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[00:00] | ♪ Have a holly jolly Christmas ♪ | |
[00:03] | ♪ It’s the best time of the year… ♪ | |
[00:07] | Will they run out before we get in there? | |
[00:10] | No. We’ll get him a robot, then. | |
[00:13] | A six-year-old really doesn’t need a drone anyway. | |
[00:15] | I know, but I promised him. | |
[00:17] | It’ll be fine, all right? They’re not gonna run out. | |
[00:19] | ♪ When you walk down the street ♪ | |
[00:20] | And we’re okay money-wise? | |
[00:23] | I already told you, I can swing it. | |
[00:26] | I’ll put my half on a credit card. | |
[00:28] | Yeah, just keep walking. You’ll see me. | |
[00:29] | Will you be able to pay his child support? | |
[00:31] | I really count on that. | |
[00:33] | Like I said, | |
[00:34] | – next week, soon as I get paid. – ♪ Somebody waits for you… ♪ | |
[00:38] | I’m sorry. | |
[00:40] | I know you’re trying. | |
[00:43] | – Here we are. – What took you so long? | |
[00:45] | Oh, we had to wait for Thanksgiving dinner to end. | |
[00:48] | I had to find a bar. Had to close a bar. | |
[00:51] | Excuse me. We’ve been waiting out here | |
[00:53] | – for over four hours. – Okay. So have I. | |
[00:55] | – Your friends haven’t. – Okay, hey, come on. | |
[00:57] | – Everyone’s gonna get in. – That’s not the point. | |
[00:59] | I just told you, I’ve been here, saving their place. | |
[01:02] | There’s no saving places. Your friends could get | |
[01:05] | to the back of the line | |
[01:06] | and wait their turn, just like everybody else! | |
[01:08] | First of all, lower your voice. | |
[01:10] | Second of all, it’s three people. | |
[01:12] | And third of all, it’s the holidays. | |
[01:13] | Let’s keep it festive, Cruella de Vil. | |
[01:15] | Hey. That’s my wife you’re talking to, all right? | |
[01:17] | Oh, you have my deepest sympathies. | |
[01:26] | Oh, sorry. | |
[01:27] | Security! Help! Police? Security? | |
[01:31] | – Someone! – And take | |
[01:33] | your ugly wife with you. | |
[01:36] | Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, that’s going on here? | |
[01:39] | Officer, I’m so glad to see you. | |
[01:41] | I-I was just standing in line, minding my business. | |
[01:43] | He’s lying. He punched my husband, | |
[01:45] | and they all ganged up on him. | |
[01:47] | Which one’s your husband? You okay? | |
[01:49] | – Guy hit me in the head. – Say what?! | |
[01:52] | I’m the one on the ground. | |
[01:53] | This man is a menace, and the wife… | |
[01:54] | Hey, all right. You, get up | |
[01:57] | I’m calling for a wagon. | |
[01:58] | You clowns can discuss this in court. | |
[01:59] | – Oh… – What? What? | |
[02:01] | – They came at me, man. – Hey. You’re all under arrest. | |
[02:03] | Oh, come on, dude. | |
[02:11] | I’m Cassandra Bennet, your public defender. | |
[02:13] | Looks like your co-defendants hired private attorneys. | |
[02:16] | – They’ve been released. – They’re not my co-defendants. | |
[02:18] | The prosecutor’s asking for bail. | |
[02:19] | Bail? Come on, I was the one who was attacked. | |
[02:23] | I didn’t do anything. | |
[02:24] | Your intake says you’re from outside the jurisdiction. | |
[02:26] | Where do you live? | |
[02:28] | Philly. My wife lives here. | |
[02:30] | Separated. | |
[02:32] | You have four defaults on your record, | |
[02:33] | – all drunk and disorderlies. – Come on. | |
[02:35] | Those are from a long time ago. | |
[02:37] | Before I was married. Before I had a kid. | |
[02:39] | I’m six months sober. | |
[02:41] | D.A.’s saying you’re a flight risk. | |
[02:42] | He’s asking for bail. $5,000 cash. | |
[02:46] | I don’t have that kind of money. | |
[02:48] | And I have to be at work Monday morning. | |
[02:50] | Can your wife help? | |
[02:53] | No, look, if I’m not at work I’m gonna lose my job. | |
[02:57] | – And if I lose my job… – So, what’s it gonna be? | |
[03:00] | The D.A.’s offering a deal. Plead guilty to simple assault, | |
[03:04] | admit you pushed the guy, you’ll get a $75 fine | |
[03:07] | and community service. | |
[03:08] | That’s… | |
[03:10] | Wait a second, that-that’s not fair. | |
[03:12] | What do you… I was surrounded. | |
[03:15] | There was four of them, there was one of me. | |
[03:17] | I didn’t start it. The guy punched me in the face. | |
[03:19] | The cops said the other guy was on the ground. | |
[03:21] | He was drunk. | |
[03:23] | I gave him a shove to keep him away from me. | |
[03:25] | Don’t I get to tell someone that? | |
[03:26] | – Don’t I get to tell a judge? – Sure. Monday. | |
[03:29] | I have to come back Monday? | |
[03:31] | No, you don’t have to come back. | |
[03:32] | You’re going to be in jail until then, okay? | |
[03:35] | Or you can pay the bail, or you can take this deal. | |
[03:38] | Oh… | |
[03:39] | Sir, can I help you with this? | |
[03:42] | It’s a misdemeanor. It’s $75. | |
[03:46] | They’ll transfer your community service to Philly. | |
[03:48] | This will have absolutely no impact on your life | |
[03:50] | going forward. | |
[03:52] | You’ll be able to spend the weekend with your family | |
[03:54] | and you’ll be back at work on Monday. | |
[03:57] | $75. | |
[03:59] | Deal’s off the table in 60 seconds. | |
[04:01] | Okay, fine. I’ll take the deal. | |
[04:03] | Plead guilty. | |
[04:21] | What can I do for you? | |
[04:22] | – Chris Coleman. – Yes. | |
[04:24] | You pled guilty to assault last week in New York? | |
[04:27] | Yeah. So? What’s this about? | |
[04:29] | – The guy that you assaulted… – I didn’t assault anyone. | |
[04:31] | He went into a coma two nights ago. | |
[04:34] | Result of the head injury you inflicted upon him | |
[04:36] | when you assaulted him. | |
[04:37] | He died this morning. | |
[04:39] | You’re being charged with manslaughter. | |
[04:41] | Hands behind your back, sir. | |
[04:43] | ♪ It’s the most wonderful time ♪ | |
[04:45] | ♪ Of the year. ♪ | |
[04:48] | Ah, look, Ms. Bennet, you’ve got to ease up on yourself. | |
[04:52] | There’s no way you could have known | |
[04:53] | that a run-of-the-mill plea would go sideways like that. | |
[04:57] | Yeah, but I was the one who told him to take the deal. | |
[04:59] | Now he’s sitting in a cell at Rikers | |
[05:01] | staring at 20 years. | |
[05:04] | If only he’d waited and gone to trial, | |
[05:05] | he almost certainly would have been found not guilty. | |
[05:09] | Well, first of all, he couldn’t make bail, | |
[05:12] | so that’s not on you. | |
[05:13] | Second of all, every lawyer in your office | |
[05:16] | would have done the same thing. | |
[05:18] | Strike that. Every lawyer in your office | |
[05:20] | has done the same thing. | |
[05:22] | I did it when I was an A.D.A. | |
[05:24] | Look, I know I barely know you. | |
[05:27] | I know I’m just this young public defender | |
[05:30] | you and your boss make mincemeat out of | |
[05:32] | in the courtroom, but I could really use some help. | |
[05:36] | What are you talking about? | |
[05:38] | Well, he’s got no money. | |
[05:39] | No money. He’s got a wife and a kid. | |
[05:42] | And… he’s already pleaded guilty. | |
[05:46] | He is going to lose. | |
[05:48] | Unless he gets some high-powered help, | |
[05:50] | he is going to lose. | |
[05:52] | Well, aren’t you high-powered enough? | |
[05:54] | Mr. Colón, I’ve been doing this for 18 months. | |
[05:58] | I like to think I’m really smart. | |
[06:00] | Smart enough to know when I’m just not smart enough. | |
[06:03] | I know you and your firm do pro bono work. I-I-I promise | |
[06:06] | I will do all the heavy lifting. | |
[06:08] | You guys wouldn’t even have to go to court. | |
[06:10] | If I could just check in about strategy, | |
[06:13] | maybe get you to make an appearance at voir dire. | |
[06:16] | Guy’s facing 20 years for something he didn’t do, | |
[06:19] | pled guilty for expediency’s sake, | |
[06:21] | and now he’s caught up in the system and he can’t get out. | |
[06:24] | – Sounds like something out of Kafka. – Exactly. | |
[06:26] | So who’s the public defender? | |
[06:28] | Oh, she’s a kid. | |
[06:29] | I think she sat third chair against us a couple of times. | |
[06:32] | Kind of reminds me of me at that age. | |
[06:35] | Look, we won’t even have to go to court. | |
[06:38] | She just wants us to weigh in on some strategy, | |
[06:40] | maybe show up for voir dire. | |
[06:42] | So what do you think? | |
[06:44] | And keep in mind it’s the holiday season. | |
[06:47] | Oh, it’s okay, I’m already on the naughty list. | |
[06:49] | Sure. | |
[06:50] | If we don’t really have to do anything. | |
[06:52] | Oh, a-and any way that I could set up a meeting | |
[06:55] | between you and the A.D.A.? | |
[06:57] | See if maybe you could sweet talk this ambitious punk | |
[07:00] | into dropping the charges? | |
[07:01] | Mm-hmm. | |
[07:02] | What happened to “we don’t even have to go to court”? | |
[07:04] | Well, w-we don’t. | |
[07:06] | I figured, if you powwow with the A.D.A. | |
[07:09] | and he drops the case, | |
[07:10] | then we really don’t have to go to court. | |
[07:15] | Let go of the door and let’s consider it | |
[07:17] | your early Christmas present. | |
[07:19] | Ah, Bull, you shouldn’t have. | |
[07:22] | You’re preaching to the choir, pal. | |
[07:27] | A.D.A. Russo? | |
[07:29] | Forgive me for barging in unannounced. | |
[07:31] | My name’s Dr. Jason Bull, and I’m working with Chris Coleman. | |
[07:33] | You have a minute? | |
[07:36] | Dr. Bull. I know who you are. | |
[07:39] | Uh, | |
[07:41] | welcome to misdemeanor row. I’d tell you to pull up a chair, | |
[07:44] | but that would assume you brought one with you. | |
[07:46] | You want mine? | |
[07:47] | – No, I’m good right here. – Thanks. | |
[07:50] | Wow. | |
[07:51] | It’s the kind of office you work like hell to get out of. | |
[07:55] | You guys into fantasy football? | |
[07:57] | Yup. | |
[07:59] | Uh, what-what can I do for you, Dr. Bull? | |
[08:01] | I know you didn’t come all this way to, uh, | |
[08:04] | check out the office, did you? | |
[08:06] | I was hoping to get you to drop the charges against my client. | |
[08:10] | Why would I do that? | |
[08:12] | Because the only thing he’s guilty of is bad luck. | |
[08:15] | Well, that is your opinion, | |
[08:17] | and you’re entitled to it, certainly. | |
[08:19] | But from my vantage point, from the city’s vantage point, | |
[08:23] | he laid his hands on a guy | |
[08:24] | and that guy subsequently died. | |
[08:26] | Mm, not exactly. | |
[08:29] | We both know if my client had had $5,000 for bail, | |
[08:33] | he wouldn’t be in this situation. | |
[08:34] | He’d still be facing manslaughter charges. | |
[08:37] | No, he wouldn’t. | |
[08:38] | He wouldn’t have pled guilty, he would’ve pled innocent, | |
[08:41] | which is what he is. | |
[08:42] | And then he would’ve explained to a jury that, | |
[08:44] | when he was attacked, all he did | |
[08:46] | was protect himself. | |
[08:48] | The truth is, his guilty plea | |
[08:49] | is the only piece of evidence you have against him. | |
[08:51] | Well, the good news is, if he is innocent, | |
[08:54] | as you say he is, uh, a jury will acquit him. | |
[08:59] | I’m guessing this your first felony trial. | |
[09:04] | Everybody has their first, Dr. Bull. | |
[09:06] | Absolutely. Everybody has a first. | |
[09:09] | The important thing is, once you get your shot, | |
[09:11] | you don’t want to lose. | |
[09:13] | Oh, I’m not worried. | |
[09:14] | See, I have three witnesses and a dead body and a guilty plea, | |
[09:18] | so I’m feeling pretty good. | |
[09:22] | Excellent. I can’t even begin to tell you | |
[09:25] | how important your feelings are to me. | |
[09:29] | See you in court, Mr. Russo. | |
[09:32] | See you in court, Dr. Bull. | |
[09:36] | *BULL (2016)* Season 03 Episode 08 | |
[09:39] | *BULL (2016)* Episode Title: “But For The Grace” | |
[09:46] | Good morning, sir. | |
[09:47] | First day of court. Beginning of voir dire. | |
[09:52] | Always my favorite. | |
[09:54] | Little something we need to do first. | |
[10:01] | Oh… | |
[10:02] | We’re gonna throw that poor girl under the bus? | |
[10:05] | I don’t see that we have much choice. | |
[10:10] | Well, we always have a choice. | |
[10:13] | Hey. | |
[10:14] | This is not a case I asked for. This is not a case I chased. | |
[10:18] | Nevertheless, I would like to win, | |
[10:20] | and the only argument we have, | |
[10:21] | the only one that makes any sense at all, | |
[10:23] | is that this man was given bad advice. | |
[10:26] | And that’s not gonna ring terribly true to the jury | |
[10:28] | if the person who gave him that bad advice | |
[10:30] | is sitting next to him in court. | |
[10:33] | And, yes, | |
[10:34] | I know this means you and I’ll be doing | |
[10:36] | the heavy lifting, but… | |
[10:37] | I wasn’t thinking about that. | |
[10:40] | I was thinking about her. | |
[10:46] | All rise. | |
[10:47] | I’m sorry. | |
[10:51] | Before we begin, Your Honor, | |
[10:53] | the defense would like to make a pretrial motion | |
[10:55] | to revoke our client’s guilty plea. | |
[11:00] | Ms. Bennet, | |
[11:02] | it was you that recommended that Mr. Coleman plead guilty. | |
[11:06] | – Isn’t that right? – Yes. | |
[11:08] | And you did so even though he insisted he was innocent. | |
[11:12] | A-At the time, it seemed like the best course of action. | |
[11:15] | For him, given the circumstances. | |
[11:24] | Again, just to be… clear, | |
[11:28] | you advised your client to accept responsibility | |
[11:32] | for something he didn’t do. | |
[11:35] | You advised him to lie. | |
[11:37] | Isn’t that correct? | |
[11:41] | Uh, yes. | |
[11:43] | That’s correct. That’s what I did. | |
[11:46] | And I very much regret it. | |
[11:51] | Thank you. | |
[11:56] | I’ll hear you, | |
[11:58] | A.D.A. Russo. | |
[12:00] | Your Honor, without the guilty plea, | |
[12:02] | the People’s case would be gutted. | |
[12:03] | Yeah, but that’s not reason to uphold | |
[12:05] | an otherwise invalid guilty plea. | |
[12:07] | The defendant made a knowing, | |
[12:08] | voluntary waiver, and his admission should stand. | |
[12:11] | The prosecutor took advantage of the fact | |
[12:13] | that Mr. Coleman doesn’t have resources. | |
[12:15] | Enough. | |
[12:16] | I agree with Mr. Colón that this attorney’s representation | |
[12:20] | was substandard. | |
[12:21] | And because of that reason, | |
[12:23] | I will be reporting her to the state bar. | |
[12:25] | That said, however, I find that the defendant | |
[12:28] | did, in fact, make | |
[12:29] | a knowing waiver of his rights, and I’m denying | |
[12:32] | the defendant’s motion to revoke. | |
[12:34] | The guilty plea will stand. | |
[12:37] | The court’s in recess. | |
[12:42] | What… w-what was that? What just happened? | |
[12:45] | A whole lot of nothing? What? | |
[12:48] | It was an attempt to try and ease the burden | |
[12:51] | of winning you your freedom Mr. Coleman, and it failed. | |
[12:54] | The next step is we attempt | |
[12:57] | to curate a jury that will relate to your situation. | |
[13:00] | And then, we will try and persuade them | |
[13:03] | to find you not guilty. | |
[13:05] | That’s what we do. | |
[13:06] | That is how this process works. | |
[13:08] | By the way, my name is Dr. Jason Bull. | |
[13:10] | And the fellow beside you will be | |
[13:13] | your attorney of record going forward. | |
[13:14] | His name is Benjamin Colón. | |
[13:17] | Of course, you could choose another public defender, | |
[13:20] | but frankly, g… current setbacks notwithstanding… | |
[13:23] | We are great at what we do. | |
[13:25] | He’s right. | |
[13:26] | They are. | |
[13:28] | You all right? | |
[13:29] | I’ll keep you posted. | |
[13:32] | I am truly sorry. | |
[13:36] | Chris Coleman? | |
[13:39] | Those from the prosecutor? | |
[13:41] | The witness list? | |
[13:44] | It’s from your wife. | |
[13:47] | What is it about, child support? | |
[13:49] | Uh, no. She has filed a petition for divorce. | |
[14:00] | So we’re looking for people who have faced financial issues? | |
[14:03] | No. We need more than that. | |
[14:09] | You see that guy? | |
[14:10] | The jaywalker? | |
[14:11] | He made a calculated decision to cross against the light | |
[14:14] | in order to make the bus. | |
[14:15] | That’s the type of juror we need. | |
[14:17] | A menace to society? | |
[14:19] | A pragmatist. | |
[14:20] | People who make decisions based on the reality in front of them. | |
[14:23] | No idealists. No dreamers. | |
[14:26] | Juror number 11. | |
[14:28] | I see you went to college at Tufts. | |
[14:30] | Can I ask what you studied? | |
[14:31] | – French literature. – Ah. | |
[14:33] | Voltaire. Flaubert. Proust. | |
[14:37] | May I ask what you do for a living? | |
[14:39] | I’m a barista. | |
[14:42] | And what about you, juror 13? | |
[14:46] | What was your major in college? | |
[14:47] | Economics. | |
[14:49] | Grace Wolford, lives on the Upper East Side, | |
[14:50] | works for one of the big four accounting firms. | |
[14:52] | Sounds like a pragmatist to me. | |
[14:55] | Juror 15, | |
[14:58] | say you win the lottery. | |
[15:01] | A million dollars. | |
[15:03] | What would you do with the money? | |
[15:04] | Well, first off, I’d buy a sports car. | |
[15:08] | He lives in a building that doesn’t have parking. | |
[15:11] | Then I’d move to a building with parking. | |
[15:14] | Sold. | |
[15:17] | ♪ Juntos hasta el final ♪ | |
[15:22] | ♪ Tanto quiero llorar ♪ | |
[15:27] | ♪ Basta ya, basta ya… ♪ | |
[15:31] | Hey. | |
[15:32] | Oh, please.Oh. | |
[15:34] | – Young lady. – Thank you. | |
[15:35] | Oh, look at you. Oh, my goodness. | |
[15:38] | Yikes. | |
[15:43] | – Can I ask you a question? – Hmm… | |
[15:45] | Would you feel shortchanged if we just left, like, right now? | |
[15:50] | Wait, easy, tiger. Nobody’s going anywhere. | |
[15:52] | No? Dinner’s on me. Remember? | |
[15:54] | Yeah. | |
[15:54] | So, when I was maybe, what, eight? | |
[15:57] | And I was so excited. | |
[15:59] | I was going camping with my dad for the first time. | |
[16:02] | And we drove up to the mountains, pitched our tent, | |
[16:05] | made our dinner. | |
[16:07] | And when it got dark, we got in our sleeping bags | |
[16:09] | and we went to sleep. | |
[16:10] | And it was the middle of the night. It was so dark. | |
[16:14] | And we were in the middle of nowhere. | |
[16:16] | – That’s when I heard it. – Hmm? | |
[16:18] | The rain. | |
[16:20] | I mean, it was pelting our tent. | |
[16:22] | And I thought, for sure, this thing was gonna fall down on us. | |
[16:25] | And then, the lightning. | |
[16:26] | One minute, it’s like 12:00 noon, | |
[16:29] | and the next, it is completely black. | |
[16:31] | And then, the thunder. | |
[16:33] | I mean, it was like bombs dropping. | |
[16:36] | And what about your dad? | |
[16:37] | What was he doing during all of this? | |
[16:39] | My dad? | |
[16:42] | My dad was laughing. | |
[16:44] | Roaring. | |
[16:46] | “How about that God?” he said. | |
[16:48] | “Can he put on a show or what?” | |
[16:54] | I felt so safe. | |
[16:58] | I think that’s the safest I’ve ever felt. | |
[17:02] | Help! | |
[17:04] | I think my husband’s having a heart attack. | |
[17:05] | Is there a doctor? Is there a doctor in the house? | |
[17:08] | – Somebody call a doctor! – I don’t want to move him. | |
[17:09] | – Is anyone here a doctor? – I can’t even tell if he’s breathing… | |
[17:12] | Gabriel? What are you doing? | |
[17:15] | Sir? Sir? Are you a doctor? | |
[17:16] | Okay. All right. | |
[17:19] | Yes, I need an ambulance. | |
[17:23] | I think he has a collapsed lung. | |
[17:24] | I need a bottle of vodka! | |
[17:26] | Hey, I need a clean, sharp knife. | |
[17:28] | Okay? I need something strong and hollow. | |
[17:30] | Okay? Like a metal straw. | |
[17:31] | Yeah. | |
[17:33] | Okay. | |
[17:35] | Okay. Okay. | |
[17:39] | Here. | |
[17:40] | All right, sir, I know that you can’t speak, | |
[17:43] | okay, and I don’t know if you can hear me, | |
[17:46] | but you’re going to feel | |
[17:48] | a little pinch, okay? | |
[17:53] | That’s it. Okay. | |
[17:58] | There you go. | |
[18:01] | Yeah? | |
[18:05] | Uh, we need to get out of here. | |
[18:06] | What are you talking about? | |
[18:09] | That was amazing. | |
[18:11] | – Did you pay? – Yeah. | |
[18:13] | Okay, then we need to get out of here now. | |
[18:16] | Okay. | |
[18:17] | When I arrived on scene, | |
[18:18] | there were five men engaged in a fight. | |
[18:20] | And how many of those men positively identified | |
[18:23] | the defendant as the instigator? | |
[18:26] | Four. | |
[18:27] | And how many identified the defendant | |
[18:29] | as the man who pushed the decedent, Connor Booth? | |
[18:33] | Four, including Mr. Booth. | |
[18:36] | Thank you, Officer Spenser. Nothing further. | |
[18:41] | Officer Spenser, are you aware that my client | |
[18:44] | was waiting in the Black Friday sale line with his wife? | |
[18:47] | Yes. I’m aware of that. | |
[18:48] | That they were there to purchase a gift for their child? | |
[18:52] | That’s what he said. | |
[18:53] | He wasn’t there to start any trouble. | |
[18:55] | Is-is that a question? | |
[18:57] | – No, it’s a fact. – Objection. | |
[18:59] | Withdrawn. | |
[19:00] | Now, this fight, | |
[19:02] | by all account, was four against one. | |
[19:05] | Yes. | |
[19:06] | Now, why would my client start a fight | |
[19:09] | when he was so outnumbered? | |
[19:11] | Well, you’ll have to ask him that. | |
[19:13] | And the four men who identified him, | |
[19:16] | they were all part of the group that taunted him. | |
[19:19] | These were the same men who cut in front of him. | |
[19:22] | I’m sorry, I didn’t see any of that. | |
[19:24] | Well, did you interview anyone who wasn’t involved | |
[19:27] | in the dispute? Someone objective? | |
[19:30] | Look, I followed protocol. | |
[19:32] | This was a simple assault case. | |
[19:34] | If I had known it’d turn into a homicide, | |
[19:36] | I would have called the detectives. | |
[19:37] | What a coincidence. | |
[19:39] | If my client had known it was gonna turn into a homicide, | |
[19:41] | he would’ve pled not guilty. | |
[19:43] | Objection. | |
[19:44] | Sustained. Anything else? | |
[19:47] | Not at this time, Your Honor. | |
[19:48] | – Thank you, officer… – Well, no movement yet, | |
[19:50] | but positions are definitely softening. | |
[19:51] | Nothing like a little common sense to wake people up. | |
[19:57] | Do you see the man who assaulted your friend? | |
[19:59] | Is he here in the courtroom? | |
[20:00] | That’s him right there. | |
[20:02] | That’s the guy who pushed and punched Connor. | |
[20:04] | Let the record show that the witness pointed to the defendant. | |
[20:07] | – Punched? Now I punched him? – I didn’t punch anybody. | |
[20:09] | Just let them tell their story, and then we will tell ours. | |
[20:12] | Can you tell me about his demeanor that night? | |
[20:14] | How was he behaving? | |
[20:16] | He was pretty intense. | |
[20:18] | Uh, I think there might have been something going on | |
[20:20] | between him and his wife. | |
[20:21] | And also, just my opinion, | |
[20:23] | I think he might have been a little drunk. | |
[20:30] | Hmm… | |
[20:33] | Drunk. | |
[20:34] | Guy said I was drunk? | |
[20:35] | I haven’t had a drink in six months, man. | |
[20:38] | Like I told you in court, they will tell their story, | |
[20:40] | and then we will tell ours. | |
[20:42] | Appearances are important. | |
[20:45] | The jury’s always watching, and every time they look at you, | |
[20:47] | they see an angry guy who can’t control his temper. | |
[20:49] | W-Well, maybe it’s ’cause I am a really angry guy. | |
[20:57] | The man said I was drunk. | |
[21:00] | I just got my six month chip. | |
[21:02] | You know, you know how hard I worked for that? | |
[21:04] | And I promise you, we’ll share that with the jury | |
[21:06] | when you testify. In the meantime, | |
[21:07] | stop helping their case. | |
[21:09] | Lose the anger, lose the attitude, and start behaving | |
[21:13] | like a guy who was buying a present for his kid | |
[21:15] | and not a guy who was looking for a fight. | |
[21:17] | Don’t tell me how to act! | |
[21:19] | I’m going through hell right now, man! | |
[21:22] | I’m still in hell right now! | |
[21:28] | I just lost my apartment, my job, my wife. | |
[21:32] | I’m about to lose my kid! | |
[21:35] | And I’m facing 20! 20 years! | |
[21:38] | 20 years in prison! | |
[21:39] | And you two are what? What are you doing? | |
[21:41] | What are you doing? You’re just sitting there! | |
[21:43] | You’re just sitting there and you’re just watching it happen! | |
[21:46] | Mr. Coleman, if you are at all unhappy | |
[21:49] | about the quality of your representation, | |
[21:51] | – your free representation… – Bull… | |
[21:55] | Time to get back on the bus. | |
[21:56] | Just give me a minute. | |
[21:58] | Hey, you don’t have a minute; the bus needs to roll. | |
[22:00] | Hey, I’m talking to my lawyer! What the hell is wrong with you? | |
[22:03] | He’ll be right there, Officer. | |
[22:04] | My fault, I lost track of the time. | |
[22:11] | Thanks for dinner. | |
[22:14] | It’s the least I can do. | |
[22:17] | Look, if you want to quit, I’d totally understand. | |
[22:22] | I can fly solo from here. | |
[22:25] | I honestly don’t think the guy did it, but… | |
[22:29] | he can’t get out of his own way | |
[22:31] | and I’m not sure I can help someone like that. | |
[22:35] | Hello? | |
[22:36] | Speaking. | |
[22:40] | Oh. | |
[22:42] | Well. I-Is he okay? | |
[22:46] | Will he be able to come to court tomorrow? | |
[22:52] | I-I-I understand. | |
[22:56] | No, o-okay. All right. | |
[22:57] | W-We’ll ask the judge for a one day continuance. | |
[22:59] | Thank you for letting me know. | |
[23:06] | Tha-That was, that was the prison. | |
[23:09] | Chris is in the hospital. | |
[23:11] | Someone picked a fight with him in the cafeteria. | |
[23:18] | Must’ve hit the guy pretty hard; he broke his wrist. | |
[23:22] | Great. Now we can’t put him on the stand. | |
[23:26] | The second his ass hits the chair, | |
[23:27] | the prosecutor will want to cross-examine him | |
[23:29] | about the fact that he got into another fight | |
[23:32] | and they will argue that he has a propensity for violence. | |
[23:36] | And they’ll be right. | |
[23:48] | Oh. It’s nice of you to show up. | |
[23:50] | I think so. | |
[23:52] | Well, uh, you’re an hour late, so let me just ask you, | |
[23:55] | when we ask you to come to court, | |
[23:56] | are you gonna be on time? | |
[23:57] | Because a judge is not gonna wait an hour. | |
[23:59] | – My sitter cancelled. – You have a cell phone. | |
[24:02] | As a matter of fact, I do. | |
[24:05] | But I ran out of minutes. | |
[24:09] | I need you to understand, when I come see you, | |
[24:12] | when I come to court, it costs me. | |
[24:14] | I get that. | |
[24:15] | No, I don’t think you do. | |
[24:17] | My kid wants to know why his father isn’t coming to see him. | |
[24:20] | And now that Chris is in jail, he can’t pay child support. | |
[24:24] | We’re trying to fix that, but that’s why we need your help. | |
[24:30] | I love him. | |
[24:32] | I really do. | |
[24:36] | But if it’s not the drinking, it’s the temper. | |
[24:39] | – And if it’s not the temper… – Everybody’s lives | |
[24:41] | are gonna be better if we can get him out of jail. | |
[24:46] | Look, the truth is, I didn’t see the whole fight. | |
[24:51] | I can’t talk about the part when | |
[24:53] | Chris pushed that man. | |
[24:55] | I saw the beginning and the end, not the middle. | |
[25:00] | I was focused on finding help. | |
[25:02] | So you can’t testify about how Connor fell? | |
[25:06] | I didn’t say that. | |
[25:09] | E-Excuse me? | |
[25:12] | I could say that it looked to me like… | |
[25:17] | that guy Connor tripped. | |
[25:20] | That it had nothing to do with Chris’s shove. | |
[25:24] | Wait. A-Are you talking about lying? | |
[25:27] | No. | |
[25:28] | We do not lie in a court of law. | |
[25:30] | It never helps, it only hurts. | |
[25:33] | Trust me, the last thing you want is for | |
[25:35] | both of your child’s parents to be behind bars. | |
[25:44] | Gabriel? | |
[26:03] | – Oh, what the hell are you doing? – It’s me. It’s me, it’s me, it’s me. | |
[26:10] | I’ve been trying to get ahold of you | |
[26:12] | for the last 24 hours. | |
[26:14] | You want to tell me about last night? | |
[26:18] | Yeah, sure. I-I had the chicken. | |
[26:20] | It was good. You know what I’m talking about. | |
[26:23] | All of a sudden, you decide to impersonate McDreamy | |
[26:26] | and perform an operation in the middle of dinner, | |
[26:29] | and then it’s “We got to go, we got to go,” | |
[26:32] | and as soon as we grab an Uber and I get in the car, | |
[26:34] | – you ditch me. – I did not ditch you. | |
[26:37] | You slammed the door closed and headed for the subway. | |
[26:39] | Well, you know, we-we live on different parts in the city. | |
[26:42] | Okay? It’s just more efficient that way. | |
[26:44] | You know, you’re really good with a bottle of vodka | |
[26:46] | and a table knife, but you are a terrible liar. | |
[26:49] | Okay. | |
[26:51] | How did you know how to do that? | |
[26:53] | How did you know how to save that man’s life? | |
[26:56] | I unclog toilets for a living. | |
[26:59] | It’s-it’s really not that different. | |
[27:03] | What? | |
[27:04] | Thanks for the company. And the sex. | |
[27:06] | Okay, loo… Stop! | |
[27:08] | Please, d-don’t be so dramatic. | |
[27:13] | It was a simple needle decompression. | |
[27:15] | Okay? Any doctor can do it. | |
[27:18] | What does that mean? | |
[27:22] | It means that before I came here, | |
[27:24] | before all of this, I was a surgeon. | |
[27:32] | A cardiothoracic surgeon. | |
[27:35] | But you say that like it’s a bad thing. | |
[27:39] | Why would you keep something like that a secret from me? | |
[27:41] | Because I don’t… I don’t want to go to jail. | |
[27:44] | Okay? | |
[27:46] | I don’t want to be sent back home. | |
[27:48] | ‘Cause I don’t want to die. | |
[27:53] | They cut in front of us, | |
[27:55] | and then I said something | |
[27:59] | about going to the back of the line. | |
[28:01] | And how did the men react? | |
[28:04] | The man that died, | |
[28:07] | he punched my husband, right in the face. | |
[28:10] | You saw that? | |
[28:11] | Yes, I did. And then they all surrounded him, | |
[28:14] | and I went to go get help. | |
[28:17] | Did you feel threatened? | |
[28:19] | Oh, my God, yes. | |
[28:21] | That’s why I called for security. | |
[28:23] | Nothing further, Your Honor. | |
[28:26] | We are batting .500. | |
[28:27] | I am feeling a little momentum. | |
[28:29] | This is the easy part. | |
[28:31] | Let’s see how she holds up on cross. | |
[28:35] | Mrs. Coleman, are you aware that phone calls | |
[28:37] | at the jail are recorded? | |
[28:40] | No, I didn’t know that. | |
[28:42] | Objection. Counsel’s badgering the witness. | |
[28:44] | What’s the point here? | |
[28:46] | I’ll cut to the chase, Your Honor. | |
[28:51] | Did you meet with the lawyers? | |
[28:54] | Is that your husband’s voice? | |
[28:57] | Yes. | |
[28:59] | Yeah. I talked to them. | |
[29:02] | I told them I’d do anything to get you out of there. | |
[29:05] | I even told them I’d lie. | |
[29:07] | And that’s you, isn’t it? | |
[29:09] | Objection. | |
[29:10] | Move to strike. | |
[29:12] | Overruled. The jury may consider the recording, | |
[29:14] | as it pertains to the credibility | |
[29:16] | of the witness. | |
[29:17] | Anything else? | |
[29:18] | Just-just one more question. | |
[29:21] | How do we know you’re not lying now? | |
[29:24] | Because I’m not. | |
[29:27] | I have no more questions for this witness. | |
[29:32] | Remember those six greens? | |
[29:33] | Well, two of them just turned red. | |
[29:37] | Terrific. | |
[29:45] | The case isn’t even over. | |
[29:46] | He’s already celebrating. | |
[29:47] | Ah, that guy oozes ambition. | |
[29:50] | An ugly ooze. | |
[29:52] | Probably keeps a running tally of his cases on the wall. | |
[29:56] | A running tally? | |
[29:58] | Like a scorecard? Like a fantasy football grid? | |
[30:01] | Oh, yeah. I’ve seen all different kinds. | |
[30:03] | It’s the A.D.A.s on misdemeanor row. | |
[30:06] | They’re itching to get off of there. | |
[30:08] | Itching to work felony cases. | |
[30:10] | They have a scoring system. No kidding. | |
[30:12] | And the person with the most points at the end of the week | |
[30:15] | wins a pot of money. | |
[30:16] | But more importantly, they’re one step closer to a promotion. | |
[30:20] | I guarantee you our client is up there. | |
[30:22] | And I’ll bet it pays off big. | |
[30:24] | I suddenly remembered I have an errand to run. | |
[30:26] | You go on in and I will join you as soon as I can. | |
[30:30] | Whatever you say. | |
[30:41] | Can I help you? | |
[30:43] | Frank’s not here. | |
[30:45] | Really? You sure? | |
[30:47] | He told me to meet him here for a conference. | |
[30:49] | Actually, he’s in court. | |
[30:51] | Really? How is that possible? | |
[30:53] | I thought we were getting a late start today. | |
[30:54] | I must have missed a text. Uh, must have. | |
[30:56] | Senior moment. | |
[30:57] | Hmm. | |
[31:01] | Mr. Colón, call your next witness. | |
[31:07] | The defense would like to call A.D.A. Russo to the stand. | |
[31:12] | The defense wants to call | |
[31:13] | the prosecutor to the stand? | |
[31:14] | If it pleases the court. | |
[31:16] | Objection, Your Honor. | |
[31:17] | I am not a witness. I wasn’t there. | |
[31:19] | These guys are playing some kind of game. | |
[31:21] | Both of you, get up here. | |
[31:29] | You want to tell me what’s going on, Mr. Colón? | |
[31:32] | Nothing’s going on, your Honor. | |
[31:34] | I know he’s new at this, but hopefully the prosecutor knows | |
[31:37] | that there is nothing in the rules | |
[31:38] | that precludes us from calling him to testify. | |
[31:41] | Respectfully, Judge… | |
[31:42] | Just go sit in the witness box, Mr. Russo. | |
[31:51] | A.D.A. Russo, | |
[31:53] | you’ve been out of law school, what, | |
[31:55] | a year? 18 months. | |
[31:57] | And I’m guessing this is your first big case? | |
[32:00] | Can I object? Is this relevant? | |
[32:02] | Mr. Colón? | |
[32:03] | I’d submit that it’s very relevant, Your Honor, | |
[32:06] | but I’d be happy to move on if Your Honor prefers. | |
[32:10] | Move along. | |
[32:16] | You recognize this? | |
[32:21] | Yes, I recognize it. It’s, um, | |
[32:24] | well, it’s a photograph of, uh, something we use in the office | |
[32:27] | to track, uh, cases. | |
[32:30] | Kind of a scorecard, right? | |
[32:32] | Your Honor, I have to object. | |
[32:33] | Answer the question. | |
[32:38] | Kind of. Um, it’s common practice. | |
[32:42] | It’s a performance incentive chart. | |
[32:46] | Really? | |
[32:47] | Why are my client’s initials on it? | |
[32:52] | In the win column? | |
[32:54] | Next to a jackpot? | |
[32:55] | Um, I’m not sure that’s referring to | |
[32:57] | – your client. – Let me remind you that | |
[32:59] | you are still under oath, | |
[33:01] | Mr. Assistant District Attorney. | |
[33:04] | Now, in keeping with the holidays, | |
[33:08] | let’s talk turkey. | |
[33:10] | This is your first big case, which means if you win it, | |
[33:14] | my client will be your ticket | |
[33:16] | out of what young A.D.A.s like to call “misdemeanor row.” | |
[33:20] | Isn’t that right? I mean, | |
[33:22] | if you win this case, in all likelihood, | |
[33:25] | you’ll be promoted to felonies, won’t you? | |
[33:28] | You’d have to ask my boss. | |
[33:30] | I’m asking you what you think. | |
[33:32] | You believe this case will help you | |
[33:34] | move you up the ladder, don’t you? | |
[33:37] | I suppose so, yes. | |
[33:39] | You suppose so? | |
[33:42] | Well, isn’t this supposed to be about justice? | |
[33:46] | Isn’t this supposed to be about innocence and guilt? | |
[33:50] | I never said it wasn’t. | |
[33:51] | Look at this card and tell me, | |
[33:54] | tell the jury, tell the man | |
[33:56] | that you’re prosecuting, that this is about the law, | |
[33:59] | that this is about faith, honor and fairness, | |
[34:04] | and not about naked ambition, | |
[34:05] | that-that these… these dollar signs | |
[34:08] | mean that you are here to fight the good fight. | |
[34:11] | Tell them, A.D.A. Russo. | |
[34:15] | Never mind. | |
[34:16] | I withdraw the question. | |
[34:19] | Go ahead, cross-examine yourself if you’d like. | |
[34:24] | I love when he gets righteous like that. | |
[34:26] | Makes the hairs on the back of my neck | |
[34:27] | stand up and do a happy dance. | |
[34:36] | So all that’s left | |
[34:37] | is closing arguments, and once that’s done, | |
[34:40] | – we wait. – Uh, for what? | |
[34:41] | The jury. | |
[34:43] | Okay, and, um, how long does that usually take? | |
[34:45] | Varies. Could be a couple of days. | |
[34:47] | Could be a couple of weeks. | |
[34:49] | Juries in murder trials | |
[34:51] | want to come back with unanimous verdicts. | |
[34:53] | Guilty. Not guilty. | |
[34:55] | Most of the time, they feel they’ve failed | |
[34:57] | if they can’t come to a decision. | |
[34:59] | And everybody has their own theories | |
[35:00] | on what’s a good sign and what’s a bad sign. | |
[35:02] | What does it mean if they’re out for a long time? | |
[35:04] | What does it mean if they come back quickly? | |
[35:08] | And, uh, what’s yours? Uh, h-how do you think it works? | |
[35:10] | You think if-if they take a long time, that that’s, um, | |
[35:13] | it’s good for us, it’s bad for us? | |
[35:16] | Look… | |
[35:19] | there is no science to this at all, | |
[35:23] | but I tend to believe that it is harder for a jury | |
[35:25] | to convict a man, send a man to prison, | |
[35:28] | than it is to acquit | |
[35:29] | a man, so once they’ve been out | |
[35:32] | for a couple of days, I get nervous, but like I said, | |
[35:36] | that’s not science. | |
[35:38] | Have you ever had it where, | |
[35:39] | right after you give your closing arguments, | |
[35:41] | the jury right there goes, “Boom, not guilty”? | |
[35:44] | No, that doesn’t happen. | |
[35:45] | ‘Cause I mean, I didn’t do anything. | |
[35:48] | I know, but that doesn’t happen. | |
[35:53] | Y’all have been | |
[35:55] | sitting here for almost a week now, | |
[35:58] | and here’s what we know: | |
[36:01] | The only piece of evidence they have against my client | |
[36:04] | is his guilty plea. | |
[36:06] | Hmm? So w-what informed that guilty plea? | |
[36:10] | Was it a, uh, thorough investigation of the facts? | |
[36:16] | Was that plea arrived at after, uh, | |
[36:18] | hours of thought and deliberation? | |
[36:22] | Was my client even allowed to get a second opinion? | |
[36:26] | None of the above, ladies and gentlemen. | |
[36:29] | That is because this plea is not about justice. | |
[36:33] | It’s not about the truth. | |
[36:35] | It’s about allowing everybody to go home | |
[36:38] | the day after Thanksgiving, so that they could enjoy | |
[36:41] | what little they had left | |
[36:43] | of what should’ve been a four-day weekend. | |
[36:47] | That’s it. | |
[36:49] | So my client did what he was told | |
[36:51] | because he wanted to get out of there, too. | |
[36:54] | But keep in mind, | |
[36:56] | my client didn’t actually do anything wrong. | |
[37:01] | He defended himself. | |
[37:03] | He defended his wife, and that’s not against the law. | |
[37:06] | He pushed a man that was coming at him. | |
[37:10] | A man that had already punched him in the head. | |
[37:14] | A man that was bigger than him. | |
[37:16] | A man that was clearly under the influence of alcohol. | |
[37:20] | I… | |
[37:24] | I’m sorry. I-I was just… | |
[37:27] | listening for a second. | |
[37:29] | I wanted to see if I could hear it. | |
[37:32] | The-the thing that my client did | |
[37:35] | that was against the law. | |
[37:38] | Nope. Not yet. | |
[37:41] | B-But wait, wait, wait. | |
[37:43] | A week later, the man that my client | |
[37:46] | was defending himself against died. | |
[37:49] | And now, suddenly, | |
[37:51] | I-I guess because they had his guilty plea, | |
[37:54] | the prosecutor decides, let’s call it | |
[37:56] | manslaughter and let’s charge Chris Coleman with it. | |
[38:01] | A-Are they saying that-that-that the victim | |
[38:03] | was-was shoved to death? | |
[38:06] | No. He died of a brain injury. | |
[38:10] | What-what, do they know? | |
[38:11] | Are-are they certain that the, that the brain injury | |
[38:15] | was a result of the fall he took that night? | |
[38:18] | I haven’t seen any evidence of that, | |
[38:20] | but-but let’s give them the benefit of a doubt. | |
[38:23] | My client didn’t-didn’t trip him. | |
[38:25] | My client didn’t push him to the ground. | |
[38:28] | So why did he fall? | |
[38:30] | Was it perhaps because, uh, he drank too much? | |
[38:35] | Was it perhaps because the sidewalk was uneven? | |
[38:39] | Did he have a trick ankle? | |
[38:41] | Of course, none of these things | |
[38:44] | have anything to do with my client. | |
[38:46] | So why is my client here? | |
[38:50] | Well, because he-he decided to plead guilty | |
[38:53] | to make it easy for everyone, including himself, to get home? | |
[38:57] | Because an ambitious prosecutor | |
[39:00] | thinks that convicting somebody, anybody, | |
[39:04] | will be good for his career? | |
[39:06] | Wha… | |
[39:07] | Because, uh-uh, the world | |
[39:09] | needs to be saved from, uh, dads | |
[39:12] | trying to find good deals on Christmas gifts for their kids? | |
[39:17] | Well, the point is, | |
[39:19] | any one of us could’ve been | |
[39:21] | standing in that line that night. | |
[39:24] | Any one of us here. | |
[39:26] | Now staring at 20 years in prison. | |
[39:34] | Still nothing. | |
[39:36] | I don’t hear a thing. | |
[39:39] | I guess it’s because I have no idea | |
[39:41] | what this man is actually guilty of. | |
[39:45] | Thank you. | |
[39:49] | So now we wait. | |
[39:50] | So now we wait. | |
[39:57] | Thank you for those words. | |
[40:00] | And, uh, | |
[40:02] | thank you for saying it that way. | |
[40:10] | How’d you feel if I came out to the prison next week? | |
[40:12] | Just to visit. | |
[40:15] | Sure. Yeah. | |
[40:17] | And with the holidays coming up, | |
[40:19] | I’ll arrange for your wife and son to come see you. | |
[40:22] | You’re okay with that, right? | |
[40:25] | Yeah, that’d be great. | |
[40:30] | The bus is here. | |
[40:34] | Oh, good, everybody’s still here. | |
[40:36] | Jury’s back. | |
[40:38] | Excuse me? | |
[40:39] | Jury’s back. They have a verdict. | |
[40:43] | Mr. Foreman, | |
[40:44] | in the matter of The State v. Chris Coleman, | |
[40:46] | what do you find? | |
[40:48] | We the jury find the defendant… | |
[40:53] | not guilty. | |
[40:57] | Members of the jury, thank you for your service. | |
[40:59] | Court is dismissed. | |
[41:04] | All rise. | |
[41:20] | Must be nice to breathe free air again. | |
[41:24] | Yeah. | |
[41:25] | Look, um, look, I just, I just want to apologize | |
[41:30] | for… taking my anger out on everyone back there. | |
[41:34] | No, it’s you who’s owed an apology. | |
[41:37] | On behalf of the entire criminal justice system, I apologize. | |
[41:44] | I think our work here is done. | |
[41:46] | Mr. Colón, may I offer you a ride back to the office? | |
[41:48] | – I’m in. – Lady. | |
[41:50] | Gentleman. | |
[41:56] | I know a little boy who’s dying to see you. | |
[41:59] | Yeah? | |
[42:02] | I think his mom would love to have you for dinner. | |
[42:07] | – I mean, if you want to. – Yeah. | |
[42:11] | Yeah, I’d like that. | |
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[42:18] | Sync corrections by srjanapala |