
he deserves your prayers, Francesca.
Regardless, the enterprise
is good for my soul.
Goodbye, Teddy.
Planning to take time off?
l've got a multiple-homicide trial
starting on Monday. How about you?
The Einhorn case out in Santa Monica
goes to trial the beginning of the month.
-lt can't be good for you, what we do.
-Whoever said it was?
These are for you, folks,
compliments of the show.
Gee, suspenders.
We're all very excited
about having you on the show.
Thank you. It's nice to be back.
Now, thanks for the braces.
Miriam Grasso, do you hold out any
chance that that jury managed...
...to convict the wrong man?
I resolved, Larry, any doubt I had
before we went to trial.
As certain as I can be about anything,
I'm certain we convicted the right man.
Ted Hoffman, how long are
you prepared to drag this out?
As long as it takes.
You're gonna file appeal,
after appeal, after appeal?
I will petition whatever appellate
forums are available to me, you bet.
Let's take a call.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Hello.
Hi. Larry.
-Hi.
I had a question for Mr. Hoffman.
I'm guessing.
but I'd say that if your client...
...told you he'd raped and murdered
that girl. you wouldn't have done...
...anything different.
Am I wrong about that?
You're wrong.
First, I wouldn't have put him...
...on the witness stand
to proclaim his innocence.
But you would have continued
to represent him?
The guilty,
as well as the innocent...
...are entitled to legal representation.
If I signed on to do the job,
I fulfill my obligation.
Roanoke, Virginia, you're next.
Go ahead, caller.
Yeah. Larry. I have a question
for Mr. Hoffman.
I had a daughter who was raped and
murdered two years ago this November.
-She was 9 years old.
-I'm sorry.
Well. the man that did it to her
also had a smart lawyer.
That lawyer got the charges knocked
down to voluntary manslaughter...
...to which they pleaded guilty.
and for which...
...this man will be out of prison
in seven years.
So my question is. does Mr. Hoffman
think that justice was done?
Based on the facts as you
presented them, absolutely not.
Thank you, caller.
Larry, can I just say that Ted Hoffman
does his job. He does it well.
And the truth is, the justice system
doesn't work if he doesn't do it.
Fair enough. Ted, I asked Miriam this
earlier. Let's turn it around for you.
ls there any chance,
any thought in your mind...
-...that that jury convicted the right man?
-No.
-No chance at all?
-No chance at all.
We've got to take a break.
Don't go away, we'll be right back.
Find out when we get to see
a copy of Neil's sentencing report.
I have a call in to the judge's clerk.
Get me a list of shrinks for Neil.
I want to discuss what's gonna
be on his report to the judge.
Okay.
How bad was he?
He wasn't bad at all.
When I'm home and watch myself
in these things...
...l always get a little sick
to my stomach.
Let's see how we play in Peoria.
Here's your change.
Next, please.
Next, please.
Your change.
Mister, your change!
Keep it.
You all right?
Somewhere in Jessica Costello's
apartment is a camera.
What makes you say that?
Richard Cross is a voyeur.
We know that because
Julie Costello told us.
We know it because
Francesca Cross told us.
Given that, and given that he has
limitless resources...
...it makes sense he wouldn't limit
his viewing pleasure...
...to those occasions
when he was physically present.
And I'll bet there were things
he wanted to see more than once.
Which means there's a VCR.
Which means that somewhere,
there may be a videotape of the murder.
So, what do we do?
We call Ray Velacek,
tell him to meet us over there.
What's up, Ted?
There's a camera and a tape deck
hidden someplace in that apartment.
-You know that for a fact?
-I know it in my gut.
-ls there anyone living there?
-No.
Cross has kept it vacant
since the murder.
Any way for us to get in,
short of breaking and entering?
No way that's in time for us
to do any good.
Let Eddie and me go in.
You guys take a ride around the block.
I did that once, Ray.
Your predecessor got himself killed doing
my bidding while I was home sleeping...
...in my bed.
This time you go in, I go in.
Let's do it.
Where do we start?
Bedroom and the bathroom is
the only place he would put a camera.
Let's do the ceiling first.
There may not be a camera in here.
There may not be a camera in here.
There is a camera in here.
Give me some more light.
-You're absolutely right.
-Find the deck.
It's in the closet.
Yeah.
-It's downstairs.
Let's check the garage.
Now we got us a game.
-Hi, Justine.
Hi, Ted. Hi, Chris.
Come on into my office.
I appreciate your efforts to help us.
I hope they amount to something.
I'd like to offer you your job back.
Thank you.
I'm guessing that you want it back.
Yeah. I never stopped feeling as
though I were a part of this place, Ted.
I never stopped feeling as though
I had to make amends for what I did.
I owed that to you and to Neil...
...regardless of whether or not
I was getting my job back.
I hated like hell to let you go.
Detective Polson's here.
-Chris will bring you up-to-date.
-Okay.
Good evening, detective.
What brings you here at this hour?
I know you're not a 9-to-5 kind of guy.
I thought I might find you here.
And so you have.
You wouldn't have had any reason...
...to stop by Jessica Costello's
apartment recently, would you?
Why do you ask?
lt seems as though someone
broke in there tonight.
ls that right?
Any idea why someone
would have done that?
I I I I
First guess would be
tampering with evidence.
On the other hand,
given the notoriety of this case...
...it could just as easily have
been souvenir hunters.
I didn't really come here
to speculate aloud with you.
-Why did you come here?
-I got a partial plate from a neighbor...
...that matches up with yours.
I found a piece of black electrician's tape
over the lens of the security camera.
Do you want to tell me
what you were doing there, Ted?
I was looking for a hidden camera
and a VCR.
You realize you committed a felony?
Before you arrest me, you might be
interested to learn that we found...
...what we were looking for.
Why is that significant?
Because it means there's a good chance
that there's a tape of the murder.
Assuming such a tape existed,
where would it be found?
My guess would be somewhere
in Richard Cross' possession.
What he was doing on
that security camera...
...the night of the murder
was retrieving it.
According to your theory, Richard Cross
either killed this girl himself...
...or paid someone to have her killed.
If a tape existed,
why wouldn't he have destroyed it?
Because he's a voyeur.
He likes to watch it.
Help me find him, Arthur.
There's no longer
an open investigation in this case.
Officially, there's nothing I can do.
Other than looking the other way
when you break the law.
I did it to myself.
I was a drunk, and I was a dope fiend.
Now is not the time to be
beating yourself up over that.
I didn't do the one smart thing I could've
done, which was listen to my lawyer...
-...and keep my mouth shut.
-Don't dwell on it, Neil.
You were right. You said if I took
the witness stand, I'd convict myself.
-You don't know what did it, Neil.
-What did it?
What did it was me, Teddy!
Me. I did it. I lived a bad life...
...and now I'm paying for it.
They're gonna put me in prison
for the rest of my life.
-Maybe not.
-You gonna tell me about appeals now?
I'm gonna tell you that we found
a camera and a VCR...
...in Jessica Costello's
apartment tonight.
I think there's a videotape
of Jessica's murder.
-Where is it?
-Somewhere under Richard Cross' control.
Where is he?
We don't know yet.
What we do know
is that he's got full-blown AIDS.
Great.
That means he's got nothing
to lose by telling us the truth.
Assuming you find him in time.
We will find him.
One way or another, we will find him.
What if you don't?
I'm scared, Teddy.
I am so scared.
Oh, God, I'm scared.
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-Murder last night you could be...
...interested in. Fifteen-year-old
blond named Jessica Costello.
Cleaning lady found her. Naked, tied up,
strangled, drugs all over the place.
The suspect. drug-addicted
movie star Neil Avedon.
lt looks like you're hip-deep
in a rape homicide.
the betrayal.
I talked with Richard Cross.
He informs me you've been working
for him.
-Ted, let me explain.
-You're fired.
A marriage unravels.
We want half the estimated value
of the law firm.
Has it come to this?
I'm tired of living
on the front page of tabloids.
-You think I like it?
-I think you love it.
A friend to lean on.
Come home with me.
I don't know if that's a good idea.
Just this one night.
Illness revealed.
I have this headache.
It just won't go away.
I'm gonna have to excuse myself
for one second.
You just-- You know, you just--
Richard! Richard!
Call 911 .
Richard has AIDS.
It's only gonna get worse
until it kills him.
Maybe he killed my sister,
and he doesn't even remember it.
The trial.
Now you're gonna depend on me,
and you're gonna put your faith in me.
And you'll come out on the other side.
The jury deliberates.
lt is your job to find out whether
that man is guilty of first-degree murder.
All 12 jurors must agree
to the decision.
Whatever the word is from
that jury, we are gonna deal with it.
I'm waiting to hear if they're gonna
Iock me up the rest of my life.
The Avedon jury has been
in deliberation since last Thursday.
Saturday's half-day session brought
a surprise when the foreperson asked...
...that certain portions of the transcript
be read back to the jury.
Felicia Norell on line two. She wants
to be your first post-verdict interview.
Hello, Felicia.
That's quite a request, given what you
did last time I let Neil sit down with you.
That's quite a request, given what you
did last time I let Neil sit down with you.
Unbelievable.
No hard feelings. A long memory.
That's right. That would mean
I'm declining the interview.
I'm not gonna comment on my divorce.
Goodbye, Felicia.
-They're gonna convict.
-You have no idea what they'll do.
Ten thousand pages of testimony. They
only want to hear about my confession.
-They're gonna convict.
-They could just as easily been...
...confirming the testimony
was bogus, to acquit.
-Neil, go home and get some sleep.
-I can't sleep.
Every day, I think this could be
the last day of my freedom.
Ted, line three.
No more media requests.
Take a message.
It's not the media. It's the clerk.
Ted Hoffman.
Thank you.
Jury's reached a verdict.
Let's go.
Neil, are you scared?
You're gonna walk, Neil!
My tarot cards are never wrong!
The jury wasn't out too long.
Is that good or bad for Neil?
See you inside. Excuse us.
Neil, what are your thoughts?
Any predictions? Come on, talk to me.
Excuse us.
All rise.
The Honorable Beth Bornstein, judge,
presiding.
The Honorable Beth Bornstein, judge,
presiding.
Morning, everybody.
Please take a seat.
We're back on the record
in The People v. Avedon.
I understand you have a verdict.
We do, Your Honor.
Did you bring the verdict form?
-I did.
-Please make sure you signed it properly.
Please hand the form to the bailiff.
The foreperson. a 57-year-old
bookkeeper. known only as juror...
...number five. has risen to hand
the verdict to the bailiff.
Madam Foreperson, is this
a true and correct verdict?
Yes, it is.
Before my clerk reads...
...l want to warn everyone in this
courtroom that if there is any...
...acting up or hysterics, you will
be removed immediately.
Will the defendant please rise?
How say you?
We, the jury, in the above entitled
action. The People v. Neil Avedon...
...in the charge of murder in the first
degree for premeditated and deliberate...
...taking of another human life during
the commission of a felony rape...
...find the defendant,
Neil Avedon, guilty.
To wit, violation of Sections 187A...
...and 189 of the penal code
of the state of California...
...as charged in count one
of the information.
...as charged in count one
of the information.
Your Honor, I would like
the jury polled.
Juror number one...
-...is this your true and correct verdict?
-Yes.
-Juror number two?
-lt is.
-Juror number three?
-Yes.
lt most certainly is.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes, it is.
-Yes.
Yes.
You're okay. We're ready
for the next step.
Jurors, this court thanks
you for your diligence and time.
You are under no obligation to speak
to either of the parties, although they...
...have a right to approach you.
You are excused.
The bailiff will see you out.
Your Honor, the defense moves
that this verdict be set aside.
-Denied.
-We move to file a notice of appeal...
-...at this time.
-So noted.
We ask that Mr. Avedon's
bail be continued pending his appeal.
The people vigorously oppose any bail.
This court is in agreement.
Mr. Avedon, you've been found guilty.
The bail is revoked. The defendant is
remanded to the custody of the men's...
...jail until sentencing. We are adjourned.
Please clear the courtroom.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
Mr. Garfield.
-Well done.
Keep breathing, buddy.
There's an entire appeal process.
-Good job, kid.
Thanks.
Prepare yourself.
The next 24 hours are gonna be
the toughest. You can get through it.
Don't panic.
Look at me, Neil.
No matter what, do not panic.
Do you understand me?
Take off your shoes
and give me your socks.
Teddy?
It's procedure. They'll want
your belt and your tie too.
You'll be okay.
Let's go.
-This is wrong.
This is all wrong.
The jury has spoken. Justice has been
served, and we've sent a message...
...across the country that law
enforcement is a priority in Los Angeles.
All of us in Los Angeles County owe
a deep debt of gratitude to the police...
...and to members of the district
attorney's office who have...
...worked so tirelessly
to return this verdict.
And that, of course, includes our
Iead prosecutor, Miriam Grasso.
Yeah!
All right!
Thank you. Thank you very much. I am
very proud of the dedicated members...
...of this office, of my superb
associate, Mark Washington...
...DA Garfield's leadership.
But in our victory, let us not forget
that a young girl's life has been lost.
Thank you very much.
REPORTER 1 : Any statement, sir?
REPORTER 2: How's Neil?
REPORTER 3: Is he on suicide watch?
-Justice was not served today.
This is a mistaken verdict fueled
by suspect evidence and innuendo.
This is a mistaken verdict fueled
by suspect evidence and innuendo.
The jurors are good people,
but their passions were inflamed.
Neil Avedon would not, could not
and did not kill Jessica Costello.
We are going to aggressively appeal
this wrong-headed verdict.
And you will find,
as I have said all along...
...that the true killer of Jessica Costello
is not Neil Avedon. Thank you.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
You put up a good fight.
You are a worthy opponent.
-The game's not over, Roger.
-lt is as far as I'm concerned.
That's right. By the time the court
of appeal makes this right, you'll be...
...into your second term as governor,
with a little help from Richard Cross.
You know why you could never run
for public office, Teddy?
You haven't learned the fine art
of losing gracefully.
Maybe. But I know how to win
without stacking the deck.
Mr. Hoffman! Mr. Hoffman!
Remove yourself from the premises.
Take the Village People with you.
-Louis.
-Tell Miss Norell...
-...he hasn't changed his stance.
-All we want is five minutes.
-No Ted, just we're in the "offices of."
We let everyone up.
Out. Out.
Sorry, sir, you can't come in here.
-I'm delivering a pizza.
-Nobody here ordered a pizza.
I don't understand.
Could I call my office?
No. Take your box and your hidden
camera and get off this floor, okay?
-Would you sign this release?
-No, I would not.
Connie. You know I cannot
Iet you up there. I told you.
-Promise me, Louis.
-Connie, have I ever let you down?
If I say you're on top of the list,
you're on top of the list.
-I'm holding you to that.
-Louis, hi. I need to talk to Ted.
-He'll be available after 2:OO today.
-Great.
No, no. Not you, Justine.
-Louis, this is urgent.
-Your phone number, area code first.
As you may know,
this isn't a very good day.
I have information Ted is going to want,
and I'm not leaving until he hears it.
-We do miss you around here, Justine.
-Hey, Justine. How are you?
Get me 10 minutes with Ted.
I'll put in a good word
when he gets back.
Thank you.
-Chris, you okay?
-I blew it. I blew the trial.
-lt was a group effort, Chris.
-No. I'm the guy who examined Cross.
I also should have talked Neil out of
taking the stand. I could've done it.
There were a million variables
that went into this verdict, Chris.
You're right.
I just wish I wasn't one of them.
Mot taking away from the defense.
because they put on a masterful case...
...given what they were up against.
What they failed to communicate...
...to the jury was that Meil Avedon
was innocent.
But as you know. David. the defense
has no burden to prove anything.
-Legally that's true. but....
-We've made every channel so far.
Pull up a chair.
Hoffman and his
associates didn't give them one.
I have to jump on the bandwagon...
...with you there. Ted Hoffman did float
his "unholy three" theory...
...at closing arguments. but if Hoffman
really believed that Richard Cross...
...was in cahoots with Lester and his
nurse. you'd have expected Hoffman...
...to have examined Cross himself.
Instead. he passed him off to his...
...second chair. Chris Docknovich.
And that communicated to the jury...
-...a secondary status....
-The hits just keep on coming.
Ted Hoffman's comments about my
friend Richard Cross were. frankly...
...beginning to sound pathetic.
He sees conspiracy everywhere he turns.
He's giving Oliver Stone
a run for his money.
I'm not going to discuss the particulars
of our deliberation. But I will say that...
...when we took our first informal vote.
there wasn't a lot of disagreement.
That I will say.
There is a piece of business I must
clear up. Over and over. the press...
...erroneously reported that Meil
Avedon's legal defense was paid for...
...by the studio. He worked for us.
He made a movie, Deadbolt. which is
now out foreign and available on video.
But we never paid for his defense.
We had no part in his defense.
I'm no Oliver Wendell Holmes.
but. frankly. if we had been involved...
...there might have been
a different outcome in court today.
Sadly. Meil Avedon is exactly where he
should be today. And yes. I am...
...contemplating a slander suit against
Hoffman and Associates for their...
...egregious attempts to implicate me
in the death of Jessica Costello.
They're a ruthless group led by an amoral
tactician who would stop at nothing--
First rule of a lost verdict:
Don't attend the wake.
We took it on the chin today. But it's
the end of round three, that's all.
Now we get back up,
go to work on the appeal.
We still have a client behind bars.
Personally, I have the will,
but not the way.
How many times did you hear me tell
Neil, "A murder trial's a marathon"?
This is what I'm talking about.
Some stretches you coast...
...you return to fundamentals.
This is our time to organize. Regroup.
Are you considering any kind of
regrouping staffwise, Ted?
If you are, I'd understand if you wanted
to make a change at second chair.
If there's anything I need from you,
Chris, it's to stand fast.
I didn't hire any of you to see
if you could do the job.
I hired you
because I knew you could.
This case, from the start, has been
difficult for us to get our arms around.
We've had a setback. It's no one
person's fault. I consider it temporary.
lt may ultimately prove to be a bona fide
failure. But you're gonna find in life...
...you learn more from your defeats than
you'll ever learn from your victories.
Go have lunch, on the firm...
...see your families, answer your mail.
Life does go on.
Then come back here
because we've got work to do.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I understand Justine wants my ear.
And that, ladies and gentlemen,
is why his name is on the door.
Justine.
If the verdict had gone another way,
I wouldn't be here.
I don't think Neil should spend the rest
of his life behind bars...
...when another man is guilty.
If you were trying to get my
attention, you've succeeded.
Chris.
Richard Cross has AIDS.
Not a rumor, not conjecture.
He's got it, full-blown.
Not a rumor, not conjecture.
He's got it, full-blown.
-Oh, man.
-How do you know this?
I was at the hospital when
his physician told Julie.
He collapsed the other night.
He's in Stage-IV AIDS dementia.
He was just in court.
He looked fine.
They've had him on steroids.
It masks the effects.
lt certainly would explain
his behavior in court.
-What was Julie's response?
-She was shocked, but not surprised.
-Have you told anyone else?
-No.
If Jessica knew, she may have
threatened to go public with it.
That would be the motive
Cross needed to kill her.
And with the dementia,
he might very well not remember.
If Richard Cross killed Jessica and really
is in the last stages of AIDS...
...he would have nothing
to lose by telling us.
He was at Cedars.
I'd be happy to go with you.
I think it's probably better if Chris
handles it alone, Justine.
Hope I've done the right thing.
There is no doubt in my mind
that you have.
ls there anything else I can do?
Not that I can think of.
But thank you.
Call me from Cedars.
You don't hold out much hope
Cross is still there, do you?
Richard Cross has always managed
to stay one step ahead of us.
If he's dying, it just might
allow us to catch up.
I know he's gone, doctor.
That's pretty evident.
What I'm asking you is
where he's gone to.
I'm not at liberty to say.
Then you're in violation of
the Hippocratic oath. Richard Cross...
-...isn't the only life at stake.
-What are you talking about?
I'm saying other lives will be lost
if I don't find Cross before he dies.
It's that simple.
I'm sorry. I can't help you.
Larry King's office on two.
No word yet from Francesca Cross.
But I'll pencil her in when she calls.
And your wife.
-What line?
-She's here.
Annie?
Hi.
-Everything all right?
-Yeah. I'm here to see if everything's...
-...all right with you.
-Come in.
I'll tell Larry King we'll get back.
l've been watching you on TV all day.
-How are you holding up?
-I'm fine.
You fool everyone but me.
I see you on every channel...
...a microphone stuck in your face...
...responding to these rude,
ridiculous questions.
You look so strong and steady.
No one could guess
how badly you've been hurt.
Because the jury didn't get behind you,
didn't see the logic, your logic.
For three months, you showed them
the way, and they ignored it.
And that hurts.
Yeah.
That hurts like hell.
Come home with me tonight.
We'll order in from The Ivy and play
Scrabble with Lizzie. No TV. No verdict.
-Aren't you worried that'll confuse her?
-Confuse her how?
Get her hopes up that the divorce is off,
that we're a family again.
Ted, we are a family
whether you and I are married or not.
Lizzie and I are your family.
I thought this door was closed.
Just because we can't live together
doesn't mean we can't love each other.
Would you be here if I'd won today?
Would you need me if you'd won today?
Come on, let's go home.
Arnold, let's go.
This is the brief on post-conviction bail...
...the citations you should make...
-...during argument.
-Did you Shepardize those?
Yes, Chris.
I sent a guy to Phoenix.
He'll be at the Freedman Clinic.
If anyone's susceptible to being bought,
he'll find and buy them.
-Tell him not to worry how much for.
He knows.
The defense asks the court
to reconsider the issue of bail.
On what basis should we do that?
Neil Avedon, while out on bail,
never missed a day of court.
He's demonstrated
he's not a flight risk.
He should be free on bail,
pending the determination of his appeal.
The people oppose
the setting of bail in any amount.
Given the change in circumstances, given
the defendant now stands convicted...
...rather than accused, the fact that he
hasn't fled jurisdiction until now...
...hardly provides a compelling
argument for his release.
My client's face is known around
the world. Where is he going to go?
He has access to funds. He can go where
it doesn't matter if his face is known.
-Your motion for bail is denied.
We have supporting papers.
We'd ask that they be read
before the court rules.
l've already ruled.
Submit your papers to the clerk.
May I be heard?
-l've ruled, counsel.
The defendant is remanded to custody.
Let's go, Mr. Avedon.
Neil?
Your Honor, may I have
30 seconds with my client?
Go ahead.
Neil, pull yourself together.
I'm gonna see you later.
I'm expecting to have
some good news.
I want you to hang in and let me work
what I'm working on. Okay, Neil?
Neil, let go of the table.
Come on.
REPORTER 1 : How's Neil taking it?
-Doing fine.
REPORTER 2: What was the problem?
-We had to go over a couple of things.
REPORTER 2: He didn't refuse to leave?
-No.
REPORTER 3: Will there be a new trial?
-Absolutely.
I want you to get with Arnold and Lisa
for an appeal of her ruling on bail.
Do we have any chance?
-So that would be no.
-Sometimes you just take a shot.
With that in mind,
can I talk to you about Justine?
Gigi Fascinelli called
from the Larry King show.
She needs you at the studio no later
than 4:30. Want them to send a car?
-Not necessary.
-I have a long list of calls.
-I won't give them to you.
-Thank you.
What Justine did was dead wrong.
When you fired her, I thought
you were 100 percent right.
I wish I could say the same.
Given what she's done since then, you
wouldn't be betraying any principles...
-...if you brought her back in.
-I don't know if I can trust her.
I think she's trying to show you
that you can.
Yes?
Send her in.
-Thank you for coming.
-I was at the accountant's...
-...when I got your message.
-Please sit down.
What is it, Teddy?
What's wrong?
Richard has AIDS.
I don't know if you knew that.
ln the event you didn't,
I felt an obligation as a friend to tell you.
You are a friend, Teddy.
A very dear one.
And I've known Richard
was HIV-positive for quite some time.
How did you find out?
It's become self-evident.
He's gravely ill.
lf....
If you are at all concerned about
any risk, you needn't be.
When Richard was diagnosed about, um...
...six years ago now,
he was forthright enough to tell me.
I was tested every month
for a couple of years. I'm fine.
And so are you.
At least he had
the decency to tell you.
He was very concerned that he not
give this disease to anyone else.
Not that he's joined the priesthood.
But he's contented himself with
exploring the one part of his nature...
...that apparently gives him pleasure:
Watching.
Watching.
An interest I never shared.
Was anyone else aware
of his condition?
I can't imagine so.
Richard's an intensely private,
very secretive man.
Forgive my self-interest...
...but do you think his illness...
...could have factored
into Jessica's death in some way?
-You mean blackmail?
-Possibly.
I don't think he killed that girl, Teddy.
Why not?
Richard isn't someone
who gets his hands dirty.
He sits back, at an exquisite remove...
...looking at the rest of us
go about our lives.
Cool, detached...
...always watching,
voyeur that he is.
I'm sorry to hear that he's so ill.
If you see him,
tell him that he's in my prayers.
Not to sound uncharitable, I'm not sure
he deserves your prayers, Francesca.
Regardless, the enterprise
is good for my soul.
Goodbye, Teddy.
Planning to take time off?
l've got a multiple-homicide trial
starting on Monday. How about you?
The Einhorn case out in Santa Monica
goes to trial the beginning of the month.
-lt can't be good for you, what we do.
-Whoever said it was?
These are for you, folks,
compliments of the show.
Gee, suspenders.
We're all very excited
about having you on the show.
Thank you. It's nice to be back.
Now, thanks for the braces.
Miriam Grasso, do you hold out any
chance that that jury managed...
...to convict the wrong man?
I resolved, Larry, any doubt I had
before we went to trial.
As certain as I can be about anything,
I'm certain we convicted the right man.
Ted Hoffman, how long are
you prepared to drag this out?
As long as it takes.
You're gonna file appeal,
after appeal, after appeal?
I will petition whatever appellate
forums are available to me, you bet.
Let's take a call.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Hello.
Hi. Larry.
-Hi.
I had a question for Mr. Hoffman.
I'm guessing.
but I'd say that if your client...
...told you he'd raped and murdered
that girl. you wouldn't have done...
...anything different.
Am I wrong about that?
You're wrong.
First, I wouldn't have put him...
...on the witness stand
to proclaim his innocence.
But you would have continued
to represent him?
The guilty,
as well as the innocent...
...are entitled to legal representation.
If I signed on to do the job,
I fulfill my obligation.
Roanoke, Virginia, you're next.
Go ahead, caller.
Yeah. Larry. I have a question
for Mr. Hoffman.
I had a daughter who was raped and
murdered two years ago this November.
-She was 9 years old.
-I'm sorry.
Well. the man that did it to her
also had a smart lawyer.
That lawyer got the charges knocked
down to voluntary manslaughter...
...to which they pleaded guilty.
and for which...
...this man will be out of prison
in seven years.
So my question is. does Mr. Hoffman
think that justice was done?
Based on the facts as you
presented them, absolutely not.
Thank you, caller.
Larry, can I just say that Ted Hoffman
does his job. He does it well.
And the truth is, the justice system
doesn't work if he doesn't do it.
Fair enough. Ted, I asked Miriam this
earlier. Let's turn it around for you.
ls there any chance,
any thought in your mind...
-...that that jury convicted the right man?
-No.
-No chance at all?
-No chance at all.
We've got to take a break.
Don't go away, we'll be right back.
Find out when we get to see
a copy of Neil's sentencing report.
I have a call in to the judge's clerk.
Get me a list of shrinks for Neil.
I want to discuss what's gonna
be on his report to the judge.
Okay.
How bad was he?
He wasn't bad at all.
When I'm home and watch myself
in these things...
...l always get a little sick
to my stomach.
Let's see how we play in Peoria.
Here's your change.
Next, please.
Next, please.
Your change.
Mister, your change!
Keep it.
You all right?
Somewhere in Jessica Costello's
apartment is a camera.
What makes you say that?
Richard Cross is a voyeur.
We know that because
Julie Costello told us.
We know it because
Francesca Cross told us.
Given that, and given that he has
limitless resources...
...it makes sense he wouldn't limit
his viewing pleasure...
...to those occasions
when he was physically present.
And I'll bet there were things
he wanted to see more than once.
Which means there's a VCR.
Which means that somewhere,
there may be a videotape of the murder.
So, what do we do?
We call Ray Velacek,
tell him to meet us over there.
What's up, Ted?
There's a camera and a tape deck
hidden someplace in that apartment.
-You know that for a fact?
-I know it in my gut.
-ls there anyone living there?
-No.
Cross has kept it vacant
since the murder.
Any way for us to get in,
short of breaking and entering?
No way that's in time for us
to do any good.
Let Eddie and me go in.
You guys take a ride around the block.
I did that once, Ray.
Your predecessor got himself killed doing
my bidding while I was home sleeping...
...in my bed.
This time you go in, I go in.
Let's do it.
Where do we start?
Bedroom and the bathroom is
the only place he would put a camera.
Let's do the ceiling first.
There may not be a camera in here.
There may not be a camera in here.
There is a camera in here.
Give me some more light.
-You're absolutely right.
-Find the deck.
It's in the closet.
Yeah.
-It's downstairs.
Let's check the garage.
Now we got us a game.
-Hi, Justine.
Hi, Ted. Hi, Chris.
Come on into my office.
I appreciate your efforts to help us.
I hope they amount to something.
I'd like to offer you your job back.
Thank you.
I'm guessing that you want it back.
Yeah. I never stopped feeling as
though I were a part of this place, Ted.
I never stopped feeling as though
I had to make amends for what I did.
I owed that to you and to Neil...
...regardless of whether or not
I was getting my job back.
I hated like hell to let you go.
Detective Polson's here.
-Chris will bring you up-to-date.
-Okay.
Good evening, detective.
What brings you here at this hour?
I know you're not a 9-to-5 kind of guy.
I thought I might find you here.
And so you have.
You wouldn't have had any reason...
...to stop by Jessica Costello's
apartment recently, would you?
Why do you ask?
lt seems as though someone
broke in there tonight.
ls that right?
Any idea why someone
would have done that?
I I I I
First guess would be
tampering with evidence.
On the other hand,
given the notoriety of this case...
...it could just as easily have
been souvenir hunters.
I didn't really come here
to speculate aloud with you.
-Why did you come here?
-I got a partial plate from a neighbor...
...that matches up with yours.
I found a piece of black electrician's tape
over the lens of the security camera.
Do you want to tell me
what you were doing there, Ted?
I was looking for a hidden camera
and a VCR.
You realize you committed a felony?
Before you arrest me, you might be
interested to learn that we found...
...what we were looking for.
Why is that significant?
Because it means there's a good chance
that there's a tape of the murder.
Assuming such a tape existed,
where would it be found?
My guess would be somewhere
in Richard Cross' possession.
What he was doing on
that security camera...
...the night of the murder
was retrieving it.
According to your theory, Richard Cross
either killed this girl himself...
...or paid someone to have her killed.
If a tape existed,
why wouldn't he have destroyed it?
Because he's a voyeur.
He likes to watch it.
Help me find him, Arthur.
There's no longer
an open investigation in this case.
Officially, there's nothing I can do.
Other than looking the other way
when you break the law.
I did it to myself.
I was a drunk, and I was a dope fiend.
Now is not the time to be
beating yourself up over that.
I didn't do the one smart thing I could've
done, which was listen to my lawyer...
-...and keep my mouth shut.
-Don't dwell on it, Neil.
You were right. You said if I took
the witness stand, I'd convict myself.
-You don't know what did it, Neil.
-What did it?
What did it was me, Teddy!
Me. I did it. I lived a bad life...
...and now I'm paying for it.
They're gonna put me in prison
for the rest of my life.
-Maybe not.
-You gonna tell me about appeals now?
I'm gonna tell you that we found
a camera and a VCR...
...in Jessica Costello's
apartment tonight.
I think there's a videotape
of Jessica's murder.
-Where is it?
-Somewhere under Richard Cross' control.
Where is he?
We don't know yet.
What we do know
is that he's got full-blown AIDS.
Great.
That means he's got nothing
to lose by telling us the truth.
Assuming you find him in time.
We will find him.
One way or another, we will find him.
What if you don't?
I'm scared, Teddy.
I am so scared.
Oh, God, I'm scared.
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