Murder One (1995–1997): Season 2, Episode 13 - Chapter Thirteen, Year Two - full transcript

THE GUARD SAID YOU WERE
FROM THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

I WAS WITH THE D.A.'s OFFICE.
I RESIGNED EARLIER TODAY.

I THOUGHT WE HAD A
RELATIONSHIP, JIMMY. WE DID. WE DO.

WE'RE JUST ON DIFFERENT
SIDES OF THE DESK. THAT'S ALL.

WITH TED HOFFMAN GONE,
WE NEED A MARQUEE PLAYER.

SOMEBODY WHO CAN BRING
HEAVYWEIGHT CASES THROUGH THE DOOR.

YOU'RE THE GUY WHO CAN DO THAT.
YOU SPEAKING AS A FREE AGENT?

I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF JUSTINE
APPLETON AND ARNOLD SPIVAK.

JAMES WYLER, I THINK
YOU KNOW ARNOLD SPIVAK.

HOW DO? JUSTINE APPLETON.

- PLEASURE.
- I PROMISE YOU. THERE WILL BE...



MORE OPPORTUNITIES HERE
THAN EVER EXISTED BEFORE.

NOW, WHERE CAN I PITCH MY TENT?

IT'S NOT HOW YOU GET THE
JOB. IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH IT.

BUT IF YOU COME ON BOARD, I
PROMISE YOU WILL BE HEAVILY INVOLVED.

- I'LL TAKE THE JOB.
- ARNOLD, YOU'RE
AN EXCELLENT LAWYER.

YOU WOULDN'T BE ON BOARD
IF THAT WASN'T THE CASE.

BUT. WHEN IT COMES TO...

WHO STANDS UP IN COURT, YOU'RE
NOT THE GUY I'M GONNA CHOOSE.

THE MORE I GET TO KNOW
YOU, THE CLEARER IT IS...

THAT YOU ARE SOMEONE
ENTIRELY WITHOUT SCRUPLES.

I HAVE SCRUPLES. LIKE WHAT?

I WOULD NEVER GET ROMANTICALLY
INVOLVED WITH A COWORKER.

EVEN IF THERE WERE ONE THAT
YOU WERE INCREDIBLY ATTRACTED TO?

JUSTINE? HMM?



YOU'RE FIRED.

JIMMY. SIDNEY, HOW ARE YOU?

WELL,

I'M AT THAT STAGE WHERE
MY DOCTOR USES TERMS LIKE...

"QUALITY OF LIFE."

EXCEPT THERE'S NOTHING
OF QUALITY ABOUT IT.

IF ANYBODY CAN
BEAT THIS, IT'S YOU.

I'M PISSING BLOOD, JIMMY.

I'VE GOT THREE WEEKS
OF CHEMO AHEAD OF ME.

AND THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING
THAT I CAN DO. THERE IS.

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THAT
I'M DEFENDING CLIFFORD BANKS.

THAT'S THE GUY THEY
CALL THE STREET SWEEPER.

HIS TRIAL BEGINS IN TWO
WEEKS, AND WITH MY PROGNOSIS,

I'M NOT EXACTLY A CANDIDATE
TO MAKE CLOSING ARGUMENTS.

I'D LIKE YOU TO STEP IN.

WHY ME? BESIDES THE FACT THAT YOU
WERE MY BRIGHTEST STUDENT AT LOYOLA,

CLIFFORD HAS ASKED TO MEET YOU.

YEAH, BUT THIS IS BASICALLY
AN OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE.

I MEAN, ACCORDING TO THE PAPERS, THE GUY WAS
CAUGHT WITH A BODY IN HIS VAN, FOR GOD'S SAKES.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT
THE BALLISTICS REPORT...

COMES UP A MATCH BETWEEN THE
GUNS HE OWNS AND ALL 17 VICTIMS.

I ASSUME YOU'VE ALREADY
TRIED TO PLEAD THIS OUT.

CLIFFORD WON'T PLEAD.
AS FAR AS HE'S CONCERNED,

THE KILLINGS WERE HIS
CONTRIBUTION TO A BETTER WORLD.

SIDNEY, AT THE RISK OF
SOUNDING UNGRATEFUL,

WHAT'S IN THIS FOR ME?
IT'S A PAYDAY, FOR ONE.

CLIFFORD HAS BEEN
FUNDING HIS DEFENSE...

WITH THE PROCEEDS FROM THE
SALE OF HIS HOUSE IN SILVER LAKE.

AND HE'S WILLING TO SIGN OVER THE
MOVIE RIGHTS WHEN THAT RUNS OUT.

BEYOND THAT...

I GUESS I'M ASKING YOU TO
DO THIS AS A PERSONAL FAVOR.

I'LL TALK TO BANKS.
I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

GOOD. GOOD.

UH, I, UH...

I ASK ONLY ONE
MORE THING, JIMMY,

AND THEN I CAN DIE IN PEACE.

YOU NAME IT.

WHEN THEY MAKE THE MOVIE,

I'D LIKE GENE
HACKMAN TO PLAY ME.

HOW DO YOU DO, MR. BANKS?

MR. WYLER. SIDNEY
POMERANTZ TELLS ME...

THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
MY TAKING OVER YOUR DEFENSE.

I'M INTERESTED. UM...

THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'VE
MADE UP MY MIND YET.

WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS? FRANKLY,

I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO
BE DEFENDED BY SOMEONE...

WHO WAS ONCE PART OF A
CORRUPT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
MY EXPERIENCE AS A D.A.,

IT MAY BE AN ADVANTAGE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
ANTICIPATING PROSECUTION STRATEGY.

I'M MORE CONCERNED THAT YOU
WOULD FAIL TO SEE MY ACTIONS...

IN THEIR PROPER LIGHT.

ENLIGHTEN ME. HOW
SHOULD I SEE THEM?

I KILLED 17 PEOPLE, MR. WYLER.

BY SOCIETY'S STANDARDS,
I'M A MURDERER.

BY MY STANDARDS,
I'M AN EXECUTIONER.

EVERY MAN I KILLED
DESERVED TO DIE.

BECAUSE THEY WERE
EX-CONS. BECAUSE...

THEY WERE RABID ANIMALS
WHO PREYED ON THE INNOCENT.

STILL, UH,

THERE WOULD BE A CERTAIN
IRONY IN YOUR DEFENDING ME.

I DON'T FOLLOW. FOUR YEARS AGO,

YOU PROSECUTED A MAN
NAMED OSVALDO CESARUS...

FOR THE MURDER OF A KID
WHO WAS SEVERELY RETARDED.

HE WAS YOUR BROTHER.

I SAW YOU AT THE TRIAL.

I WAS IN THAT
COURTROOM EVERY DAY.

I WAS, UH,

THE ONLY FAMILY TOMMY HAD.

UM...

AFTER OUR PARENTS DIED, I... YOU
KNOW, I PRETTY MUCH RAISED HIM.

AND ONE DAY, CESARUS
BROKE INTO OUR PLACE...

WHILE I WAS AT WORK AND, UH,

BASHED TOMMY'S HEAD IN...

FOR A 19-INCH TELEVISION
SET WITH BROKEN RABBIT EARS.

WE GOT IT KICKED DOWN TO MANSLAUGHTER,
AS I RECALL. HE GOT OFF WITH SEVEN YEARS.

SEVEN YEARS FOR
MY BROTHER'S LIFE.

DUE TO THE LACK OF
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE,

IT WAS THE BEST WE COULD DO.

"THE BEST WE COULD DO."

NOTE THE USE OF THE PLURAL AS A WAY
OF AVOIDING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

I AM NOT AVOIDING
ANYTHING, MR. BANKS.

IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE FACT
OF LIFE AT THE D.A.'s OFFICE...

THAT WE DO NOT ALWAYS
GET THE RESULTS WE WANT.

WELL, I DO.

TWO MONTHS AFTER
CESARUS WAS SENTENCED,

I CARRIED OUT MY
FIRST EXECUTION.

YOUR PLEA BARGAIN CONVINCED ME THERE WAS
ONLY ONE WAY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS TO PREVAIL.

EVERY MAN I KILLED, HAD RAPED OR
MURDERED AN INNOCENT PERSON...

AND THEN WALKED OUT OF PRISON...

WITHOUT RECEIVING
THEIR JUST SENTENCE.

THOSE MEN THAT YOU KILLED MAY
HAVE DESERVED TO DIE, MR. BANKS,

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAW
DOES NOT RECOGNIZE YOUR RIGHT...

TO BE THEIR LORD
HIGH EXECUTIONER.

BIBLICAL LAW DOES. READ
YOUR OLD TESTAMENT.

READ YOUR CALIFORNIA
STATUTE ON MULTIPLE HOMICIDE.

IT DEFINES THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
REQUIRED FOR A DEATH SENTENCE.

NOW, I'M ASSUMING THAT
YOU WANT TO AVOID THAT.

I DO. BUT I AM ALSO...

WILLING TO DIE FOR MY BELIEFS.

FROM WHAT SIDNEY TELLS ME, THE PLEA BARGAIN
YOU TURNED DOWN IS STILL YOUR BEST OPTION.

UNACCEPTABLE. THEN OUR OTHER
OPTION IS AN INSANITY DEFENSE.

AFTER LESS THAN 10
MINUTES OF CONVERSATION,

YOU HAVE ALREADY
DECIDED THAT I'M INSANE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE.
I'M TALKING LEGAL STRATEGY.

BECAUSE THE LEGAL
DEFINITION OF INSANITY...

IS THE INABILITY TO
TELL RIGHT FROM WRONG.

THAT WOULD MAKE THE ENTIRE LEGAL
SYSTEM INSANE. WOULDN'T YOU AGREE?

UNFORTUNATELY, MR. BANKS, A TRIAL IS
NOT AN EXERCISE IN COMPARATIVE ETHICS.

IT'S ALSO NOT AN
EXERCISE IN JUSTICE.

LOOK, IF YOU WANT ME
TO DEFEND YOU, FINE.

BUT I AM NOT TAKING THIS
CASE SO THAT WE CAN DEBATE...

THE FAILURE OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

MY ONE GOAL IS TO MAKE
THE STATE PROVE THEIR CASE...

AND, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, PREVENT
YOU FROM BEING EXECUTED.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THOSE TERMS,
FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER LAWYER.

THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.

I THINK YOU'RE SOMEONE
I CAN WORK WITH.

GOOD.

THEN I WILL BE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE
SO THAT I CAN GET UP TO SPEED ON YOUR CASE.

WE SHOULD ALSO DISCUSS SELLING
THE RIGHTS TO YOUR STORY...

SO THAT WE CAN FUND YOUR
DEFENSE. I'M OPEN TO PROPOSALS.

LET ME GET INTO IT.

OH, UM, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT SIDNEY
WAS WORKING ON FOR ME WHEN HE TOOK ILL,

AND I'D LIKE YOU TO HANDLE IT.

AND WHAT WOULD THAT BE?

I'M ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED.

AND, UH, I'D LIKE YOU TO
ARRANGE THE CEREMONY.

HE WANTS TO GET MARRIED?

TO A WOMAN WHO STARTED WRITING
TO HIM AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED.

WOMEN WHO MARRY MASS
MURDERERS, NEXT ON OPRAH.

ACTUALLY, BANKS IS
A SERIAL MURDERER.

CHARLES WHITMAN, WHO SHOT 46 PEOPLE
FROM A TOWER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS,

HE WAS A MASS MURDERER.

WELL, WHATEVER YOU CALL HIM,

YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT KIND OF WOMAN
WANTS TO MARRY A GUY ACCUSED OF 17 MURDERS.

TYPICALLY OVER
30, NEVER MARRIED,

USUALLY SEEKING A RELATIONSHIP
THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE SEX.

READ A FEW BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT.

THOSE BOOKS SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
LAWYERS WHO REPRESENT SERIAL MURDERERS?

WHETHER BANKS KILLED ONE PERSON OR
A HUNDRED, HE'S ENTITLED TO A DEFENSE.

WITH THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM, IT'S NOT
LIKE WE'RE GONNA SET HIM FREE TO KILL AGAIN.

SUPPOSE WE DO? WELL,
I NEVER TAKE A CASE...

UNLESS I'M PREPARED
TO LIVE WITH THE RESULT.

PERSONALLY, JIMMY, I DON'T
HAVE AN ETHICAL PROBLEM.

THE ISSUES OF LAW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GET INSIDE THE MIND OF SOMEONE LIKE THIS...

IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME STUFF.

BANKS DIDN'T EXACTLY
KILL 17 INNOCENT PEOPLE.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? YOU AGREE WITH
WHAT HE DID? NO, I'M SAYING ANY BACKLASH...

AGAINST THE FIRM IS GOING TO BE
TEMPERED BY THE NATURE OF HIS VICTIMS.

I AGREE. IF A PERCENTAGE OF THE PUBLIC
MADE BERNHARD GOETZ INTO A FOLK HERO...

FOR SHOOTING FOUR MUGGERS ON A SUBWAY,
THIS GUY SHOULD QUALIFY FOR SAINTHOOD.

AND AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, SIDNEY
POMERANTZ WAS A MENTOR OF MINE.

I OWE HIM THE FAVOR. CAN
I RAISE SOMETHING ELSE?

THE SUBJECT OF SECOND CHAIR.

EVERYONE'S GONNA BE SECOND
CHAIR ON THIS ONE, ARNOLD. UH-HUH.

THEN ANY IMPRESSION THAT JUSTINE WILL ACTUALLY
BE SITTING IN THE CHAIR WOULD BE MISTAKEN?

THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY
OF WORK FOR EVERYONE TO DO.

TASK ONE IS TO COMB
THROUGH SIDNEY'S CASE FILES.

I NEED TO KNOW WHAT
KIND OF SHAPE WE'RE IN.

I NEED TO KNOW WHAT
DISCOVERY WE LACK,

AND I NEED TO FIND OUT WHICH
WITNESSES WE NEED TO REINTERVIEW.

ENJOY.

EXCUSE ME. I ALMOST FORGOT.

I NEED YOU TO DRAFT OUR
MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE.

I ALSO NEED A BRIEF ON AN UNCONVICTED
DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO MARRY WHILE IN CUSTODY.

ORTIZ VERSUS DADE COUNTY
ESTABLISHES... YOUR MESSAGES.

THE DEFENDANT'S PRIMA FACIE RIGHT
TO MARRY IN ABSENCE OF CONVICTION.

- WHO'S GARY BLONDO?
- UH, PRODUCER AND ALL-AROUND
HOLLYWOOD CREATURE,

NO DOUBT SEEKING THE
RIGHTS TO MR. BANKS'S STORY.

LET ME JUST SAY THAT WHILE I'M HAPPY TO
PROVIDE MY USUAL BRIEF AND MOTION WORK,

I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER MY QUALIFICATION
FOR A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN BANKS'S DEFENSE.

AND THOSE QUALIFICATIONS
ARE? I WASN'T KIDDING IN THERE.

I'VE READ EVERY BOOK ON THE SUBJECT OF
SERIAL KILLERS. GACY, KEMPER, BERKOWITZ.

I'VE STUDIED THE
GREAT ONES. UH-HUH.

THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
ORGANIZED AND DISORGANIZED KILLERS...

IS PARTICULARLY FASCINATING BECAUSE
BANKS IS DEFINITELY AN ORGANIZED TYPE,

UNLIKE DAHMER, WHO, SHALL WE SAY,
LEFT A RATHER MESSY CRIME SCENE.

ARNOLD. OF COURSE,
THERE ARE THOSE KILLERS...

THAT DISPLAY CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH
TYPES, LIKE HERBERT MULLIN OR TED BUNDY.

YOU KNOW, THE GENIUS OF
TED BUNDY WAS THAT HE...

ARNOLD, YOU'RE SCARING ME.

- LOUIS, COULD YOU PUT ON
A FRESH POT OF COFFEE?
- YES.

I'M GONNA BE HERE A WHILE.

COME IN.

- YOU GOT A SECOND?
- SURE. WHAT'S UP?

UM, JIMMY, THIS
SECOND CHAIR THING...

IF YOU'RE FEELING EVEN SLIGHTLY UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH ME SITTING NEXT TO YOU IN COURT EVERY DAY...

WHY WOULD I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE?
UNCOMFORTABLE MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT WORD.

IF... IF IT'S GONNA BE DISTRACTING
HAVING ME AS SECOND CHAIR...

I'M NOT DISTRACTED
EITHER. YOU SURE?

YEAH. ARE YOU GONNA BE DISTRACTED
OR UNCOMFORTABLE SITTING NEXT TO ME?

NOT AT ALL.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST...

WHEN TWO PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER AND
FIND THEMSELVES ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER...

I DON'T KNOW. IT CAN...
IT GETS COMPLICATED.

EXACTLY. THEN MAYBE
WE SHOULD DECIDE THAT...

NO MATTER HOW MUTUAL
THE ATTRACTION, WE...

RESTRAIN FROM ACTING
ON THAT ATTRACTION.

YEAH, FOR PRACTICALITY'S
SAKE. RIGHT.

BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR
US TO BE SNEAKING AROUND HERE,

MAKING OUT LIKE A COUPLE
OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS...

WELL, IT'S, UH... IT'S A
LITTLE UNPROFESSIONAL.

JUST A LITTLE.

SO.

SO.

MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST COOL IT FOR A
WHILE. AT LEAST UNTIL THE TRIAL'S OVER.

IT MAKES SENSE.

PERFECT SENSE.

WHOOPS.

UM, LOOK, LOUIS. I JUST
WANTED YOU TO KNOW...

THAT WHAT YOU WALKED
IN ON LAST NIGHT...

AFTER LEAVING HERE LAST EVENING,

I WAS THRASHED SENSELESS...

BY AN OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANG,

AND I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF ANYTHING
THAT'S TRANSPIRED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

IT IS JUSTINE, ISN'T IT?
YOU'RE THE BEST, LOUIS.

SIDNEY POMERANTZ'S CASE
FILES ARE A MESS, JIMMY.

THERE IS NO WAY HE COULD HAVE
BEEN READY FOR TRIAL IN TWO WEEKS.

HOW BAD IS IT? HE NEVER
SUBPOENAED HIS OWN WITNESSES.

HE NEVER INTERVIEWED HALF THE
WITNESSES ON THE PROSECUTION'S LIST.

HIS CRIMINALIST HASN'T
REVIEWED THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

THAT'S JUST THE STUFF WE'VE GOT. THERE'S NO
TELLING WHAT HE'S MISSED OR FAILED TO TURN OVER.

YEAH. THIS GUY DROPPED
THE BALL BIG TIME.

I'LL GO SEE HIM AND MAKE
SURE WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING.

HERE'S THE MOTION
FOR CONTINUANCE, JIMMY.

GONNA NEED IT.

WELL, THE CASE COMES ON CALENDAR IN
JUDGE AGAJANIAN'S COURTROOM TOMORROW.

I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE A
PROBLEM GETTING A FEW EXTRA WEEKS.

A REVIEW OF BANKS'S FINANCES
ISN'T TERRIBLY ENCOURAGING EITHER.

THE 70,000 HE GOT FROM THE
SALE OF THE HOUSE IS ALL BUT GONE.

MAKES YOU WONDER IF POMERANTZ'S ILLNESS WASN'T
THE ONLY REASON HE TURNED THE CASE OVER TO US.

NO. IN HIS PRIME, SIDNEY WAS FIRST-RATE.
NOBODY WAS MORE DEDICATED TO HIS CLIENTS.

YEAH, WELL, TO DEFEND BANKS, WE'RE
GOING TO NEED DEDICATION AND MONEY.

I'LL TALK TO BANKS ABOUT
THE MOVIE RIGHTS TODAY.

WE SHOULD PUT THE WORD
OUT THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

JUSTINE, CHRIS, START REINTERVIEWING
THE WITNESSES ON THE LIST.

SIDNEY'S LOST HIS FASTBALL. WE
CAN'T RELY ON ANYTHING THAT HE'S DONE.

OF COURSE I THINK MY STORY
SHOULD BE TOLD, MR. WYLER.

I... I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS
ABOUT HOW I'M GOING TO BE PORTRAYED.

WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT?

I WON'T BE DEPICTED
AS A MONSTER.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU WILL
BE? I SAW SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.

HOLLYWOOD NEEDS A BOGEYMAN,
AND THAT'S NOT WHO I AM.

AND YOU SEE
YOURSELF AS A... A HERO?

I DID WHAT WAS NECESSARY...
WHAT THE SYSTEM FAILED TO DO.

BUT ONE THING HAS TO BE CLEAR.

I TOOK NO PLEASURE IN KILLING.

I DID NOT NEED TO KILL TO
ACHIEVE SEXUAL GRATIFICATION.

OKAY.

I AM NOT A PERVERT.

WE CAN DISCUSS CREATIVE
APPROACH PRIOR TO SIGNING THE DEAL.

BUT A WORD OF ADVICE.

THE FEWER PRECONDITIONS WE
ESTABLISH, THE BETTER WE'RE LIKELY TO DO.

THE MORE LIKELY I'LL BE DEPICTED
AS SOME SLOBBERING IDIOT...

WHO GETS HIS KICKS FROM MURDER.

I WON'T STAND FOR IT. OKAY?

EITHER I GET TO APPROVE
THAT SCRIPT, OR I'M NOT SIGNING.

CLIFFORD, I'LL DO WHAT I CAN
TO PROTECT YOU UP FRONT,

BUT EVEN IN HOLLYWOOD THEY
WON'T GIVE SCRIPT APPROVAL...

TO SOMEONE WHO KILLED
17 PEOPLE IN COLD BLOOD.

THEN MAKE THESE
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

THOSE WHO LIBEL
ME WILL PAY A PRICE.

JUST AS I AVENGED MY BROTHER,

OTHERS WILL AVENGE ME.

LET'S TRY TO WORK SOMETHING
OUT BEFORE IT COMES TO THAT.

MY FIANCÉE VISITED
ME THIS MORNING.

SHE WANTS TO MEET WITH YOU AND
DISCUSS OUR WEDDING ARRANGEMENTS.

UH, TELL HER TO CALL MY OFFICE.
I'LL HAVE SOME FREE TIME TOMORROW.

TEDDY I KNEW, JUSTINE. I MEAN, THIS
GUY, HE WON'T EVEN TAKE MY CALLS.

HE'S STILL SORTING OUT THE
CASE, GARY. HE'LL GET TO YOU.

YEAH, BUT IN HOLLYWOOD THE
EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM.

AND THIS WORM I WANT, DAMN IT.

WHY DON'T YOU CALL THE OFFICE
AND SET SOMETHING UP WITH LOUIS?

YEAH, LOUIS. LOUIS DOESN'T
KNOW FROM ME ANYMORE.

I'M GONNA TOSS THAT RED RIBBON
I WEAR TO AWARD BANQUETS.

I MEAN, WHAT IS THIS
GUY'S VICE, JUSTINE?

I MEAN, IS IT CIGARS, BOOZE, WOMEN? I
MEAN, JUST TELL ME. I'LL SEND IT OVER.

JIMMY. JIM. JIM WYLER. GARY
BLONDO. SUBSTANTIAL PICTURES.

HOW DO YOU DO? UH,
TERRIFIC. I'M, UH, TERRIFIC.

YOU WORK OUT?

HE LOOKS IT.

GARY IS INTERESTED IN PRODUCING
THE CLIFFORD BANKS STORY.

AH. HOW DID I KNOW?

LET ME START, JIM, BY LAYING
OUT HOW I SEE THIS PROJECT.

NOW, WHAT I SEE IS ONE
MAN'S COURAGEOUS STRUGGLE...

TO AVENGE HIS IDIOT
BROTHER'S TRAGIC DEATH.

WHAT I SEE IS A $40
MILLION OPENING WEEKEND.

ISN'T IT A LITTLE EARLY TO BE
TALKING ABOUT BOX OFFICE, GARY?

ARE YOU KIDDING? A PROJECT LIKE
THIS, THE BOX OFFICE WILL COUNT ITSELF.

NOW, I HAVE MY OWN
DEAL WITH THE STUDIO.

THAT'S NOT SOME COCKAMAMY
HOUSEKEEPING DEAL EITHER.

PUT PICTURES, BABY,
I CAN GREENLIGHT.

WE'RE TAKING SEALED BIDS. WHY DON'T
YOU WRITE DOWN A PROPOSAL ON PAPER?

AND DIE LIKE A DOG.
I'VE BEEN THERE.

I'M NOT NEGOTIATING
WITH YOU, GARY.

JUST GET ME IN THE CELL WITH
THIS GUY. THAT'S ALL I ASK. NO.

YOU KNOW,

THIS PROJECT IS NOT
WITHOUT STORY PROBLEMS.

YOU HAVE NO ENDING.
YOU HAVE NO THIRD ACT.

- THEN DON'T SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.
- YOU'RE KILLING ME. HE'S KILLING ME.

DO YOU LIKE TO SKI, JIM? BECAUSE
I'VE GOT A PLACE UP AT STEIN'S.

EIGHTY-INCH BASE,
POWDER LIKE TALCUM.

IT'S LIKE SKIING
DOWN A BABY'S BUTT.

I MOVED INTO CLIFFORD'S HOUSE...

RIGHT AFTER MY HUSBAND DIED.

I HAD A ROOM ON THE TOP FLOOR, AND CLIFFORD
AND TOMMY LIVED ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

BUT YOU WERE ABLE TO
OBSERVE THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

OH, YES.

WE OFTEN TOOK OUR MEALS TOGETHER. I
MEAN, AFTER WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

MRS. GUNTHER, HOW DISABLED WAS
CLIFFORD'S BROTHER? HE WAS LIKE A CHILD.

CLIFFORD HAD TO
BATHE AND FEED HIM.

THERE WAS VERY LITTLE
TOMMY COULD DO FOR HIMSELF.

FROM YOUR OBSERVATIONS, HOW DID CLIFFORD FEEL
ABOUT BEING HIS BROTHER'S FULL-TIME CARETAKER?

HE WAS REMARKABLY PATIENT.

I WOULD HEAR TOMMY CRYING.

HE DID THAT SOMETIMES.

THEN, I WOULD HEAR
CLIFFORD'S VOICE.

IT WAS VERY LOW, VERY CALM...

AND VERY LOVING.

HOW DID CLIFFORD MANAGE
TO WORK AS A PLUMBER...

IF HIS BROTHER
REQUIRED ALL THIS CARE?

HE WOULD LOCK TOMMY IN HIS
ROOM WHEN HE WAS OUT ON A JOB.

THEN HE WOULD ASK ME OR
SOMEBODY ELSE TO LOOK IN ON HIM.

MRS. GUNTHER, COULD YOU DESCRIBE
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF TOMMY'S DEATH?

I WAS VISITING MY SISTER IN
FRESNO THE WEEK THAT IT HAPPENED,

SO I CAME BACK AS
SOON AS I HEARD ABOUT IT.

A DRUG ADDICT HIT TOMMY
IN THE HEAD WITH A LAMP.

FOR A TELEVISION SET. WELL,
IF YOU COULD CALL IT THAT.

IT WAS JUST AN OLD SET THAT
CLIFFORD PUT IN TOMMY'S ROOM.

TOMMY WOULD WATCH
THE SCREEN FLICKER.

IT HELPED TO KEEP HIM CALM
WHILE CLIFFORD WAS OUT.

I MEAN, HOW...

HOW COULD YOU KILL AN
INNOCENT BOY LIKE THAT?

I... I... I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

HOW DID CLIFFORD
REACT TO TOMMY'S DEATH?

WELL, HE TOOK IT VERY HARD.
HE SAT IN HIS ROOM FOR DAYS.

AND HE WOULDN'T MOVE
TOMMY'S THINGS FOR MONTHS.

I KNOW HOW THAT IS.

I MEAN, IF YOU'VE LOST A LOVED ONE, YOU
KIND OF HANG ON TO WHATEVER YOU CAN.

DID YOU EVER HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT CLIFFORD
WAS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A MURDER SPREE?

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HE
KILLED ALL THOSE PEOPLE.

WELL, I GUESS IT WAS THE
GRIEF THAT DROVE HIM TO IT.

I DON'T KNOW. I'LL TELL
YOU ONE THING THOUGH.

CLIFFORD WOULD NEVER
HURT AN INNOCENT PERSON.

ONLY BAD PEOPLE.

NOW, I JUST HOPE THE
JURY UNDERSTANDS THAT.

WELL.

I HAD A CHEMO SESSION
THIS AFTERNOON.

EXPERIMENTAL DRUG
THE F.D.A. JUST APPROVED.

DO YOU NEED SOME HELP?
NO, NO, NO. IT'S JUST THAT...

IF I NEED TO VOMIT AGAIN,
YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME.

AH.

YOU... YOU MET CLIFFORD.
YEAH. INTERESTING GUY.

OH, EXCEPTIONALLY INTELLIGENT.

I WAS IMPRESSED WITH
THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

HAD A SCHOLARSHIP TO
THE U.C. SYSTEM, YOU KNOW.

HAD TO GIVE IT UP TO
LOOK AFTER HIS BROTHER.

SID, WE'VE BEEN GOING OVER ALL THE FILES THAT
YOU SENT US. EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER, I HOPE?

YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THIS
CANCER, I NEVER SLACKED OFF.

I TAKE PARTICULAR PRIDE IN THAT.
NO, NO, NO. IT WAS VERY THOROUGH.

GOOD. YOU WANT A DRINK? I'LL HAVE
MY SECRETARY BRING US SOMETHING.

YOU SENT YOUR SECRETARY HOME.

OF COURSE I DID.

AT MY AGE, THE MIND
STARTS TO GO, I GUESS.

SID, UH, WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU
SENT US EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE.

WHY? IS SOMETHING MISSING? NO. JUST IN
THE OFF CHANCE THAT YOU MISSED A FILE.

I CAN HAVE MY SECRETARY CHECK, BUT
I'M PRETTY SURE WE SHIPPED THE WORKS.

YEAH, WE'RE JUST
DOUBLE-CHECKIN'.

YEAH, WELL, ALWAYS
PAYS TO BE THOROUGH.

ESPECIALLY WHEN A
CLIENT'S LIFE IS AT STAKE.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW,
JIMMY, IT'S ODD.

SOME DAYS I CAN'T REMEMBER
WHAT I HAD FOR LUNCH.

BUT I STILL REMEMBER THE DAY
THAT I WALKED INTO THIS OFFICE.

A YOUNG LAWYER
WITH A 90-DAY NOTE...

AND A BOUNDLESS
SUPPLY OF OPTIMISM.

YOU FOUGHT YOUR SHARE OF
COURTROOM BATTLES. THAT'S FOR SURE.

AND I...

I DID SOME GOOD.

DIDN'T I? YOU DID.

YOU KNOW, OUR STUDIO HAS A
THREE-PICTURE DEAL WITH LARRY HARLING.

LARRY DOESN'T MAKE
MOVIES. HE MAKES STATEMENTS.

STATEMENTS. WELL, YOU
KNOW, A STORY LIKE THIS...

IT'S EDGY, HUMAN. I THINK LARRY COULD
MAKE A MAJOR STATEMENT WITH THIS ONE.

BEFORE HE DOES, MR. BANKS HAS SOME
CONCERNS ABOUT HOW HE'LL BE PORTRAYED.

WELL, LARRY LIKES
TO CAST AGAINST TYPE.

I THINK, UH, FOR
CLIFFORD, MAYBE BRAD PITT.

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY.
ABSOLUTELY. LARRY LOVES MATT.

- NOT ALONE THERE.
- BUT BEYOND OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH LARRY,

I THINK WHAT, UH, MAJESTIC
STUDIOS BRINGS TO THIS PROJECT...

IS THE MUSCLE OF OUR CORPORATE
PARENT, HARASHITA INDUSTRIES.

AND NOT JUST IN FILM,

BUT PUBLISHING, CD-ROM,
INTERACTIVE VIDEO.

WHAT I'M... I'M
ENVISIONING HERE...

DAVID, CHECK MY THINKING.

WE BREAK THIS PROJECT
OUT VIA THE BOOK ROUTE.

IN OTHER WORDS, ESTABLISH
NAME-BRAND RECOGNITION...

PRIOR TO THE RELEASE
OF THE MOTION PICTURE.

TOUCHDOWN. THANK YOU.

IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME
FOR A FEW MINUTES.

MS. PARKER.

HOW DO YOU DO? FINE. THANK YOU.

PLEASE, SIT.

I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE.

CLIFFORD HAS SPOKEN TO YOU
ABOUT OUR PLANS TO MARRY?

HE HAS.

HIS LAST ATTORNEY HAD SOME
DIFFICULTY MAKING THE ARRANGEMENTS.

I'M HOPING THAT
YOU CAN DO BETTER.

WELL, I'LL DO MY BEST.

CAN I ASK HOW THE
TWO OF YOU MET?

THAT'S NOT WHAT
YOU MEAN TO ASK, IS IT?

YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT TYPE OF WOMAN...

BECOMES ENGAGED TO A MAN
ACCUSED OF SERIAL MURDER.

ACTUALLY, THE THOUGHT
HAD CROSSED MY MIND.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT
FIRST ATTRACTED ME TO CLIFFORD.

I'VE NEVER BEEN TERRIBLY SUCCESSFUL
IN MY RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEN,

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S IT.

I BELIEVE IT WAS
CLIFFORD'S SMILE.

HIS SMILE? I SAW
HIM ON TELEVISION...

AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED, AND HE
TURNED TO THE CAMERA AND SMILED.

NOW, DON'T ASK ME WHY,
BUT IN THAT INSTANT...

I KNEW THAT HE DIDN'T
HAVE THE HEART OF A KILLER.

EVEN THOUGH HE
ACKNOWLEDGES KILLING 17 PEOPLE.

YES. I SENSED THAT THAT
WASN'T WHO HE REALLY WAS.

I STARTED WRITING HIM
SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.

CLIFFORD FINALLY WROTE BACK.
WE STARTED CORRESPONDING.

CLIFFORD OPENED UP TO ME.

I COULD FEEL HIS
PAIN, HIS NEED TO LOVE.

IT STIRRED SOMETHING
INSIDE OF ME.

YOU ARE AWARE THAT HE'S LIKELY TO
SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON.

I HAVE NO ILLUSIONS.

CLIFFORD AND I WILL NEVER
HAVE A TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE,

BUT WE WILL HAVE A BOND OF LOVE
THAT WILL UNITE US, ALL THE SAME.

WELL, WHAT WE NEED TO
DO, MS. PARKER... LYNETTE.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO PETITION THE
TRIAL JUDGE TO PERFORM THE CEREMONY.

IF HE TURNS US DOWN, THEN WE
NEED TO GO TO THE PRESIDING JUDGE.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE CEREMONY WILL BE
PERFORMED? JUDGE AGAJANIAN'S COURTROOM.

NOW, I'VE ARGUED BEFORE
HIM AS A DISTRICT ATTORNEY,

AND HE IS NOT AN
UNREASONABLE MAN.

DO YOU THINK THAT HE WOULD
GRANT US CONJUGAL VISITS?

I CAN ASK. UH, I CAN'T
PROMISE ANYTHING.

IT'S NOT THE SEX, MR. WYLER.

CLIFFORD AND I HAVE BEEN ENGAGED
TWO MONTHS, AND WE'VE NEVER KISSED.

WE'VE NEVER EVEN
HELD EACH OTHER.

THAT IS SOMETHING
I WANT VERY MUCH.

I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

DUE TO THE FAILING
HEALTH OF MR. POMERANTZ,

I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO STEP
IN AS MR. BANKS'S COUNSEL.

WHILE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
FAMILIARIZE MYSELF WITH THE CASE, UH,

I WILL NEED AT LEAST A
TWO-WEEK CONTINUANCE...

IN ORDER TO PROPERLY
PREPARE MY CLIENT'S DEFENSE.

MS. GRASSO?

THE PEOPLE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO
MR. WYLER'S REQUEST, YOUR HONOR.

THEN A TWO-WEEK CONTINUANCE
IN THIS MATTER IS GRANTED.

ALSO, YOUR HONOR, MY CLIENT IS SEEKING
PERMISSION TO MARRY WHILE IN CUSTODY.

THE PEOPLE STRONGLY OBJECT.

SURELY NOT BECAUSE YOU'RE AGAINST
THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE, MS. GRASSO.

NO. WHAT I'M
AGAINST, YOUR HONOR,

IS COUNSEL'S NAKED ATTEMPT
TO HUMANIZE THE DEFENDANT.

MR. BANKS IS CHARGED WITH 17
COUNTS OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE.

MR. WYLER MAY WANT THE PUBLIC
TO SEE HIM AS A HAPPY NEWLYWED,

BUT THE COURT SHOULD
NOT CONDONE HIS TACTICS.

MR. BANKS WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED
PRIOR TO MY INVOLVEMENT IN THE CASE.

I WOULD ALSO REMIND YOU THAT WHILE HE
HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES,

HE HAS NOT BEEN
CONVICTED OF ANYTHING.

HE STANDS A CITIZEN ACCUSED.

SO, WHO WAS THE BODY THE POLICE
FOUND IN HIS TRUNK? THE BEST MAN?

YOUR SARCASM ASIDE, MS. GRASSO,

MR. WYLER'S
ARGUMENT IS ON POINT.

MR. BANKS IS INNOCENT
UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

THIS COURT WILL ALLOW HIM
TO MARRY IF THAT IS HIS WISH.

WE WOULD ALSO
REQUEST, YOUR HONOR,

THAT JAIL OFFICIALS BE REQUIRED
TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS...

FOR MR. BANKS AND HIS FUTURE
WIFE TO HAVE CONJUGAL VISITS.

EVEN IF YOUR REQUEST
DIDN'T EXCEED MY JURISDICTION,

MR. WYLER, YOU'RE PUSHING IT.

YOUR CLIENT'S IN CENTRAL JAIL,

NOT ON THE LOVE BOAT.

WHAT DO YOU WEAR TO THE
WEDDING OF A SERIAL KILLER?

I'D GO WITH BASIC BLACK. THIS
ONE'S BROUGHT THREE ASSISTANTS.

I THINK THE IDEA IS
TO OUTNUMBER US.

JIMMY. BRENT KEISER,
STERLING ARTISTS.

NICE TO MEET YOU.
JUSTINE APPLETON. HI.

MY COLLEAGUES. CHRIS
SANDERSON... NICE TO MEET YOU.

GAVIN BEYER AND AMY TESCH.

HELLO. JIMMY,

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
EXCITEMENT AT STERLING OVER THIS PROJECT.

AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN
TAKING MEETINGS ALL OVER TOWN.

BUT BEFORE YOU SIGN ANYTHING, I
WANT TO SAY JUST ONE WORD TO YOU:

- PACKAGING.
- PACKAGING?

EXACTLY. NOW, YOU
CAN GO TO A STUDIO.

YOU CAN GO TO A
PRODUCER ON THIS,

AND THEY CAN TRY TO STITCH
TOGETHER ALL THE ELEMENTS...

THAT WOULD MAKE
THIS A GO PROJECT.

BUT WHAT WE HERE AT STERLING CAN DO
IS PUT TOGETHER EVERYTHING, IN-HOUSE.

PRODUCER, DIRECTOR,
STAR AND WRITER.

AND ALL FOR EARNING
15% OF THE DEAL.

YOU WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO A
STUDIO? WELCOME TO DEVELOPMENT HELL.

THEY HIRE A WRITER
TO BANG OUT A SCRIPT,

STUDIO HATES IT, IN COMES ANOTHER WRITER,
AND THE CYCLE STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.

THREE DRAFTS LATER, NO ONE CAN
REMEMBER WHY THEY STARTED THE PROJECT.

YOU GET PUT INTO TURNAROUND.
YOU DON'T WANT THAT.

BECAUSE, BELIEVE ME, SERIAL
KILLERS ARE HOT RIGHT NOW.

A YEAR FROM NOW,
IT'S GUYS IN KILTS.

AND WE PREVENT
THAT HOW? PACKAGING.

WE GO TO THE STUDIO WITH
ALL THE ELEMENTS IN PLACE.

RONNY HOWARD, BRUCE
WILLIS, SHANE BLACK.

WE ARE A 500-POUND GORILLA.
THEY GOTTA MAKE THE PICTURE.

- I JUST HAVE, UH, ONE QUESTION.
- SHOOT.

DOES SHE EVER SAY ANYTHING?

YEAH, SURE. I REMEMBER OSVALDO
CESARUS. HE GIVES SCUM A BAD NAME.

WELL, AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD,
DETECTIVE, OUR FIRM HAS TAKEN OVER...

THE DEFENSE OF CLIFFORD BANKS, THE
BROTHER OF THE MAN CESARUS KILLED.

YOUR FIRM. THAT WOULD BE
JIMMY WYLER, RIGHT? YEAH.

JIMMY USED TO BE AN OKAY GUY
UNTIL HE DECIDED TO GO FOR THE BUCKS.

YEAH. THE BUCKS
ASIDE, DETECTIVE,

WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT CESARUS?

WELL, HE WAS A JUNKIE. WHAT
ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?

IF HE HAD TO BACK HIS CAR OVER HIS
GRANDMOTHER TO GET HIS NEXT FIX...

FIVE MINUTES QUICKER,
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE'D DO.

HE HAD A RAP SHEET BEFORE HE MURDERED
TOMMY BANKS? FROM HERE TO BAKERSFIELD.

YOU WANT TO TELL US
ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION?

SURE. WE RESPONDED TO THE
CALL, FOUND TOMMY BANKS D.O.A.

BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO
THE HEAD. HE WAS A REAL MESS.

WE MADE A LAMP ON THE FLOOR OF HIS
BEDROOM TO BE THE MURDER WEAPON.

HOW'D YOU CONNECT IT TO CESARUS?
CESARUS'S PALM PRINT WAS ON THE WINDOWSILL.

SO WE GOT A WARRANT, WE SEARCHED HIS
APARTMENT, FOUND THE TELEVISION SET HE STOLE...

FROM THE BANKS RESIDENCE, HE
CONFESSED, AND HE COPPED A PLEA.

I ASSUME THAT CLIFFORD GAVE
A STATEMENT. YEAH, HE DID.

HE WAS PRETTY
BROKEN UP ABOUT IT.

SEEMS LIKE HIS BROTHER
WAS THE ONLY FAMILY HE HAD.

AT THE SENTENCING HEARING, HE
STOOD UP AND SCREAMED AT THE JUDGE.

BAILIFFS HAD TO REMOVE HIM. I TELL
YA. SITTING IN THAT COURTROOM...

AND HEARING THAT DIRTBAG
ONLY GET SEVEN YEARS,

I FELT LIKE SAYING A FEW CHOICE
WORDS TO THE JUDGE MYSELF...

AND TO YOUR BOSS FOR CUTTING
CESARUS THAT SWEET LITTLE DEAL.

BUT YOU DIDN'T GO OUT
AND SHOOT 17 PEOPLE.

WELL, HE WASN'T
MY BROTHER EITHER.

LOOK, I DON'T... I DON'T CONDONE
WHAT CLIFFORD BANKS DID.

BUT THE TRUTH IS SOMETIMES
THE STREETS NEED SWEEPING.

OKAY. LET'S OPEN THESE
BIDS AND SEE WHERE WE STAND.

100,000 UPON SIGNING,

350 IF THE PICTURE
GOES INTO PRODUCTION.

STERLING ARTISTS. THEY WANT TO PLUG
US INTO ONE OF THEIR PRODUCERS' DEALS.

"NO FIRM OFFER."

125 AGAINST 300, PLUS FIVE
PERCENT OF THE NET PROFITS.

- WE SHOULD ALL LIVE SO LONG.
- THREE STAR PRODUCTIONS.

NOT GOOD?

I DON'T KNOW. LAST TIME I SAW THIS
MUCH FINE PRINT, I WAS AT THE EYE DOCTOR.

ALLIED STUDIOS' BID IS
THE SAME AS MAJESTIC'S.

EXCEPT THEY'VE ADDED A
BONUS IF BANKS IS EXECUTED.

YOUR CLASSIC GOOD
NEWS, BAD NEWS SITUATION.

WE CAN'T WORK THE CASE FOR THIS. THE
UP-FRONT MONEY WON'T GET US PAST VOIR DIRE.

AND IF THEY DON'T MAKE THE
PICTURE, WE'LL NEVER SEE THE REST.

- WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
GET THEM TO RESUBMIT.
- WHAT IF THEY WON'T?

THEN CLIFFORD BANKS JUST BOUGHT HIMSELF A
FIRST-RATE DEFENSE AT A BARGAIN-BASEMENT PRICE.

JIMMY, A GENTLEMEN NAMED STEVE McDERMOTT
IS HERE. I PUT HIM IN THE LIBRARY.

McDERMOTT? THE PAROLE OFFICER
FOR THREE OF BANKS'S VICTIMS.

I SET IT UP. YOU WANT
TO TAKE IT WITH ME?

UH, WELL, I'M NOT TELLING YOU I
APPROVE OF MURDER, MR. WYLER,

BUT, UH, IF I HAD TO TRIM
THREE NAMES FROM MY CASE LIST,

THE THREE CLIFFORD BANKS BLEW
AWAY WOULD COME PRETTY CLOSE.

WHICH OF THE VICTIMS
DID YOU SUPERVISE?

UH, WAYNE HOPPER, DAVID
CLIFTON GATES AND GERALD EBERELE.

BESIDES HAVING YOU
AS A PAROLE OFFICER,

ANYTHING ELSE THOSE
THREE HAD IN COMMON?

UH, ALL CAREER CRIMINALS, ALL KILLED
WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF BEING PAROLED.

WHEN YOU SAY "CAREER CRIMINALS,"
UH, HOW BAD WERE THESE GUYS?

OH, UH, WELL, GERALD EBERELE RAPED
AND ASSAULTED A 75-YEAR-OLD WOMAN...

AFTER LOCKING HER HUSBAND
IN THE TRUNK OF THEIR CAR.

WHAT WAS HIS
SENTENCE? EIGHT YEARS.

OF WHICH HE SERVED FOUR. UH,
THE D.A. HAD TO NEGOTIATE A PLEA...

AFTER THE WOMAN WAS
TOO TRAUMATIZED TO TESTIFY.

AND WHAT ABOUT WAYNE HOPPER?
UH, WAYNE'S SPECIALTY WAS, UH, KIDS.

HE... HE LIKED TO RAPE
AND SODOMIZE THEM.

UH, HE SERVED SIX
YEARS FOR HIS LAST VICTIM.

- AND GATES?
- UH, SHOT AND KILLED
A CHINESE GROCERY CLERK...

FOR $30 AND A SIX-PACK.

GOT IN JUST BEFORE THE "THREE
STRIKES" INITIATIVE WAS PASSED...

AND WAS PAROLED
AFTER FIVE YEARS.

MAKES YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THE PUBLIC DOESN'T
TRUST JUDGES TO DETERMINE SENTENCES ANYMORE.

UH, AND... AND WHY I TOOK A
STRESS-RELATED LEAVE OF ABSENCE LAST YEAR.

HOW WERE THESE MEN
DOING ON THEIR PROBATION?

OH, I... I WAS PRETTY SURE
GATES WAS USING AGAIN.

HE'D ALREADY MISSED THREE APPOINTMENTS
AND CAME LOADED TO THE FOURTH.

EBERELE WAS A CRIME
WAITING TO HAPPEN.

AND CASTRATION WOULDN'T
HAVE STOPPED HOPPER.

SO, IN YOUR
PROFESSIONAL OPINION,

THESE MEN WERE INCAPABLE
OF REHABILITATION?

OH, YOU STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF
MAKING A SCORPION INTO A HOUSE PET.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. McDERMOTT. YOU'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

JAMES WYLER'S OFFICE.

NO. I'M SORRY. MR. WYLER IS NOT GIVING
ANY INTERVIEWS ON THE BANKS CASE.

SWEETHEART, SWEETHEART. I'M ASKING FOR
A MINUTE OF HIS TIME, NOT A QUART OF BLOOD.

SIR, YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE.

YES, I HAVE HEARD OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, AND
I'M EXERCISING MY FREEDOM TO HANG UP ON YOU.

WHAT'S ALL THIS? MR. BLONDO.
HE DOESN'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.

TELL THIS WOMAN I HAVE A
HISTORY WITH THIS FIRM. I AM FAMILY.

YOUR FAMILY WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU
AS SOON AS YOU MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE
I'M HEARING THIS.

I MEAN, ME, WHO OFFERED SAME-SEX
HEALTH COVERAGE BEFORE DISNEY.

IS THERE A PROBLEM,
LOUIS? JIMMY. THANK GOD.

AND HOW DID YOU HEAR THAT? ALL THESE COPS
DOWN AT PARKER CENTER HAVE SCRIPTS IN THEM.

I TRADED A MEETING FOR INFORMATION.
AND HOW DID THE COPS KNOW?

WELL, BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CEREMONY.

ONE OF THEM DROPPED
A DIME TO ME. LOOK.

I... I KNOW I AM PAST
THE DEADLINE, BUT...

BUT WHAT, GARY?

I'D LIKE TO REVISE MY BID.

300,000 AGAINST 750?

YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, GARY. THE WEDDING
HAS UPPED THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.

ALL HE'S SAYING IS "I DO." I MEAN, IF
YOU'RE TELLING ME HIS CUMMERBUND...

IS BEING MADE OUT OF THE SKIN
OF HIS VICTIMS, WE CAN HONDLE.

THERE'S A VERY STRONG
OFFER COMING FROM MAJESTIC.

JASON HAAS HAS BEEN FEEDING YOU
THAT LINE ABOUT LARRY HARLING, HASN'T HE?

I CAN'T GET INTO IT.
WELL, I HAPPEN TO KNOW...

THAT LARRY HARLING IS
VERY UNHAPPY AT MAJESTIC.

GARY, IF YOU WANT THE PROJECT,

IT'S 300 AGAINST 750.

PLUS YOU ESTABLISH A FUND FOR
THE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME...

OUT OF THE FIRST-DOLLAR GROSS.

200 AGAINST FIVE, AND THE
FUND COMES OUT OF THE NET.

- LOUIS, GET ME JASON HAAS
AT MAJESTIC.
- OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

300 AGAINST 750, THE FUND.

JUST PUT THE PHONE DOWN.

YOU REALIZE, FOR THIS KIND OF MONEY,
I HAVE TO BE INVITED TO THE WEDDING.

4:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

JUDGE AGAJANIAN'S
COURTROOM. TODAY?

JIMMY, I-I-I HAVE TO
GET A WRITER LINED UP.

I MEAN, I NEED TIME TO...

4:00. I'LL BE THERE.

THIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY THING DOESN'T WORK
OUT, YOU MAY HAVE A FUTURE IN HOLLYWOOD.

I HOPE NOT. BY THE WAY, WE'RE
SCHEDULED TO HAVE A TALK WITH BANKS...

AFTER THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY.

HE'S GONNA GIVE US
HIS VERSION OF THINGS.

PROBABLY IN MORE DETAIL THAN WE'D
WANT. MOST PEOPLE HAVE A RECEPTION.

JIMMY, THIS JUST CAME.

- WHAT IS IT?
- "BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS,
I'LL BE IN A BETTER PLACE.

"THANKS FOR TAKING
THE BANKS CASE...

AND FOR YOUR KIND WORDS ABOUT MY
WORK, HOWEVER FICTIONAL. SIDNEY POMERANTZ."

LOUIS, CALL 911. GET THEM
OVER TO SID'S OFFICE RIGHT AWAY.

LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT
EVERYTHING WE NEED HERE.

OFFICER. UH, I'M JAMES WYLER.

MY OFFICE CALLED IN THE
911 WHEN WE RECEIVED THIS.

THANKS.

WE FOUND THE ORIGINAL
IN THE FAX MACHINE.

WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE DECEASED?

HE WAS AN OLD FRIEND.

HOW DID HE DO IT? HUNG
HIMSELF FROM THE SPRINKLER PIPE.

SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TODAY...

TO WITNESS THE MARRIAGE OF CLIFFORD
ALAN BANKS AND CARRIE LYNETTE PARKER.

CLIFFORD ALAN BANKS, DO YOU TAKE CARRIE LYNETTE
PARKER TO BE YOUR LAWFULLY WEDDED WIFE...

FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE,
FOR RICHER, FOR POORER,

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH,

UNTIL DEATH DO YOU PART?

I DO.

DO YOU, CARRIE LYNETTE PARKER, TAKE CLIFFORD
ALAN BANKS TO BE YOUR LAWFULLY WEDDED HUSBAND?

THIS IS GONNA MAKE A GREAT
SCENE. FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE,

FOR RICHER, FOR POORER, IN SICKNESS
AND IN HEALTH, UNTIL DEATH DO YOU PART?

I DO. DO YOU HAVE THE RING?

WE'RE THINKING JANEANE
GAROFALO FOR THE WIFE.

PLACE THE RING ON HER
FINGER AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED.

WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED.

WITH THIS RING, I THEE WED.

THEN, BY THE POWER VESTED IN
ME BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

I PRONOUNCE YOU MAN AND WIFE.

MY FIRST VICTIM WAS
KYLE DAVID HARRIS.

HE WAS A CHILD MOLESTER.

I SHOT HIM WITH A SCOPED
BROWNING BOLT ACTION...

THAT BLEW THE
BACK OF HIS HEAD OFF.

I HAD SEEN A STORY
ON THE NEWS ABOUT HIM.

A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP WAS
PROTESTING HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON.

AND THE MOTHER OF ONE
OF THE VICTIMS SPOKE.

SHE DESCRIBED WHAT HARRIS
HAD DONE TO HER DAUGHTER.

AWFUL, TERRIBLE THINGS.

I LOOKED AT ALL THESE PEOPLE HOLDING
THEIR SIGNS AND CARRYING CANDLES,

AND I COULD FEEL THEIR RAGE,

THEIR IMPOTENCE.

I STARTED DRIVING
BY HARRIS'S HOUSE.

I FOUND OUT THAT HE WALKED
HIS DOG EVERY NIGHT AT 8:00.

AUGUST 5, 1992,

I HID IN THE BUSHES
ACROSS FROM HIS HOUSE.

I REMEMBER CROUCHING THERE AND
THINKING, "IS THIS SOMETHING I WANT TO DO?"

WOULD GOD FORGIVE ME FOR THIS?

BEFORE I COULD DECIDE, HARRIS
CAME OUT WITH THE DOG, AND I SHOT HIM.

THAT DOG GOT ALL COVERED WITH
BLOOD AND WAS RUNNIN' AROUND...

IN CIRCLES WITH THE LEASH.

I FELT SO SORRY FOR THAT DOG.

HOW SOON AFTER THAT DID YOU
START PLANNING THE NEXT ONE?

I WASN'T PLANNING
A NEXT ONE. I...

I FIGURED HARRIS FOR
TOMMY WAS AN EYE FOR AN EYE.

I... I JOINED THIS GROUP THAT WENT
INTO PRISONS TO READ THE BIBLE.

I DROVE UP TO CHINO, AND I MET
THIS PRISONER NAMED CARL LISTER.

ONE DAY AFTER WE HAD
FINISHED OUR BIBLE READING,

HE TOLD ME WHY HE WAS IN PRISON.

HE HAD SET FIRE TO HIS
GIRLFRIEND'S THREE-YEAR-OLD...

BECAUSE THE CHILD
WOULDN'T STOP CRYING.

HE SAID IT LIKE IT WAS NOTHING.

RIGHT THERE, I
DECIDED HE HAD TO DIE.

I BEGAN TO READ TO HIM FROM
THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS.

I WANTED HIM TO KNOW
THE FIRES THAT AWAITED HIM.

I GOT HIM TO TELL ME WHEN HE WAS
BEING RELEASED, WHERE HE'D BE LIVING.

I DIDN'T WANT TO USE THE SAME
WEAPON THAT I USED ON HARRIS,

SO I BOUGHT A
SECONDHAND DEER RIFLE.

I SHOULD HAVE THAT
SCOPE ADJUSTED...

'CAUSE I MISSED
WITH THE FIRST SHOT.

LISTER DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

HE LOOKED AROUND LIKE SOMEONE
HAD EXPLODED A FIRECRACKER.

THEN HE TURNED, AND I PUT
TWO SQUARE IN HIS HEART.

IT WAS A LOT EASIER
THE SECOND TIME.

YOU... YOU THINK YOU
CAN'T KILL SOMEONE,

BUT YOU CAN.

I SELECTED A MAN NAMED GLEN
BUCKLEY AS MY THIRD VICTIM.

HE HAD SHOT TWO
TEENAGERS ON LOVERS' LANE.

I WANTED TO GET
CLOSER THIS TIME.

SO I USED A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN
THAT MY FATHER KEPT IN THE GARAGE.

A SHOTGUN'S GOOD BECAUSE
THERE'S NO BALLISTICS.

MAKES A REAL MESS TOO.

I STARTED STALKING BUCKLEY
AFTER HE GOT HIS RELEASE.

FOUND OUT THAT HE LIKED TO GET
LOADED IN THIS BAR NEAR HIS HOUSE.

I WAITED OUTSIDE THE
BAR FOR HIM TO COME OUT.

I WALKED RIGHT UP TO HIM.

I WANTED TO SEE
THE LOOK IN HIS EYES...

WHEN I BROUGHT THE BARREL UP.

BUT HE WAS SO DRUNK
HE JUST SMILED AT ME.

THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE.

IT MADE ME ANGRY.

THE BLAST FROM THE SHOTGUN
THREW HIM AGAINST A DUMPSTER.

FOR SOME REASON, I
DECIDED TO TAKE HIS WATCH.

WHEN I BENT OVER HIM,

I NOTICED THAT HIS
FACE WAS... GONE.

AS IF SOMEONE HAD JUST...

ERASED IT.

MY FOURTH VICTIM
WAS FRANK STEVENSON.

HE SERVED FOUR YEARS FOR
THROWING ACID IN HIS EX-WIFE'S FACE.

I PUT THE BARREL OF A .38 SMITH
& WESSON TO HIS FOREHEAD...

AND BLEW HIS BRAINS OUT.

MR. BANKS, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE
RIGHT OF THIS COURT TO TRY YOU?

I RECOGNIZE ITS POWER TO TRY ME.

WHAT I DON'T RECOGNIZE IS
ITS MORAL AUTHORITY TO DO SO.

WHY IS THAT? ANY SYSTEM...

WHICH ALLOWS THE INNOCENT
TO BE VICTIMIZED BY EVIL...

FORFEITS ITS RIGHT
TO JUDGE OTHERS.

WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN
BY THAT? OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, THIS WAS A COMPETENCY
HEARING, NOT A PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE.

MY CLIENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM...

GOES TO THE HEART OF HIS ABILITY
TO ASSIST IN HIS DEFENSE, YOUR HONOR.

I'LL GIVE YOU SOME
LATITUDE, MR. WYLER.

DON'T TURN IT INTO A SOAPBOX.
THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. MR. BANKS?

STUDIES SHOW THAT THE
GREAT MAJORITY OF CRIME...

IS COMMITTED BY
REPEAT OFFENDERS.

BY RELEASING THESE
MEN BACK INTO SOCIETY,

OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE FAILS
IN ITS MOST BASIC PURPOSE:

TO PROTECT THE
LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN.

SHOULDN'T A MAN WHO'S PAID HIS DEBT
TO SOCIETY BE FREE TO RESUME HIS LIFE?

EXCEPT THAT THE AVERAGE MURDERER
DOESN'T PAY HIS DEBT TO SOCIETY.

HE'S OUT BEFORE THE BODY'S COLD.

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

MR. BANKS, DO YOU
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE?

I'M IN A COURTROOM IN
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE BEEN CHARGED
WITH 17 COUNTS OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE?

YES. DO YOU UNDERSTAND...

THAT THESE ARE CRIMES FOR
WHICH YOU COULD BE EXECUTED?

YES. IF I WERE TO ASK YOU...

WHO THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES IS,

YOU COULD ANSWER
THAT, TOO, COULDN'T YOU?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IS WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON.

AND HOW ABOUT THE BRANCHES OF
GOVERNMENT? COULD YOU DESCRIBE THOSE?

YES, I COULD. THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH...

CONSISTS OF POLITICIANS WHO HAVE
TRADED THEIR ETHICS FOR HIGH OFFICE.

THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH CONSISTS OF CONGRESSMEN
BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY SPECIAL INTERESTS.

AND THE JUDICIAL BRANCH
CONSISTS OF JUSTICES...

WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN
THE MEANING OF THE WORD.

I THINK I'VE HEARD
ENOUGH, MS. GRASSO.

BASED ON HIS STATEMENTS
BEFORE THIS COURT,

I FIND THIS DEFENDANT,
CLIFFORD ALAN BANKS,

ENTIRELY COMPETENT
TO STAND TRIAL.

JIMMY, WERE YOU DISAPPOINTED
THAT YOUR CLIENT WAS DECLARED SANE?

IT WAS NEVER ABOUT
CLIFFORD'S SANITY.

IT WAS ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN HIS DEFENSE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT GRASSO'S
CHARGE THAT THE HEARING WAS A PLOY...

TO GET BANKS ON THE STAND
WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE CRIME?

I WOULD REMIND MS. GRASSO THAT CLIFFORD BANKS
HAS ONLY BEEN CHARGED WITH THESE CRIMES.

- HE HASN'T BEEN
CONVICTED OF ANYTHING.
- TELL CLIFFORD WE LOVE HIM.

THAT PSYCHO IS
GONNA BURN IN HELL!

- ARE THOSE TWO...
- WHO?

JUSTINE AND JIMMY. NO.

- I DON'T KNOW.
- TRUST ME. NO WAY.

OH, YEAH. YEAH?

DEFINITELY.

MORNING, EVERYONE. MORNING.

MORNING. HEY.

WHERE ARE WE ON THE
JURY QUESTIONNAIRES?

AARON AND I THINK WE'VE FOUND SOME
STRONG CANDIDATES. OUR IDEAL JUROR...

IS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WHO
OWNS A GUN, MAKES UNDER 35,000 A YEAR...

AND HAS BEEN A RECENT VICTIM
OF CRIME. LAW-AND-ORDER TYPES...

WHO THINK THE AVERAGE CRIMINAL
GETS AWAY WITH MURDER. EXACTLY.

PROBLEM WITH LAW-AND-ORDER TYPES IS THEY
MIGHT THINK BANKS DESERVES TO BE EXECUTED TOO.

THAT'S POSSIBLE. WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO USE
EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO HUMANIZE CLIFFORD.

WE HAVE TO MAKE THE JURY SEE
THAT HERE'S AN ORDINARY MAN...

WHO WAS PUSHED OVER THE EDGE BY
THE BRUTAL SLAYING OF HIS BROTHER.

I HAVE A POTENTIAL WITNESS
COMING IN TODAY WHO COULD HELP.

HER DAUGHTER WAS RAPED
BY BANKS'S FIRST VICTIM.

- HER DAUGHTER'S BEEN
IN A COMA EVER SINCE.
- THAT'S WHO WE WANT.

SOMEBODY WHO CAN HELP THE
JURY IDENTIFY WITH CLIFFORD'S LOSS.

CESARUS'S PAROLE
HEARING SHOULD HELP TOO.

THE JUNKIE WHO KILLED BANKS'S
BROTHER IS UP FOR PAROLE?

CLIFFORD WANTS TO ATTEND
THE HEARING. THAT'S PERFECT.

POTENTIAL JURORS GET TO HEAR
HIM ADDRESS THE PAROLE BOARD,

AND GRASSO CAN'T
DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

IF JUDGE AGAJANIAN ALLOWS IT. WHICH
REMINDS ME, JUSTINE AND I ARE DUE IN COURT.

SO JUSTINE'S DEFINITELY
SECOND CHAIR?

- YEAH.
- YEAH. WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE.

OH, YEAH. DEFINITELY.

KYLE DAVID HARRIS.

HE TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME.

MY DAUGHTER, MY MARRIAGE.

YOUR DAUGHTER WAS 16
WHEN HARRIS ASSAULTED HER?

AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
TAKING HER DRIVER'S TEST.

THAT'S THE LAST THING
WE TALKED ABOUT.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED
THE DAY YOUR DAUGHTER WAS ATTACKED?

KIMBERLY WAS ON THE PEP SQUAD.

THEY'D HAD A PRACTICE
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE USUALLY CAUGHT A RIDE
WITH ONE OF THE OTHER GIRLS,

BUT FOR SOME REASON
SHE DECIDED TO WALK HOME.

SHE WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE HOME BY 8:00.

BY 8:30, I KNEW
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

MY HUSBAND TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY,

THAT SHE'LL BE WALKING THROUGH
THAT DOOR ANY MINUTE, BUT...

IT BECAME 9:00,

AND THEN 10:00.

I FINALLY CALLED THE POLICE.

THE NEXT MORNING, A
MAN WALKING HIS DOG...

FOUND KIMBERLY OUT
BEHIND THE ATHLETIC FIELD.

HER CLOTHES HAD BEEN TORN OFF
HER. SHE WAS BARELY BREATHING.

WE RACED TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THAT'S
WHERE THEY TOLD US SHE WAS IN A COMA.

HE HAD SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED HER AND THEN...

USED HER BRA TO STRANGLE HER.

THE PRESSURE ON HER
CAROTID ARTERY HAD...

CUT OFF THE OXYGEN TO HER BRAIN.

THAT'S WHY SHE WAS IN A COMA.

I LOOKED IN ON HER, THIS
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRL.

MY BABY.

I WAS TOO NUMB TO CRY.

I DIDN'T CRY UNTIL I GOT HOME...

AND... SAW THE BOOKLET FOR HER
DRIVER'S TEST ON THE KITCHEN TABLE.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO
TESTIFY AT CLIFFORD BANKS'S TRIAL...

ABOUT THE TYPE OF MAN
KYLE DAVID HARRIS WAS?

I'LL SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS.

KYLE DAVID HARRIS WAS AN ANIMAL.

AND HE DESERVED TO DIE LIKE ONE.

OSVALDO CESARUS MURDERED
MY CLIENT'S BROTHER, YOUR HONOR.

MR. BANKS WISHES TO ATTEND HIS PAROLE
HEARING TO SPEAK AGAINST HIS RELEASE.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
OSVALDO CESARUS, YOUR HONOR.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CYNICAL
ATTEMPT ON THE PART OF MR. WYLER...

TO MANUFACTURE SYMPATHY FOR
A MAN WHO MURDERED 17 PEOPLE.

I DIDN'T MANUFACTURE
TOMMY BANKS'S DEATH,

AND I DIDN'T SCHEDULE HIS
KILLER'S PAROLE HEARING.

BUT YOU'RE EXPLOITING IT,
JIMMY. YOU KNOW DARN WELL...

THE PRESS WILL BE ALL OVER THIS AND THAT YOUR
CLIENT'S GONNA END UP LOOKING LIKE THE VICTIM.

CLIFFORD BANKS IS A VICTIM. HE BECAME ONE THE
DAY CESARUS BASHED HIS BROTHER'S SKULL IN.

WELL, THEN LET HIM
WRITE THE PAROLE BOARD...

AND SAVE THE STATE THE
COST OF TRANSPORTING HIM.

OR WOULDN'T THAT
GARNER YOU ENOUGH INK?

YOUR HONOR, THERE
IS NO LEGAL BASIS...

TO DENY MY CLIENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ATTEND HIS VICTIMIZER'S PAROLE HEARING.

IF THERE WAS, MS. GRASSO WOULD
BE IN HERE CITING CHAPTER AND VERSE.

WHILE I SHARE MS. GRASSO'S CONCERN
THAT YOU'RE USING THIS HEARING...

TO AFFECT THE
OUTCOME OF THIS TRIAL,

I WILL ALLOW
MR. BANKS TO ATTEND,

PROVIDED YOU'RE PREPARED TO REIMBURSE THE STATE
FOR THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY.

NOT A PROBLEM, YOUR HONOR.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS?
YES, YOUR HONOR.

THE PEOPLE MOVE TO QUASH
THE SUBPOENA OF EUNICE PATRICK.

- ON WHAT BASIS?
- ON THE BASIS THAT
SHE HAS NO FACTS IN THIS CASE,

AND HER TESTIMONY IS CALCULATED SOLELY TO
ATTACK THE CHARACTER OF KYLE DAVID HARRIS,

THE FIRST OF
MR. BANKS'S VICTIMS.

KYLE DAVID HARRIS BRUTALLY
ASSAULTED MRS. PATRICK'S DAUGHTER.

HIS CHARACTER IS ENTIRELY
RELEVANT TO MR. BANKS'S MOTIVES.

BUT COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT
TO THE QUESTION OF HIS GUILT.

YOUR HONOR... I'M
SORRY, MR. WYLER.

THIS IS WHERE I DRAW THE LINE.

YOU WANT TO GO FOR JURY NULLIFICATION
AGAIN, DO IT IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S COURTROOM.

I'M GRANTING MS.
GRASSO'S MOTION.

MS. KELLY, IT SAYS ON YOUR
JUROR QUESTIONNAIRE...

THAT YOU WERE ONCE THE
VICTIM OF VIOLENT CRIME.

- YES. THREE YEARS AGO.
- COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT IT?

IT WAS AFTER WORK. I HAD
STOPPED OFF AT AN A.T.M.

I'M USUALLY PRETTY CAREFUL ABOUT
NOT GOING TO THOSE MACHINES AFTER DARK,

BUT MY SON NEEDED MONEY
FOR SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY,

AND I KNEW I WOULDN'T
HAVE TIME IN THE MORNING.

I HAD JUST PUNCHED
IN MY PIN NUMBER...

WHEN THIS YOUNG MAN...
BLACK, LATE TEENS...

JUST APPEARED OUT OF
NOWHERE WITH A KNIFE.

AND HE DEMANDED
YOUR MONEY? $300.

WHICH WAS MORE THAN
I HAD IN MY ACCOUNT.

AND WHEN I TOLD HIM
THAT, HE GOT VERY ANGRY.

AND HE SAID THAT, "I'M
GONNA MESS YOU UP, BITCH."

THEN HE STUCK THE KNIFE IN ME.

I LOOKED DOWN, AND
I SAW ALL THIS BLOOD.

I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE.

I WOULD HAVE, BUT A CAR
PULLED UP AND CALLED 911.

WAS YOUR ATTACKER
EVER APPREHENDED?

NO. AND HOW DOES
THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?

ANGRY. AFRAID. I MIGHT
RUN INTO HIM AGAIN.

THE DEFENSE PRESENTS NO
CHALLENGE TO THIS JUROR, YOUR HONOR.

SIDEBAR.

CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE,
YOUR HONOR. ON WHAT BASIS?

BASED ON THIS JUROR'S
EXPERIENCE AS A CRIME VICTIM.

SHE'S PREDISPOSED TO
IDENTIFY WITH THE DEFENDANT.

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF VIOLENT
CRIMES IN THIS CITY EVERY YEAR.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
CHALLENGE EVERY VICTIM?

THIS ONE I AM. I'M
INCLINED TO AGREE...

WITH MS. GRASSO'S ASSESSMENT
OF THIS JUROR, MR. WYLER.

YOUR HONOR, THIS WOMAN HAS
SAID NOTHING THAT WOULD INDICATE...

THAT SHE'S UNABLE TO RENDER
A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL VERDICT.

I DISAGREE. NOW STEP BACK.

MS. KELLY, YOU'RE EXCUSED
WITH THE COURT'S THANKS.

WHAT? I'M NOT ON THE JURY?

- NO, MA'AM.
- OH, SURE. WHY HAVE SOMEONE LIKE ME?

SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GET A
KNIFE STUCK IN THEM AND NO ONE GETS PUNISHED.

- IT'S RIDICULOUS.
- YOUR HONOR.

- PLEASE, STEP DOWN, MS. KELLY.
- AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED,

THE ONLY THING THAT
MR. BANKS IS GUILTY OF...

IS NOT KILLING MORE OF
THOSE MONSTERS. THAT'S RIGHT.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WHAT TOOK
PLACE OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM TODAY,

A CASE LIKE THIS CAN EASILY
DEGENERATE INTO A MEDIA CIRCUS.

FOR THAT REASON, THE PEOPLE
MOVE FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER...

BARRING THE PRINCIPALS FROM
ANY COMMENT TO PUBLIC OR PRESS.

WE FEEL THAT THIS IS IN THE
BEST INTERESTS OF JUSTICE.

WE OPPOSE SUCH A MOTION.

GAGGING THE PRINCIPALS WILL DO
NOTHING TO STOP THE ATTENTION.

BUT IT WILL PREVENT THE
FREE EXPRESSION ESSENTIAL...

TO MR. BANKS'S RIGHT TO
A FAIR AND PUBLIC TRIAL.

EXCEPT YOU'RE USING THAT FREE
EXPRESSION TO COMPROMISE THE JURY POOL.

TO MAKE ARGUMENTS YOU WOULDN'T BE
ALLOWED TO MAKE IN THIS COURTROOM.

EVERY ONE OF THE JURORS
THAT SIT IN THAT BOX...

WILL BE ASKED IF THEY HAVE
FORMED AN OPINION ON THE CASE.

THAT SHOULD BE AMPLE PROTECTION
AGAINST ANY PLOT YOU IMAGINE ME HATCHING.

THIS IS NOT MY IMAGINATION
WORKING OVERTIME.

THE COMPETENCY HEARING,
OSVALDO CESARUS'S PAROLE BOARD.

YOU HAVE TAKEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO CLOUD THE ISSUES IN THE PUBLIC'S MIND.

WELL, PERHAPS WE JUST DISAGREE
ON WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, MS. GRASSO.

THERE'S NO NEED TO DRAW BLOOD HERE.
I'LL TAKE THE MATTER UNDER ADVISEMENT.

- I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OF MY OWN.
- VERY WELL.

IN THE INTEREST OF INSURING MR. BANKS'S
SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A PUBLIC TRIAL,

THE DEFENSE MOVES TO ALLOW
CAMERAS TO TELEVISE THE PROCEEDING.

YOUR HONOR, THIS IS THE SAME
ISSUE IN DIFFERENT CLOTHES.

MR. WYLER IS ONCE AGAIN
ATTEMPTING TO TRY THIS CASE...

NOT ON THE FACTS, BUT IN
THE ARENA OF PUBLIC OPINION.

MY CLIENT HAS THE CONSTITUTIONALLY
PROTECTED RIGHT TO A PUBLIC TRIAL.

FURTHERMORE,
CALIFORNIA CASE LAW...

SAVE YOUR BREATH, MR. WYLER.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH ARGUMENTS
ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE.

I'LL READ YOUR BRIEF,

AND I'LL RENDER A DECISION WHEN
I RULE ON MS. GRASSO'S MOTION.

BAILIFF, BRING IN THE
NEXT POOL OF JURORS.

YOU RETIRED, SIR?

AFTER 40 YEARS IN CONSTRUCTION.

THE LAST 20 AS A SITE FOREMAN.

HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS CASE PRIOR TO TODAY?

I SAW SOMETHING ON THE NEWS.
A PROFILE OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS.

DO YOU RECALL THAT
VICTIM'S NAME? NOT REALLY.

DO YOU RECALL HOW YOU FELT
ABOUT THAT PERSON'S DEATH?

I DIDN'T LOSE ANY SLEEP OVER IT.

THE MAN HAD COMMITTED TWO MURDERS
AND SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN JAIL... TOTAL.

SO HE DESERVED TO DIE? ANYONE WHO
TAKES A HUMAN LIFE DESERVES TO DIE.

NO CHALLENGE AT
THIS TIME, YOUR HONOR.

MS. APPLETON.

MR. GARCIA, ARE
THERE CIRCUMSTANCES...

IN WHICH THE TAKING OF
HUMAN LIFE IS JUSTIFIED?

SURE. WARTIME. TO PROTECT
YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILY.

WHAT ABOUT TO
PROTECT THE COMMUNITY...

FROM A PERSON WHO'S LIKELY TO
COMMIT A VIOLENT CRIME IN THE FUTURE?

"LIKELY"? I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS.

WELL, SUPPOSE PERSON "A" KILLED IN
THE PAST... VICIOUSLY... EVEN REPEATEDLY...

AND HIS BEHAVIOR GAVE REASON
TO BELIEVE THAT HE'D KILL AGAIN.

IF PERSON "B" TOOK THE LIFE OF
PERSON "A" UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES,

HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT PERSON
"B" SHOULD BE DEALT WITH?

THE LAST TIME I LOOKED, THE
PUNISHMENT WAS LETHAL INJECTION.

APPROACH, YOUR HONOR?

THE DEFENSE MOVES TO
CHALLENGE THIS JUROR FOR CAUSE.

BECAUSE HE BELIEVES IN
APPLYING THE LAW AS WRITTEN?

BECAUSE HIS ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE TYPES
OF CRIMES MY CLIENT'S BEEN CHARGED WITH...

RENDER HIM INCAPABLE OF REACHING
A FAIR OR IMPARTIAL DECISION.

IF I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU
WANT JURORS WHO BELIEVE...

YOUR CLIENT IS JUSTIFIED IN TAKING A HUMAN
LIFE, BUT WHO DON'T BELIEVE THE STATE IS.

I WANT JURORS WHO WILL HAVE
AN OPEN MIND, MR. HIGUERAS.

I'M SORRY, MS. APPLETON, BUT I
DON'T SEE CAUSE TO DISMISS HERE.

DO YOU WANT TO USE ONE
OF YOUR PEREMPTORIES?

YES, YOUR HONOR.

MR. GARCIA, YOU'RE EXCUSED
WITH THE COURT'S THANKS.

THIS IS SAIDA PAGAN.
EARLIER TODAY...

AT THE CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING
IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES,

CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLYMAN BILL
STARK MADE A GRAND ENTRANCE...

IN SUPPORT OF ACCUSED "STREET
SWEEPER," CLIFFORD BANKS.

NOW, JUST IN CASE
THOSE CEMENT HEADS...

IN SACRAMENTO DON'T GET IT,

LET ME SPELL IT OUT.

WE'VE GOT OUR PRIORITIES
UPSIDE DOWN IN THIS STATE.

INSTEAD OF PROSECUTING A MAN
WHO TRIES TO SWEEP OUR STREETS...

OF THE FILTH THAT THREATEN
OUR DOMESTIC TRANQUILLITY,

WE SHOULD BE LOCKING UP THESE
CRIMINALS AND THROWING AWAY THE KEY!

THIS GUY ACTUALLY GIVES
LAW AND ORDER A BAD NAME.

LOOKS LIKE PUBLIC OPINION IS TURNING
AGAINST YOU ON THIS ONE, MIRIAM.

YOU WANT ASSEMBLYMAN STARK AS AN ALLY? YOU'RE
WELCOME TO HIM. BILL STARK IS A CRACKPOT,

BUT HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WONDERING
WHY BANKS IS FACING THE DEATH PENALTY.

HE MURDERED 17 PEOPLE.
THAT WORKS FOR ME.

HAVE YOU BEEN FORMALLY
INTRODUCED TO RICHARD HIGUERAS?

HE'S COCHAIRING
THE CASE WITH ME.

YOU PROSECUTED THOSE DRUG MURDERS
IN LAKEWOOD. RIGHT. JUST TRANSFERRED IN.

MIRIAM PROMISED ME A SHOT
AT YOU, AND I COULDN'T SAY NO.

WELL, THE LINE'S ABOUT
10 DEEP ON THAT ONE.

NICE TO MEET YOU. YOU TOO.

SO, MIRIAM, WHY HAVE
YOU ASKED ME HERE?

I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT YOU'RE FOLDING UNDER
THE PRESSURE OF SOMEBODY LIKE BILL STARK.

NO. I'M PREPARED
TO OFFER YOU A DEAL.

BANKS PLEADS GUILTY, AND HE
SPENDS THE REST OF HIS LIFE...

IN A HOSPITAL FOR
THE CRIMINALLY INSANE.

HE ALREADY TURNED
THAT OFFER DOWN.

MAYBE HE SHOULD TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK. IF HE'S CONVICTED,

THE BEST HE'S GONNA DO IS
A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON.

PLUS I GET TO CALL THE VICTIMS'
RELATIVES DURING THE PENALTY PHASE.

MOTHERS, WIVES, CHILDREN.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THESE
EX-CONS HE'S KILLED...

START TO LOOK LIKE HONEST
TO GOODNESS HUMAN BEINGS.

AND I MAY EVEN GET THE 12
VOTES I NEED TO EXECUTE.

MAYBE.

YOU AREN'T SERIOUSLY
GOING FOR AN ACQUITTAL HERE?

LOOK, MIRIAM. IT'S MY
JOB. YOU KNOW THAT.

LEGALLY AND ETHICALLY, I OWE
CLIFFORD BANKS THE FULL SHOT.

AND PART OF THAT JOB COULD BE
CONVINCING HIM TO TAKE THIS DEAL.

WHICH I WILL ATTEMPT
TO DO GLADLY.

NO. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY
ARRANGEMENT THAT QUESTIONS MY SANITY.

CLIFFORD. WHAT I DID
WAS COMPLETELY RATIONAL.

AND ONLY AN IRRATIONAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM WOULD FAIL TO SEE THAT.

CLIFFORD, ASSUMING YOU
AVOID THE DEATH PENALTY,

WE'RE TALKING A HOSPITAL VERSUS WHAT
IS MOST LIKELY A PRISON, LIKE PELICAN BAY.

- YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
- WELL, IF I HAVE TO, I WILL.

AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.

NO JURY IS EVER GOING TO
CONVICT ME OF THESE CRIMES.

- WELL, I WOULDN'T COUNT ON THAT.
- THEY SEE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF MY CAUSE.

- THAT WOMAN YESTERDAY.
- CLIFFORD, SHE'S NOT
ON THE JURY.

AND MIRIAM GRASSO'S GONNA
DO EVERYTHING SHE CAN...

TO MAKE SURE ANYONE WHO
THINKS LIKE HER IS NOT ON THAT JURY.

THEN SHE'S GONNA
HAVE A VERY HARD TIME...

FINDING 12 HONEST
CITIZENS TO TRY THIS CASE.

MAYBE YOU AND YOUR WIFE SHOULD
TAKE SOME TIME TO DISCUSS THIS.

I DON'T NEED ANY
TIME, MR. WYLER.

I SUPPORT MY
HUSBAND'S DECISION 100%.

THEN YOU'RE AWARE THAT HE'S LIKELY
TO BE CONVICTED ON ALL 17 COUNTS?

I AM AWARE OF THAT POSSIBILITY.

AND YOU'RE ALSO AWARE
THAT HE COULD BE EXECUTED?

YES.

WE ARE OF ONE MIND
ON THIS, MR. WYLER.

THERE WILL BE NO
SURRENDER TO WICKEDNESS.

IT'S YOUR LIFE.

OSVALDO CESARUS'S PAROLE
HEARING IS AT 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON.

I ASSUME YOU'VE
INFORMED THE JUDGE.

HE'S ADJOURNING EARLY TODAY
SO YOU CAN BE DRIVEN UP TO CHINO.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

I'VE DONE TERRIBLE
THINGS IN MY LIFE.

I'VE STOLEN. I'VE ROBBED.

I'VE ASSAULTED.

THE WORST THING THAT I'VE DONE
IS TAKE THE LIFE OF TOMMY BANKS.

I KNOW NOW THAT THAT WAS WRONG.

I ALLOWED DRUGS TO CONTROL MY LIFE, TO TAKE
ME OFF THE PATH WALKED BY DECENT PEOPLE.

WHEN I CAME HERE FIVE YEARS
AGO, I WAS STRUNG OUT ON JUNK.

I WAS ANGRY. WITHOUT DIRECTION.

TODAY I STAND IN
THE LIGHT OF CHRIST.

I'M REDEEMED BY HIS BLOOD.

AUTOMOBILE REPAIR.

AND I AM READY TO
REENTER SOCIETY,

TO MAKE AMENDS FOR
THE LIFE THAT I'VE LIVED...

AND THE LIFE THAT I TOOK.

WITH YOUR TRUST AND THE LOVE OF
OUR SAVIOR, I WILL MAKE A NEW LIFE.

A LIFE OF HOPE, A
LIFE OF GOODNESS.

I ASK THAT YOU JUST GIVE
ME THAT OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU, MR. CESARUS. THE BOARD
WILL NOW HEAR FROM CLIFFORD BANKS.

MR. BANKS.

LET ME TELL YOU
ABOUT MY BROTHER.

HE WAS BORN WITH HIS UMBILICAL
CORD WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK.

IT CAUSED THE CELLS
IN HIS BRAIN TO DIE.

SO EVEN WHEN HE WAS IN HIS TEENS, HE
HAD THE INTELLIGENCE OF A FOUR-YEAR-OLD.

HE COULD BARELY FEED HIMSELF.

HE NEEDED HELP TO GET DRESSED.

YOU OR I WOULD NOT
WANT A LIFE LIKE TOMMY HAD.

WE MIGHT NOT EVEN
CALL IT A LIFE AT ALL.

BUT MY BROTHER LIVED
EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE.

MY BROTHER KNEW JOY.

WHEN I'D COME HOME FROM A JOB,
HIS SMILE WAS THERE TO GREET ME.

WE'D SIT AND WATCH TELEVISION
TOGETHER UNTIL HE FELL ASLEEP.

WE WERE HAPPY.

UNTIL THE DAY THAT
OSVALDO CESARUS...

BY CRUSHING HIS
SKULL WITH A LAMP.

AND NOW HE SITS HERE...

AND SAYS HIS SINS...

HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY BY CHRIST.

HIS SINS HAVE NOT
BEEN WASHED AWAY.

THEY STAIN THE
MEMORY OF MY BROTHER.

IF YOU RELEASE HIM,

HE WILL HAVE A RECKONING
WITH THE FORCES OF RETRIBUTION.

WHAT FORM THIS WILL
TAKE, I CAN'T TELL YOU.

BUT HE WILL PAY FOR
TAKING MY BROTHER'S LIFE.

BY THE HAND OF GOD
OR THE HAND OF MAN,

HE WILL PAY.

THIS I GUARANTEE.

SO, TO YOU WHO WILL
SIT IN JUDGMENT OF HIM,

I SAY REJECT THIS
WICKED MAN'S LIES.

REJECT HIS FALSE PIETY.

AND REMEMBER THE
WORDS OF CHRIST.

"WITH WHAT JUDGMENT YE JUDGE,

SO SHALL YE BE JUDGED."

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO
DEAL WITH SOME HOUSEKEEPING.

- I'M GRANTING THE PEOPLE'S
MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER.
- YOUR HONOR!

WHICH MEANS I WON'T HAVE
INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THIS TRIAL...

DRAWN INTO A CIRCUS LIKE
THE ONE STAGED BY A CERTAIN...

BROOM-WIELDING
STATE ASSEMBLYMAN.

SURELY YOUR HONOR WON'T LET THE
ZEALOUS BEHAVIOR OF A NONPARTY...

ABRIDGE THE CONSTITUTIONALLY
PROTECTED RIGHTS...

OF A MAN STANDING
TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.

MY GOAL IS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOUR
CLIENT GETS THE FAIREST TRIAL POSSIBLE,

WHICH IS WHY I'M
ISSUING THIS RULING,

AND IT'S ALSO WHY I'VE
DECIDED TO DENY YOUR MOTION...

AND BAR TELEVISION CAMERAS
FROM THIS COURTROOM.

YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE RESERVES
THE RIGHT TO APPEAL THESE RULINGS.

I ASSUME THE TELEVISION
NEWS ORGANIZATIONS,

WHICH HAVE FILED AMICUS
BRIEFS, WILL DO SO AS WELL.

YOU RESERVE ALL
YOU WANT, COUNSEL.

THIS TRIAL'S MOVING FORWARD.

YOU'RE A BARTENDER,
MR. PENNETTE?

I AM.

LEARN A LOT ABOUT PEOPLE,
DON'T YOU, SERVING DRINKS?

OVER 20 YEARS, YEAH. YOU SEE YOUR
FAIR SHARE OF THE HUMAN CONDITION.

ANGER? EVEN VIOLENCE SOMETIMES?

SOMETIMES. ARE THERE OCCASIONS
WHEN YOU'D SAY VIOLENCE IS JUSTIFIED?

WHEN A GUY'S COMING AT YOU WITH A BROKEN
BEER BOTTLE... THAT'S A GOOD OCCASION.

AND WHAT ABOUT KILLING
SOMEONE? IS THAT EVER JUSTIFIED?

I'D SAY SELF-DEFENSE.

SOMEBODY'S BUSTED INTO YOUR
HOUSE WITH A GUN. LIKE THAT.

AND WHAT ABOUT SOMEONE
LIKE, SAY, JEFFREY DAHMER,

WHO DID SUCH UNSPEAKABLE THINGS?

WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT DOES
SOMEONE LIKE THAT DESERVE?

HEY, THERE'S ANIMALS IN LIFE
JUST LIKE THERE'S DECENT PEOPLE.

YOU GOTTA LET THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TAKE CARE OF
THEM; OTHERWISE, WE ALL DESCEND INTO ANIMALS.

AND THE MAN WHO KILLED JEFFREY
DAHMER, MR. PENNETTE? WHAT ABOUT HIM?

HIM THEY SHOULD'VE
GIVEN THE NOBEL PRIZE.

AND WHERE ARE YOU EMPLOYED?
WELL, I WORK IN SALES AT VORTEX.

IT'S A STORE ON MELROSE. UM, AND
I'VE ALSO BEEN SINGING AT SOME CLUBS.

AMATEUR STUFF AND
OPEN MIKE NIGHTS.

I MEAN, YOU NEVER KNOW
WHEN YOU MIGHT GET NOTICED.

HAVE YOU FORMED ANY OPINIONS
ABOUT THIS CASE, MS. LAWSON?

NOT REALLY. NO. I'M NOT
INTO THE NEWS THAT MUCH.

SO YOU HAVE AN OPEN MIND, DESPITE THE
NATURE OF THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. BANKS?

SURE. I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE ACCUSES
YOU OF SOMETHING, DOESN'T MAKE IT SO.

I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE SAY I CAN'T
SING, BUT I DON'T LET THAT STOP ME.

HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE
HE TORTURED THEM OR ANYTHING.

FROM WHAT I READ, IT WAS LIKE BAM, BAM,
YOU'RE OUT OF HERE. SO, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

I THINK PEOPLE KILL FOR
ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.

PASSION, JEALOUSY,
RAGE. THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO KILL LOTS
OF PEOPLE? WHAT MOTIVATES THEM?

I DON'T KNOW.

A SITUATION LIKE
THAT, IT'S TOUGHER.

BUT I-I'D SAY WITH MULTIPLE KILLINGS,
YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A MENTAL PROBLEM.

- AN ILLNESS?
- YEAH. SOME KIND OF
A HEAD CASE.

NECESSITATING WHAT?
HOSPITALIZATION? A MENTAL FACILITY?

NO. I'D SAY THE DEATH PENALTY.

YOU SHOOT A MAD DOG, DON'T YOU?

"DO YOU AND EACH OF YOU
UNDERSTAND AND AGREE...

"THAT YOU WILL ACCURATELY AND TRULY TRY
THE CASE NOW PENDING BEFORE THIS COURT...

"AND A TRUE VERDICT RENDER, ACCORDING
ONLY TO THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO YOU...

AND THE INSTRUCTIONS
OF THE COURT?"

I DO.

SERIAL KILLER.

WE HEAR THOSE WORDS, AND IT
SENDS A CHILL DOWN OUR SPINES.

WHY? WELL,

THERE'S THE OBVIOUS.

ALL THOSE VICTIMS.

BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE'S AN
ELEMENT TO THE SERIAL KILLER...

THAT SETS HIM APART, EVEN
FROM THE MASS MURDERER,

WHO OFTENTIMES FLARES UP IN A SINGLE
SENSELESS VIOLENT ACT AND IS DONE.

THE SERIAL KILLER MURDERS
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

WHAT HE DOES IS
SO RAW, SO PRIMAL,

SO PREDATORY,
THAT IT TERRIFIES US.

WE WANT TO PRETEND THAT...

SOMEHOW THE
INHUMANITY OF THE ACT...

IS PROOF OF THE
INSANITY OF THE ACTOR.

BUT IT'S NOT.

IT IS SIMPLY, HORRIBLY, MURDER.

OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

NOW, I KNOW THAT THIS IS
VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH.

EVERYTHING IN US
WANTS TO LOOK AWAY.

BUT WE CAN'T.

WE CAN'T AVERT OUR EYES.

WE CAN'T AVOID OUR DUTY.

SO TAKE A LOOK,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

TAKE A GOOD LOOK
AND SEE THE MAN...

WHO COLDLY FOLLOWED
HIS METICULOUS DEATH PLAN...

AND SNUFFED OUT
THE LIVES OF 17 PEOPLE.

SEVENTEEN HUMAN BEINGS.

HAVE THE COURAGE TO LOOK,

AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE'LL DEMONSTRATE
BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT:

THAT THIS IS THE FACE
OF A SERIAL KILLER.

SERIAL KILLER.

MS. GRASSO'S RIGHT. THOSE
WORDS ARE FRIGHTENING.

BUZZWORDS THAT MAKE
US FLINCH, TIGHTEN UP.

ACT REFLEXIVELY AND EMOTIONALLY.

ALL THINGS YOU CANNOT DO WHEN
DECIDING THE FATE OF A FELLOW HUMAN BEING.

YOU MUST IGNORE THE INFLAMMATORY
CONTENT OF THE WORDS...

AND INSTEAD DEAL WITH THE LAW
THAT WE ARE ALL SWORN TO UPHOLD.

AND WHAT IS THAT LAW?

FIRST AND FOREMOST
IS THE INVIOLABLE RULE...

THAT ALL MEN ARE INNOCENT
UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

THAT THE STATE HAS THE BURDEN OF
NOT ONLY CLAIMING HORRIBLE DEEDS,

BUT PROVING THOSE DEEDS
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

NOW, IN EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF THE 17 COUNTS OF MURDER,

THE PROSECUTION MUST PROVE
THEIR CASE CONCLUSIVELY.

FAILURE TO DO SO MEANS THAT THEY
HAVE NOT FULFILLED THEIR BURDEN.

IT MEANS THAT THEY
HAVE NOT OVERCOME...

THE RIGHTFUL PRESUMPTION OF
INNOCENCE THAT PROTECTS CLIFFORD BANKS...

AND ALL OF US.

IF YOU LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE,

YOU WILL UPHOLD THE
SANCTITY OF THE LAW.

IF YOU STICK TO THE FACTS
AND DISCARD THE EMOTION,

YOU'LL FIND THAT THE PROSECUTION
CANNOT SUSTAIN THEIR BURDEN OF PROOF.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RESIST THE
ATTEMPTS BY THE DEFENSE TO SIDETRACK YOU.

STAY WITH THE EVIDENCE,

AND YOUR VERDICT
WILL BE THE RIGHT ONE.

SO, WHAT DO WE MAKE OF THE SO-CALLED
EVIDENCE AGAINST CLIFFORD BANKS?

A MAN WHO IN 35 YEARS NEVER
COMMITTED SO MUCH AS A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

NOW, ON THE SURFACE,
IT SEEMS COMPELLING,

BUT IF YOU SCRATCH THE
SURFACE AND ANALYZE THE FACTS,

THAT SO-CALLED EVIDENCE
JUST DOESN'T HOLD UP.

THE MURDER WEAPONS WERE FOUND
IN THE DEFENDANT'S POSSESSION.

NONE OF THE WEAPONS ALLEGEDLY LINKED TO
THIS CRIME WAS REGISTERED TO CLIFFORD BANKS.

AND NOT ONE HAD HIS
FINGERPRINTS ON IT.

THE BODY OF HIS FINAL VICTIM WAS
FOUND IN THE VAN HE WAS DRIVING.

A VAN WHICH HE HADN'T
DRIVEN IN THREE DAYS...

AND WAS LEFT UNLOCKED AND ACCESSIBLE
TO ANYONE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

HE HAD COMPUTER FILES WHICH
LISTED THE DETAILS OF PAST MURDERS...

AND EVEN SET FORTH
PLANS FOR FUTURE MURDERS.

ANY OF THOSE FILES COULD HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN CLIFFORD'S UNSECURED COMPUTER...

OVER A MODEM WHICH ALLOWED ACCESS
TO WHOEVER WANTED TO FRAME HIM.

HE EVEN HAD IN HIS POSSESSION A
WRISTWATCH BELONGING TO HIS THIRD VICTIM.

WHICH FOR ALL WE KNOW HAD BEEN GIVEN TO
HIM AS A GIFT DURING A BIBLE STUDY CLASS.

CLIFFORD BANKS MURDERED
17 PEOPLE IN COLD BLOOD.

NO MATTER WHO THEY WERE OR WHAT
THEY DID, THEY PAID THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY.

THEY HAD THE RIGHT
TO REENTER THE WORLD...

AND NOT BE BUTCHERED BY A MAN...

WHO DECIDED TO BE THEIR
JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER.

REASONABLE DOUBT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

IT'S EVERYWHERE.

KEEP AN OPEN MIND, AND
YOU'LL SEE THE HOLES...

IN THE FLIMSY SCENARIO THAT THE
PROSECUTION IS ATTEMPTING TO CONSTRUCT.

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE
STORY, NOT JUST THEIRS,

AND YOU'LL FIND
CLIFFORD BANKS...

GUILTY AS CHARGED. NOT GUILTY.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, CLIFFORD?

I'M SOMEWHAT ANNOYED.

APPARENTLY THE CONTRACTORS
WHO BUILT THIS PLACE...

GAVE THE TAXPAYERS LESS THAN THEIR MONEY'S
WORTH WHEN THEY VENTED THE PLUMBING.

PRESSURE'S LOW. IT'S PROBABLY
BELOW-SPEC PIPING TOO.

WITHOUT BEING TOO GRAPHIC,

THERE ARE OFFENSIVE ODORS.

CLIFFORD, UH,

THE PAROLE BOARD HAS DECIDED
TO RELEASE OSVALDO CESARUS.

APPARENTLY THEY FELT THAT
HE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.

THEY CITED HIS
RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT.

TWO STAFF MEMBERS WROTE
HIM EXTREMELY POSITIVE REPORTS.

ANYWAY, WE THOUGHT
YOU'D WANT TO KNOW.

IRONIC, DON'T YOU THINK?

MY BROTHER'S
MURDERER IS A FREE MAN,

AND I'M LOCKED UP IN HERE.

LISTEN, CLIFFORD.

I THINK THE BEST THING FOR US TO DO
RIGHT NOW IS FOCUS ON THE JOB AT HAND.

YES.

I AGREE.

IN FACT, IN A WAY,

YOUR NEWS REALLY IS A PLUS.

MR. CESARUS IS OUTSIDE NOW,

AND ONCE YOU GET ME ACQUITTED,
I WILL BE ABLE TO CONTACT HIM.

THIS MORNING, ONE OF THESE WAS FOUND ON
THE WINDSHIELD OF EACH OF THE JURORS' CARS.

IT LISTS ALL THE CRIMES OF
CLIFFORD BANKS'S ALLEGED VICTIMS.

IT ENDS UP WITH A CALL
FOR A TICKER TAPE PARADE...

FOR, QUOTE, "AMERICA'S
AVENGING ANGEL," UNQUOTE.

I'VE DECIDED TO
SEQUESTER THE JURY.

YOUR HONOR, SURELY THIS ONE
ISOLATED INCIDENT... IT'S NOT ISOLATED.

ASSEMBLYMAN STARK IS ALL
OVER THEIR TELEVISION SCREENS.

YOU'VE GOT THE TABLOIDS PUMPING
WHO KNOWS WHAT INTO THEIR HOUSES.

THIS IS THE ONLY
WAY TO SERVE JUSTICE.

BY LOCKING THE JURORS
AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES.

THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ANGRY, AND AS MS.
GRASSO WELL KNOWS, THEY'RE GONNA BLAME MY CLIENT.

- I DON'T KNOW THAT AT ALL.
- AND AFTER BEING LOCKED AWAY
FOR A MONTH, MAYBE MORE,

THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO END THIS THING
QUICKLY... AT CLIFFORD BANKS'S EXPENSE.

I'M SORRY, MR. WYLER.

THESE JURORS KNEW GOING IN THAT
SEQUESTRATION WAS A POSSIBILITY.

WELL, NOW IT'S A REALITY.

WE'RE DONE.

WHY DID YOU STOP THE DEFENDANT'S
VAN ON THE NIGHT OF THE 18th?

MY PARTNER, OFFICER LUND, OBSERVED
THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WEREN'T OPERATIONAL.

ALSO, THE GENTLEMAN WAS
DRIVING SOMEWHAT ERRATICALLY.

PLEASE TELL THE COURT WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER YOU PULLED HIM OVER.

I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND
REQUESTED HIS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION.

WHILE EXAMINING THE DOCUMENTS, I NOTICED
THAT HE KEPT GLANCING IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR,

AS IF HE WERE LOOKING AT
SOMETHING IN THE BACK OF THE VAN.

SO I SHINED MY FLASHLIGHT BACK
THERE, AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW IT.

- SAW WHAT, OFFICER?
- A LEG.

A HUMAN LEG STICKING
OUT OF A DUFFEL BAG.

- PLAINLY VISIBLE
FROM WHERE YOU STOOD?
- YES. IN FULL VIEW.

THE PANT LEG WAS ROLLED UP TO THE EXTENT
THAT I COULD SEE THE FLESH OF THE CALF.

THE FOOT WAS IN A BOOT,
LIKE A TIMBERLAND BOOT.

IT HAD A THICK RIBBED SOLE, WAS A
SHADE OF BROWN WITH DARK LACES.

WHAT DID YOU DO THEN? I
INSTRUCTED MY PARTNER...

TO OBSERVE THE DRIVER WHILE I PROCEEDED TO
THE BACK OF THE VAN AND OPENED THE DOORS.

- AND THE REASON
YOU DID THIS WAS?
- EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

I NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE
CONDITION OF THE PERSON IN THE BAG.

MY PURPOSE WAS, IF THIS
PERSON WAS STILL ALIVE,

SOMETHING HAD TO
BE DONE TO SAVE THEM.

- WHAT DID YOU DETERMINE?
- I FELT THE LEG,
WHICH WAS COLD TO THE TOUCH.

THE CALF MUSCLE WAS RIGID,

AND THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS
OF LIFE AS FAR AS I COULD DETECT.

SO I IMMEDIATELY RADIOED FOR AN EMERGENCY
MEDICAL TEAM AND FOR BACKUP PATROL UNITS.

SO, TO SUMMARIZE, YOU STOPPED THE
DEFENDANT'S VAN FOR A VEHICLE CODE VIOLATION.

YOU SAW THE LEG FROM WHERE
YOU STOOD OUTSIDE THE VAN.

THAT CAUSED YOU TO OPEN THE
BACK DOORS AND DETERMINE...

WHETHER THIS PERSON, ALAN
ROSETZKY, WAS INDEED DEAD.

- IS THAT CORRECT?
- YES.

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

WAS THERE A LOT OF
BLOOD NEAR THE BODY?

THERE WAS SOME BLOOD ON THE
BAG NEAR THE ZIPPER, AS I RECALL.

- BUT NOT A LOT?
- LIKE I SAID,
THERE WAS SOME BLOOD.

THE BAG WAS WET IN A FEW SPOTS.

WELL, WAS IT VERY WET, OFFICER,
OR WERE THESE MORE LIKE STAINS?

ASKED AND ANSWERED,
YOUR HONOR. WITHDRAWN.

AGAIN, YOUR HONOR, OFFICER
TILLAGE HAS NOT TESTIFIED...

THAT THERE WAS NOT A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLOOD.

COUNSEL IS ATTEMPTING TO
TESTIFY FALSELY FOR THE WITNESS.

I'M TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IF
THE VICTIM WAS KILLED ELSEWHERE...

AND PLACED IN MR. BANKS'S VAN
BY A PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN,

THAT THE ABSENCE OF A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF BLOOD IS CRITICAL.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, MS.
APPLETON. BUT THE WITNESS HAS GIVEN HIS RESPONSE.

LET'S MOVE ON.

WERE THE BACK DOORS TO THE VAN
LOCKED WHEN YOU WENT TO OPEN THEM?

NO. SO IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT THE BODY...

COULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE
VAN WITHOUT MR. BANKS'S KNOWLEDGE?

OBJECTION. COUNSEL'S
ASKING FOR SPECULATION.

I AM NOT, YOUR HONOR. I'M ASKING FOR THIS
OFFICER'S REALISTIC INFERENCE FROM THE FACTS.

I'LL ALLOW IT.

SO, OFFICER, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE OTHER
THAN MR. BANKS PLACED THAT BODY IN HIS VAN?

WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT THAT WAY,

I GUESS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. I HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.

AT WHAT POINT DID YOU ASSUME
CONTROL OF THE INVESTIGATION, DETECTIVE?

I ASSUMED CONTROL AT THE CRIME SCENE AFTER I HAD
BEEN SUMMONED THERE BY THE ARRESTING OFFICER.

SO YOU SAW THE BODY OF ALAN ROSETZKY
IN THE BACK OF THE DEFENDANT'S VAN.

- WHAT DID YOU DO THEN?
- BASED ON WHAT I SAW,

I OBTAINED A WARRANT
AND SEARCHED HIS HOUSE.

- AND WHAT DID YOU FIND THERE?
- A MASS OF INCRIMINATING
EVIDENCE.

OBJECTION. THE WITNESS SHOULD BE
ADMONISHED THAT THIS IS A SEARCH FOR FACTS,

NOT HIS CHARACTERIZATION OF
WHAT HE THINKS HE DISCOVERED.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S
TRY THIS APPROACH.

WHAT DID YOU FIND
RELATING TO THESE MURDERS?

I FOUND DOZENS OF NEWSPAPER
AND MAGAZINE CLIPPINGS.

DID YOU FIND ANYTHING RELATING TO THESE
MURDERS IN THE DEFENDANT'S COMPUTER?

YES. I FOUND OVER 50 ENTRIES CONCERNING
THE VICTIMS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY.

AND WHAT DID THESE
ENTRIES CONTAIN?

THEY DETAILED THE MOVEMENTS
AND WHEREABOUTS OF THE VICTIMS.

THEY ALSO CONTAINED THE NOTATION,
QUOTE, "CASE CLOSED," END QUOTE,

ENTERED ON THE
DAY EACH VICTIM DIED.

DID YOU FIND ANY PERSONAL ITEMS OF RELEVANCE
TO THIS CASE IN THE DEFENDANT'S HOUSE?

YES. I FOUND A BULOVA WATCH...

WITH THE INSCRIPTION "GLEN
BUCKLEY JR." ON THE BACK.

WHO IS GLEN BUCKLEY?
ONE OF THE 17 PEOPLE...

THE DEFENDANT IS
CHARGED WITH MURDERING.

TELL THE COURT, PLEASE, WHAT ELSE
YOU FOUND IN THE DEFENDANT'S HOUSE.

WE FOUND A BELT BUCKLE...

SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED AS BELONGING
TO VICTIM NUMBER 14, THEODORE DRAMAND.

WE FOUND A CHECKBOOK BELONGING
TO WAYNE RICHARD COOMBS,

THE 16th VICTIM.

SOUNDS INCRIMINATING TO ME.

- OBJECTION.
- WITHDRAWN. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

DID YOU FIND ANY WEAPONS IN
MR. BANKS'S HOUSE, DETECTIVE?

NO. BUT WE... THANK YOU.

NOW, YOU SAY YOU FOUND CLIPPINGS
ABOUT THE MURDERS IN HIS HOUSE. CORRECT?

YES. IN YOUR EXPERIENCE,

ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO COLLECT INFORMATION
ABOUT MURDERS MURDERERS THEMSELVES?

PEOPLE WHO COLLECT THAT MUCH DETAIL,
I'D SAY, YEAH. THE ODDS ARE EXCELLENT.

YOU COLLECT A LOT OF INFORMATION
ABOUT MURDERS, DON'T YOU, DETECTIVE?

OBJECTION.
IRRELEVANT. WITHDRAWN.

NOW, IN THESE COMPUTER FILES,

YOU FOUND INFORMATION
ABOUT KYLE DAVID HARRIS,

ABOUT CARL LISTER AND
ABOUT ALAN ROSETZKY?

- CORRECT?
- I DID.

THAT INFORMATION INCLUDED, DID IT
NOT, THE FACT THAT KYLE DAVID HARRIS...

HAD MOLESTED A YOUNG
GIRL IN A VICIOUS MANNER,

THAT MR. LISTER HAD SET A CHILD ON FIRE
AND THAT MR. ROSETZKY HAD MURDERED...

YOUR HONOR, I MUST STRENUOUSLY OBJECT
TO THIS INFLAMMATORY LINE OF QUESTIONING.

ON WHAT GROUNDS? THE
PEOPLE OPENED THAT DOOR...

WHEN THEY ASKED THE WITNESS
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FILES.

WE ARE MERELY FOLLOWING
THE LINE OF INQUIRY.

NO. WHAT COUNSEL IS DOING IS
POSING IRRELEVANT QUESTIONS.

THE BACKGROUND OF
THE DEFENDANT'S VICTIMS...

HAS NO BEARING WHATSOEVER
ON THE ISSUE OF HIS GUILT.

I'M GOING TO SUSTAIN
THE OBJECTION,

AND I CAUTION THE JURY TO DISREGARD
MR. WYLER'S CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VICTIMS.

GO AHEAD, MR. WYLER.

NOW, MR. ROSETZKY RESIDED WHERE?

I'D HAVE TO CHECK MY RECORDS.

SOMEWHERE IN
CULVER CITY, I BELIEVE.

BEFORE THAT, WHERE DID HE
RESIDE? OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

IN THE FOLSOM STATE
PRISON. YOUR HONOR, PLEASE!

- THAT'S ENOUGH, MR. WYLER.
- COUNSEL'S PLAYING FAST AND
LOOSE WITH RULES OF EVIDENCE.

- FOR DANGEROUS CRIMINALS... ISN'T THAT RIGHT, DETECTIVE?
- MR. WYLER, STOP IT!

AND STOP IT NOW.
COME UP HERE, COUNSEL.

YOU JERK ME AROUND ONCE MORE,

AND MS. APPLETON WILL BE
ARGUING YOUR CASE BY HERSELF.

- UNDERSTOOD?
- UNDERSTOOD.

- NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
- REDIRECT, YOUR HONOR.

WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS WERE
USED TO MURDER THE 17 VICTIMS?

A .30-06 RIFLE,

.22-CALIBER RIFLE,
12-GAUGE SHOTGUN,

.38-CALIBER PISTOL AND
A .22-CALIBER PISTOL.

AND WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS WERE
FOUND IN THE DEFENDANT'S VAN?

A .30-06 RIFLE,

A .22-CALIBER RIFLE,
A 12-GAUGE SHOTGUN,

A .38-CALIBER PISTOL
AND A .22-CALIBER PISTOL.

THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

HOW'S IT GOING?

I'M RESEARCHING COMMUTING DEATH
SENTENCES. THAT TELL YOU ANYTHING?

IT TELLS ME THE POTENTIAL
BOMBSHELL I'VE UNCOVERED...

IS GOING TO HAVE A
PROFOUND IMPACT...

ON ANY NEED YOU MAY HAVE TO
CONTINUE RESEARCH IN THAT AREA.

YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY
THAT... SPILL IT, ARNOLD.

OKAY.

NOT TO SPEAK ILL OF THE DEAD, BUT SIDNEY
POMERANTZ'S FILING SYSTEM LEFT MUCH TO BE DESIRED.

UM, I HAVE HERE THE REST OF
THE INTERVIEW HE CONDUCTED...

WITH PARAMEDICS WHO PRONOUNCED
CLIFFORD'S LAST VICTIM, ALAN ROSETZKY.

IT WAS IN SIDNEY'S ACCOUNTS PAYABLE FILE,
WHICH, UH, BY THE WAY, ALSO CONTAINED...

ARNOLD, DON'T MAKE ME HIT YOU.

ONE OF THE PARAMEDICS...
AGUILERA... SAYS...

THAT WHEN SHE ARRIVED AND
WENT TO EXAMINE THE BODY,

SHE HAD TO FORCE THE ZIPPER OF THE
DUFFEL BAG, WHICH HAD BECOME JAMMED.

SO?

IT WAS JAMMED IN THE
HAIR OF ROSETZKY'S HEAD.

SEVERAL TEETH OF THE
ZIPPER WERE BROKEN.

AGUILERA HAD, QUOTE, "GREAT
DIFFICULTY UNZIPPING THE BAG...

TO REMOVE THE BODY OF THE
VICTIM AND EXAMINE IT," UNQUOTE.

OFFICER TILLAGE SAID THAT HE SAW
A LEG PROTRUDING FROM THE BAG.

MEANING SOMEBODY'S
STORY IS COCKEYED.

WE'RE GONNA NEED TO
INTERVIEW THIS AGUILERA.

BUT IF WHAT SHE
SAYS CHECKS OUT...

THEN OFFICER TILLAGE IS COVERING
HIS ASS FOR A WARRANTLESS SEARCH.

HE DIDN'T SEE SQUAT IN
THE BACK OF THAT VAN.

HE OPENED IT BECAUSE
BANKS WAS ACTING SQUIRRELLY,

AND THAT'S WHEN HE
SAW THE DUFFEL BAG.

HE TRIED TO UNZIP IT, AND
ROSETZKY'S HAIR GOT CAUGHT.

BUT HE SAW ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT HE HAD A CORPSE ON HIS HANDS.

SO HE BUSTED CLIFFORD WITHOUT
PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE SEARCH.

WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF THE EVIDENCE THAT
GRASSO HAS IS FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE.

AND IT'S USELESS.

EVERYTHING FLOWS
FROM THAT BAD SEARCH.

THE BODY, THE WEAPONS,
THE COMPUTER FILES.

EVEN THE STATEMENT THAT CLIFFORD GAVE SAYING
THAT HE DID IT. IT'S ALL OUT THE WINDOW.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL OF US.

WE MAY WELL BE ON OUR WAY
TO FREEING A SERIAL KILLER.