Murder One (1995–1997): Season 2, Episode 15 - Chapter Fifteen, Year Two - full transcript

THE MURDER CASE.

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

THAT THIS IS THE FACE
OF A SERIAL KILLER,

WHO COLDLY SNUFFED
OUT THE LIVES OF 17 PEOPLE.

THE CLIENT.

FOUR YEARS AGO, YOU
PROSECUTED A MAN...

FOR THE MURDER OF A KID
WHO WAS SEVERELY RETARDED.

HE WAS YOUR BROTHER. DO YOU, UH,
REMEMBER THE DEAL YOU GAVE HIM, MR. WYLER?

SEVEN YEARS FOR
MY BROTHER'S LIFE.

IT WAS THE BEST WE COULD
DO. 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.

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

WHO WAS ONCE PART OF A
CORRUPT CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

MY ONE GOAL IS TO PREVENT
YOU FROM BEING EXECUTED.

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

AN OFFICE ROMANCE.

THIS SECOND CHAIR THING,

IF YOU'RE FEELING EVEN
SLIGHTLY UNCOMFORTABLE...

MAYBE WE SHOULD DECIDE THAT NO
MATTER HOW MUTUAL THE ATTRACTION,

WE RESTRAIN FROM
ACTING ON THAT ATTRACTION.

AT LEAST UNTIL THE TRIAL'S OVER.

- WHOOPS.
- ARE THOSE TWO...

WHO? JUSTINE AND JIMMY.



- NO WAY.
- OH, YEAH. DEFINITELY.

THE NEWLYWEDS.

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.

THE HOLLYWOOD DEAL.

I WON'T BE DEPICTED
AS A MONSTER.

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

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.

AN ILLEGAL SEARCH.

EVERYTHING FLOWS
FROM THAT BAD SEARCH.

THE BODY, THE WEAPONS,
THE COMPUTER FILES.

EVEN THE STATEMENT THAT
CLIFFORD GAVE SAYING HE DID IT.

- IT'S ALL OUT THE WINDOW.
- CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF US.

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

- GOOD NIGHT.
- GOOD MORNING.

RIGHT.

WELL, I'M HEADING OUT.

UNLESS YOU NEED ME FOR ANYTHING.

MAYBE WE SHOULD
RETIRE TO CHAMBERS.

WELL, THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY
ESCALATE OUR... OUR LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT.

WOULDN'T IT? YES, IT WOULD.

DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'S
THE WISEST COURSE OF ACTION?

TRUTHFULLY SPEAKING... HMM?

I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, I SUPPOSE THERE'S
A CASE TO BE MADE THAT...

GETTING IT OUT OF OUR SYSTEMS
WOULD FACILITATE FOCUS ON THE TRIAL.

MM. THEN THE QUESTION IS...

HOW CAN JUSTICE BEST BE SERVED?

I HOPE WE DON'T REGRET
IT IN THE MORNING, BOSS.

BUT I MOVE THAT WE EXERCISE OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO "BARE" ALL.

OH, I STIPULATE TO THAT.

MORNING, LOUIS. GOOD MORNING.

MS. AGUILERA'S THERE. I PUT
HER IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.

GOOD MORNING. MORNING.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY? FINE. YOU?

GREAT. GREAT.

THAT, UH, E.M.T. IS HERE.

JUST GIVE ME TWO MINUTES,
ALL RIGHT? SURE. TAKE YOUR TIME.

AND YOUR MOTHER CALLED.

SHE TRIED TO REACH
YOU ALL LAST NIGHT.

UM, WOULD YOU CALL HER
AND TELL HER THAT I'M FINE?

I JUST...

DON'T WORRY. MOTHERS
ARE MY SPECIALTY.

CALL COMES IN A FEW
MINUTES AFTER 11:00.

WE ARRIVE ON THE
SCENE 11:20, THEREABOUTS.

AND THERE WAS A WHITE VAN
PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER.

TWO PATROL CARS PARKED BEHIND.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL PRESENT?

YOU KNOW, I WENT THROUGH
ALL THIS WITH MR. POMERANTZ.

MR. POMERANTZ WAS IN POOR HEALTH WHEN YOU
TALKED TO HIM. HIS NOTES WERE A LITTLE ROUGH.

IF YOU COULD TAKE US
THROUGH IT ONE MORE TIME.

MY PARTNER AND I WERE THE
ONLY PARAMEDICS ON SCENE.

ONE OF THE COPS SHOWS ME THIS
BLUE DUFFEL BAG IN THE BACK OF THE VAN.

THERE WERE BLOODSTAINS,
OBVIOUSLY A BODY INSIDE,

AND THERE WAS HAIR
STICKING OUT OF THE ZIPPER.

YOU'RE SURE ABOUT THAT?
THE VICTIM'S HAIR WAS VISIBLE.

IT WAS JAMMED IN THE ZIPPER. I HAD TO
REALLY FORCE IT TO GET THE BAG TO OPEN.

AND THEN I PRONOUNCED
THE VICTIM, AND I LEFT.

WE MAY ASK YOU TO TESTIFY
IN COURT. YOU OKAY WITH THAT?

SURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME. WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

OKAY.

IF WHAT WE JUST HEARD HOLDS
UP, IT MEANS THAT COP'S LYING,

AND MIRIAM GRASSO
MIGHT AS WELL PUNT,

BECAUSE EVERY PIECE OF EVIDENCE
SHE'S GOT IS GONNA BE THROWN OUT.

WELL, BEFORE WE START TERRIFYING
OURSELVES WITH THE POSSIBILITY...

THAT CLIFFORD BANKS
COULD BE SET FREE,

WE SHOULD KEEP A FEW
OTHER THINGS IN MIND.

NO JUDGE IS GOING TO RELEASE AN
ACCUSED SERIAL KILLER BACK TO THE STREET,

UNLESS IT'S HIS
ONLY ALTERNATIVE.

IF THAT ARRESTING OFFICER HAS ANY
KIND OF EXPLANATION THAT HOLDS UP,

WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE.

MR. JENKS, HAVE YOU
EVER BEEN INCARCERATED?

YEAH. I WAS PAROLED
FROM CHINO A YEAR AGO.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS LETTER?

YEAH. I-I GOT THAT AT CHINO.
WHO IS THAT LETTER FROM?

A CHICK NAMED KAREN
BRIGHTMAN. OR SO I THOUGHT.

DID YOU AND MISS BRIGHTMAN
WRITE TO EACH OTHER REGULARLY?

YEAH, WE WROTE BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER
FOR ABOUT A YEAR, PRIOR TO MY RELEASE.

AND HOW DID YOU STRIKE UP THIS
CORRESPONDENCE WITH MISS BRIGHTMAN?

I ANSWERED AN AD
IN THE PERSONALS.

BASED UPON THE TONE AND SUBSTANCE
OF THE LETTERS YOU EXCHANGED,

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE NATURE OF
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MISS BRIGHTMAN?

WELL, AT FIRST, IT WAS JUST LIKE A COUPLE
OF PEN PALS GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

OBVIOUSLY, IN TIME, IT
GOT A LITTLE MORE INTIMATE.

INTIMATE? HOW?

ROMANTIC I-I GUESS
YOU COULD SAY.

UH, SHE STARTED PUTTING
PERFUME ON THE STATIONERY...

AND TELLING ME HOW SHE WAS
HAVING THESE DREAMS ABOUT ME.

THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT DROVE ME CRAZY.

I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION
TO PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 118,

AND ASK IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS
LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 14, 1995.

IT'S A VALENTINE NOTE
THAT I SENT KAREN.

DID IT SURPRISE YOU THAT THIS
LETTER IN YOUR HANDWRITING...

WAS DISCOVERED DURING A SEARCH
OF THE DEFENDANT'S APARTMENT?

YES, MA'AM, IT SURELY DID.

AND DID IT SURPRISE YOU
TO LEARN THAT COPIES...

OF MISS BRIGHTMAN'S LETTERS TO YOU WERE
ALSO FOUND IN THE DEFENDANT'S APARTMENT?

YES.

DO YOU KNOW THE DEFENDANT? NO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY HE
WOULD HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION...

NOT ONLY THE CORRESPONDENCE
BETWEEN YOU AND MISS BRIGHTMAN...

BUT ALSO FILES DETAILING THE CRIMES
FOR WHICH YOU WERE SERVING TIME,

YOUR RELEASE DATE, WHERE YOU WOULD BE
LIVING ONCE YOU WERE PAROLED, ET CETERA?

I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. BANKS
WAS PRETENDING TO BE A WOMAN...

TO GET INFORMATION, SO HE COULD
NAIL ME WHEN I GOT OUT OF JAIL.

OBJECTION. CALLS FOR SPECULATION.
ASK THAT THE ANSWER BE STRICKEN.

SO ORDERED. THE JURY WILL
DISREGARD THE WITNESS'S LAST ANSWER.

IN THE LAST LETTER THAT YOU
RECEIVED BEFORE YOUR PAROLE,

DID MISS BRIGHTMAN, OR WHOEVER WAS
WRITING YOU, ARRANGE A RENDEZVOUS?

YES. SHE WANTED TO MEET ME IN
THE PARKING LOT NEAR THE AIRPORT.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO WEAR A DODGERS
CAP, SO SHE COULD RECOGNIZE ME.

I THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD THAT A
WOMAN WHO'D BEEN WRITING TO ME...

ABOUT HOW MUCH IN LOVE SHE WAS
WANTED TO MEET ME IN A PARKING LOT...

INSTEAD OF AT A RESTAURANT
OR HER PLACE, WHATEVER.

YOU KNOW, BUT I FIGURED WHAT
THE HELL... I GOT NOTHING TO LOSE.

DID YOU GO TO THE PARKING LOT
NEAR THE AIRPORT THAT NIGHT...

AS THE LETTER HAD
INSTRUCTED YOU TO? YEAH, I DID.

AND DID KAREN BRIGHTMAN OR
ANYONE ELSE MEET YOU THERE?

NOPE. GOT STOOD UP.

IT WAS A MAJOR BUMMER AT THE TIME,
BUT NOW I CONSIDER MYSELF PRETTY LUCKY.

REALLY? WHY IS THAT?

'CAUSE THE COPS PICKED UP CLIFFORD
BANKS THE DAY BEFORE, THAT'S WHY.

OBJECTION. CALLS
FOR A CONCLUSION.

WITHDRAWN. YOUR WITNESS.

YOU'VE NEVER MET
MR. BANKS, RIGHT?

NO, I NEVER HAVE.

SO, ANY SUGGESTION THAT CLIFFORD
BANKS WAS THE AUTHOR OF THESE LETTERS...

IS PURE SPECULATION ON
YOUR PART, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

HOW ELSE WOULD HE HAVE
GOTTEN ALL THOSE LETTERS?

I DON'T KNOW. AND
NEITHER DO YOU. RIGHT?

WELL, IT'S COMMON SENSE. I MEAN, A LOT OF HIS
OTHER MARKS STARTED OUT AS PRISON PEN PALS.

- AND YOU KNOW THAT HOW?
- I'M NOT STUPID. I READ THE PAPERS.

SO, YOUR TESTIMONY HAS BEEN
INFLUENCED, OR EVEN DISTORTED,

BY THE MEDIA COVERAGE, CORRECT?

NO, EVERYTHING
HAPPENED JUST LIKE I SAID.

MR. JENKS, WHAT WERE YOU
SERVING TIME FOR IN CHINO?

SIX COUNTS OF LEWD
ACTS WITH A FEMALE MINOR.

YOU WERE A CHILD
MOLESTER, RIGHT?

OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT.

GOES TO THE WITNESS'S
CREDIBILITY, YOUR HONOR.

I'LL ALLOW IT.

HEY, I GOT BUSTED HAVING
SEX WITH AN UNDERAGE WOMAN.

I GUESS THAT MAKES ME A CHILD MOLESTER.
BUT, YEAH, I'VE HAD THERAPY THOUGH.

SEX WITH AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN, RIGHT?

IT'S A FACT, ISN'T IT,

THAT YOU'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH
VIOLATING THE TERMS OF YOUR PAROLE.

YEAH, I FLUNKED A DRUG TEST.

ISN'T THAT THE REASON YOU'RE
COOPERATING WITH THE PROSECUTION...

AND TESTIFYING HERE TODAY SO THAT YOU
CAN BUILD GOODWILL WITH THE PAROLE BOARD?

THEY DIDN'T OFFER TO GO EASY
ON ME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

RIGHT. YOU'RE JUST YOUR BASIC DRUG-ABUSING
CHILD MOLESTER OUT TO SEE JUSTICE DONE.

OBJECTION. INFLAMMATORY
AND DEFAMATORY.

WITHDRAWN. NOTHING FURTHER.

CLIFFORD BANKS'S
BLUSHING BRIDE IS HERE.

OKAY.

MRS. BANKS? THANK
YOU FOR SEEING ME.

I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
OH, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. PLEASE.

WELL,

I WANT TO BUY A NEW CAR,

BUT WHEN I WENT TO THE BANK THIS MORNING
TO GET THE MONEY FROM CLIFFORD'S ACCOUNT,

I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T.

SOMETHING ABOUT AN
ESCROW HOLD OR SOMETHING.

THOSE FUNDS ARE IN A SPECIAL ACCOUNT
TO PAY FOR CLIFFORD'S LEGAL DEFENSE.

THAT MONEY BELONGS TO CLIFFORD.
AS HIS WIFE, I'M ENTITLED TO HALF OF IT.

WELL, STRICTLY SPEAKING,
THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT.

HOWEVER, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE
WE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS CAR?

$44,000.

ANY DISBURSEMENTS HAVE
TO BE APPROVED BY THE COURT.

NO JUDGE IS GONNA APPROVE
THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR A CAR.

WHAT RIGHT DOES
SOME JUDGE HAVE...

TO DECIDE HOW MY HUSBAND
AND I CAN SPEND OUR MONEY?

AS I SAID, THAT MONEY IS
IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT...

SPECIFICALLY TO PAY FOR
CLIFFORD'S LEGAL DEFENSE.

TECHNICALLY, YOU HAVE
NO RIGHT TO ANY OF IT.

HOW MUCH MONEY IS THERE?

RIGHT NOW, THERE'S
ABOUT $275,000.

THAT'S BARELY ENOUGH TO PAY
FOR YOUR HUSBAND'S LEGAL BILLS.

IF WE HAVE TO APPEAL
A DEATH SENTENCE,

IT COULD RUN INTO HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE.

WE NEED TO CONSERVE THE
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

SO YOU CAN LINE YOUR OWN
POCKETS... IS THAT IT, MR. WYLER?

NO, THAT'S NOT IT, MRS. BANKS.

LOOK, IF YOU NEED MONEY TO
PAY FOR REPAIRS TO YOUR CAR...

I WANT A LEXUS.

NOW, MY HUSBAND AND
I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS,

AND HE AGREES THAT
I SHOULD HAVE ONE.

WELL, IT'S NOT YOUR
HUSBAND'S CALL TO MAKE,

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO
EXPLAIN THAT TO HIM.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A
LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO...

WHEN HE HEARS HOW
I'VE BEEN TREATED.

OH, GARY BLONDO AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN
WOULD LIKE A MOMENT OF YOUR TIME.

PURPORTEDLY, IT'S A
MATTER OF SOME URGENCY.

SEND 'EM IN. SEND THEM IN.

TRACK DOWN FRANK SZYMANSKI FOR ME. I NEED
HIM TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON LYNETTE BANKS.

WILL DO.

WHAT IS THAT WOMAN'S PROBLEM?
I SAY, "HI, LYNETTE. IT'S ME GARY.

I WAS AT YOUR WEDDING,"
AND SHE ACTS LIKE I DON'T EXIST.

THIS AFTER I GAVE THEM MATCHING
STERLING NAPKIN RINGS FROM GUMP'S.

WELL, DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY.
YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW. IT'S A FLAW.

IN A TOWN WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE HIDE
LIKE A RHINO, I'VE GOT SKIN LIKE KLEENEX.

SAY HI TO ED MIZERAC,
L.A.P.D., RETIRED.

MR. MIZERAC. HOW YOU DOING?

ED WAS THE BACKUP UNIT THE
NIGHT OF CLIFFORD'S ARREST.

I THINK HE'S GOT SOME
INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR.

REALLY? NOT ONLY IS THIS
GONNA BE BIG FOR YOUR CASE,

BUT IT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF WHAMMO
WE NEED FOR THE END OF OUR SECOND ACT.

I GOT THE RADIO CALL ASKING FOR
BACKUP, AND I ROLLED TO THE SCENE...

WHERE THE ARRESTING OFFICER HAD A
SUSPECT IN CUSTODY ON A SUSPECTED HOMICIDE.

AND THE ARRESTING OFFICER
WAS OFFICER TILLAGE. CORRECT.

THIS WAS A REALLY BIG COLLAR FOR A
ROOK, AND TILLAGE WAS PRETTY STOKED.

I ASKED HIM HOW THE BUST WENT DOWN,
AND HE SAID HE PULLED THE VAN OVER...

'CAUSE THE TAILLIGHT WAS OUT, AND
THE DRIVER WENT REALLY SQUIRRELLY.

FOUND THE DUFFEL BAG, OPENED
IT AND, UH, THERE WAS NUMBER 17.

NO WAY COULD THAT COP HAVE SEEN A BODY IN THE
BACK OF THE VAN WITHOUT GOING TO LOOK INSIDE.

GARY, I WANNA HEAR IT FROM HIM.

I POINTED OUT TO HIM THAT UNLESS HE SAW A
FOOT STICKING OUT OF THE BAG, FOR EXAMPLE,

THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE PROBABLE
CAUSE TO ENTER THE VAN.

SO, TILLAGE FILED A BOGUS POLICE REPORT
SAYING HE SAW A FOOT STICKING OUT OF THE BAG.

OTHERWISE IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN A HUMMER BUST.

LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.

WHY ARE YOU COMING FORWARD
WITH THIS INFORMATION NOW?

SIMPLE. NUMBER 23 OF THE
32 BASIC DRAMATIC SITUATIONS.

THE GUY GOT SCREWED OUT
OF WHAT HE HAD COMING TO HIM.

I EARNED A LINE OF DUTY DISABILITY,
AND THE BEAN COUNTERS DOWNTOWN...

DECIDED THAT MY BACK INJURY WAS
PREEXISTING, SO THEY ONLY GAVE ME HALF.

TRY LIVING ON THAT.
SO IT'S PAYBACK TIME.

IF YOU'RE ASKING IS THERE ANY LOVE
LOST BETWEEN ME AND THE DEPARTMENT, NO.

IN TERMS OF THIS INVESTIGATION, THERE'S A
RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO DO THINGS.

AND AFTER COUNSELING TILLAGE ON THE
WRONG WAY, YOU SUDDENLY FOUND A CONSCIENCE.

AT THE TIME, I HAD NO IDEA THIS
GUY WAS THE STREET SWEEPER.

I MEAN, GIVEN HOW BIG THIS CASE HAS
BECOME, I WANT THE RECORD TO BE ACCURATE.

THAT'S WHY I CONTACTED GARY AFTER I READ
ABOUT HIS MOVIE AND OFFERED MY SERVICES.

HE'S ON YOUR PAYROLL?

AS A TECHNICAL ADVISER. I MEAN, MY WRITER
FIONA... FIONA WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT ED.

THE FACT THAT YOU ARE PAYING HIM COMPLETELY
UNDERMINES HIS CREDIBILITY AS A WITNESS.

GRASSO'S GONNA HAVE
A FIELD DAY WITH THAT.

AND YOU ARE GONNA EAT
HER ALIVE ON REDIRECT.

JIMMY, IF THIS IS NOT THE GREATEST
COURTROOM DRAMA SINCE INHERIT THE WIND,

I'M A BABOON'S ASS.

YOU ARE A BABOON'S ASS, GARY.

AND YOU ARE UNDERMINING MY
EFFORTS TO DEFEND CLIFFORD BANKS.

I'M GONNA INSIST
YOU STOP MEDDLING,

OR I'LL HAVE YOU BROUGHT UP ON
CHARGES OF WITNESS TAMPERING.

LET ME REMIND YOU THAT IT WAS
ME, MR. MEDDLER, MR. TAMPERER,

WHO FOUND THE MONEY TO
PAY FOR YOUR CLIENT'S DEFENSE.

IT IS ME, MR. MEDDLER, WHO HAS COME UP
WITH THIS INFORMATION... SHUT UP, GARY.

NOT ANOTHER WORD. THAT'S GONNA
GET YOUR CLIENT OUT OF PRISON.

NOT ONE MORE WORD! LOOK, IF
YOU GUYS NEED SOME PRIVACY...

NO, YOU STAY. SIT DOWN.
GARY, GET OUT. GET OUT NOW!

I DID THREE PICTURES
WITH DON SIMPSON.

YOU, I AM NOT INTIMIDATED BY.

MR. SHEEHY, DO YOU RECALL SELLING
THIS .308 CALIBER SAKO HUNTING RIFLE...

TO THE DEFENDANT? YES.

AND THIS .30-30 CALIBER
MARLIN RIFLE? YES.

AND THIS NINE-MILLIMETER
GLOCK PISTOL WITH A LASER SIGHT?

YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE IS WILLING
TO STIPULATE MR. BANKS BOUGHT THIS...

AND THE OTHER WEAPONS
AT MR. SHEEHY'S STORE.

SO STIPULATED? YES, YOUR HONOR.

THESE PURCHASES HAVING BEEN
MADE OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD...

BETWEEN DECEMBER 16, 1993...

AND NOVEMBER 12, 1995... IS
THAT CORRECT, MR. SHEEHY?

IF THAT'S WHAT MY
RECORDS INDICATE.

AND DO YOU RECALL HAVING A CONVERSATION
WITH THE DEFENDANT ON MARCH 16, 1994,

WHEN YOU SOLD HIM
THE .30-30 CALIBER RIFLE?

- I DO.
- OBJECTION. HEARSAY.

THE PROSECUTION INTENDS TO
PROVE THAT MR. BANKS'S REMARKS...

TAKEN IN CONTEXT WITH OTHER EVIDENCE
AMOUNTS TO ADMISSION BY THE DEFENDANT.

I'LL ALLOW IT. WHAT DID MR. BANKS
SAY TO YOU ON THAT OCCASION?

UH, HE SAID HE WAS GONNA GO DEER
HUNTING IN THE SIERRAS WITH HIS BUDDIES.

UH, WANTED ME TO
RECOMMEND A WEAPON.

AND ON THE 25th OF JANUARY 1995,

WHEN THE DEFENDANT RETURNED TO YOUR STORE
TO PURCHASE THE NINE-MILLIMETER GLOCK,

WHAT WAS HIS EXPLANATION FOR
THAT PURCHASE? PERSONAL PROTECTION.

AND THE .308 HUNTING RIFLE?

HUNTING AGAIN. HE SAID HE WANTED SOMETHING
WITH A LITTLE MORE RANGE AND VELOCITY.

ON THIS OCCASION, DID THE DEFENDANT
INDICATE WHAT HE WOULD BE HUNTING?

- DEER.
- WAS THERE ANYTHING UNUSUAL
ABOUT THIS?

WELL, HE SAID HIS BUDDIES, UH,
PLANNED TO GO THAT WEEKEND.

I INFORMED HIM THAT DEER HUNTIN' SEASON
DIDN'T START FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.

HOW DID MR. BANKS RESPOND?

HE SHRUGGED IT OFF BASICALLY,
LIKE IT SLIPPED HIS MIND.

WELL, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE
SELLING GUNS, UH, IS IT USUAL...

FOR A HUNTER NOT TO KNOW
WHEN DEER SEASON STARTS?

NO. UH, THEY USUALLY HAVE THE
DATES CIRCLED ON THEIR CALENDARS.

UH, THEY KNOW
EXACTLY WHEN IT STARTS.

SO, WOULD THIS INDICATE TO YOU THAT
PERHAPS MR. BANKS WASN'T REALLY A HUNTER?

THAT, IN FACT, HE WAS
HUNTING SOMETHING ELSE?

OBJECTION. CALLS
FOR SPECULATION.

WITHDRAWN. NOTHING
FURTHER, YOUR HONOR.

MR. SHEEHY, IS MR. BANKS
THE ONLY CUSTOMER...

TO HAVE BOUGHT MORE THAN
ONE GUN IN YOUR STORE? NO.

IS HE THE ONLY CUSTOMER TO HAVE BOUGHT
THIS AMOUNT OF AMMUNITION IN YOUR STORE?

NO.

IN ALL THE TIME MR. BANKS
CAME INTO YOUR STORE,

WERE YOU EVER ALARMED
BY HIS BEHAVIOR? NO.

WAS THERE ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT
HIS DEMEANOR THAT MADE YOU UNEASY...

OR MADE YOU FEEL
RELUCTANT TO TALK TO HIM?

HE WAS REAL EASY TO TALK TO.

BECAUSE, IN FACT, IF YOU HAD BEEN
ALARMED, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN OBLIGED...

TO REPORT THE SALE OF THOSE
WEAPONS TO THE AUTHORITIES, CORRECT?

THAT'S RIGHT. AND HOW LONG HAVE
YOU OWNED THE GUN STORE, SIR?

SIXTEEN YEARS. SO, BASED
ON YOUR EXPERIENCE,

DO YOU FEEL YOU'RE CAPABLE OF SPOTTING A
DANGEROUS CUSTOMER WHEN THEY COME INTO YOUR STORE?

YEAH. I LIKE TO THINK I
KNOW WHO I'M DEALING WITH.

YOU'VE REPORTED POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
CUSTOMERS TO THE POLICE BEFORE, HAVEN'T YOU?

PEOPLE THAT YOU SUSPECT MIGHT
BE A MENACE TO THE COMMUNITY.

YES.

BUT IN ALL THE TIMES THAT
MR. BANKS CAME INTO YOUR STORE,

YOU NEVER FELT THE NEED
TO REPORT HIM, DID YOU? NO.

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

THERE'S A CARL RUNSDORF
HERE TO SEE YOU.

HE SAYS HE REPRESENTS
LYNETTE BANKS. SEND HIM IN.

AFTERNOON, MR. WYLER.

MR. RUNSDORF. WHAT
CAN I DO FOR YOU?

IN A WORD, UH, RECONSIDER.

ABOUT THE LEXUS? CORRECT.

AND AFTER THINKING IT OVER, MY CLIENT HAS
DECIDED THE 300 WILL BE MORE THAN ADEQUATE.

AS I EXPLAINED TO MRS. BANKS
YESTERDAY, I CAN'T HELP HER.

YOU CAN'T OR YOU WON'T?
LOOK, IT'S REAL SIMPLE.

NUMBER ONE, CLIFFORD
RECEIVED THE MONEY...

FROM THE SALE OF THE MOVIE
RIGHTS PRIOR TO THE MARRIAGE.

THEREFORE, IT'S NOT COMMUNITY
PROPERTY, AND SHE HAS NO CLAIM TO IT.

NUMBER TWO, THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN PLACED
IN A COURT-SUPERVISED ESCROW ACCOUNT,

TO WHICH I HAVE NO
DISCRETIONARY ACCESS.

THAT ACCOUNT WAS SET UP AT YOUR
DISCRETION TO COVER YOUR OWN ASS.

IF YOU WANTED TO MASSAGE THE
BOOKS, YOU COULD GET AT THAT MONEY.

WE BOTH KNOW YOU COULD. IT WOULD
BE RUBBER-STAMPED BY THE COURT.

WELL, LET'S ASSUME THAT I COULD DO
WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. WHY WOULD I?

WELL, HOW'S IT GONNA
LOOK IN THE TABLOIDS...

THAT CLIFFORD BANKS, WHO, BY
ANY STANDARDS, IS A WEALTHY MAN,

BEGRUDGES HIS WIFE
DECENT TRANSPORTATION?

HOW'S IT GONNA LOOK WHEN THAT WIFE COMES
ACROSS AS THE GOLD DIGGER THAT SHE IS,

SUCKING DRY THE BANK ACCOUNT
OF A MAN ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE?

LYNETTE IS A SOURCE OF GREAT
COMFORT TO HER HUSBAND.

WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU A
WORD OF ADVICE, MY FRIEND.

SEND LYNETTE A BILL FOR YOUR SERVICES,
TAKE THE 500 BUCKS AND DISAPPEAR.

IF YOU COME AT ME WITH THIS, I WILL
PERSONALLY SUE YOU FOR EXTORTION,

DEFAMATION AND FRAUD.

HOW ABOUT A TOYOTA AVALON?

THANKS FOR STOPPING
BY, MR. RUNSDORF.

MY WIFE WANTS THIS CAR.

I WANT HER TO HAVE IT.

THAT MONEY IS FOR YOUR DEFENSE,
NOT TO SQUANDER ON LUXURIES.

YOU WORK FOR ME.

I EXPECT YOU TO DO
WHAT I TELL YOU TO DO.

YEAH, AND I WON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WILL
ACTIVELY UNDERMINE MY ABILITY TO DEFEND YOU.

- THAT'S YOUR FINAL WORD?
- YES.

WELL, YOU LEAVE ME NO CHOICE.

YOU'RE FIRED.

THE JUDGE ISN'T GOING TO LET YOU
DROP REPRESENTATION WITHOUT A HEARING.

OOH. THEN I WANT A HEARING.

CLIFFORD, I'M TRYING TO HELP
YOU. I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.

HEY! MY WIFE IS THE
MOST PRECIOUS THING...

IN THE WORLD TO ME.

AND I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU TREAT HER LIKE
SOMETHING YOU JUST WIPED OFF OF YOUR SHOE.

WE'RE DONE.

MR. WYLER COMPLETELY
DISREGARDED MY INSTRUCTIONS,

VIOLATING MY SIXTH AMENDMENT
RIGHTS, WHEREBY I AM ENTITLED...

TO A COMPETENT
AND PROPER DEFENSE.

TO WIT, HE FAILED
TO RELEASE FUNDS...

TO MRS. CLIFFORD BANKS TO ALLOW HER
TO PURCHASE ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION...

IN DIRECT DEFIANCE OF
MY INSISTENT REQUESTS.

I THEREFORE PETITION
THAT HE BE DISMISSED...

AND ANOTHER ATTORNEY
APPOINTED IN HIS PLACE.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED TO
THIS COURT BY CLIFFORD BANKS,

ON APRIL 4, 1997.

HAVE I GOT THIS
RIGHT, MR. BANKS?

YOU WANT TO FIRE MR. WYLER...

BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO STOP YOU
FROM USING YOUR DEFENSE FUND...

TO BUY YOUR WIFE A
$40,000 AUTOMOBILE?

- THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR.
- JUDGING BY YOUR AFFIDAVIT,

YOU SEEM TO HAVE DONE
SOME READING UP ON THE LAW.

THANK YOU.

IN THE COURSE OF YOUR RESEARCH,
DID YOU COME ACROSS THE SAYING...

"THE DEFENDANT WHO REPRESENTS
HIMSELF HAS A FOOL FOR A CLIENT"?

YOUR HONOR, I UNDERSTAND
YOUR INFERENCE,

BUT PUT YOURSELF IN MY POSITION.

MR. BANKS, I SEE ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING TO INDICATE...

THAT YOUR COUNSEL'S INCOMPETENT.

ON THE CONTRARY, IF I WERE
TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES...

MR. WYLER AND I
HAVE BUTTED HEADS,

I'D SAY YOU'RE UNLIKELY TO
FIND A MORE ARDENT ADVOCATE.

REQUEST IS DENIED.

ASSUMING, OF COURSE, MR. WYLER IS
PREPARED TO GO ON REPRESENTING YOU.

YES, I AM, YOUR HONOR.

DR. ANDROSS, BASED UPON YOUR
EXPERTISE AS A FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST,

HAVE YOU FORMULATED A
PROFILE OF THE DEFENDANT...

CONSISTENT WITH OTHER
SERIAL KILLERS YOU'VE STUDIED?

YES, WITH ONE
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

A MAJORITY OF SERIAL KILLERS COMMIT THEIR
CRIMES TO DERIVE SEXUAL GRATIFICATION.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE
WITH THIS SUBJECT.

HAVE YOU FORMED AN OPINION AS TO WHETHER THE
DEFENDANT FEELS REMORSE FOR THESE MURDERS?

BASED ON MR. BANKS'S
SELF-REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,

WE CAN CONCLUDE THESE MURDERS WERE
EGO-SYNTONIC EVENTS, WHICH IS TO SAY,

THAT THEY ARE COMPLETELY CONSISTENT
WITH HIS THINKING AND HIS BELIEF SYSTEM.

THIS IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO EXPERIENCES
SHAME, REMORSE OR ANY MISGIVINGS WHATSOEVER...

ABOUT TAKING THE
LIVES OF HIS VICTIMS.

YOUR HONOR, I HAVE
TO OBJECT AT THIS POINT.

NOTWITHSTANDING DR. ANDROSS'S
TRAINING AND EXPERTISE,

UNLESS HE'S ABLE TO CHANNEL
MY CLIENT'S PERSONALITY,

HOW CAN HE SPECULATE
ON MR. BANKS'S EMOTIONS?

WELL, FROM WHAT WE'VE JUST HEARD,
THE DEFENDANT HAS NO EMOTIONS.

THAT'S ENOUGH, MS. GRASSO. I'M
OVERRULING THE OBJECTION. LET'S MOVE ON.

IS THE DEFENDANT AWARE OF THE
CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ACTIONS?

ABSOLUTELY.
CONSEQUENCES ARE THE KEY...

TO UNDERSTANDING THIS
PARTICULAR PATTERN OF KILLING.

IN THE SUBJECT'S MIND, HIS VICTIMS,
ALL OF WHICH WERE REPEAT OFFENDERS,

HAD TO PAY FOR THEIR CRIMES.

IN FACT, IN HIS MIND, IT WAS HIS
OBLIGATION TO SEE THAT THEY DID.

WELL, DOCTOR, I'M HAVING A HARD
TIME UNDERSTANDING HOW SOMEONE...

WHO ISN'T JUST COMPLETELY
OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY...

CAN MURDER 17
PEOPLE IN COLD BLOOD...

AND NOT HAVE IT TAKE SOME
SORT OF AN EMOTIONAL TOLL.

THE FACT THAT THE MURDERS WERE
COLD-BLOODED IS WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT.

IT IS THE ORGANIZED, MECHANISTIC
APPROACH THAT DISINFECTS THE ACT OF MURDER.

IT IS THE SAME PROCESS BY WHICH AN
OTHERWISE RATIONAL CULTURE COMMITS GENOCIDE.

BUT HOW DOES SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A
PRODUCTIVE, LAW-ABIDING MEMBER OF SOCIETY...

FOR 30-PLUS YEARS WAKE UP ONE
MORNING AND EMBARK ON A KILLING SPREE?

IN PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS, IT'S BECAUSE
THE SUBJECT'S SUPEREGO IS ABSENT...

OR DAMAGED.

A PIECE IS MISSING, IN EFFECT.

MR. BANKS COBBLED TOGETHER
A FALSE PERSONALITY...

TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION
THAT HE'S A NORMAL PERSON,

BUT AT SOME POINT, HE
SUSTAINED A PSYCHIC TRAUMA,

WHICH CAUSED THIS FALSE PERSONALITY
TO SHATTER, AND HE WAS OFF TO THE RACES.

HAVE YOU FORMED AN OPINION
AS TO WHAT THIS PSYCHIC TRAUMA...

MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN
THE DEFENDANT'S CASE?

- PROBABLY HIS BROTHER'S DEATH.
- DR. ANDROSS,

PRIOR TO BECOMING A FORENSIC
PSYCHIATRIST, YOU WERE IN PRIVATE PRACTICE?

THAT IS CORRECT. HOW MANY
PATIENTS DID YOU TREAT...

WHO SUFFERED SOME SORT OF
DEVASTATING PSYCHOLOGICAL BLOW,

THE DEATH OF A LOVED
ONE, FOR INSTANCE?

HUNDREDS.

AND HOW MANY EMBARKED UPON
A KILLING SPREE AS A RESULT?

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NONE.

YOUR WITNESS.

DOCTOR, HAVE YOU EVER
SPOKEN TO CLIFFORD BANKS?

NOT DIRECTLY.

THIS IS, IN FACT, THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN
IN THE SAME ROOM AS CLIFFORD BANKS, ISN'T IT?

YES. YET, YOU PURPORT TO BE
AN EXPERT ON HIS PERSONALITY...

AND EVEN CLAIM TO KNOW
WHAT EMOTIONS HE'S FEELING.

IT HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED
IN FORENSIC LITERATURE...

THAT A TRAINED OBSERVER CAN INFER THE
PERSONALITY FROM A SUBJECT'S ACTIONS.

HOW MUCH ARE YOU BEING PAID
FOR YOUR TESTIMONY HERE TODAY?

$35,000.

SO, BY YOUR ACTIONS, WE CAN
INFER THAT YOU'RE A PERSON...

THAT PLACES GREAT
EMPHASIS ON MONEY, CORRECT?

- OBJECTION.
- WITHDRAWN.

NOW, IN ADDITION TO DERIVING INCOME
FOR PROVIDING EXPERT TESTIMONY,

YOU ALSO WORK AS A TECHNICAL ADVISER
FOR FILM AND TELEVISION, CORRECT?

YES.

NOW, LOOKING OVER
YOUR LIST OF CREDITS,

I SEE THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH A
NUMBER OF FILMS DEALING WITH SERIAL KILLERS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE REPLICANT.

THE ART OF DARKNESS, LIGATURE,

BAPTISM IN BLOOD...

AND SO ON, TO NAME A FEW, RIGHT?

THAT IS CORRECT.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE SERVICES THAT
YOU PROVIDE IN THE MAKING OF THESE FILMS?

I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SIT IN ON WRITERS'
MEETINGS, WHERE I HELP TO FRAME STORY LINES.

I WORKED ON SET,
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE...

SO THAT THE DIRECTOR COULD STAGE
THE ACTION IN A MORE REALISTIC MANNER.

SO, YOU'RE QUITE COMFORTABLE IN
THE REALM OF ILLUSION AND MAKE-BELIEVE.

IS A FAR CRY FROM
PROFILING A SERIAL KILLER.

STILL, IT MUST TAKE A LOT OF
CREATIVITY TO COME UP WITH A PROFILE...

ON SOMEBODY THAT YOU'VE NEVER
SPOKEN TO AND THAT YOU'VE NEVER MET.

I MEAN, HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT
FROM INVENTING A CHARACTER...

OR MAKING UP A STORY?

I HAVE NO TROUBLE WITH THE DISTINCTION
BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION, MR. WYLER.

AND NEITHER DOES
THE JURY, DOCTOR.

THE JOB YOU DID PUNCHING UP MS.
GRASSO'S STORY LINE IS OSCAR MATERIAL.

OBJECTION.
ARGUMENTATIVE. WITHDRAWN.

I HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS FOR THIS, UH, EXPERT.

JIMMY, PER YOUR REQUEST THE
DOPE ON LYNETTE BANKS, NÉE PARKER.

ANYTHING OF INTEREST? COUPLE
OF CONVICTIONS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.

ALLOW ME TO BORE YOU
WITH THE DETAILS. I'M ALL EARS.

THE LADY SPECIALIZES IN PUTTING
THE BITE INTO CRIMINAL LAW FIRMS.

UTAH, LYNN PARKS GETS HERSELF
HIRED AS A LEGAL SECRETARY,

SKIMS THREE GRAND
FROM PETTY CASH.

ARIZONA, LYNDA PACKER SIGNS
ON WITH DELGADO AND NELSON.

MR. DELGADO GETS HIT WITH 11
GRAND WORTH OF PHONY BILLS.

OH, AND ANOTHER THING,

LYNETTE/LYNN/LYNDA
IS ALREADY MARRIED.

AND WHO'S THE LUCKY GUY? SOME
BANK VICE PRESIDENT IN WYOMING.

HOW MUCH SHE'S RIPPED HIM
OFF FOR, I DON'T WANNA THINK.

CLIFFORD BANKS IS GONNA BE
ONE DISAPPOINTED EX-HUSBAND.

AFTERNOON, OFFICER.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR
YOU, COUNSELOR?

IS THERE SOMEPLACE
THAT WE COULD TALK?

I GOT NOTHING TO SAY TO YOU.

HOW ABOUT IF YOU JUST LISTEN?
IT MIGHT BE WORTH YOUR WHILE.

WHAT I TESTIFIED TO AT THE
PRELIM, THAT'S WHAT I SAW.

THAT THERE WAS A LEG STICKING OUT A DUFFEL
BAG IN THE BACK OF CLIFFORD BANKS'S VAN.

THAT'S RIGHT. I SAW IT FROM THE DRIVER'S
SIDE WINDOW, JUST LIKE I TESTIFIED.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
OUT OF THE ACADEMY, OFFICER?

YEAR AND A HALF,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHY?

YOU'RE NEW. MAYBE SOME OF YOUR OBSERVATIONAL
SKILLS ARE NOT AS SOLID AS THEY COULD BE.

MAYBE YOU MADE A MISTAKE. MAYBE
YOU THOUGHT YOU SAW A LEG STICKING...

I KNOW WHAT I SAW, ALL RIGHT?
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO HERE?

I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU
A WAY TO HELP YOURSELF.

MAYBE GET YOURSELF OUT
FROM UNDER A PERJURY RAP.

ACCORDING TO THE PARAMEDIC, THERE
WAS NO WAY YOU COULD HAVE SEEN A BODY...

FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW.

YOUR BUST IS A HUMMER.

NO, IT ISN'T. THAT PARAMEDIC HAS A
PROBLEM WITH HER OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS.

WHAT ABOUT OFFICER MIZERAC,
WHO SAW YOU SCREW UP...

AND THEN ADVISED YOU TO
FABRICATE A COVER STORY?

MIZERAC'S PISSED
AT THE DEPARTMENT.

THEY SHAFTED HIM ON HIS DISABILITY,
AND NOW IT'S HIS TURN TO PUT IT TO THEM.

PLUS, I HEAR HE'S A DRUNK.

I THINK HE'LL MAKE
A STRONG WITNESS.

THE QUESTION IS, HOW STRONG WILL YOU
BE WHEN WE GET YOU BACK ON THE STAND?

ARE WE DONE?

FOR NOW.

WHAT'S UP, MIRIAM?

YOUR CLIENT NOTIFIED THIS
OFFICE THAT HE WANTS TO TESTIFY.

WELL, I HAVEN'T DECIDED YET IF
I'M GONNA PUT HIM ON THE STAND.

AND WHEN I DO, YOU'LL
BE THE FIRST TO KNOW.

HE WANTS TO TESTIFY AS A PROSECUTION
WITNESS DURING OUR CASE-IN-CHIEF.

WELL, HE'S OUT OF HIS MIND.
AND SO ARE YOU IF YOU CHOOSE...

TO GO DOWN THIS ROAD. I'M GONNA
TAKE HIM UP ON HIS OFFER, JIMMY.

I'LL FIGHT YOU EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY.

YOU'D BE DERELICT IN
YOUR DUTY IF YOU DIDN'T,

JUST AS I WOULD BE IF I DIDN'T
VIGOROUSLY PURSUE THIS...

WELL, I'M TELLING YOU IT'S NEVER
GONNA HAPPEN, BUT TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT.

WE'RE NOT FORCING
MR. BANKS TO TESTIFY.

HE CONTACTED MY OFFICE OF HIS OWN
FREE WILL. HE HAS BENEFIT OF COUNSEL.

IF HE WANTS TO TAKE THE STAND,
HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO SO.

HOWEVER, EXAMINING MR. BANKS DURING
YOUR CASE DOES GIVE YOU A DECIDED EDGE.

YOU CAN FRAME HIS TESTIMONY IN A
LIGHT FAVORABLE TO THE PROSECUTION.

YOUR HONOR, IF YOU ALLOW THE
PEOPLE TO CALL CLIFFORD BANKS...

DURING THEIR CASE-IN-CHIEF, NOT ONLY WILL
YOU DEPRIVE HIM OF THE RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL,

BUT YOU WILL VIOLATE HIS FIFTH AMENDMENT
PROTECTION AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION.

THIS DEFENDANT IS TERRIFIED THAT IF HE
WAITS UNTIL THE DEFENSE CASE STARTS,

THE JURY WILL ALREADY
HAVE MADE UP ITS MIND.

MIRIAM, I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT I JUST HEARD
YOU SAY. OF ALL THE SELF-SERVING ARGUMENTS...

IT'S VERY SIMPLE, JIMMY. YOUR CLIENT
WANTS TO PRESENT HIS CASE NOW.

THE PEOPLE BELIEVE HE
SHOULD BE ACCOMMODATED.

BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
WANNA SEE HIM EXECUTED.

AGAIN, YOUR HONOR, THIS MAN HAS A RIGHT
TO PROTECTION FROM SELF-INCRIMINATION.

IF YOU ALLOW COUNSEL TO ISSUE THIS SUBPOENA,
YOU WILL DEPRIVE HIM OF THAT RIGHT.

THE FIFTH AMENDMENT CUTS BOTH
WAYS AS COUNSEL WELL KNOWS.

YOUR CLIENT IS EXERCISING
HIS RIGHT TO BE HEARD.

BECAUSE HE'S NUTS. HE PASSED
THE COMPETENCY HEARING.

THE ONLY REASON HE'S DOING THIS IS TO GET
BACK AT ME FOR NOT BUYING HIS WIFE A NEW CAR.

THAT'S YOUR INTERPRETATION.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID TO ME.

WELL, THIS REQUEST IS
UNPRECEDENTED. MS. GRASSO'S CORRECT.

YOUR CLIENT'S BEEN
DEEMED COMPETENT.

HE'S SHOWN HIMSELF TO BE AN
INTELLIGENT, AWARE INDIVIDUAL,

WHO MUST BE PERMITTED TO
PARTICIPATE IN HIS DEFENSE.

IF HE BELIEVES HE'S BETTER
SERVED BY TESTIFYING NOW.

IT'S HIS CHOICE TO DO SO.

YOUR HONOR, THOUGH I AM
ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO YOUR RULING...

AND WANT TO PRESERVE THE RECORD
FOR APPEAL, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION.

BE MY GUEST. ALLOW
CLIFFORD BANKS...

TO TESTIFY AS
DEFENSE WITNESS NOW.

I'LL CONDUCT THE DIRECT EXAMINATION, AND
MS. GRASSO CAN GET HER LICKS IN, IN CROSS.

YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE
VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE...

CALLING A DEFENSE
WITNESS OUT OF SEQUENCE.

SEEMS TO ME COUNSEL'S
RECOMMENDATION...

IS EQUITABLE TO ALL
PARTIES, MS. GRASSO.

IT ALLOWS THE
DEFENDANT TO BE HEARD,

AND IT ALSO AFFORDS HIM THE VIGOROUS
REPRESENTATION TO WHICH HE'S ENTITLED.

YOUR HONOR... DON'T GET GREEDY.

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

WE'LL TAKE IT.

MR. BANKS, WOULD YOU STATE
YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE COURT?

CLIFFORD ALAN BANKS.

PRIOR TO YOUR ARREST IN THIS
CASE, WHAT DID YOU DO FOR A LIVING?

I WAS A PLUMBER.

DID YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL
RECORD OF ANY KIND,

EITHER AS A JUVENILE
OR AS AN ADULT? NO.

SO, PRIOR TO THIS CASE, YOU'D
NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL
US ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD?

OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT.

YOUR HONOR, THIS MAN
IS ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.

THE JURY IS ENTITLED TO
HEAR ABOUT HIS CHARACTER...

AND THE EVENTS WHICH
SHAPED THAT CHARACTER.

I'LL GIVE YOU SOME LATITUDE,
MR. WYLER, BUT KEEP IT BRIEF.

MR. BANKS? ARE WE GONNA
TALK ABOUT THE MURDERS?

FIRST THINGS FIRST, MR. BANKS.
YOUR CHILDHOOD, IF YOU WOULD.

I GREW UP IN THE
SOUTH BAY, REDONDO.

MY FATHER WAS A SALESMAN.
MY MOTHER WAS AN ALCOHOLIC.

I HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER,
TOMMY, NOW DECEASED.

AND WHAT WAS YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR BROTHER?

TOMMY WAS RETARDED. MY
MOTHER, BECAUSE OF HER DRINKING,

TENDED TO LEAVE HIS CARE TO ME.

I WOULD TAKE HIM TO SCHOOL,
PICK HIM UP AFTERWARDS.

DO JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING HE NEEDED.

AND DID THIS CAUSE YOU TO
MISS CERTAIN THINGS IN YOUR LIFE?

I HAD HOPED TO GO TO COLLEGE.

BUT BECAUSE OF MY
RESPONSIBILITIES TO MY BROTHER,

I WENT TO TRADE SCHOOL, NIGHTS.

THEN WHEN I WAS 19, MY
PARENTS DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT.

MY MOTHER HAD BEEN DRINKING.

AFTER THAT, TOMMY BECAME
MY FULL-TIME RESPONSIBILITY.

- AND DID YOU LOVE YOUR BROTHER?
- VERY MUCH.

WHAT WERE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS DEATH?

ONE DAY WHILE I WAS ON A JOB, A MAN NAMED
OSVALDO CESARUS BROKE INTO OUR HOUSE...

AND BROKE TOMMY'S SKULL,
SO HE COULD BUY DRUGS...

WITH THE PROCEEDS FROM
THE TELEVISION SET HE STOLE.

AND WAS OSVALDO CESARUS
CONVICTED FOR YOUR BROTHER'S MURDER?

NO. THANKS TO YOU, MR. WYLER,

HE PLED TO VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
AND SERVED SEVEN YEARS.

FOLLOWING THE DEATH
OF YOUR BROTHER...

AND THE PLEA BARGAIN
OF OSVALDO CESARUS,

DID YOU FORM AN OPINION AS TO THE
NATURE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM?

OBJECTION. MR. BANKS'S OPINION OF THE
JUSTICE SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT...

- TO THE QUESTION OF GUILT.
- GOES TO MOTIVE, YOUR HONOR.

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

THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
IN THIS COUNTRY IS A FARCE.

FAR FROM DISPENSING JUSTICE, IT
ALLOWS THE WORST ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY...

TO STEAL AND RAPE
AND KILL WITH IMPUNITY.

THAT'S WHY I WAS FORCED
TO COMMIT THESE EXECUTIONS.

YOUR HONOR, ASK THE WITNESS'S LAST STATEMENT
BE STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD AS NONRESPONSIVE.

YOUR QUESTIONS
ARE NONRESPONSIVE.

YOU'RE ASKING ME ABOUT EVERYTHING
EXCEPT THE REASON WE'RE HERE.

THAT'S WHY I ATTEMPTED TO
FIRE THIS MAN, YOUR HONOR.

HE REFUSES TO FOLLOW
MY INSTRUCTIONS.

ONCE AGAIN, YOUR
HONOR, NONRESPONSIVE.

MR. BANKS, MR. WYLER
IS STILL YOUR COUNSEL.

ANSWER ONLY THOSE
QUESTIONS HE PUTS TO YOU.

KYLE DAVID HARRIS, I SHOT HIM
WITH A BROWNING AUTOMATIC.

MR. BANKS. CARL LISTER, I SHOT
HIM WITH A SECONDHAND DEER RIFLE.

MR. BANKS, YOU WILL WAIT FOR
MR. WYLER TO ASK YOU A QUESTION,

OR I'LL HOLD YOU IN CONTEMPT.

THAT CONTEMPT COULD NOT BE
GREATER THAN THE CONTEMPT...

THAT I HOLD FOR YOU, MR. WYLER,

AND FOR THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

MR. WYLER, CONTROL YOUR CLIENT.

NOTHING FURTHER,
YOUR HONOR. MS. GRASSO.

YOUR COUNSEL SEEMS RELUCTANT
TO ASK YOU, MR. BANKS, SO LET ME.

DID YOU COMMIT THE 17 MURDERS
OF WHICH YOU STAND ACCUSED?

OBJECTION. BEYOND THE SCOPE. YOUR HONOR,
AS EVEN THE WITNESS HIMSELF HAS STATED,

THESE CRIMES ARE THE REASONS
WE'RE HERE. OBJECTION OVERRULED.

HOW ABOUT IT, MR. BANKS?
DID YOU KILL THESE 17 PEOPLE?

YES, I DID. THANK YOU.

HOWEVER, I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT
THAT I AM NOT GUILTY OF ANY CRIME.

I SIMPLY SHOULDERED
THE RESPONSIBILITY...

ABDICATED BY OUR
SO-CALLED SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.

SO YOU FEEL YOU WERE ENTITLED
TO COMMIT THESE CRIMES?

I WAS OBLIGATED TO COMMIT THEM.

YOUR HONOR, THIS IS A TRAVESTY.

WOULD YOU PLEASE INSTRUCT
THAT MAN TO STOP INTERFERING?

MS. GRASSO IS EXPLOITING
THIS OBVIOUSLY TROUBLED MAN...

FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
TURNING THE JURY AGAINST HIM.

- OVERRULED.
- THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

MR. BANKS, WOULD YOU TAKE US THROUGH
EACH OF THE 17 MURDERS YOU COMMITTED,

STEP-BY-STEP, TO THE
EXTENT THAT YOU CAN RECALL?

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.

UM,

ONLY COULD I HAVE A
GLASS OF WATER FIRST?

THIS IS GONNA TAKE A WHILE.

I THOUGHT IT WENT PRETTY WELL IN
THERE THIS AFTERNOON, DIDN'T YOU?

ONCE I GOT MY POINT
ACROSS TO THAT JURY,

I FELT LIKE THEY FINALLY
UNDERSTOOD THAT WHAT I HAD DONE...

HAD BEEN IN EVERYONE'S
BEST INTEREST.

WHAT YOU DID IN THAT COURTROOM TODAY
CAUSED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO YOUR CASE...

AND WILL VERY LIKELY
COST YOU YOUR LIFE.

IT REALLY BOTHERS YOU...

WHEN YOU DON'T GET
YOUR WAY, DOESN'T IT?

I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED ACTUALLY.

A MAN OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
THAT YOU COULD BE SO PETTY.

WHAT BOTHERS ME IS WATCHING YOU
THROW AWAY YOUR RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL...

JUST TO SPITE ME.

YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I
THOUGHT YOU HAD MY BEST INTERESTS AT HEART.

NOT THAT YOU BELIEVED IN OR THAT YOU WERE
EVEN CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING MY CAUSE.

STILL, I-I JUST LET MYSELF
BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE ON MY SIDE.

BUT TIME AND LYNETTE
HAVE SHOWN ME OTHERWISE.

I'M NOT YOUR ENEMY,
CLIFFORD. OH, YES, YOU ARE,

AS MUCH AS JUDAS WAS
TO ANOTHER CRUSADER.

WELL, LYNETTE IS USING YOU.

SHE'S NOT YOUR FRIEND.
SHE DOESN'T LOVE YOU.

SHE'S A CON ARTIST WHO'S TRYING TO SQUEEZE
AS MUCH MONEY OUT OF YOU AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

WE HAVE BEEN CHECKING
INTO LYNETTE'S BACKGROUND.

BUNKO SQUADS IN THREE
STATES ARE LOOKING FOR HER,

AND SHE ALREADY HAS A HUSBAND.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

YOU CAN CHECK THE RAP SHEET.

ENOUGH!

YOU JUST CROSSED
A LINE, COUNSELOR.

YOU SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT ME,

BUT YOU START DRAGGING MY
WIFE'S NAME THROUGH THE MUD...

NOW I'M GONNA HAVE
TO PUT YOUR NAME...

AT THE TOP OF MY LIST.

IT'S YOURS.

WYLER.

GARY. GA... WHERE ARE YOU?

YEAH, I'LL BE THERE.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

I'LL BE THERE. JUST STAY CALM.

ALL RIGHT.

GARY BLONDO'S BEEN ARRESTED.

JIMMY!

THANK GOD.

LOOK AT ME. THEY'VE GOT
ME CAGED LIKE AN ANIMAL.

GARY, WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT
HAPPENED? I WAS ARRESTED...

IN A LINEN BASKET AT THE WESTIN
BONAVENTURE HOTEL, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING
IN A LINEN BASKET?

I WAS PROVIDING SUSTENANCE
TO A YOUNG WOMAN IN ROOM 334.

SPECIFICALLY CAJUN CATFISH.

CAJUN CATFISH? UH...
FROM IVY AT THE SHORE.

I WAS ON A MISSION OF MERCY.

CAN WE JUST BACK UP A MINUTE?
WHY WOULD YOU BE ARRESTED...

FOR BRINGING CAJUN CATFISH
TO A WOMAN IN THE BONAVENTURE?

WELL, I'M JUST GUESSING, BUT
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S A...

SHE'S A JUROR ON THE
CLIFFORD BANKS'S TRIAL.

YOU'RE BANGING ONE OF
THE SEQUESTERED JURORS?

JUROR NUMBER 11, SUZANNE LAWSON.

WHO, BY THE WAY, IS A 10.

BUT... BUT, JIMMY, I SWEAR ON OUR DEAL
MEMO, WE NEVER DISCUSSED THE CASE.

SUZANNE LAWSON. THIS IS
THE ONE WHO WANTS TO SING.

AND, UH, I HAPPENED TO
MENTION THAT I WAS A PRODUCER.

PURELY BY CHANCE. WELL,
TOTAL HAPPENSTANCE.

YOU KNOW, IT TURNS OUT SHE HAS
ASPIRATIONS IN THE ACTING FIELD.

CAN WE GET BACK
TO THE LINEN BASKET?

WE STARTED HAVING A RELATIONSHIP.
JIMMY, THE WOMAN IS A TIGER.

I THOUGHT THE SHEETS
ON MY BED WOULD COMBUST.

THEN THIS JUDGE, HE
SEQUESTERS THE JURY.

I'M CUT OFF, MY NEEDS UNMET.

SO I PICKED UP A LITTLE CATFISH, AND
I SNUCK UP TO HER FLOOR. I-I HAD TO.

WHAT THEY FEED THESE PEOPLE,
I WOULDN'T SERVE IT TO AN EXTRA.

GARY. OKAY. OKAY. WHERE WERE WE?

WE'RE BARELY INTO
THE PRELIMINARIES,

WHEN A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ON ONE OF THESE
BED CHECKS COMES AND KNOCKS ON THE DOOR.

I HIDE. HE COMES IN. I-I
MAKE A BREAK FOR THE DOOR.

I-I GET INTO THE HALLWAY. I'M ALMOST AT THE
ELEVATOR WHEN ANOTHER DEPUTY SPOTS ME.

SO I DUCK UNDER THE STAIRWELL.
THE LINEN BASKET IS THERE.

I MAKE AN UNSUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL MY PRESENCE.

JIMMY, YOU GOTTA
GET ME OUTTA HERE.

FIRST OFF, I CAN'T
REPRESENT YOU.

IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
DON'T DO THIS TO ME.

BUT I CAN BAIL YOU OUT.

HOW LONG AM I STUCK HERE?

JUST RELAX. CALM DOWN.

I'LL GET YOU A LAWYER.
WE'LL GET YOU OUTTA HERE.

YOU'D BETTER, BECAUSE
THIS GUY IN MY CELL...

KEEPS TELLING ME I GOTTA
BE THE HUSBAND OR THE WIFE.

AND I HAVE A FEELING WHATEVER I
CHOOSE, I'M GONNA WIND UP IN A DRESS.

MORNING, EVERYONE. MORNING.

I ASSUME THAT WE'RE ALL UP TO SPEED
ON GARY BLONDO'S LATEST ESCAPADE.

YES. JUSTINE HAS FILLED US IN.

SO GARY'S REALLY HAVING AN
AFFAIR WITH JUROR NUMBER 11?

WELL, HE CALLS IT
CAREER COUNSELING.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULD BE A
CONFLICT FOR US TO HANDLE HIS CASE,

BUT I TOLD HIM THAT WE WOULD
FIND HIM REPRESENTATION.

I COULD CALL PAUL McCLOUD
OVER AT ROYCE FITZGERALD.

SANDRA BARDICK
MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TOO.

COULD I MAKE ANOTHER
SUGGESTION? ARNOLD SPIVAK.

IT'S THE SAME CONFLICT FOR
YOU AS IT IS FOR THE REST OF US.

NOT IF I RESIGN FOR THE
DURATION OF THE CASE.

I COULD 1099 MYSELF, BECOME
AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.

I DON'T... COME ON, JIMMY.

JUSTINE WAS SECOND
CHAIR ON ROONEY.

CHRIS AND AARON HANDLED RICKEY
LATRELL. I WANT MY CHANCE AT BAT.

TO FEEL THE HEAT OF THE COURTROOM
BATTLE, MANO A MANO. THE BAR OF JUSTICE.

OKAY, BEFORE WE ALL
DROWN IN A SEA OF METAPHORS,

CALL ERICA BUCKLAND AT THE D.A.'s
OFFICE, SEE IF YOU CAN CUT A DEAL.

YOU WON'T REGRET THIS, JIMMY.
ARNOLD, AFTER THE MEETING.

- RIGHT.
- OKAY, UH, TO THE CASE AT HAND.

MIRIAM HAS A STRING OF WITNESSES
THAT ARE GOING TO ALLEGE...

THAT CLIFFORD'S LAST
VICTIM, ALAN ROSETZKY,

IS NOT GUILTY OF THE CRIMES
FOR WHICH HE WAS CONVICTED.

OBVIOUSLY, HOPING TO SUGGEST THAT AT LEAST
ONE OF CLIFFORD'S VICTIMS WAS AN INNOCENT MAN.

HER OFFICE PROSECUTED
ROSETZKY. WE HAMMER ON THAT,

PLUS ROSETZKY'S PAST CONVICTIONS, WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE.

IS ANY OF THAT GOING TO MATTER AFTER WE GET
THE SEARCH OF CLIFFORD'S VAN THROWN OUT?

IT'S NOT A GIVEN THE JUDGE IS GOING TO
GRANT US A DE NOVO HEARING ON THE SEARCH,

OR EVEN THAT HE'LL RULE
IN OUR FAVOR IF HE DOES.

THAT'S WHY I WANNA GET OUR EXPERTS
LINED UP BEFORE WE GO IN THERE.

SACKHEIM ARRIVED FROM HOUSTON LAST NIGHT.
I SET HIM UP AT THE CENTURY WILSHIRE.

OUR ZIPPER EXPERT ARRIVES TODAY.

SO, WE ARE DEFINITELY
GOING DOWN THIS ROAD.

WHEREVER IT LEADS.

OKAY, LET'S GET AT IT.

FELONY OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE AND JURY TAMPERING?

YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS. HA,
HA, I'M COMPLETELY SERIOUS.

ERICA, THIS IS GARY BLONDO
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THE ONLY THING HE WAS LOOKING TO TAMPER WITH WAS
SUZANNE LAWSON'S BRA AND THE CONTENTS THEREOF.

AND I'M SUPPOSED TO TAKE, ON FAITH,
THAT THEY NEVER DISCUSSED THE CASE?

THEY NEVER HAD TIME. THE DEPUTIES BUSTED
HIM BEFORE HE COULD BREAK OUT THE CATFISH.

WELL, IF HE HAD THE INTENT, IT'S
STILL AN EFFORT TO OBSTRUCT.

OKAY, HE PLEADS NOLO TO
A MISDEMEANOR TRESPASS.

AND MY REASON FOR AGREEING
TO THAT WOULD BE, WHAT EXACTLY?

CONSERVATION OF COURT TIME. JUSTICE
TEMPERED WITH MERCY. TAKE YOUR PICK.

HE PLEADS TO THE MISDEMEANOR. PLUS, HE MAKES
A PUBLIC SERVICE FILM ON TEEN PREGNANCY.

TEEN PREGNANCY?
SUZANNE LAWSON IS, UH, 34.

I KNOW. BUT IF I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR GUY A
BREAK, I WANT SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR IT.

OH, AND MR. BLONDO IS BANISHED FROM THE
COURTROOM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE BANKS TRIAL.

THIS IS EXTORTION.

YEAH, AND I FEEL
JUST AWFUL ABOUT IT.

PEOPLE VERSUS BLONDO.

I UNDERSTAND AN AGREEMENT HAS
BEEN REACHED IN THIS CASE, MR. SPIVAK.

YES, YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENDANT HAS
AGREED TO A PLEA OF NOLO CONTENDERE...

TO A CHARGE OF MISDEMEANOR
CRIMINAL TRESPASS.

IN ADDITION, YOUR HONOR,
MR. BLONDO WILL COMMIT HIMSELF...

TO THE PRODUCTION OF A PUBLIC
SERVICE FILM ON TEEN PREGNANCY...

AND AGREES TO REFRAIN FROM ATTENDING ANY
FURTHER SESSIONS OF THE CLIFFORD BANKS TRIAL.

SURE, WHY SHOULD I HAVE
ANY RIGHTS AT ALL? GARY.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD
TO THIS DISCUSSION, MR. BLONDO?

YES, YOUR HONOR. I FIND THE
TERMS OF THIS ARRANGEMENT...

- NOT ONLY ODIOUS
BUT ONEROUS AS WELL.
- HOW SO?

I'M PREPARING A MAJOR STUDIO
RELEASE ON THE CLIFFORD BANKS TRIAL.

I HAVE TO BE IN THAT
COURTROOM EVERY DAY.

I THOUGHT EVERYONE AGREED
TO THIS SETTLEMENT, MR. SPIVAK.

THEY HAVE, YOUR HONOR. HOWEVER,
MR. BLONDO STILL HAS SOME RESERVATIONS...

REGARDING HIS BANISHMENT
FROM THE COURTROOM.

NEXT, THEY'LL WANT ME TO
GIVE UP MY TABLE AT MORTON'S.

SHH. SIR, IF YOU REJECT
THIS SETTLEMENT,

WE CAN STILL GO TO TRIAL
ON THE ORIGINAL CHARGES.

DOES THAT MEAN JAIL?
GUYS NAMED BUBBA.

YES, YOUR HONOR, I
AGREE TO EVERYTHING.

BANISH ME. FORCE
ME TO MAKE A PICTURE.

FOLD, SPINDLE AND MUTILATE ME.

MR. BLONDO, I GET THE
VERY STRONG IMPRESSION...

YOU LOOK UPON THESE
PROCEEDINGS AS A JOKE.

NOW, SUCH AN ATTITUDE MAY DO YOU
WELL IN THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD,

BUT IN MY COURTROOM, IT WILL EARN
YOU A CITATION FOR CRIMINAL CONTEMPT.

NO DISRESPECT MEANT, YOUR HONOR.

THIS IS A STAR CHAMBER.
I'M A POLITICAL PRISONER.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?
NOTHING, YOUR HONOR.

NOTHING AT ALL.

MS. PELCHICK, IN
DECEMBER OF 1990,

WERE YOU A JUROR ON
ALAN ROSETZKY'S TRIAL,

THE MAN WHOSE BODY WAS LATER FOUND IN THE
BACK OF A VAN BELONGING TO THE DEFENDANT?

YES, I WAS.

AND DID YOU VOTE TO CONVICT MR. ROSETZKY ON
THE CHARGE OF MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE?

YES.

DID YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS
ABOUT MR. ROSETZKY'S GUILT?

I HAD DOUBTS RIGHT AT THE
START OF THE DELIBERATIONS.

APPROACH, YOUR HONOR?

BY ALL MEANS.

OBJECTION ON THE
GROUNDS OF RELEVANCE.

IF COUNSEL WILL PERMIT ME TO
CONTINUE, I THINK HE'LL SEE THE RELEVANCE.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE TRYING TO
SUGGEST THAT MY CLIENT KILLED AN INNOCENT MAN.

IN THE FACE OF YOUR SUGGESTING THAT HIS VICTIMS
WERE VICIOUS CRIMINALS WHO DESERVED TO DIE,

- YOU BET I AM.
- YOUR HONOR, SURELY YOU CAN
SEE THE ABSURDITY.

EVERY TIME I TRY TO INTRODUCE TESTIMONY
AS TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE VICTIMS,

SHE HAS IT EXCLUDED.

EXCEPT THAT SINCE THEN
YOUR CLIENT TOOK THE STAND...

AND JUSTIFIED THESE MURDERS BY
DESCRIBING HIS VICTIMS' CRIMINAL HISTORIES.

YOUR HONOR, I'M ENTITLED
TO REFUTE THE TESTIMONY.

SORRY, MR. WYLER, BUT
CONSIDERING MR. BANKS'S STATEMENTS,

THIS IS LEGITIMATE
AREA OF INQUIRY.

NOW STEP BACK.

MS. PELCHICK, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN
WHAT YOU MEANT WHEN YOU SAID...

YOU HAD DOUBTS
ABOUT MR. ROSETZKY?

THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.

THE ONLY EYEWITNESS
WAS A PROSTITUTE.

JUST THE WHOLE CASE AGAINST HIM.

AND YET YOU VOTED
TO CONVICT. WHY?

IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. A LOT OF
THE JURORS WANTED TO REACH A VERDICT...

IN TIME TO MAKE THEIR TRAVEL
PLANS, SO WE TOOK A VOTE.

AND IT WAS 10 TO TWO TO CONVICT.
I WAS ONE OF THE HOLDOUTS.

THE OTHER GIRL, SHE SWITCHED HER VOTE AS
SOON AS THE FOREMAN STARTED WORKING ON HER.

I HELD OUT FOR AS LONG AS I COULD, BUT I
MADE A LOT OF THE OTHER JURORS ANGRY...

BY GOING OVER
THE EVIDENCE AGAIN.

AND WHEN YOU HEAR TODAY THAT
MR. ROSETZKY MAY HAVE BEEN MURDERED...

BECAUSE HIS KILLER PERCEIVED
HIM AS A CRIMINAL, HOW DO YOU FEEL?

GUILTY.

ASHAMED THAT I DIDN'T
STAND UP FOR MY CONVICTIONS.

THANK YOU. YOUR WITNESS.

DURING MR. ROSETZKY'S TRIAL,

DID YOU HEAR TESTIMONY THAT HE HAD
PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY?

YES. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT CONVICTION WAS FOR?

I BELIEVE IT WAS
AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY.

SO WHEN MS. GRASSO
SUGGESTS THAT MR. ROSETZKY...

MAY BE INNOCENT OF THE
CHARGES YOU CONVICTED HIM ON,

THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS SUGGESTING
THAT HE WASN'T A DANGER TO SOCIETY, IS IT?

OBJECTION. CALLS
FOR LEGAL CONCLUSION.

WITHDRAWN.

I KNEW ALAN ROSETZKY.
HE WAS A GOOD GUY,

AND HE DESERVED BETTER THAN
TO BE SHOT DOWN LIKE AN ANIMAL.

YOU WERE MORE THAN MR. ROSETZKY'S
FRIEND, WEREN'T YOU, SIR?

YOU PROVIDED HIS ALIBI
AT HIS MURDER TRIAL.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT MR. ROSETZKY WAS GUILTY
OF THE CRIME FOR WHICH HE WAS CONVICTED?

- I KNOW HE WASN'T.
- AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

BECAUSE WHILE THAT
GIRL WAS BEING MURDERED,

I WAS SHOOTING POOL WITH
ALAN A DOZEN BLOCKS AWAY.

YOUR WITNESS.

MR. FARQUHAR, LET
ME READ TO YOU...

FROM THE TRANSCRIPT OF YOUR
TESTIMONY AT MR. ROSETZKY'S TRIAL.

YOU WERE ASKED A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS BY D.A. SPANGLER.

WHAT WAS MR. ROSETZKY
WEARING THAT EVENING?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

HOW MANY GAMES OF
POOL DID YOU PLAY WITH HIM?

I DON'T RECALL.

DID YOU PLAY STRAIGHT
POOL OR EIGHT-BALL?

I DON'T REMEMBER." NOW,
MR. FARQUHAR, ISN'T IT A FACT...

THAT THE REASON THAT THE JURY DIDN'T
BELIEVE YOUR ALIBI FOR MR. ROSETZKY...

WAS BECAUSE YOU ANSWERED "I
DON'T RECALL" OR "I DON'T REMEMBER"...

TO OVER 20 OF
MR. SPANGLER'S QUESTIONS?

OBJECTION. THIS WITNESS HAS NO IDEA
HOW THE JURY WEIGHED HIS TESTIMONY.

- SUSTAINED.
- HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE
IN THAT POOL HALL THAT NIGHT?

I DON'T... M-MAYBE 20.

ANY OF THE 20 PEOPLE TESTIFY TO
SEEING MR. ROSETZKY THAT NIGHT?

NO. SO, OUT OF AN ENTIRE
POOL HALL FULL OF PEOPLE,

ONLY YOU, A LIFELONG FRIEND OF MR. ROSETZKY,
HAPPENED TO SEE HIM... HOW CONVENIENT.

YOUR HONOR. WITHDRAWN.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY STEP DOWN, MR. FARQUHAR.

HEY, I DON'T CARE
WHAT THAT JURY SAID.

ALAN NEVER KILLED THAT WOMAN.

THAT PSYCHO MURDERED
AN INNOCENT MAN.

MR. BLONDO, WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO
MS. LAWSON BEING REMOVED FROM THE JURY?

WELL, MY RESPONSE IS THAT
IT'S UNFAIR, AND IT'S SLANDER.

IT'S WATER OVER THE DAM. AND IT COULD
HAVE AN EXTREMELY NEGATIVE IMPACT...

ON MY ACTING AND SINGING
CAREER, WHICH ARE BOTH TAKING OFF.

WERE YOU AND MS.
LAWSON HAVING AN AFFAIR?

PLEASE, LET'S NOT
SENSATIONALIZE THE FACTS HERE.

NO, MS. LAWSON AND I
ARE NOT HAVING AN AFFAIR.

I HAVE A LONG-STANDING POLICY
OF ASSISTING YOUNG TALENT.

YOU AND MOTHER TERESA.

ONLY HE'S SUBSTITUTING THE CASTING
COUCH FOR THE SLUMS OF CALCUTTA.

JIMMY, MS. BANKS IS HERE.

HAS, UH, GARY BLONDO ARRIVED
YET? HE CALLED FROM HIS CAR.

APPARENTLY HE'S RUNNING LATE ON
SOMETHING CALLED A LOOPING SESSION.

WELL, SEND HIM IN AS SOON
AS HE GETS HERE, OKAY?

GIVEN THE LIES YOU'VE BEEN
TELLING MY HUSBAND, MR. WYLER,

I HOPE YOU'VE INVITED
ME HERE TO APOLOGIZE.

WHICH HUSBAND WOULD THAT BE, MRS.
BANKS, CLIFFORD OR KENNETH TERRELL?

THE WYOMING BANKER YOU FORGOT TO
DIVORCE BEFORE MARRYING CLIFFORD.

CHECK YOUR FACTS. MY MARRIAGE
TO KENNETH WAS ANNULLED.

AND THE PAPERWORK FOR THAT IS
IN A DESK DRAWER AT HOME, RIGHT?

I-I'M SORRY I'M LATE.

THEY'VE BEEN DUBBING MY LATEST PICTURE FOR
FOREIGN, AND IT IS A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE.

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY IT TAKES TWICE AS
MANY WORDS TO SAY SOMETHING IN SPANISH?

GARY, UH, YOU
REMEMBER MRS. BANKS.

OH, OF COURSE. OF COURSE. YOU'VE
BEEN A NAUGHTY GIRL, MRS. BANKS.

FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, LET'S
SAY I WAS MARRIED WHEN I MET CLIFFORD.

DO YOU INTEND TO
NOTIFY THE AUTHORITIES?

GIVE ME A REASON WHY I
SHOULDN'T. EVEN IF I GO TO JAIL,

I CAN STILL TIE UP THE RIGHTS TO
CLIFFORD'S MOVIE IN COURT FOR YEARS.

RIGHTS, WHICH I BELIEVE
ARE THE SOURCE OF YOUR FEE.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, MRS. BANKS, OR
MRS. TERRELL, WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS,

THE ONE THING YOU DO NOT THREATEN
IS A GARY BLONDO PRODUCTION.

WELL, IT'S GONNA COST YOU $250,000,
OR YOU WON'T HAVE A PRODUCTION.

DO YOU BELIEVE THIS WOMAN?

DOES SHE KNOW WHO I AM? IF YOU'RE
TELLING ME THAT YOUR COOPERATION...

IS FOR SALE, MRS.
BANKS, WE CAN TALK.

THAT LEXUS YOU
ASKED FOR, IT'S YOURS.

BUT $250,000, YOU'VE
GOT A BETTER CHANCE...

OF GETTING UNIVERSAL TO GREENLIGHT
THE SEQUEL TO WATERWORLD.

RIGHT NOW CLIFFORD IS SABOTAGING HIS OWN CASE
BECAUSE HE BELIEVES WE'VE TREATED YOU UNFAIRLY.

YOU COME CLEAN WITH HIM, AND MAYBE HE'LL
START ACTING IN HIS OWN SELF-INTEREST AGAIN.

MAYBE EVEN PREVENT
HIMSELF FROM BEING EXECUTED.

TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND.

WE'RE NOT NEGOTIATING, MRS. BANKS.
YOU'RE FACING TWO VERY DISTINCT FUTURES.

ONE WHERE YOU DRIVE AWAY IN A
BRAND-NEW LEXUS, COURTESY OF MR. BLONDO.

THE OTHER, WHERE YOU ARE FACING
CHARGES OF FRAUD AND BIGAMY.

I HAVE A STAFF OF LAWYERS I
AFFECTIONATELY REFER TO...

AS THE DOBERMANS.

THEY EAT PEOPLE LIKE
YOU FOR A LIGHT SNACK.

TAKE THE CAR, MRS. BANKS.

DO THE RIGHT THING BY CLIFFORD.

SET UP THE MEETING.

I'LL EXPECT TO TAKE
DELIVERY BEFORE I LEAVE TOWN.

MS. WILLIAMS, ON APRIL 3, 1990,

WERE YOU PRESENT IN AN ALLEY OFF
THE 2700 BLOCK OF SAN PEDRO AVENUE...

IN LOS ANGELES AT
APPROXIMATELY 10:00 P.M.?

YEAH, SAN PEDRO.

WHY WERE YOU THERE, MA'AM?

IT WAS MY BLOCK BACK THEN. I WORKED
IT WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER GIRLS.

WHEN YOU SAY WORKED, DO
YOU MEAN AS A PROSTITUTE?

- I WASN'T DIRECTING TRAFFIC.
- PLEASE DESCRIBE
WHAT YOU SAW THAT EVENING.

A JOHN HAD JUST DROPPED ME OFF. I
HEARD SOME NOISE COMING FROM THE ALLEY,

AND I SAW THIS GUY
GOING AT IT WITH THIS GIRL.

SHE WAS SCREAMING
AND TELLING HIM TO STOP.

AND THEN HE STARTED TO
SMACK HER AROUND REAL HARD.

THEN HE STARTED TO CHOKE
HER. WHAT DID YOU DO?

- GOT MY ASS OUTTA THERE. I WASN'T GONNA BE NEXT.
- DID YOU GET A LOOK AT THE MAN?

- NOT REALLY.
- WERE YOU QUESTIONED BY POLICE?

DETECTIVE KARCHER. HE KNEW I WORKED
THAT CORNER, AND HE PICKED ME UP.

I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T SEE NOTHING. BUT HE SAID
THE GIRL HAD DIED. THEY HAD THE GUY WHO DID IT.

SAID HE'D CUT ME A DEAL ON A CHARGE I
WAS FACING IF I'D I.D. THE GUY IN COURT.

- WHO'D HE WANT YOU TO I.D.?
- ALAN ROSETZKY.

AND DID YOU TESTIFY AT
ALAN ROSETZKY'S TRIAL?

ONLY WAY I'D GET THE DEAL.

TODAY, MS. WILLIAMS, CAN
YOU TELL US THE MAN YOU SAW...

STRANGLING A GIRL IN THE
ALLEY WAS ALAN ROSETZKY?

I DON'T KNOW WHO HE WAS. I JUST
SAID WHAT THEY WANTED ME TO SAY.

NOTHING FURTHER.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN
ARRESTED FOR PROSTITUTION, MS. WILLIAMS?

GONNA HAVE TO CALL THE
HALL OF RECORDS FOR THAT ONE.

WELL, WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME YOU WERE ARRESTED?

TWO MONTHS AGO.

WHEN DO YOU GO TO
TRIAL ON THAT? I'M NOT.

- RIGHT.
- KEEP SELLING YOUR TESTIMONY,
YOU MAY NEVER SEE A JAIL.

OBJECTION. WITHDRAWN.

I AM TELLING THE TRUTH. IT
WAS PITCH-DARK IN THAT ALLEY.

SO, YOU DIDN'T TESTIFY THAT THERE WAS A
STREETLAMP DIRECTLY ABOVE MR. ROSETZKY...

- AND HIS VICTIM?
- YEAH.

- SO IT WAS ALAN ROSETZKY
THAT YOU SAW?
- I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

REALLY? YOU'RE KEEPING BETTER TRACK
OF YOUR LIES THAN I AM, MS. WILLIAMS.

I COULD SWEAR THAT'S
WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

ALAN AND I WERE
MARRIED 10 YEARS AGO.

WE HAVE THREE KIDS.

I KNEW HE'D BEEN IN
TROUBLE BEFORE WE MET,

BUT HE'D PUT IT PAST HIM.

RIGHT AFTER OUR DAUGHTER
WAS BORN, HE WAS ARRESTED.

THE POLICE SAID HE KILLED THIS
GIRL, BUT ALAN SAID HE DIDN'T.

HE WAS PLAYING POOL
WHEN IT HAPPENED.

I BELIEVED HIM.

I STOOD BY HIM DURING THE TRIAL.

I KNEW HE COULD
NEVER DO SUCH A THING.

DESPITE YOUR BELIEF IN HIM,
WAS YOUR HUSBAND CONVICTED?

WE CRIED THE DAY HE
WAS SENT TO PRISON.

HOW COULD SUCH A THING
HAPPEN TO AN INNOCENT MAN?

BUT ALAN SAID EVERYTHING
WOULD WORK OUT.

HOW DID HE DO IN PRISON?
HE EARNED HIS G.E.D.

AND HE WAS RELEASED AFTER
SIX YEARS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.

AND THE CHILDREN, HOW DID THEY
REACT TO HAVING HIM AT HOME?

TO HAVE THEIR DADDY BACK?

IT WAS THE ANSWER
TO ALL OUR PRAYERS.

DID SOMETHING HAPPEN THOUGH
TO MAKE THAT JOY SHORT-LIVED?

ABOUT THREE MONTHS
AFTER HIS PAROLE,

THE PHONE RANG.

IT WAS THE POLICE.

I THOUGHT ALAN WAS
IN TROUBLE AGAIN,

BUT... THEY TOLD ME HE WAS DEAD.

THEY FOUND HIS BODY IN
THE BACK OF THE TRUCK...

THAT BELONGED TO THE
MAN WHO'D KILLED HIM.

DID THEY IDENTIFY THE MAN?

THE DEFENDANT OVER THERE.

MRS. ROSETZKY, WE'VE HEARD TESTIMONY
THAT THE DEFENDANT KILLED YOUR HUSBAND...

IN THE BELIEF THAT HE WAS
A VICIOUS CAREER CRIMINAL.

- IS THAT WHO YOUR HUSBAND WAS?
- NO!

HE WAS A GOOD MAN. A LOVING MAN.

A MAN HE HAD NO RIGHT TO KILL.

MY CONDOLENCES
ON YOUR LOSS, MA'AM.

NOTHING FURTHER.

WE HAVE NO
QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.

YOU MAY STEP
DOWN, MRS. ROSETZKY.

MS. GRASSO, DO YOU
HAVE ANOTHER WITNESS?

THE PEOPLE REST, YOUR
HONOR. THEN GIVEN THE HOUR,

WE WILL RECESS FOR THE DAY AND BEGIN WITH
THE DEFENSE PRESENTATION OF THEIR CASE...

AT 9:30 TOMORROW MORNING.

LYNETTE WANTS TO TALK. SHE
SAYS YOU'RE GONNA BE THERE TOO.

WHAT'S GOING ON, MR. WYLER?
I'LL LET HER EXPLAIN IT, CLIFFORD.

I HAVE TO LEAVE, CLIFFORD.
I'M GOING BACK TO NEVADA.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

EVERYTHING MR. WYLER
TOLD YOU ABOUT ME IS TRUE.

NOW THAT IT'S ALL COME
OUT, I THINK IT'S BEST I GO.

YOU SAID HE MADE ALL THAT UP.

I KNOW WHAT I SAID,
CLIFFORD, BUT IT'S ALL TRUE.

I HAVE AN ARREST RECORD. I
AM MARRIED TO SOMEONE ELSE.

HMM.

NO. NO! HE PUT YOU UP TO THIS.

HE'S MAKING YOU TELL THESE LIES,
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT US TOGETHER.

THEY AREN'T LIES. YES, THEY ARE.

WE STOOD BEFORE THE JUDGE.

YOU PROMISED TO LOVE
ME TILL DEATH DO US PART.

AND I WAS MARRIED TO
SOMEONE ELSE WHEN I SAID IT.

IT'S OKAY. I FORGIVE YOU.

CLIFFORD... YOU'LL
GET A DIVORCE,

AND WE'LL MARRY AGAIN.

SEE, THESE THINGS
HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.

THE PAPERWORK DOESN'T GO THROUGH, AND
THE CEREMONY HAS TO BE PERFORMED AGAIN.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHY NOT?

IF WE LOVE EACH
OTHER... CLIFFORD!

YOU NEED TO GET THIS THROUGH
YOUR HEAD. I NEVER LOVED YOU.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT
GETTING YOUR MONEY.

AND IF YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT ANYONE
COULD LOVE SOMEONE WHO KILLED 17 PEOPLE,

YOU ARE CRAZY.

ALL RIGHT, WE GOT A BIG DAY
AHEAD OF US, SO LET'S GET THIS DONE.

OKAY. EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED
TO KNOW ABOUT 1538.5 DE NOVO HEARINGS.

PRINCIPAL ON POINT EXCEPTION WAS THAT THE DEFENDANT
WAS UNAWARE OF THE GROUNDS FOR THE MOTION.

GOOD. OUR ZIPPER
GUY'S IN HIS HOTEL.

I THOUGHT I KNEW MY WAY AROUND A ZIPPER,
UNTIL I SPENT AN HOUR LISTENING TO HIM...

- BITCH ABOUT VELCRO.
- SACKHEIM'S BEEN PREPPED
WITH THE HAIR ANALYSIS.

MIZERAC'S NERVOUS, BUT
READY. SAME WITH AGUILERA.

I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF FEELINGS IN THIS
ROOM ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY.

BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE
RIGHT THING BY CLIFFORD BANKS.

AND IT'S THE RIGHT
THING UNDER THE LAW.

SO ANYONE WHO DOESN'T AGREE,
NOW'S THE TIME TO SAY SOMETHING.

OKAY.

THEN WE'RE FINISHED.

BASED ON NEW INFORMATION OBTAINED
BY MY OFFICE LAST WEEK, YOUR HONOR,

THE DEFENSE MOVES FOR
A 1538.5 DE NOVO HEARING...

TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE POLICE SEARCH
OF MR. BANKS'S VAN WAS CONDUCTED ILLEGALLY.

IT'S OUR BELIEF THAT THERE WAS NO
PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THIS SEARCH,

AND THAT ALL THE EVIDENCE OBTAINED
FROM THAT SEARCH MUST BE EXCLUDED.

AND YOU'RE BASING THIS ON
TESTIMONY FROM MS. AGUILERA,

THE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
AT THE SCENE?

AS OUTLINED IN OUR BRIEF, YES.

YOUR HONOR, THIS IS
COMPLETELY WITHOUT BASIS.

A 1538.5 HEARING WAS
RUN AT THE PRELIM.

AND AS COUNSEL WELL KNOWS, HE
ONLY GETS ONE BITE AT THE APPLE.

UNLESS MR. BANKS WAS UNAWARE
OF THE GROUNDS FOR THE MOTION,

WHICH IN THIS CASE HE WAS.

THE DEFENDANT WAS AWARE. HIS
PREVIOUS ATTORNEY, MR. POMERANTZ,

INTERVIEWED MS.
AGUILERA MONTHS AGO.

THE FACT THAT HE CHOSE NOT
TO CHALLENGE THE SEARCH THEN,

DOESN'T GIVE MR. WYLER
LICENSE TO DO SO NOW.

AT THE TIME OF THE INTERVIEW,
MR. POMERANTZ WAS GRAVELY ILL...

AND COULDN'T GIVE THIS
MATTER HIS PROPER ATTENTION.

THAT'S HARDLY JUSTIFICATION FOR DENYING
MY CLIENT HIS FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

OR JUSTIFICATION FOR CHALLENGING
A PERFECTLY LEGAL SEARCH.

LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS, MR. WYLER.
YOU'RE MAINTAINING THAT THE TESTIMONY...

OF MS. AGUILERA CONTRADICTS
THAT OF THE ARRESTING OFFICER?

IN A MANNER THAT SUGGESTS THAT THE
OFFICER DID NOT HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE.

WELL, WHILE IT'S
HIGHLY UNUSUAL...

TO CONDUCT AN EVIDENTIARY
HEARING AT THIS POINT IN THE TRIAL,

I DO SEE A BASIS FOR
RECONSIDERING THIS ISSUE.

YOUR HONOR... MS. GRASSO,
I SHARE YOUR CONCERN...

WHERE THIS MIGHT LEAD, BUT I'M NOT GONNA HAVE
ANY VERDICT IN THIS CASE OVERTURNED ON APPEAL.

MR. WYLER, YOUR
MOTION IS GRANTED, SIR.

ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 15,
1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 P.M.,

OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL UNIT RECEIVED A
CALL TO RESPOND TO A POLICE EMERGENCY...

AT THE CORNER OF OLYMPIC
AND WESTERN BOULEVARDS.

WE PROCEEDED TO THE SCENE
AND ARRIVED AROUND 11:20.

AND WHAT DID YOU FIND WHEN
YOU ARRIVED THERE, MS. AGUILERA?

A WHITE VAN AND TWO PATROL CARS.

ONE OF THE OFFICERS HAD THE
DEFENDANT, MR. BANKS, IN CUSTODY.

THE OTHER OFFICER, PATROLMAN TILLAGE,
DIRECTED US TO THE REAR OF THE VAN.

AND WHAT DID YOU FIND
THERE? A BLUE DUFFEL BAG...

CONTAINING WHAT
APPEARED TO BE A BODY.

AND WAS THAT BODY LATER
IDENTIFIED? YES, AS ALAN ROSETZKY.

NOW, OFFICER TILLAGE HAS DESCRIBED
SEEING A FOOT STICKING OUT OF THE BAG.

IS THAT WHAT YOU SAW
WHEN YOU ARRIVED?

NO. WHAT DID YOU SEE?

JUST THE TOP PART OF
MR. ROSETZKY'S FOREHEAD,

A CLUMP OF HIS HAIR
WAS CAUGHT IN THE ZIPPER.

AND HOW FAR DOWN WAS THE
ZIPPER? THREE INCHES MAYBE.

HOW DID YOU PROCEED FROM THERE?

WELL, ALTHOUGH IT APPEARED THAT MR. ROSETZKY
WAS DEAD, I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE ANY CHANCES.

I TRIED TO UNZIP THE BAG, BUT
THE HAIR WAS CAUGHT PRETTY WELL,

SO I HAD TO FORCE
THE ZIPPER OPEN.

AND THEN I CHECKED MR. ROSETZKY'S
VITAL SIGNS AND PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.

AT ANY TIME, WAS MR. ROSETZKY'S
FOOT VISIBLE TO YOU?

ONLY AFTER WE REMOVED
HIS BODY FROM THE BAG.

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

JUST SO WE HAVE THIS
CLEAR, MS. AGUILERA,

YOUR UNIT ARRIVED SOME 20
MINUTES AFTER YOU WERE CALLED.

- IS THAT CORRECT?
- APPROXIMATELY, YES.

SO YOU WEREN'T THERE WHEN
THE VAN WAS STOPPED? NO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THE
BAG OR MR. ROSETZKY'S BODY...

MAY HAVE BEEN MOVED
PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL?

NO. SO YOU CAN'T SAY
THAT OFFICER TILLAGE...

DIDN'T SEE A FOOT STICKING OUT OF THAT BAG
WHEN HE LOOKED IN THE BACK OF THE VAN, CAN YOU?

NO, I CAN'T.

MY NAME IS ARTHUR SACKHEIM. I'VE BEEN
A CRIMINALIST FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY,

THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

I'M CURRENTLY A PRIVATE CONSULTANT,
SPECIALIZING IN HAIR AND FIBER ANALYSIS.

SIR, HAVE YOU EXAMINED
PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 27,

THE HAIR TAKEN FROM THE ZIPPER OF THE DUFFLE
BAG FOUND IN MR. BANKS'S VAN BY THE POLICE?

YES, I HAVE. AND BASED
ON THAT EXAMINATION,

WERE YOU ABLE TO LINK THIS SAMPLE
OF HAIR WITH A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL?

YES, I WAS. AND WHO
WOULD THAT INDIVIDUAL BE?

- ALAN ROSETZKY.
- THE MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND
IN THE DUFFEL BAG?

YES. THE HAIR MATCHED MR. ROSETZKY'S
BOTH IN COLOR AND THICKNESS.

IN ADDITION, BY SUBJECTING
THE HAIR TO P.C.R. ANALYSIS,

I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE GENETIC
CHARACTERISTICS MATCHED MR. ROSETZKY'S...

TO A HIGH DEGREE OF
STATISTICAL PROBABILITY.

DID YOU ALSO EXAMINE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DECEASED? YES.

AND BASED ON THAT EXAMINATION,
WERE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE...

HOW THE HAIR BECAME
CAUGHT IN THE ZIPPER?

THE SCALP OF THE VICTIM SHOWED SIGNS OF
ABRASION WHERE THE HAIR HAD BEEN CAUGHT.

THE LACK OF BLOOD SUGGESTS THAT
THE ABRASIONS OCCURRED AFTER DEATH,

THAT THE ZIPPER HAD BEEN RAKED
ACROSS THE VICTIM'S FOREHEAD.

AS IF SOMEBODY HAD OPENED THE
ZIPPER TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THE BAG?

OBJECTION. SPECULATIVE.

WITHDRAWN. NOTHING FURTHER.

YOU WEREN'T AT THE SCENE,
WERE YOU, MR. SACKHEIM? NOPE.

WHEN YOU SAY ABRASIONS ON THE VICTIM'S
FOREHEAD WERE CAUSED BY THE ZIPPER,

- THAT'S JUST A THEORY, ISN'T IT?
- A THEORY BASED ON MY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, YES.

DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THE FOOT OF THE
VICTIM WAS VISIBLE TO OFFICER TILLAGE...

WHEN HE SHINED HIS LIGHT INTO
THE BACK OF THE DEFENDANT'S VAN?

NO, I DON'T.

BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU
WEREN'T THERE. THAT'S RIGHT.

THE ZIPPER HAS A RICH AND
VARIED HISTORY ACTUALLY.

THE FIRST AMERICAN
PATENT WAS GRANTED IN 1893,

FOR WHAT WAS THEN
CALLED "THE METAL FASTENER."

UH, SIR... THE TERM "ZIPPER"...

DIDN'T COME INTO USE
UNTIL MUCH LATER...

AND REFERRED TO THE
SOUND MADE BY THE TEETH...

AS THE SLIDER MOVED ALONG THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. BUT
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU...

IS IF YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EXAMINE THE ZIPPER ON PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 26,

THE DUFFEL BAG FOUND
IN MR. BANKS'S VAN.

YES, I'VE EXAMINED
IT QUITE THOROUGHLY.

AND DO YOU KNOW WHO THE
MANUFACTURER OF THAT ZIPPER IS?

THE GRUNDIG ZIPPER COMPANY. THE SAME COMPANY
FOUNDED BY MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER IN 1906.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS
KIND OF ZIPPER? IN-INTIMATE.

NOW, THAT ZIPPER CAN ONLY BE ZIPPED
IN ONE DIRECTION AT A TIME, CORRECT?

YES. AS IS QUITE COMMON
WITH THE DUFFEL-TYPE BAG,

IT'S DESIGNED WITH A
SINGLE, NYLON COIL SLIDER.

AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A
SLIDER AT EITHER END, CORRECT?

YES. NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND,

DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON
WHICH WAY THE SLIDER WAS ZIPPED...

PRIOR TO GETTING CAUGHT
IN MR. ROSETZKY'S HAIR?

IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION,
FROM THE TOP OF THE BAG.

NOT THE BOTTOM. NO.

HOW CAN YOU BE CERTAIN OF THAT?
BECAUSE THE HAIR WAS CAUGHT...

BELOW THE SLIDER.

IF THE SLIDER HAD BEEN MOVING
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION,

THE HAIR WOULD HAVE
BEEN CAUGHT ABOVE.

AND THERE'S NO
OTHER EXPLANATION?

NONE. THE HAIR IN QUESTION WAS CAUGHT AS
THE BAG WAS ZIPPED OPEN FROM THE TOP DOWN.

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

MR. GRUNDIG, I HAVE A HANDBAG
AT HOME THAT I NEVER USE,

BECAUSE THE ZIPPER
KEEPS COMING APART.

AND I HAVE TO KEEP SLIDING IT BACK OVER
THE BREAK TO RESEAL IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

A PROCESS CALLED SELF-HEALING. WELL,
COULDN'T THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE?

COULDN'T THE ZIPPER ON THE DUFFEL
BAG HAVE COME APART, BELOW THE SLIDER,

ALLOWING MR. ROSETZKY'S
LEG TO STICK OUT,

THEN ZIPPED BACK OVER THE BREAK, CATCHING
MR. ROSETZKY'S HAIR IN THE PROCESS?

NOT IN THIS CASE, NO.

GIVEN THAT YOU WEREN'T AT THE
SCENE, HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?

BECAUSE I SUBJECTED THE ZIPPER
TO A CROSSWISE STRESS TEST.

I BEG YOUR PARDON?

A CROSSWISE STRESS TEST.

IT'S USED TO DETERMINE
IF THE SCOOPS,

OR WHAT ARE MORE COMMONLY REFERRED
TO AS THE TEETH, HAVE EVER COME APART.

UH, APPLYING THIS TEST, I DETERMINED
THAT THE ZIPPER ON THIS BAG...

HAD NEVER COME
APART IN THAT FASHION.

MY PARTNER AND I ARRIVED AT THE
SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 10 PAST 11:00.

THE DEFENDANT WAS IN
HANDCUFFS, BEING READ HIS RIGHTS.

WITH THE ARRESTING
OFFICER, PATROLMAN TILLAGE,

I PROCEEDED TO THE BACK
OF THE DEFENDANT'S VAN,

WHERE I OBSERVED A BODY IN
A LARGE BLUE DUFFEL-TYPE BAG.

WAS ANY PORTION OF THE
DECEDENT VISIBLE TO YOU?

THE BAG WAS ZIPPED
UP TO ABOUT HERE.

UM, SOME OF THE VICTIM'S HAIR WAS
VISIBLE AND WAS SNAGGED IN THE ZIPPER.

YOU DIDN'T SEE A FOOT PROTRUDING
FROM ANY PART OF THE BAG?

NO, I DID NOT. DID YOU
QUESTION PATROLMAN TILLAGE...

ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER
WHICH THE DEFENDANT'S VAN WAS SEARCHED?

I DID. HE INFORMED ME THAT MR. BANKS
WAS ACTING IN A VISIBLY NERVOUS MANNER.

BASED ON THAT, HE
CONDUCTED A SEARCH.

DID HE TELL YOU THAT HE'D SEEN A FOOT STICKING
OUT OF A BAG THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF THE VAN?

NO, HE DID NOT.

WHAT DID YOU DO AT
THAT POINT, MR. MIZERAC?

I TOLD HIM IT WAS A BAD SEARCH. THAT BASED ON
WHAT HE TOLD ME, IT WASN'T GOING TO STAND UP.

AND HOW DID OFFICER TILLAGE
RESPOND? HE GOT PRETTY AGITATED.

WHAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE
HAD OFFICER TILLAGE HAD...

WITH HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATIONS AT THIS POINT?

HE WAS THREE WEEKS OUT OF
THE ACADEMY. THIS WAS HIS FIRST.

DID HE ASK YOU WHAT TO DO?

THE KID HAD THE RIGHT INSTINCTS,
BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW PROCEDURE.

I TOLD HIM THAT IF HE HAD SEEN
A FOOT OR A HAND OR SOMETHING,

THEN HE HAD PROBABLE
CAUSE FOR A SEARCH.

COULDN'T HE HAVE SEEN
THE VICTIM'S FOREHEAD?

I CHECKED THE SIGHT LINES THROUGH THE REAR
WINDOWS. TOP OF THE BAG WASN'T VISIBLE.

SO, WERE YOU ADVISING OFFICER
TILLAGE TO LIE ON HIS POLICE REPORT?

NO, I WAS NOT.

THANK YOU, MR. MIZERAC.
NOTHING FURTHER.

YOU DIDN'T ADVISE
OFFICER TILLAGE TO LIE?

IS THAT YOUR
TESTIMONY, MR. MIZERAC?

WHAT HE DID WITH THAT
INFORMATION WAS UP TO HIM.

AND NOW YOU'RE HERE TODAY TO MAKE
SURE THAT HE GETS BLAMED AND YOU DON'T.

- OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE.
- SUSTAINED.

MR. MIZERAC, ARE YOU A PAID
CONSULTANT FOR GARY BLONDO,

THE HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER, WHO
CURRENTLY OWNS THE MOVIE RIGHTS...

TO THE DEFENDANT'S LIFE STORY?

YES, I AM. AND DID MR. BLONDO...

EVER SUGGEST TO YOU, UH, THAT IT
MIGHT MAKE A BETTER ENDING TO HIS FILM...

- IF THE DEFENDANT WALKED?
- NO, HE DIDN'T.

COME ON, MR. MIZERAC. IN HOLLYWOOD, THE
HERO ALWAYS WALKS OFF INTO THE SUNSET.

ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT MR. BLONDO
NEVER EXPRESSED AN OPINION...

ABOUT HOW HE'D LIKE TO
SEE THIS TRIAL TURN OUT?

NOT TO ME, HE DIDN'T. BUT
THE FACT IS YOU DO HAVE...

A FINANCIAL STAKE IN
THIS TRIAL, DON'T YOU,

IN PRODUCING THE RESULTS THAT MOST
LIKELY MIGHT GIVE GARY BLONDO A HIT MOVIE?

I'M A TECHNICAL ADVISER. I GET
PAID NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

ARE YOU CURRENTLY RECEIVING A DISABILITY
PENSION FROM THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT?

YEAH.

- AND ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH
THE AMOUNT OF THAT PENSION?
- I GET BY ON IT.

SO, BY TESTIFYING HERE, YOU GET TO
KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, DON'T YOU?

YOU PAY BACK THE DEPARTMENT
FOR THEIR LOUSY PENSION,

AND YOU GET TO HELP YOUR SHOWBIZ PALS
AT THE SAME TIME, IS THAT IT, MR. MIZERAC?

OBJECTION. WITHDRAWN.
I'M DONE WITH THIS WITNESS.

OFFICER TILLAGE, WERE YOU THE
ARRESTING OFFICER ON THE SCENE...

WHEN MR. BANKS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 15 OF LAST YEAR?

- YES.
- DO YOU WISH TO CHANGE...

ANY OF YOUR PREVIOUS TESTIMONY
REGARDING THE SEARCH OF MR. BANKS'S VAN?

I DECLINE TO ANSWER ON THE GROUNDS
THAT MY ANSWER MAY TEND TO INCRIMINATE ME.

DID YOU AFTER A DISCUSSION
WITH OFFICER MIZERAC...

FABRICATE YOUR STORY REGARDING THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS SEARCH?

- I DECLINE TO ANSWER.
- DID YOU LIE
ON YOUR POLICE REPORT...

WHEN YOU CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN
A FOOT STICKING OUT OF THE BAG...

PRIOR TO CONDUCTING THE SEARCH?

I DECLINE TO ANSWER.

DID YOU LIE UNDER OATH IN THIS
COURTROOM WHEN YOU SAID YOU SAW A FOOT?

I DECLINE TO ANSWER. IT
IS A FACT, ISN'T IT, OFFICER,

THAT YOU SAW NO PART OF MR. ROSETZKY'S
BODY PRIOR TO CONDUCTING YOUR SEARCH?

I DECLINE TO ANSWER. DID
YOU CONDUCT THIS SEARCH...

WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE AND IN VIOLATION
OF MR. BANKS'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS?

I DECLINE TO ANSWER.

MR. WYLER, HOW DO YOU
THINK THE JUDGE WILL RULE?

BOTH CLIFFORD AND I ARE CONFIDENT
THAT JUDGE AGAJANIAN'S RULING...

WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
PRINCIPALS OF THE CONSTITUTION.

IF THE JUDGE THROWS OUT THE
SEARCH, WILL BANKS GO FREE?

WITHOUT THE EVIDENCE FROM THE
SEARCH, THERE'S NO CASE AGAINST MY CLIENT.

THEN WHAT HAPPENS, MR. WYLER? WILL
WE SEE A RETURN OF THE STREET SWEEPER?

I'M NOT GONNA SPECULATE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE
BACK ON THE RECORD...

IN PEOPLE VERSUS BANKS.

I WISH I COULD SAY I NEEDED MORE
TIME TO CONSIDER THE DEFENSE MOTION...

THAT I DECLARE THE SEARCH
OF THE DEFENDANT'S VAN ILLEGAL,

BUT, UH, THREE HOURS' OR
THREE DAYS' DELIBERATION...

WOULDN'T HAVE MADE MY
RULING ANY LESS INEVITABLE.

BASED ON THE TESTIMONY
HEARD BEFORE THIS COURT,

I AM COMPELLED TO FIND
THAT OFFICER TILLAGE...

DID NOT HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE
TO SEARCH MR. BANKS'S VAN.

YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE MOVES THAT THE EVIDENCE
SEIZED FROM MR. BANKS'S VAN BE SUPPRESSED,

ALONG WITH ALL THE EVIDENCE
DIRECTLY OBTAINED FROM THE SEARCH.

THIS INCLUDES THE BODY OF MR. ROSETZKY,
THE WEAPONS RECOVERED IN THE VAN,

THE CONFESSION OBTAINED BY
THE POLICE FOLLOWING THE SEARCH...

AND ALL EVIDENCE WHICH RESULTED FROM
THE SEARCH OF THE DEFENDANT'S HOME.

FURTHER, WE MOVE THAT THE COURT DISMISS THE
CHARGES AGAINST MR. BANKS FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE.

YOUR HONOR, MR. BANKS CONFESSED
TO KILLING 17 PEOPLE IN OPEN COURT.

WHAT MR. WYLER PROPOSES WOULD
DO MORE VIOLENCE TO THE LAW...

THAN ANYTHING DONE
BY OFFICER TILLAGE.

I DON'T SEE HOW THE EVIDENCE FOUND IN THE
DEFENDANT'S VAN CAN BE ADMITTED, MS. GRASSO.

WELL, YOU COULD STILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE
THE CASE BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE OBTAINED...

FROM THE CONFESSION AND FROM THE
SEARCH OF THE DEFENDANT'S HOME, YOUR HONOR.

IT ALL FLOWS FROM THE SEARCH. IT'S ALL
FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE, YOUR HONOR.

NOT IF THE POLICE WOULD HAVE INEVITABLY
FOUND IT INDEPENDENT OF THE SEARCH.

WHAT EVIDENCE IS THERE TO SUPPORT
THAT? MR. BANKS WASN'T EVEN A SUSPECT...

PRIOR TO THE POLICE
PULLING OVER HIS VAN.

A MAN AS INTENT ON
KILLING AS MR. BANKS IS...

WOULD HAVE INEVITABLY
COME UNDER POLICE SUSPICION.

HE COMMITTED THESE
MURDERS OPENLY AND BRAZENLY.

HE CARRIED THE WEAPONS HE USED
TO COMMIT THESE MURDERS IN HIS VAN.

HE EVEN TRANSPORTED THE BODY OF
ONE OF HIS VICTIMS IN THE PUBLIC STREETS.

I WOULD CITE WON SUN
V. U.S., YOUR HONOR.

ANY EVIDENCE WHICH FLOWS
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY...

FROM AN ILLEGAL SEARCH
CANNOT BE ADMITTED AT TRIAL.

SO WHAT DOES COUNSEL SUGGEST?
THAT WE RELEASE HIS CLIENT AND ALL PRAY...

WE'RE NOT HIS NEXT VICTIM?

YOUR HONOR, THIS MAN
IS A KILLING MACHINE.

IF WE RELEASE HIM, HE POSES THE
GRAVEST THREAT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE GRAVER THREAT IS TO THE CONSTITUTION IF
MS. GRASSO'S ARGUMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO STAND.

IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF ALL CITIZENS
TO BE FREE OF UNREASONABLE GOVERNMENTAL...

I UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITY
OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED HERE.

I WILL REVIEW YOUR
RESPECTIVE BRIEFS...

AND RENDER A DECISION
WITH ALL POSSIBLE SPEED.

UNTIL TOMORROW AT 9:00 A.M.,
THIS COURT STANDS IN RECESS.

JUDGE AGAJANIAN'S STUNNING RULING
ON THE SEARCH OF CLIFFORD BANKS'S VAN...

HAS THROWN THIS CASE INTO CHAOS.

WILL THE NORMALLY CONSERVATIVE
JUDGE FIND A WAY TO LET THIS TRIAL GO ON,

OR WILL HE BE FORCED TO
SET CLIFFORD BANKS FREE?

AND EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, IF
BANKS WALKS, WILL HE KILL AGAIN?

JIMMY, DR. ANDROSS IS HERE.

OH, SEND HIM IN.

THANKS FOR COMING IN, DOCTOR.

WELL, AFTER THE WAY YOU QUESTIONED
MY EXPERTISE ON THE STAND, MR. WYLER,

I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS A LITTLE
SURPRISED TO HEAR FROM YOU.

WELL, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND
IT'S MY OBLIGATION TO MY CLIENT...

TO CHALLENGE YOUR TESTIMONY.

SO, NOW THAT YOU'RE WELL ON
THE WAY TO GETTING MR. BANKS OFF,

ALL IS FORGIVEN, IS THAT IT?

WELL, WE BOTH
HAVE OUR JOBS TO DO.

FAIR ENOUGH.

SO, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU TODAY?

WELL, I WAS HOPING YOU COULD
PROVIDE ME WITH SOME INSIGHT...

INTO WHAT TO EXPECT
IF CLIFFORD IS RELEASED.

BESIDES THE FIRESTORM OF
CRITICISM AGAINST YOUR LAW FIRM,

I EXPECT MR. BANKS
TO RESUME HIS KILLING.

WHAT DO YOU BASE
THAT ON, DOCTOR?

THE FACT THAT CLIFFORD
BANKS IS A SERIAL KILLER,

AND KILLING IS WHAT
SERIAL KILLERS DO.

BUT YOU YOURSELF TESTIFIED THAT
CLIFFORD IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE SERIAL KILLER,

THAT HE WAS MOTIVATED TO
KILL BY HIS BROTHER'S MURDER.

IF HE HAD ONLY KILLED ONE PERSON
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER,

WE MAY HAVE SOME REASON
TO EXPECT HIM TO STOP NOW.

BUT THIS IS A MAN WHO SYSTEMATICALLY
KILLED VICTIM AFTER VICTIM,

WHO TOOK PLEASURE IN KILLING.

THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER
MAY HAVE CAUSED HIM TO START,

BUT HE KEPT ON KILLING
BECAUSE... HE LIKED IT.

WOULDN'T THE TIME
THAT HE SPENT IN PRISON...

HAVE GIVEN HIM TIME TO REFLECT,
TO TURN AWAY FROM KILLING?

SERIAL KILLERS ONLY STOP
WHEN THEY'RE CAUGHT, MR. WYLER.

THEY CONTINUE KILLING
UNTIL THEY'RE CAUGHT.

OH, BELIEVE ME, I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO BE PROVED WRONG ON THIS,

BUT BASED ON 20 YEARS OF
STUDYING SERIAL KILLERS?

I GIVE YOU PRETTY GOOD
ODDS ON TWO THINGS...

THE SUN COMING UP TOMORROW
AND CLIFFORD BANKS KILLING AGAIN.

I OWE YOU AN APOLOGY.

NO, YOU DON'T,
CLIFFORD. YES, I DO.

YOU'RE AN EXCELLENT LAWYER,

AND I DIDN'T ALWAYS SEE THAT.

EVEN THOUGH I WAS HOPING
THAT THIS WOULD END...

WITH ME BEING VINDICATED,

I'M GRATEFUL FOR
WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

LET'S NOT GET TOO FAR
AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

THE JUDGE HASN'T COME DOWN WITH A
RULING YET. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

IT'S JUST THAT IF I AM
BEING RELEASED TOMORROW,

I NEED TO START THINKING
ABOUT MY NEW LIFE.

YOU KNOW THE FIRST
THING I WANT? A STEAK.

MAYBE A PORTERHOUSE.

THE FOOD IN HERE
HAS BEEN SO AWFUL.

SURE. SURE.

THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TO THINK
ABOUT. GETTING A PLACE TO LIVE.

FINDING WORK. AND THE MOVIE.

I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF
THINKING ABOUT THE MOVIE.

IT SHOULD BE ABOUT PEOPLE
UNDERSTANDING WHAT I DID...

AND WHY I DID IT.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE MOVIE.
AND I'M NOT KIDDING MYSELF.

I KNOW I'M GOING TO BE THE TARGET
FOR ALL THE WACKOS OUT THERE.

TO PROTECT MYSELF, I'M GONNA NEED A
PERMIT TO CARRY A CONCEALED WEAPON.

THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM. BUT ONCE
AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

IT'S CRAZY, BUT EVEN NOW,

I THINK ABOUT LYNETTE.

I MISS HER.

NOT THE PERSON SHE WAS, OBVIOUSLY, I
MEAN, THE PERSON I THOUGHT SHE WAS.

THAT'S WHAT I GOTTA GET
THROUGH MY THICK SKULL, I GUESS.

THAT WOMAN NEVER EXISTED.

I THINK THAT'S A HEALTHY
WAY TO LOOK AT IT, CLIFFORD.

AND EVEN THOUGH THE SITUATION
WITH LYNETTE DIDN'T WORK OUT,

I STILL THINK I'D LIKE TO
HAVE ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP.

TAKING CARE OF TOMMY, I
NEVER HAD TIME TO DATE.

TO FEEL THE WARMTH OF
FEMALE COMPANIONSHIP.

AND I REALIZE NOW THAT THAT
IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE.

BUT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,

I HAVE ONE THING I
DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE,

AND THAT'S A FRIEND
IN YOU, MR. WYLER.

THEN, LISTEN TO YOUR
FRIEND, CLIFFORD.

YOU WALK OUT OF HERE TOMORROW,
AND YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY...

TO START A NEW LIFE.

WHATEVER POINT YOU WERE
TRYING TO MAKE BY KILLING 17 PEOPLE,

YOU MADE IT.

IT'S TIME TO RETIRE,

TO LIVE A QUIET LIFE.

I HEAR YOU.

AND I WANT THAT.

BUT I STILL WANT YOU TO LOOK
INTO THAT CARRY PERMIT FOR ME.