In Justice s01e01 Episode Script
Brothers and Sisters
Every trial results in a verdict, but not every verdict results in the truth Transcript RaceMan Aah! Yes, yes, my name is Henry McDermott, and there's an intruder in my house.
Please, you need to send someone.
My address is 364 Berkeley Hills.
It's at the end of Oh.
Please, no! Don't! Don't! Sir? Hello, sir? Are you there, sir? Are you all right? Janie? No, that's not what happened.
I don't know who he saw but it wasn't me.
-But you did break in.
Yeah, but two days earlier.
All right, now in your letter you said you broke in because, um I was a junkie.
I needed the money.
I knew where my dad hid it.
-Right.
Right, so, um, I'm sorry, just to sum up, you broke in your parents' house, you stole $5,000, and it goes unnoticed? Two days later, someone elsebreaks into that same house, was discovered by your father and then that person or persons shot and killed him? Yeah, I knowit doesn't sound great.
Okay.
Well, thank you,miss McDermott.
Um, unfortunately, we have to run and meet some other clients right now.
But what happens next is we'll discuss your case internally, and then we get back to you in a week or two, okay? All right.
Sonya.
Well, that didn't go so well.
It was fine.
Any pointers? Before I got this job, my brother was incarcerated.
I had to keep phoning the justice project three times a week just to stay on their radar.
So if you have anyone that could help you out with that, a friend or a family member, some kind of advocate you're the first visitor I've had in six years.
But what about your--your brother? Andrew? No, he thinks he won't see me.
My mom used to come, but she died in 2000.
The basement door you broke the window with a gun? No, I didn't have a gun.
-How'd you get in? -There was a loose brickalong the door.
Okay, look, I-I can't promise anything, but, um, let me seewhat I can do.
Hey, wh-what's your name? Sonya.
Did your brotherever get out, sonya? Yeah, he did.
I'm glad.
R.
J.
Sarkissian.
30 years at Folsom for a double homicide.
Now there's issues of search and seizure.
He left his knapsackat his friend's apartment -Pass.
Gangbangers are bad news.
Judges hate them, for one thing.
What else? Uh, okay.
I met a very interesting man on death row.
Oh, come on.
Give it a chance.
No death row unless he's Nelson Mandela.
I'll be 60 when I win.
Anybody else? No? All right, we go with the mission bay -What about Jane McDermott? -What? What about her? -Nothing, sir.
Jane McDermott, 32.
She was accused of killing her father during a robbery.
Ah, patricide.
Got to love the patricide.
You conducted the preinterview? No, I did.
Look, nice lady, but major inconsistencies in her story.
Well, I wouldn't say inconsistencies.
This is more like bad facts.
Right, bad facts.
Like lying to the police.
Well, she explained all that.
No, she tried to explain all that.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, is it just me or is there a lot of sexual tension in here? My first murder case was patricide.
A lot of bad facts in there.
Jane McDermott, 11 years into a life sentence for murdering her father, Henry McDermott.
Good family.
Good lawyer on her side.
What do you think, Charlie? She's been clean for ten years.
Yes, well, the national justice oh, that's a bad fact.
That's a really bad fact.
What? -Hmm? What is it? I'll be back.
Godspeed, mystery man.
They bought it nine years ago and rehabbed the entire house.
I'll be with you in a sec.
This is the original hardwood floor, living room, dining room.
The breakfast nookis over there, and the kitchen.
-Okay, blood spatter this way, this way.
-They never found the gun but recovered two bulletsfrom the body.
Right, one from the throat, one from the base of the skull.
Right.
Okay, so Jane breaks inthrough the back door down there makes sense.
Right, 'cause the neighborswon't see her there.
And according tothe prosecution, she then robs the house, kills her father -Excuse me.
May I help you? That leads out the back, right? Yeah.
Yes, the backyard.
But instead of headingback downstairs to her hidden entrance, shesteps away from the corpse Let's take another look at that master, shall we? Past the basement door, through the hall past the living room so she can exit here in full view of the street.
She wasn't thinking.
You know what I think? This doesn't make sense.
Morning.
Morning.
Oh, don't mind him.
He's pouting.
I'm not pouting.
Why would I be pouting? Oh, because someone snaked my case? No.
I didn't snake your case.
You abandoned it.
Oh, is that your professional opinion? My goodness, people, she's been here for 20 minutes, and she's handing out professional opinions.
-Hey, I've been lawyering for the last six years.
-Okay, no, come here.
Come here.
Just call him Bubba.
He loves that.
Oh, hey, Bubba.
How's ma and pa? That's the worst impression I have heard in my entire life.
-Okay, why you gotta comment? -For your information, I'm not from Appalachia.
-Whatever.
-I'm from Hilton head.
-Big difference.
-Yeah.
Jane McDermott, 20 years to life murder during the commission of a felony.
Let's hear the evidence against her.
Um, her D.
N.
A.
on the broken entry window.
Good.
Her prints on the door and flashlight.
A bloody towel taken from the residence, D.
N.
A.
On the cabinet door and stolen money found in her apartment.
And the neighbor Mr.
Kim supposedly seeing her leave the scene after he heard the smoke alarm go off.
Yeah, so why are we taking this case again? Because, jon, our client admits to burglarizing the house.
All this evidence the D.
N.
A.
, Prints, washcloth, money goes to support a burglary.
That's all.
But this guy his testimony goes to murder.
What else? What else goes to murder but doesn't necessarily implicate Jane? -The 9-1-1 tape.
-The 9-1-1 tape.
-Right.
Right, and ballistics.
They never found the gun, only the bullets.
Exactly.
So we need to run a ballistics match on the bullets to see if the gun was used in any other crime before or since.
-What about her alibi? -Yeah.
Well, I see jon doesn't have much respect for it, so, uh, you and sonya talk to Jane about her alibi witness.
Jon, you hit the eyewitness Mr.
Kim.
I'll talk to Jane's defense attorney, see what he has on the 9-1-1 tape and ballistics.
Any questions? So if we can all look at the addendum to the bankruptcy filing, paragraph 14, subparagraph "A" and "B," and given that we only have three more hours with Mr.
Swain today before we have to return to the corporate offices, I suggest we put a pin in paragraph "C," "D," "E" and "F.
" Uh, sorry.
W-would you all excuse me for just a minute? Uh, carry--carry on.
Charlie, Charlie.
Where you going? Huh? Please tell me you need my help.
Sorry.
You're the one who went to law school.
Now these creditors are themselves subordinate to the bonds enumerated in exhibit "I.
" Yeah.
Just, uh I didn't know hope felt so much like indigestion.
Listen, Jane, we need to go over your alibijust one more time and see if there's anything else you might remember.
-Yeah.
So the 9-1-1 call placesyour father's time of death at 11:38 P.
M.
And it says that you were with a woman named Carla pierce at the time.
That's right.
Shooting buddy.
We bought some smackfrom a dealer at 10:10.
10:10? Um, that's very specific.
Yeah, if there's one thing a junkie knows, it's the clock--when you buy, when the meth clinic opens, you know.
So, uh, we shot up at around 11:30.
And Carla started having a bad reaction you know, shaking, vomiting.
So I took her to st.
Vincent'sat around midnight.
And you didn't stay? No.
I didn't wantto get arrested.
So is there anything else you can remember about her? I mean, an address or a common friend? No, I'm sorry.
When you're using, you keep talk to a minimum.
Well, your lawyer subpoenaed st.
Vincent's, and they found no recordof a Carla pierce.
Yeah, I know.
I mean what can I tell you? I was there, okay? She was there.
Either they lost the records or Carla wandered away or something.
Okay.
All right, Jane.
We're gonna check into it, and we'll get back to you, okay? Could I ask you a favor, please? Um, if you talk to my brother, I was wondering if could, uh, just give him this.
It's always returned as undeliverable.
Sure.
We'll be in touch.
No, split up.
You take the Carla pierce alibi and tell sonya to go with the brother.
Thanks, Brianna.
Mr.
Hernandez is also a flight risk, your honor.
People request bail be denied.
Okay, give me a second with the rap sheet.
Mr.
Del Sarto? Ah, Mr.
Conti.
Thanks for meeting me here.
I've got a be coming up.
This the discovery? It's everything my secretary could dig up.
So swain is really thinking of taking the Jane McDermott case? -Yep.
-Wow.
Do you have the 9-1-1 call and the ballistics? Uh, it's right here.
Okay.
-So you really work for swain? -Mm-hmm.
Because this wasn't really my best work.
I mean, I wanted to get her off with second degree, but she just -Where is the nibin? The nibin? You never tried to geta match on the ballistics? Oh, right.
That wasn't part of my strategy.
I really put all my chips on the alibi.
But the gun what if it was used in another crime? Not to interrupt your tea party, gentlemen, but give me a chance to get 'em off the streets before you put 'em back on.
Always fun to see you at work, Charlotte.
Wow.
My ex and I can't even breathe next to each other without a fight.
People's request is granted.
Bail is denied.
Uh-oh.
What? It could be good.
Unless this is a gift certificate for a local spa.
Uh, no.
The defense attorney never applied for a match on ballistics, so, uh, I'd like you to run it through nibin.
Sure, I'll get on that right away.
-You're gonna toss it.
-Yes.
-Yeah.
-Oh, and we're on for noon tomorrow.
An hour, tops.
Can't wait.
I heard two shots.
I was walking Bruno over there, and I stopped.
That's when I saw her.
Now could you have been confused, Mr.
Kim? Confused by what? I was looking right at her.
Janie.
Right, but in your statement you said Jane was wearing a blue sweatshirt with a lion logo.
Then at trial,you said it was a leopard.
Young man, I saw the sweatshirt for a second.
I've known Jane all her life.
Could you hold this? Well, is it possible you saw Jane two days earlier, before the killing, not the day off? -Higher, please.
No, it's not possible.
-Although -What? Sir, even the smallest detail could help.
Well, I heard Henry arguing on wednesday.
-The wednesday be -before the murder.
Right.
Anyway, I thought he was arguing with Jane because they were always fighting.
-But I saw a man leave.
-A man? -Do you know who it was? -His son.
Junkies are good liars.
She's not a junkie anymore, Mr.
McDermott.
I fell for that every time.
I gave her money when she was broke, I snuck her into the house when she was hungry.
I mean, she was my sister and I loved her, but then she murdered my father.
Okay, well, we thinks he may be innocent.
Uh-huh.
Yeah,I thought so, too.
I thought if we just found that alibi witness, everything would be fine.
Carla Pierce.
Right.
You know, we spent $80,000 on a lawyer, $30,000 on an investigator, all to find this witness who never existed.
So please excuse me, lady.
I'm miles ahead of you with knowing my sister.
Okay.
Can you tell me about your father? That's my father's hobby.
Laundry was his business, photography, his love.
Did you get along well with your father? I loved him.
Did you ever argue? Once or twice about business.
Why? One of our investigators talked to your neighbor Mr.
Kim, and he said he heard you arguing the wednesday before the murder.
What are you suggesting? I'm not suggesting anything.
I just wanna know what it is that you guys argued about.
-Brian! Yes, sir! What was the argument about, sir? Could you please escort this lady out? Jane asked me to give thisto you if I Get out! Now if everyone will turn to page 559.
Oh, this is funny,actually.
See, subparagraph "C" was accidentally printed as subparagraph asterisk.
You know what kurt Vonnegut called an asterisk? A paragraph's rectum.
Let's take five.
Okay, there's two tracks here Carla Pierce, if she exists or existed, we need to find her.
Brianna.
Yes, I'm going back to St.
Vincent's to go talk to the supervisor.
All right.
Kinda vague, but all right.
And the son Andrew McDermott you're saying he inherited the business when his father died? Yeah.
It's a pretty good motive.
-And they argued, too? -Mm-hmm.
Okay, well, I guess we need to find out what they argued about.
-You and jon take that.
-Uh ahem.
What? What? What? -Well, I'd rather go it alone.
-It's just probably not a good idea.
This isn't lawyer camp, all right? I expect you guys to work together and work together well.
Talk to Jane, find out if she can give us anything on their arguments.
Thank you.
What are you doing? It's the 9-1-1 recording from the discovery.
Hmm.
You gotta hear this.
I read the transcripts.
Yeah, no, no.
Come here, Charlie.
Sit down.
Come here.
To read it, you think that McDermott is some scared guy whispering into the phone, right? Now listen to this.
My name is Henry McDermott, and there's an intruder in my house.
Please, you need to send someone.
that guy's not scared.
He's in control.
Berkeley hills, right at the end of Right there.
See? Like he's surprised, like he thought he could handle it.
-No.
Sir? Hello, sir? Are you there, sir? Are you all right? Now there's something else goin' on underneath that smoke alarm.
You hear it? Yeah.
What is that? -What is that.
-No idea.
but I got a friend who's got a good pair of ears.
-Lady friend? -Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Where you goin'? You don't want to know.
How you doin'? Thank you for doing this.
I'm sure it'll be fun.
About the ballistics I really couldn't.
-I'd get in -it's okay.
It's okay.
don't make me feel guilty.
W-what? He can see you now, Mr.
And Mrs.
Conti.
Thank you for coming in.
Uh, since father jacobs retired, we've been reviewing his annulment applications, and I want to be certain of the grounds.
Now you were committing adultery from the very beginning of the marriage, Mr.
Conti? Yes, sir.
Father.
You understandt his is a sin.
I do, I do.
I wish I could control myself, but sometimes I'm justwalking down the street we don't need to go into that.
Well, the church is trying to discourage annulments.
We think many marriages could be saved if only given a chance.
So we're now requiring eight months of counseling.
Um, father,I'm remarrying in may.
Yes, well, we can help your reschedule that.
Father, you do know we're already divorced? Yes.
So how's next tuesday? Okay, that was interesting.
Very.
Eight months of pretending I'm an adulterer.
That's that's great.
Do you have the ballistics? Catholic guilt.
You gotta love it.
Hello, miss.
Oh, yes.
The supervisor wonders if you don't mind waiting just a moment longer.
A moment longer than the two hours I've waited? Yes.
Yes.
Okay, maybe you could just ask her a question for me.
A patient by the name of Carla Pierce was -yes, sir.
I just need an address.
I need to talk to somebody about some pain I'm having.
Do you have any insurance? Yeah, I have a painin my head.
I see.
Do you have insurance? No.
Sir, do you mind sitting over there? Just for a second, and I'll get someone for you.
Yeah, I need to talk to somebody about a pain that I'm having in my head.
Um -Hello.
-Conti.
-Yeah.
St.
Vincent's is dumping patients.
Yeah, when they don't want to admit an uninsured patient, they're dumping them at county.
-Whoa.
-Yeah.
Well, that's why Carla Pierce didn't show up in the recordsat st.
Vincent'S.
Everyone's looking at the wrong hospital.
Brianna good work.
Because you snaked my case.
Because every time -Hey, I tried getting your attention at the meeting.
-Oh, boy.
You didn't try hard enough.
Oh, my god.
Excuse me for forgetting this is really about us and not about the clients.
-Wow.
Jane McDermott, please.
-You know what? I think you do have a problem with women.
-I have a problem with women? -Really.
I been talking to brianna, and she's -Oh, that's interesting.
Oh, Brianna, a neutral source if I ever heard one.
-And apparently every women you've ever partnered with -yes.
-You end up fighting.
-"End up fighting"? Yes.
That is so not true.
My goodness, but even if it were true, even if it were, did you ever think that maybe it's their fault, that they're intimidated by a powerful man? She's already out.
What? Jane McDermott she's got a visitor.
Huh.
They came to my office.
They suggested I had problems, I had problems with dad.
-I didn't ask them.
they're defending you by lying about me, Jane.
So don't act all innocent.
Fine.
Fine.
-No, they're just trying to help, Andrew.
-How about taking some responsibility, Jane, for once in your life? -Andrew, please don't go.
Jane Look look, I know you're just asking questions, but Andrew didn't hurt my father.
He loved him.
Okay, then help us.
Jane, we don't want to accuse him.
We don'T.
But he had an argument with your father, and we need to know what that was about.
We think maybe it had something to do with the business.
I-I don't know anything about the business.
Okay, then tell us who does.
We know you haven't worked there for a while, but Jane said that you were the secretary there for years.
She said that you knew where all the bodies were buried.
Well, there aren't that many bodies in laundry, you know? Now how well did Mr.
McDermott get along with his son, Ms.
Debrizzi? Uh, fine.
Good.
They had, huh I'm sorry.
When the machines are going, it can get kinda loud.
They had a very respectful relationship.
Um, I mean, when anyonecomes into the business, there are a few bumps.
-Bumps? Well, you know, disagreementson how to do things.
Andrew wanted to modernize.
Mr.
McDermott--he's more cautious and actually, I-I shouldn't be telling you this, but um a week beforethe, uh, the, you know, the murder, they had this argument.
I didn't hear much, except that I think I think andrew was taking money from the till.
I don't know who this lady thinks she is.
She's talked to my neighbors, she's talked to my vendors.
-She's even gone so -Do you remember a name? She said she works for you.
That's all I can remember.
And I want you to know, sir,I'm talking to lawyers.
Sonya quintano.
That's her name.
$30,000.
That's how much she discoveredyou took from the till.
What thewho are you? Uh, Charles Conti.
He always entersthat way.
Eileen debrizzi says your father caught you stealing $30,000.
-She said--that--that's not true.
-Andrew we're not the police, all right? We just want to knowwhat happened.
If you tell us,we'll keep it here.
There's nothingto "keep here.
" Yes, yes, $30,000 was found missing, but I didn't take it.
Who did? My father.
I found a missing deposit,and I confronted him.
He broke down.
He--he had made some bad betson college ball, and he owed money.
To who? I don't know.
You know,it's kind of embarrassing-- my dad with a gambling habit.
You know, I'm telling you this so you know that it has nothingto do with his murder.
$30,000 in gambling debts? It has everything to do with his murder.
No, it doesn't.
Please.
Jane killed my father.
-She robbed his house.
Our -Tour sister's telling the truth, Andrew.
-No, she isn't.
-Yes, she is.
Her alibi Carla pierce exists.
Stop it! Her defense attorneylooked for months he was looking in the wrong hospital! Here's Carla pierce's admittance form.
A friend at county dug it up for us.
After Jane dropped Carla pierce at st.
Vincent's the hospital didn't want to help an uninsured patient, so they transferred her there, to county.
She--she could'vemade it up.
She could've read about Carla pierce.
Then why didn't she say the right hospital, andrew? If she had a ready-made alibi, then why didn't she use it? Oh, my god.
We needto look through your books.
We need to find out who your father was paying.
There may be a connection to his death.
I'll get you whatever you want.
(Swain) thank you, andrew.
After you counsellor.
So this is where the enemy works.
Yeah.
We sacrifice goats over there.
The ballistics.
You ran it through nibin.
It matched with a bullet fired six years ago during a liquor store jobin concord.
Did somebody come up? A guy named Jose Serrano.
He was arrested, sent upfor five to ten years.
-He's still -at Delano.
There's his rap sheet.
Charlotte -I just -Don't say anything sentimental.
I might think you mean it.
Well, as I see it, Jose there are only two options.
Either that gun you used in your 1999 liquor store robbery was bought from someone else, or you used it to murder Henry McDermott.
Which is it? Okay, fine.
It's musical chairs, Jose.
You're the last one standing.
How far are you from release? Six months? Unh-unh.
Add 45 yearsfor felony murder.
See you in 2051, pal.
Hey, the guy's name is Tony Russell.
Gas station down at 21st street.
He sold me the gun.
That's all I know.
It's enough.
No, don't.
Don't! Sir? Hello, sir? Are you there, sir? Are you all right? All right, that's the smokealarm, right? Listen to this.
-You're right, david.
There is something.
-See.
Well, can you--can you dig it out there or you mean by raising the high frequencies and lowering the base? -Okay.
Yeah, in fantasy land.
Well, what are you doing? I'm splicing together the dips in the alarm.
there's gonna be a lot of after echo.
Good.
It's breathing.
Wait.
Can you playthose last two splices again? What the hell is that? Flushing.
Flushing.
Flushing what? Wait, this makes no sense.
I've got missing clumps of moneyfrom '94 and '95 and-- Hey, bubba.
Bubba.
I've gotan e&d consolidated here swallowing up cash.
Do you have anything like that? Let me see that.
Let me see it.
It's not in any of the ledgers.
Who deposited these checks? Conti! -Yeah.
-Conti this case is not abouta missing $30,000.
I mean, yes, there was a missing$30,000 right before the murder, but look.
$3,000? $3,000 payments every month.
Well, for how long? 15 years.
That doesn't soundmuch like gambling.
No, there'd be some sortof fluctuation, $1,000 here, $5,000 there.
And look what else I found.
They're all made out to e&d consolidated.
Excuse me.
You found 'em? Well, it's all about the clients, right? Okay, did any merchandisecome from e&d? Well, I couldn't tell so I looked at the canceled checks.
And you know who's endorsing 'em? You know who that money's going to? Who? Eileen Debrizzi.
The secretary? E&d Eileen Debrizzi.
Yes.
What does "yes" mean? It means that Henry was paying me $3,000 a month.
Could I ask youa personal question? Were you his mistress? Yes.
That's why Henry lied to his son.
It wasn't a gambling debt.
-He didn't want to admit he was having an affair.
-Had an affair.
It was over in '91, 4 years before Henry's death.
Excuse me, Ms.
Debrizzi, that sounds likea perfect motive for murder.
Henry pays you 3 grand a monthas hush money -Please, it was living expenses.
-Living expenses, then a final payment of 30 grand to shut you up.
He wasn't trying to shut me up.
Andrew was taking over the business.
Henry couldn't hide the money from his son anymore.
You know, you and Jane are the same height and build, Ms.
Debrizzi.
I could see an eyewitness mistaking you two.
Please, I was 40 years oldwhen Henry was murdered.
You really think someone would confuse me with a 15 year old? We need to find someone who knew Henry and her back then.
What about andrewand Jane? -Good.
-Andrew and Jane.
-Yeah, I heard you the first time.
-Okay, well You! Yeah.
Open your briefcase.
Oh, no, it wasn't you.
It was one of you.
It was one of you.
You! Yeah, you were doing something before.
What was it? Nothing.
Yeah, open your briefcase.
Come on, open your briefcase.
Yes! Yes! I have asthma, sir.
Sorry.
Mwah! Yes! We're still facing an uphill battle to get your sister out.
We found out Carla pierce died of a drug overdose a few years ago, so we can't usethe alibi in court.
# Right now # # it feels likeforever can wait # # right now it looks like # # tomorrow's too late # # to meet our expectations # I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm so, so sorry.
And neither of you had any idea.
I'm sorry, I just can't get my head around dad having an affair with Ms.
Debrizzi.
I always thought she was a lesbian.
Andrew, you were in the office a lot.
Did you notice any tension between them? Any fights in the last weeks? No.
You--you really thinkshe shot our father? We--we don't know.
You ever heard of someonenamed tony russell? No.
We think he may be the personwho owned the gun.
-Can you find him? -We hope to.
No matter what you need, what it costs, I want Janie out.
I'm sorry.
Did--did I-- No, it's, uh it's been a long timesince someone called me Janie.
All right, all right, we hit a bit of a bump.
Eileen Debrizzi doesn't have asthma.
The sound on the 9-1-1 tape is an inhaler, but it's not her.
Here you go.
Debrizzi has the motive.
Tony russell has the gun.
We've tried to locate Russell-- but we can't 'cause he hasn't worked at the gas station for the last three years.
You think Debrizzi paid him? No, but you still haveMr.
Kim identifying Jane.
Well, then he's mistaken.
I don't see it.
Why can't I see this? Yeah, well, maybe we should take a break for the night, huh? No, not on your life.
Come on.
We're gonna figure this out.
It's a homicide, David, not a crossword puzzle.
I understand that, Charlie.
Come on.
Let's break this down into pieces.
People, Henry McDermott and Eileen Debrizzi, they have an affair for 15 years.
He pays her for 15 years,at the end of which, he breaks it offand writes her a final check.
Now does Eileen Debrizzi, enraged and bent on revenge, seek out Tony Russell 15 years.
He was paying Debrizzi for 15 years.
Right.
Wh-what did Eileen say? "Nobody would ever mistake me" "for a 15 year old.
" But how old was Janeat the time of the murder? All right, then why wouldshe say 15? -Genius.
It's genius.
-What? What? He was paying Debrizzi for 15 years, but not for an affair.
He's paying for child support.
They had a kid.
"Nobody would ever mistake me for a 15 year old.
" Her 15 year old.
Police got the wrong daughter.
Okay, we couldn't find a Debrizzi at the high school on Eileen's street so so these are the 1995 high school yearbooks from every school within a 15-mile radius of her address.
All right, let's divide 'em up.
15 years old, that would make her, what? -A sophomore.
-No, freshman.
-Well, unless she -Wait, wait, wait, find a leopard.
What? Mr.
Kim--he said he saw a leopard on the killer's sweatshirt.
-School sweatshirt.
Smart.
-Well, I try.
I got it.
Debrizzi.
"D.
" Lisa Debrizzi.
Oh, my god.
She looks just like Jane.
Mr.
Kim wasn't wrong about what he saw.
He was just wrong about who he I.
D.
Ed.
Okay, wait, Tony Russell.
-Oh, come on.
It's worth a try.
-All right, all right.
You never know.
All right.
"Jose and Lisa, inseparable.
" Forget Tony Russell.
She got the gun from Jose Serrano.
All right, Lisa.
You had access to a gun through your boyfriend, you had a motive.
-Look Look, I know what they're saying, but I didn't do it all right? I was with my mom.
All right.
And her mother backs her up.
They were at a movie.
Did you tell her about the neighbor, the eyewitness? -I'm sorry.
Who are you? Sonya Quintano.
I'm with the project, too.
Really? Your new partner? Hmm.
You know, you should get Jose Serrano in here.
He'll flip on her.
I'm sure he will.
Give a convict a lifeline,he'll grab it every time.
Good luck, you two.
Charlotte.
She didn't even know she had a dad.
And then her mom is,"Hey, guess what, your dad's cutting you off -So -I phoned him.
I wanted to meet.
I mean, he's rich and we'rejust, like, in this dump up on stanleyand he's all Calm down.
I'm not gonna talk to you unless you calm down.
I want my money.
I want my money now! -I don't have any money here.
-Then go get it.
I want you out of my house right now, young lady.
Where are you going? Wait, what are you doing? My name is Henry McDermott and there's an intruder in my house.
Please, you need to send someone.
My address is 364 berkeley hills, right at the end of-- No.
Please.
No, don't.
Don't! Hello, sir? Are you there, sir? Are you all right? Janie? I have reviewed the petitioner's case along with Mr.
Serrano's affidavit and Lisa Debrizzi's confession.
Accordingly I am vacating Miss McDermott's conviction and dismissing the charges against her with prejudice.
Miss McDermott, see probation, and you are free to go with the apologies of the courts.
We're adjourned.
Mr.
Swain thank you for giving meback my family.
I'll never forget you.
Sweet.
You know, I can never tell if you're a cynical man pretending to be sentimental or the other way around.
Does it matter? I'm thinking of coming onto investigations full-time.
Yeah? I'm gonna go court full-time.
No, really.
I had an epiphany.
You have an epiphany every week.
There I was, surrounded by these stuffed shirts paying me 650 bucks an hour to get them out of some bad real estate deal, and I realized I'd rather be outside doing this.
What do you think? 650 bucks an hour?
Please, you need to send someone.
My address is 364 Berkeley Hills.
It's at the end of Oh.
Please, no! Don't! Don't! Sir? Hello, sir? Are you there, sir? Are you all right? Janie? No, that's not what happened.
I don't know who he saw but it wasn't me.
-But you did break in.
Yeah, but two days earlier.
All right, now in your letter you said you broke in because, um I was a junkie.
I needed the money.
I knew where my dad hid it.
-Right.
Right, so, um, I'm sorry, just to sum up, you broke in your parents' house, you stole $5,000, and it goes unnoticed? Two days later, someone elsebreaks into that same house, was discovered by your father and then that person or persons shot and killed him? Yeah, I knowit doesn't sound great.
Okay.
Well, thank you,miss McDermott.
Um, unfortunately, we have to run and meet some other clients right now.
But what happens next is we'll discuss your case internally, and then we get back to you in a week or two, okay? All right.
Sonya.
Well, that didn't go so well.
It was fine.
Any pointers? Before I got this job, my brother was incarcerated.
I had to keep phoning the justice project three times a week just to stay on their radar.
So if you have anyone that could help you out with that, a friend or a family member, some kind of advocate you're the first visitor I've had in six years.
But what about your--your brother? Andrew? No, he thinks he won't see me.
My mom used to come, but she died in 2000.
The basement door you broke the window with a gun? No, I didn't have a gun.
-How'd you get in? -There was a loose brickalong the door.
Okay, look, I-I can't promise anything, but, um, let me seewhat I can do.
Hey, wh-what's your name? Sonya.
Did your brotherever get out, sonya? Yeah, he did.
I'm glad.
R.
J.
Sarkissian.
30 years at Folsom for a double homicide.
Now there's issues of search and seizure.
He left his knapsackat his friend's apartment -Pass.
Gangbangers are bad news.
Judges hate them, for one thing.
What else? Uh, okay.
I met a very interesting man on death row.
Oh, come on.
Give it a chance.
No death row unless he's Nelson Mandela.
I'll be 60 when I win.
Anybody else? No? All right, we go with the mission bay -What about Jane McDermott? -What? What about her? -Nothing, sir.
Jane McDermott, 32.
She was accused of killing her father during a robbery.
Ah, patricide.
Got to love the patricide.
You conducted the preinterview? No, I did.
Look, nice lady, but major inconsistencies in her story.
Well, I wouldn't say inconsistencies.
This is more like bad facts.
Right, bad facts.
Like lying to the police.
Well, she explained all that.
No, she tried to explain all that.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, is it just me or is there a lot of sexual tension in here? My first murder case was patricide.
A lot of bad facts in there.
Jane McDermott, 11 years into a life sentence for murdering her father, Henry McDermott.
Good family.
Good lawyer on her side.
What do you think, Charlie? She's been clean for ten years.
Yes, well, the national justice oh, that's a bad fact.
That's a really bad fact.
What? -Hmm? What is it? I'll be back.
Godspeed, mystery man.
They bought it nine years ago and rehabbed the entire house.
I'll be with you in a sec.
This is the original hardwood floor, living room, dining room.
The breakfast nookis over there, and the kitchen.
-Okay, blood spatter this way, this way.
-They never found the gun but recovered two bulletsfrom the body.
Right, one from the throat, one from the base of the skull.
Right.
Okay, so Jane breaks inthrough the back door down there makes sense.
Right, 'cause the neighborswon't see her there.
And according tothe prosecution, she then robs the house, kills her father -Excuse me.
May I help you? That leads out the back, right? Yeah.
Yes, the backyard.
But instead of headingback downstairs to her hidden entrance, shesteps away from the corpse Let's take another look at that master, shall we? Past the basement door, through the hall past the living room so she can exit here in full view of the street.
She wasn't thinking.
You know what I think? This doesn't make sense.
Morning.
Morning.
Oh, don't mind him.
He's pouting.
I'm not pouting.
Why would I be pouting? Oh, because someone snaked my case? No.
I didn't snake your case.
You abandoned it.
Oh, is that your professional opinion? My goodness, people, she's been here for 20 minutes, and she's handing out professional opinions.
-Hey, I've been lawyering for the last six years.
-Okay, no, come here.
Come here.
Just call him Bubba.
He loves that.
Oh, hey, Bubba.
How's ma and pa? That's the worst impression I have heard in my entire life.
-Okay, why you gotta comment? -For your information, I'm not from Appalachia.
-Whatever.
-I'm from Hilton head.
-Big difference.
-Yeah.
Jane McDermott, 20 years to life murder during the commission of a felony.
Let's hear the evidence against her.
Um, her D.
N.
A.
on the broken entry window.
Good.
Her prints on the door and flashlight.
A bloody towel taken from the residence, D.
N.
A.
On the cabinet door and stolen money found in her apartment.
And the neighbor Mr.
Kim supposedly seeing her leave the scene after he heard the smoke alarm go off.
Yeah, so why are we taking this case again? Because, jon, our client admits to burglarizing the house.
All this evidence the D.
N.
A.
, Prints, washcloth, money goes to support a burglary.
That's all.
But this guy his testimony goes to murder.
What else? What else goes to murder but doesn't necessarily implicate Jane? -The 9-1-1 tape.
-The 9-1-1 tape.
-Right.
Right, and ballistics.
They never found the gun, only the bullets.
Exactly.
So we need to run a ballistics match on the bullets to see if the gun was used in any other crime before or since.
-What about her alibi? -Yeah.
Well, I see jon doesn't have much respect for it, so, uh, you and sonya talk to Jane about her alibi witness.
Jon, you hit the eyewitness Mr.
Kim.
I'll talk to Jane's defense attorney, see what he has on the 9-1-1 tape and ballistics.
Any questions? So if we can all look at the addendum to the bankruptcy filing, paragraph 14, subparagraph "A" and "B," and given that we only have three more hours with Mr.
Swain today before we have to return to the corporate offices, I suggest we put a pin in paragraph "C," "D," "E" and "F.
" Uh, sorry.
W-would you all excuse me for just a minute? Uh, carry--carry on.
Charlie, Charlie.
Where you going? Huh? Please tell me you need my help.
Sorry.
You're the one who went to law school.
Now these creditors are themselves subordinate to the bonds enumerated in exhibit "I.
" Yeah.
Just, uh I didn't know hope felt so much like indigestion.
Listen, Jane, we need to go over your alibijust one more time and see if there's anything else you might remember.
-Yeah.
So the 9-1-1 call placesyour father's time of death at 11:38 P.
M.
And it says that you were with a woman named Carla pierce at the time.
That's right.
Shooting buddy.
We bought some smackfrom a dealer at 10:10.
10:10? Um, that's very specific.
Yeah, if there's one thing a junkie knows, it's the clock--when you buy, when the meth clinic opens, you know.
So, uh, we shot up at around 11:30.
And Carla started having a bad reaction you know, shaking, vomiting.
So I took her to st.
Vincent'sat around midnight.
And you didn't stay? No.
I didn't wantto get arrested.
So is there anything else you can remember about her? I mean, an address or a common friend? No, I'm sorry.
When you're using, you keep talk to a minimum.
Well, your lawyer subpoenaed st.
Vincent's, and they found no recordof a Carla pierce.
Yeah, I know.
I mean what can I tell you? I was there, okay? She was there.
Either they lost the records or Carla wandered away or something.
Okay.
All right, Jane.
We're gonna check into it, and we'll get back to you, okay? Could I ask you a favor, please? Um, if you talk to my brother, I was wondering if could, uh, just give him this.
It's always returned as undeliverable.
Sure.
We'll be in touch.
No, split up.
You take the Carla pierce alibi and tell sonya to go with the brother.
Thanks, Brianna.
Mr.
Hernandez is also a flight risk, your honor.
People request bail be denied.
Okay, give me a second with the rap sheet.
Mr.
Del Sarto? Ah, Mr.
Conti.
Thanks for meeting me here.
I've got a be coming up.
This the discovery? It's everything my secretary could dig up.
So swain is really thinking of taking the Jane McDermott case? -Yep.
-Wow.
Do you have the 9-1-1 call and the ballistics? Uh, it's right here.
Okay.
-So you really work for swain? -Mm-hmm.
Because this wasn't really my best work.
I mean, I wanted to get her off with second degree, but she just -Where is the nibin? The nibin? You never tried to geta match on the ballistics? Oh, right.
That wasn't part of my strategy.
I really put all my chips on the alibi.
But the gun what if it was used in another crime? Not to interrupt your tea party, gentlemen, but give me a chance to get 'em off the streets before you put 'em back on.
Always fun to see you at work, Charlotte.
Wow.
My ex and I can't even breathe next to each other without a fight.
People's request is granted.
Bail is denied.
Uh-oh.
What? It could be good.
Unless this is a gift certificate for a local spa.
Uh, no.
The defense attorney never applied for a match on ballistics, so, uh, I'd like you to run it through nibin.
Sure, I'll get on that right away.
-You're gonna toss it.
-Yes.
-Yeah.
-Oh, and we're on for noon tomorrow.
An hour, tops.
Can't wait.
I heard two shots.
I was walking Bruno over there, and I stopped.
That's when I saw her.
Now could you have been confused, Mr.
Kim? Confused by what? I was looking right at her.
Janie.
Right, but in your statement you said Jane was wearing a blue sweatshirt with a lion logo.
Then at trial,you said it was a leopard.
Young man, I saw the sweatshirt for a second.
I've known Jane all her life.
Could you hold this? Well, is it possible you saw Jane two days earlier, before the killing, not the day off? -Higher, please.
No, it's not possible.
-Although -What? Sir, even the smallest detail could help.
Well, I heard Henry arguing on wednesday.
-The wednesday be -before the murder.
Right.
Anyway, I thought he was arguing with Jane because they were always fighting.
-But I saw a man leave.
-A man? -Do you know who it was? -His son.
Junkies are good liars.
She's not a junkie anymore, Mr.
McDermott.
I fell for that every time.
I gave her money when she was broke, I snuck her into the house when she was hungry.
I mean, she was my sister and I loved her, but then she murdered my father.
Okay, well, we thinks he may be innocent.
Uh-huh.
Yeah,I thought so, too.
I thought if we just found that alibi witness, everything would be fine.
Carla Pierce.
Right.
You know, we spent $80,000 on a lawyer, $30,000 on an investigator, all to find this witness who never existed.
So please excuse me, lady.
I'm miles ahead of you with knowing my sister.
Okay.
Can you tell me about your father? That's my father's hobby.
Laundry was his business, photography, his love.
Did you get along well with your father? I loved him.
Did you ever argue? Once or twice about business.
Why? One of our investigators talked to your neighbor Mr.
Kim, and he said he heard you arguing the wednesday before the murder.
What are you suggesting? I'm not suggesting anything.
I just wanna know what it is that you guys argued about.
-Brian! Yes, sir! What was the argument about, sir? Could you please escort this lady out? Jane asked me to give thisto you if I Get out! Now if everyone will turn to page 559.
Oh, this is funny,actually.
See, subparagraph "C" was accidentally printed as subparagraph asterisk.
You know what kurt Vonnegut called an asterisk? A paragraph's rectum.
Let's take five.
Okay, there's two tracks here Carla Pierce, if she exists or existed, we need to find her.
Brianna.
Yes, I'm going back to St.
Vincent's to go talk to the supervisor.
All right.
Kinda vague, but all right.
And the son Andrew McDermott you're saying he inherited the business when his father died? Yeah.
It's a pretty good motive.
-And they argued, too? -Mm-hmm.
Okay, well, I guess we need to find out what they argued about.
-You and jon take that.
-Uh ahem.
What? What? What? -Well, I'd rather go it alone.
-It's just probably not a good idea.
This isn't lawyer camp, all right? I expect you guys to work together and work together well.
Talk to Jane, find out if she can give us anything on their arguments.
Thank you.
What are you doing? It's the 9-1-1 recording from the discovery.
Hmm.
You gotta hear this.
I read the transcripts.
Yeah, no, no.
Come here, Charlie.
Sit down.
Come here.
To read it, you think that McDermott is some scared guy whispering into the phone, right? Now listen to this.
My name is Henry McDermott, and there's an intruder in my house.
Please, you need to send someone.
that guy's not scared.
He's in control.
Berkeley hills, right at the end of Right there.
See? Like he's surprised, like he thought he could handle it.
-No.
Sir? Hello, sir? Are you there, sir? Are you all right? Now there's something else goin' on underneath that smoke alarm.
You hear it? Yeah.
What is that? -What is that.
-No idea.
but I got a friend who's got a good pair of ears.
-Lady friend? -Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Where you goin'? You don't want to know.
How you doin'? Thank you for doing this.
I'm sure it'll be fun.
About the ballistics I really couldn't.
-I'd get in -it's okay.
It's okay.
don't make me feel guilty.
W-what? He can see you now, Mr.
And Mrs.
Conti.
Thank you for coming in.
Uh, since father jacobs retired, we've been reviewing his annulment applications, and I want to be certain of the grounds.
Now you were committing adultery from the very beginning of the marriage, Mr.
Conti? Yes, sir.
Father.
You understandt his is a sin.
I do, I do.
I wish I could control myself, but sometimes I'm justwalking down the street we don't need to go into that.
Well, the church is trying to discourage annulments.
We think many marriages could be saved if only given a chance.
So we're now requiring eight months of counseling.
Um, father,I'm remarrying in may.
Yes, well, we can help your reschedule that.
Father, you do know we're already divorced? Yes.
So how's next tuesday? Okay, that was interesting.
Very.
Eight months of pretending I'm an adulterer.
That's that's great.
Do you have the ballistics? Catholic guilt.
You gotta love it.
Hello, miss.
Oh, yes.
The supervisor wonders if you don't mind waiting just a moment longer.
A moment longer than the two hours I've waited? Yes.
Yes.
Okay, maybe you could just ask her a question for me.
A patient by the name of Carla Pierce was -yes, sir.
I just need an address.
I need to talk to somebody about some pain I'm having.
Do you have any insurance? Yeah, I have a painin my head.
I see.
Do you have insurance? No.
Sir, do you mind sitting over there? Just for a second, and I'll get someone for you.
Yeah, I need to talk to somebody about a pain that I'm having in my head.
Um -Hello.
-Conti.
-Yeah.
St.
Vincent's is dumping patients.
Yeah, when they don't want to admit an uninsured patient, they're dumping them at county.
-Whoa.
-Yeah.
Well, that's why Carla Pierce didn't show up in the recordsat st.
Vincent'S.
Everyone's looking at the wrong hospital.
Brianna good work.
Because you snaked my case.
Because every time -Hey, I tried getting your attention at the meeting.
-Oh, boy.
You didn't try hard enough.
Oh, my god.
Excuse me for forgetting this is really about us and not about the clients.
-Wow.
Jane McDermott, please.
-You know what? I think you do have a problem with women.
-I have a problem with women? -Really.
I been talking to brianna, and she's -Oh, that's interesting.
Oh, Brianna, a neutral source if I ever heard one.
-And apparently every women you've ever partnered with -yes.
-You end up fighting.
-"End up fighting"? Yes.
That is so not true.
My goodness, but even if it were true, even if it were, did you ever think that maybe it's their fault, that they're intimidated by a powerful man? She's already out.
What? Jane McDermott she's got a visitor.
Huh.
They came to my office.
They suggested I had problems, I had problems with dad.
-I didn't ask them.
they're defending you by lying about me, Jane.
So don't act all innocent.
Fine.
Fine.
-No, they're just trying to help, Andrew.
-How about taking some responsibility, Jane, for once in your life? -Andrew, please don't go.
Jane Look look, I know you're just asking questions, but Andrew didn't hurt my father.
He loved him.
Okay, then help us.
Jane, we don't want to accuse him.
We don'T.
But he had an argument with your father, and we need to know what that was about.
We think maybe it had something to do with the business.
I-I don't know anything about the business.
Okay, then tell us who does.
We know you haven't worked there for a while, but Jane said that you were the secretary there for years.
She said that you knew where all the bodies were buried.
Well, there aren't that many bodies in laundry, you know? Now how well did Mr.
McDermott get along with his son, Ms.
Debrizzi? Uh, fine.
Good.
They had, huh I'm sorry.
When the machines are going, it can get kinda loud.
They had a very respectful relationship.
Um, I mean, when anyonecomes into the business, there are a few bumps.
-Bumps? Well, you know, disagreementson how to do things.
Andrew wanted to modernize.
Mr.
McDermott--he's more cautious and actually, I-I shouldn't be telling you this, but um a week beforethe, uh, the, you know, the murder, they had this argument.
I didn't hear much, except that I think I think andrew was taking money from the till.
I don't know who this lady thinks she is.
She's talked to my neighbors, she's talked to my vendors.
-She's even gone so -Do you remember a name? She said she works for you.
That's all I can remember.
And I want you to know, sir,I'm talking to lawyers.
Sonya quintano.
That's her name.
$30,000.
That's how much she discoveredyou took from the till.
What thewho are you? Uh, Charles Conti.
He always entersthat way.
Eileen debrizzi says your father caught you stealing $30,000.
-She said--that--that's not true.
-Andrew we're not the police, all right? We just want to knowwhat happened.
If you tell us,we'll keep it here.
There's nothingto "keep here.
" Yes, yes, $30,000 was found missing, but I didn't take it.
Who did? My father.
I found a missing deposit,and I confronted him.
He broke down.
He--he had made some bad betson college ball, and he owed money.
To who? I don't know.
You know,it's kind of embarrassing-- my dad with a gambling habit.
You know, I'm telling you this so you know that it has nothingto do with his murder.
$30,000 in gambling debts? It has everything to do with his murder.
No, it doesn't.
Please.
Jane killed my father.
-She robbed his house.
Our -Tour sister's telling the truth, Andrew.
-No, she isn't.
-Yes, she is.
Her alibi Carla pierce exists.
Stop it! Her defense attorneylooked for months he was looking in the wrong hospital! Here's Carla pierce's admittance form.
A friend at county dug it up for us.
After Jane dropped Carla pierce at st.
Vincent's the hospital didn't want to help an uninsured patient, so they transferred her there, to county.
She--she could'vemade it up.
She could've read about Carla pierce.
Then why didn't she say the right hospital, andrew? If she had a ready-made alibi, then why didn't she use it? Oh, my god.
We needto look through your books.
We need to find out who your father was paying.
There may be a connection to his death.
I'll get you whatever you want.
(Swain) thank you, andrew.
After you counsellor.
So this is where the enemy works.
Yeah.
We sacrifice goats over there.
The ballistics.
You ran it through nibin.
It matched with a bullet fired six years ago during a liquor store jobin concord.
Did somebody come up? A guy named Jose Serrano.
He was arrested, sent upfor five to ten years.
-He's still -at Delano.
There's his rap sheet.
Charlotte -I just -Don't say anything sentimental.
I might think you mean it.
Well, as I see it, Jose there are only two options.
Either that gun you used in your 1999 liquor store robbery was bought from someone else, or you used it to murder Henry McDermott.
Which is it? Okay, fine.
It's musical chairs, Jose.
You're the last one standing.
How far are you from release? Six months? Unh-unh.
Add 45 yearsfor felony murder.
See you in 2051, pal.
Hey, the guy's name is Tony Russell.
Gas station down at 21st street.
He sold me the gun.
That's all I know.
It's enough.
No, don't.
Don't! Sir? Hello, sir? Are you there, sir? Are you all right? All right, that's the smokealarm, right? Listen to this.
-You're right, david.
There is something.
-See.
Well, can you--can you dig it out there or you mean by raising the high frequencies and lowering the base? -Okay.
Yeah, in fantasy land.
Well, what are you doing? I'm splicing together the dips in the alarm.
there's gonna be a lot of after echo.
Good.
It's breathing.
Wait.
Can you playthose last two splices again? What the hell is that? Flushing.
Flushing.
Flushing what? Wait, this makes no sense.
I've got missing clumps of moneyfrom '94 and '95 and-- Hey, bubba.
Bubba.
I've gotan e&d consolidated here swallowing up cash.
Do you have anything like that? Let me see that.
Let me see it.
It's not in any of the ledgers.
Who deposited these checks? Conti! -Yeah.
-Conti this case is not abouta missing $30,000.
I mean, yes, there was a missing$30,000 right before the murder, but look.
$3,000? $3,000 payments every month.
Well, for how long? 15 years.
That doesn't soundmuch like gambling.
No, there'd be some sortof fluctuation, $1,000 here, $5,000 there.
And look what else I found.
They're all made out to e&d consolidated.
Excuse me.
You found 'em? Well, it's all about the clients, right? Okay, did any merchandisecome from e&d? Well, I couldn't tell so I looked at the canceled checks.
And you know who's endorsing 'em? You know who that money's going to? Who? Eileen Debrizzi.
The secretary? E&d Eileen Debrizzi.
Yes.
What does "yes" mean? It means that Henry was paying me $3,000 a month.
Could I ask youa personal question? Were you his mistress? Yes.
That's why Henry lied to his son.
It wasn't a gambling debt.
-He didn't want to admit he was having an affair.
-Had an affair.
It was over in '91, 4 years before Henry's death.
Excuse me, Ms.
Debrizzi, that sounds likea perfect motive for murder.
Henry pays you 3 grand a monthas hush money -Please, it was living expenses.
-Living expenses, then a final payment of 30 grand to shut you up.
He wasn't trying to shut me up.
Andrew was taking over the business.
Henry couldn't hide the money from his son anymore.
You know, you and Jane are the same height and build, Ms.
Debrizzi.
I could see an eyewitness mistaking you two.
Please, I was 40 years oldwhen Henry was murdered.
You really think someone would confuse me with a 15 year old? We need to find someone who knew Henry and her back then.
What about andrewand Jane? -Good.
-Andrew and Jane.
-Yeah, I heard you the first time.
-Okay, well You! Yeah.
Open your briefcase.
Oh, no, it wasn't you.
It was one of you.
It was one of you.
You! Yeah, you were doing something before.
What was it? Nothing.
Yeah, open your briefcase.
Come on, open your briefcase.
Yes! Yes! I have asthma, sir.
Sorry.
Mwah! Yes! We're still facing an uphill battle to get your sister out.
We found out Carla pierce died of a drug overdose a few years ago, so we can't usethe alibi in court.
# Right now # # it feels likeforever can wait # # right now it looks like # # tomorrow's too late # # to meet our expectations # I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm so, so sorry.
And neither of you had any idea.
I'm sorry, I just can't get my head around dad having an affair with Ms.
Debrizzi.
I always thought she was a lesbian.
Andrew, you were in the office a lot.
Did you notice any tension between them? Any fights in the last weeks? No.
You--you really thinkshe shot our father? We--we don't know.
You ever heard of someonenamed tony russell? No.
We think he may be the personwho owned the gun.
-Can you find him? -We hope to.
No matter what you need, what it costs, I want Janie out.
I'm sorry.
Did--did I-- No, it's, uh it's been a long timesince someone called me Janie.
All right, all right, we hit a bit of a bump.
Eileen Debrizzi doesn't have asthma.
The sound on the 9-1-1 tape is an inhaler, but it's not her.
Here you go.
Debrizzi has the motive.
Tony russell has the gun.
We've tried to locate Russell-- but we can't 'cause he hasn't worked at the gas station for the last three years.
You think Debrizzi paid him? No, but you still haveMr.
Kim identifying Jane.
Well, then he's mistaken.
I don't see it.
Why can't I see this? Yeah, well, maybe we should take a break for the night, huh? No, not on your life.
Come on.
We're gonna figure this out.
It's a homicide, David, not a crossword puzzle.
I understand that, Charlie.
Come on.
Let's break this down into pieces.
People, Henry McDermott and Eileen Debrizzi, they have an affair for 15 years.
He pays her for 15 years,at the end of which, he breaks it offand writes her a final check.
Now does Eileen Debrizzi, enraged and bent on revenge, seek out Tony Russell 15 years.
He was paying Debrizzi for 15 years.
Right.
Wh-what did Eileen say? "Nobody would ever mistake me" "for a 15 year old.
" But how old was Janeat the time of the murder? All right, then why wouldshe say 15? -Genius.
It's genius.
-What? What? He was paying Debrizzi for 15 years, but not for an affair.
He's paying for child support.
They had a kid.
"Nobody would ever mistake me for a 15 year old.
" Her 15 year old.
Police got the wrong daughter.
Okay, we couldn't find a Debrizzi at the high school on Eileen's street so so these are the 1995 high school yearbooks from every school within a 15-mile radius of her address.
All right, let's divide 'em up.
15 years old, that would make her, what? -A sophomore.
-No, freshman.
-Well, unless she -Wait, wait, wait, find a leopard.
What? Mr.
Kim--he said he saw a leopard on the killer's sweatshirt.
-School sweatshirt.
Smart.
-Well, I try.
I got it.
Debrizzi.
"D.
" Lisa Debrizzi.
Oh, my god.
She looks just like Jane.
Mr.
Kim wasn't wrong about what he saw.
He was just wrong about who he I.
D.
Ed.
Okay, wait, Tony Russell.
-Oh, come on.
It's worth a try.
-All right, all right.
You never know.
All right.
"Jose and Lisa, inseparable.
" Forget Tony Russell.
She got the gun from Jose Serrano.
All right, Lisa.
You had access to a gun through your boyfriend, you had a motive.
-Look Look, I know what they're saying, but I didn't do it all right? I was with my mom.
All right.
And her mother backs her up.
They were at a movie.
Did you tell her about the neighbor, the eyewitness? -I'm sorry.
Who are you? Sonya Quintano.
I'm with the project, too.
Really? Your new partner? Hmm.
You know, you should get Jose Serrano in here.
He'll flip on her.
I'm sure he will.
Give a convict a lifeline,he'll grab it every time.
Good luck, you two.
Charlotte.
She didn't even know she had a dad.
And then her mom is,"Hey, guess what, your dad's cutting you off -So -I phoned him.
I wanted to meet.
I mean, he's rich and we'rejust, like, in this dump up on stanleyand he's all Calm down.
I'm not gonna talk to you unless you calm down.
I want my money.
I want my money now! -I don't have any money here.
-Then go get it.
I want you out of my house right now, young lady.
Where are you going? Wait, what are you doing? My name is Henry McDermott and there's an intruder in my house.
Please, you need to send someone.
My address is 364 berkeley hills, right at the end of-- No.
Please.
No, don't.
Don't! Hello, sir? Are you there, sir? Are you all right? Janie? I have reviewed the petitioner's case along with Mr.
Serrano's affidavit and Lisa Debrizzi's confession.
Accordingly I am vacating Miss McDermott's conviction and dismissing the charges against her with prejudice.
Miss McDermott, see probation, and you are free to go with the apologies of the courts.
We're adjourned.
Mr.
Swain thank you for giving meback my family.
I'll never forget you.
Sweet.
You know, I can never tell if you're a cynical man pretending to be sentimental or the other way around.
Does it matter? I'm thinking of coming onto investigations full-time.
Yeah? I'm gonna go court full-time.
No, really.
I had an epiphany.
You have an epiphany every week.
There I was, surrounded by these stuffed shirts paying me 650 bucks an hour to get them out of some bad real estate deal, and I realized I'd rather be outside doing this.
What do you think? 650 bucks an hour?