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♪ <i>Oh, honey</i> ♪

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A confession.

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Is that what they call it?

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Billy Lyons
was thrown in jail
for three days

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without cause.

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In the case of <i>Inez Washington</i>
<i>v. the CR&L Bus Company,</i>

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gentlemen, I have reviewed
all the papers and briefs
in my chambers

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and I am prepared
to rule.

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The court finds that service
of the complaint was in fact
made at the wrong address,

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as Attorney Friedman
has argued.

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Therefore, the defendant's
motion to dismiss

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is granted.

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Thank you, Your Honor.

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Great work, Friedman.

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And to get
their confession,

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Special Agent
Cheatwood,

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sent by
the governor himself,

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took this club--

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his "nigger beater,"
he called it.

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He tied Billy Lyons
to a chair...

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and he pounded Billy Lyons
in the head with it.

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And still
Billy Lyons insisted

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he had not committed
these murders.

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We had this one
pegged as a loser.

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You've got a real knack
for spotting technicalities.

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Thank you,
Mr. Sprague.

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I'll be sending
some more files your way,
if you've got the time.

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I will make the time.
Good.

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They forced him
into their car

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and hauled him off
to the murder scene.

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The bodies had been burned
and were decomposing.

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They took some of the bones
of these dead bodies,

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put them in a pan
and placed them
in Billy Lyons' hands.

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They admitted this.

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Delirious
with exhaustion and pain,

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Billy Lyons
confessed to a crime
he did not commit.

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And it is based upon
that confession alone

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that they now seek to hang
Billy Lyons by the neck...

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until he is dead.

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<i>You'll get them</i> <i>the next time, baby.
</i> <i>There may not be a next time.</i>

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We needed this one.
<i>All right.</i>

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When you coming home?
I'll be on the next
train to Knoxville.

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I should be home
by midday Wednesday.

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<i>Okay. Be safe.</i>
<i>I love you.</i>
<i>I love you too.</i>

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<i>Bye, baby.</i>
<i>See you soon.</i>

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Hey, boy.

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Boy, what do you think
you're doing here?

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What you gonna do,
nigger?

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All aboard.

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I'll see you boys
another time.

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That son of a bitch.
Let's go scare him.

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Shoot him.

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NAACP.

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Please hold.

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Good morning,
Mr. Marshall.
Good morning.

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Welcome back.
Thank you.

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Thurgood,
you're going to Bridgeport.

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What? Now?

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No, I swore to Buster
I would--

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How many Thurgoods are there?
Five or 10? There's only one.

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And that one
is gonna get his ass
on the train tomorrow.

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Why?
Why?

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"Nightmare in Greenwich."
That's why, Thurgood.

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"Wife Attacked
by Negro Driver."
That's why, Thurgood.

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How about,
"Fear Grips Connecticut"?

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What's the reaction?
Fear.

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Getting calls
from all over the country.
Negroes getting fired.

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White families afraid
to have us in their home.

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If we can't work as domestics,
Negro families
are going to starve.

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And this is a hell of a time
to lose half of our staff.

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It's got everything,
doesn't it?

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"Eleanor Strubing,

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fair-haired
Greenwich socialite,

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was the victim
of a <i>beastly</i> attack
in her own bedroom."

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Yes, and the boy
that they're holding
is straight out of <i>Native Son.</i>

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Look at that.

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Wow.

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"Joseph Spell.

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Uneducated Negro servant
with a criminal past."

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A fable that
the New York City press is gonna
feed on to the last morsel.

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Yeah. They're starving
for this one.
So are we.

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We win this thing,
our big donors are coming
right back, Thurgood.

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There's only 13 million Negroes
depending on you.

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Irwin said
I would find you here.

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What?

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Your brother
said I would find you here.
You know, swimming.

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Nice swimsuit.

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Who the hell are you?
Tad Lancaster.

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Bridgeport High.
Remember?

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Trombone?
Yeah!

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Still blowin' it too, man.
What are you
doing here, Tad?

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Oh, I am, uh, working
with the Bridgeport NAACP.

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Actually, I <i>am</i>
<i>the Bridgeport NAACP,</i>
<i>and I need a little favor.</i>

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Do you know
that Spell case?

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The guy who attacked
the girl from Greenwich?
Yeah.

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Now, National is sending
a lawyer from the city
to handle his defense,

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and we need a local guy
to get him admitted.

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Uh, sorry, no.
I'm not gonna do that.

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-There's nothing else required.
-I'm not interested.

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Think about the publicity.
That's exactly
what I'm thinking of.

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-Your brother seems to think--
-My brother is
an absolute idiot.

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Listen, Tad,
thank you so much
for thinking of me.

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Honestly,
I'm grateful.

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But I don't handle
criminal cases. Okay?

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Find someone who wants
that kind of attention.

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Irwin already filed the papers
with the court.

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He did what?

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...scattered over
many parts of the country.

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Nazi aircraft were reported over
the south coast, the midlands--
Paper, please.

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as well as over
the London area.

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Thurgood Marshall.

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National Association
for the Advancement
of Colored People.

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Sam Friedman.
Um, Friedman and Friedman.

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Good to meet you,
Sam.

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Give me a hand with these,
would you?
Sure.

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What have you got in here?
Cement?

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Guns.

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Books, Mr. Friedman.

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My law library.

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It goes where I go.

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Look, I told Tad Lancaster
I'll get you admitted,
as a favor.

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But I can't get involved
with a case like this.
Yeah? Why not?

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Well, I do insurance defense.
You know, accident cases.

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I've got a reputation
to think of.

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Ah.

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That must be
difficult.
What?

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Having a reputation
to think of.

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You meet our client yet?
<i>Your</i> client.
And no, I was waiting--

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Well, come on then.
Let's get to it.

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Got another one
coming in.
Okay.

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University of Maryland
Law School.

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Was walking distance
from home.

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But they didn't accept colored,
so I had to go to Howard.

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An hour and a half
each way by bus,

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and well-known
as a school for failures.

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That's too bad.

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No. No, it was the best thing
that ever happened to me.

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They'd just
brought in a new dean,
Charles Hamilton Houston.

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Turned that place around,
taught me everything I know,

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including how to sue
the University of Maryland.

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You sued them?

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You bet your ass I did.
Soon as I passed the bar.

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And?

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Supreme Court
ordered the bastards
to integrate.

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You argued
in the United States
Supreme Court?

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What?

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No, the Maryland
Supreme Court.

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I didn't argue in front of
the US Supreme Court
until last year.

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Your boy
is ready for you.

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Spell.
Lawyer's here to see you.

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Mr. Spell,
I'm Thurgood Marshall
with the NAACP.

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You heard of us?

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-You a lawyer?
-I am.

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This is Sam Friedman.
He's a lawyer too.

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You can go.
Got no money for lawyers.

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Anybody ask you
for money?

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Did you rape that woman,
Joseph?

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No.

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Why does she
say you did?
I don't know.

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-She says you raped her
and tried to kill her.
-She's lying.

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I was up in White Plains,
at a club.

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Come on, Joseph.
All night long?

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No, not all night.

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I was at the house
but couldn't sleep,
so I went to play cards.

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Got back
maybe 6:00, 6:30.

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Anybody see you
at the club?

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Yeah, but I don't know
their names or nothin'.

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For an alibi defense,
you need witnesses, Joseph.

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Otherwise
it's her word
against yours.

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And who do you think
they're gonna believe?

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There was a cop.

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A cop?
Stopped me in Port Chester
on the way to the club.

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Looked at my license,
then let me go.
What time was that?

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I don't know.
Maybe 3:00 in the morning.

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I'm telling you this
up front.

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The NAACP,
we're not like most lawyers.

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We only represent
innocent people,

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people accused
because of their race.

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That's our mission.
You understand?

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So I need to know this--
Look at me now.

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Did you do
what they said you did?

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I never touched that woman.

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Okay, Joseph.

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You got lawyers now.

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Go ahead.
Change the station.

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What do you know
about the prosecutor?

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Lorin Willis.

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Graduated Yale
the day he was born.

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Unless you came over
on the <i>Mayflower,</i>
<i>you're nothing to him.</i>

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They're grooming him
to be senator, I hear.

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What do you know
about the judge?
Judge Foster?

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Former law partner
of Willis's father.

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I'll move your admission
Monday morning, and then--

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Back to fighting off
those insurance claims.

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Yeah, I know.

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Ah. So you like
Langston Hughes, huh?

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Of course.
Don't you?

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I don't give a damn
about no poetry.

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Come on.

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I actually went to school
with Langston.

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I just wish he'd do
something more worthwhile
with his time.

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Another bourbon,
Mr. Marshall?
Sure.

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You know,
Tad's got a law degree too.
From Fordham.

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You told me
you were a driver.
Yep.

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The state of Connecticut
decided to not allow me
a license to practice law.

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They were generous enough
to give me
a driver's license, however.

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I see.

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What about you,
Irene?

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What are you gonna be
when you grow up?
A nurse like your mother?

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No.
A lawyer then?

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No.
A fighter pilot.

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A fighter pilot?

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Well, I feel a whole lot
more safe knowing that.

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All right, say good night
to Mr. Marshall, Renie.

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Good night.

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You got kids?

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Uh, Buster and I
have been trying
for a while.

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Buster is my wife.
Sometimes people think
I'm talking about my dog.

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You should get a dog
and name it "Mrs. Marshall."
Ah!

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So, you think
this boy did it?

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Hey, whose side you on?

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Women don't just go around
lying about being raped,
Mr. Marshall.

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You're going to
have to figure out
why she'd do such a thing.

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Burden of proof
is on the State.
Is it now?

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Hey there.

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So what can you tell me
about this Friedman guy
anyway?

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Sam and me
played trombone together
in the high school band.

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You trust him?
Sam? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.

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If you dropped a nickel
while kicking him in the balls,
he'd return it to you.

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Mmm.

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Couldn't play trombone
for shit though.

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Gentlemen!
Can I have a minute, please?

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Just a minute!
Who is this,
a relative of Spell?

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I'm Mr. Spell's attorney.
Thurgood Marshall.

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I thought you were
Spell's lawyer,
Mr. Freeman.

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00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:16,474
It's Friedman.
Sam Friedman.

237
00:16:16,476 --> 00:16:19,143
Of Friedman
and Friedman.
Local counsel. That is all.

238
00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:21,612
-The defense team, huh?
-Is your boy innocent,
Mr. Friedman?

239
00:16:21,614 --> 00:16:26,117
He is not my--
Let me state this to you all
clearly and unequivocally.

240
00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:30,021
Our client, Joseph Spell,
is an innocent man.

241
00:16:30,023 --> 00:16:32,557
Well, let's get
a picture of you two.

242
00:17:01,653 --> 00:17:03,087
All rise.

243
00:17:04,456 --> 00:17:06,691
Superior Court
is now in session.

244
00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:09,794
The Honorable Carl Foster
presiding.

245
00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:17,135
You may be seated.

246
00:17:19,538 --> 00:17:23,241
<i>The State of Connecticut</i>
<i>v. Joseph Spell.</i>

247
00:17:23,243 --> 00:17:25,176
Are the parties
ready to proceed?

248
00:17:25,178 --> 00:17:27,378
The State is ready,
Your Honor.

249
00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:30,048
Ah, Mr. Willis.
Good morning.

250
00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:32,016
How's your father
doing?

251
00:17:32,018 --> 00:17:34,819
He's better. Thank you.
That's kind of you to ask.

252
00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:39,390
Uh, the defense
is ready as well,
Your Honor.

253
00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,292
Well then,
let's get on with it.

254
00:17:42,361 --> 00:17:44,495
Mr., uh--

255
00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:46,597
Mr. Friedman.

256
00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:49,767
You filed
an application to admit
an out-of-state attorney?

257
00:17:49,769 --> 00:17:53,604
Yes, Your Honor.
Attorney Thurgood Marshall
of the Maryland Bar.

258
00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:56,741
I have the application
in front of me, Mr. Friedman.

259
00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:59,143
Uh-huh.

260
00:18:01,380 --> 00:18:04,916
Why do we need to
admit this lawyer,
Mr. Friedman?

261
00:18:04,918 --> 00:18:07,618
Does he have
a long-standing relationship
with the defendant?

262
00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:09,754
Uh, no, Your Honor,
uh, but--

263
00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:12,690
-How long has he known him?
-Not long, Your Honor, but--

264
00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:14,292
Exactly how long?

265
00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:19,430
Well, he met him
for the first time
a few days ago.

266
00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:21,399
However--

267
00:18:21,401 --> 00:18:23,634
A few days ago?

268
00:18:23,636 --> 00:18:27,638
Well, then what possible reason
could there be to admit him?

269
00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:31,442
You're a perfectly
capable attorney,
are you not, Mr. Friedman?

270
00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:33,878
You have tried cases before,
haven't you?

271
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:37,281
Only civil cases, Your Honor.
But Mr. Marshall
is with the NAACP.

272
00:18:37,283 --> 00:18:40,551
And they are concerned
that their defendant
receive a fair trial.

273
00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:43,321
So are we all,
Attorney Friedman.

274
00:18:43,323 --> 00:18:44,956
So are we all.

275
00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:46,924
But he's not a member
of our bar, is he?

276
00:18:46,926 --> 00:18:48,826
No, he's not.

277
00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:51,829
However, Your Honor,
Mr. Marshall
is a respected attorney.

278
00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:53,998
He argued
in the United States
Supreme Court.

279
00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,900
That has no bearing
on this case.

280
00:18:55,902 --> 00:18:57,802
Your Honor,
may I be heard?

281
00:18:57,804 --> 00:19:00,004
No, you may not.

282
00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:03,074
The court has heard enough
and will rule.

283
00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:09,514
The court sees
no legal requirement

284
00:19:09,516 --> 00:19:11,782
to admit out-of-state counsel
in this case.

285
00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:14,085
But, Your Honor--
However,

286
00:19:14,087 --> 00:19:17,155
the court
not only wishes to be fair
to all of the parties,

287
00:19:17,157 --> 00:19:20,591
but to maintain
the appearance of fairness
as well.

288
00:19:20,593 --> 00:19:23,661
Therefore, the court
will allow Mr. Marshall

289
00:19:23,663 --> 00:19:25,696
to enter his appearance
for the defense--

290
00:19:25,698 --> 00:19:27,098
Respectfully--

291
00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:30,368
His written appearance,
Mr. Willis.

292
00:19:30,370 --> 00:19:33,171
Mr. Marshall
may sit at counsel table.

293
00:19:33,173 --> 00:19:36,507
However, he may not speak.

294
00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:39,143
Your Honor,
I must speak for the client.

295
00:19:39,145 --> 00:19:42,680
He may not speak, argue,
or examine witnesses.

296
00:19:42,682 --> 00:19:46,817
If he violates this ruling,
he will be held
in contempt of court.

297
00:19:46,819 --> 00:19:49,153
And you as well,
Mr. Friedman.

298
00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:51,522
You will conduct this case.

299
00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:53,858
Me?
Yes, you.

300
00:19:53,860 --> 00:19:56,961
The trial will begin
a month from today

301
00:19:56,963 --> 00:19:58,062
at 10:00 a.m.

302
00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:00,531
Court adjourned.

303
00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:03,067
All rise.

304
00:20:03,069 --> 00:20:04,569
What the--

305
00:20:04,571 --> 00:20:06,971
What the hell
just happened?

306
00:20:06,973 --> 00:20:10,174
What just happened here?
Shut up and
be quiet. Let me think.

307
00:20:10,176 --> 00:20:12,076
I can't do this.
You know that.
Shut up.

308
00:20:12,078 --> 00:20:13,644
Excuse me?

309
00:20:16,682 --> 00:20:18,282
That son of a bitch.

310
00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:24,155
I've tried cases before judges
who were Grand Dragons
of the Ku Klux Klan,

311
00:20:24,157 --> 00:20:26,824
who forced me to enter
through the back door,

312
00:20:26,826 --> 00:20:28,859
but this horseshit
is a first.

313
00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:31,329
I cannot get involved
in a case like this.

314
00:20:31,331 --> 00:20:33,898
Are you listening to me?
It would destroy my practice.

315
00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:35,933
This is not
my problem.

316
00:20:35,935 --> 00:20:37,301
The hell it isn't.

317
00:20:39,371 --> 00:20:42,440
No, you heard the judge.

318
00:20:42,442 --> 00:20:46,110
Until we can find
somebody better,
it's you and me.

319
00:20:49,348 --> 00:20:51,015
It's our problem
now.

320
00:20:52,084 --> 00:20:53,918
Uh, Mr. Marshall...

321
00:21:10,402 --> 00:21:12,303
According to
Eleanor Strubing's account,

322
00:21:12,305 --> 00:21:17,275
Spell rapes her at home,
ties and gags her,
then drives up here.

323
00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:21,045
He stops approximately 60 feet
onto the bridge, like so--

324
00:21:21,047 --> 00:21:24,382
Joseph! Please!

325
00:21:24,384 --> 00:21:26,350
Takes her out of the car--

326
00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:29,854
No! No!

327
00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:33,257
then pushes her
over the guardrail,

328
00:21:33,259 --> 00:21:35,393
into the reservoir,
right about here.

329
00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:43,834
He throws rocks at her,
then drives away.

330
00:21:43,836 --> 00:21:45,736
Somehow she gets to shore.

331
00:21:47,272 --> 00:21:49,507
Dripping wet.

332
00:21:49,509 --> 00:21:51,842
Then climbs up to the road.

333
00:22:01,953 --> 00:22:03,421
Ah.

334
00:22:04,856 --> 00:22:06,991
Awfully scary down there
though.

335
00:22:10,762 --> 00:22:12,730
Go take a look
where she climbed out.

336
00:22:14,099 --> 00:22:16,233
Me? These are
my best shoes.

337
00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:21,205
Please try to
make yourself useful.

338
00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:09,687
Stop. Stop!

339
00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:13,157
Stop.

340
00:23:15,026 --> 00:23:17,995
This is where
the truck driver found her.

341
00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:31,342
What do you want
with those?

342
00:23:31,344 --> 00:23:34,912
It's an old
Negro superstition.

343
00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:37,515
Always take a little piece
of the earth with you.

344
00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:39,417
Really?

345
00:23:50,696 --> 00:23:53,831
Mr. Friedman, your picture's
on the front page
with Mr. Marshall.

346
00:23:57,536 --> 00:24:00,738
Oh.
Not a bad picture.

347
00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:02,740
Of me, anyway.

348
00:24:02,742 --> 00:24:06,076
-Also, your wife called.
-Oh, Sam. Perfect.

349
00:24:06,078 --> 00:24:09,113
-Where you been?
-Out getting the cutlery I need
to castrate you.

350
00:24:09,115 --> 00:24:11,615
You must be Irwin.
I am.

351
00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:13,551
Mr. Marshall.
Pleasure to meet you.
Pleasure.

352
00:24:13,553 --> 00:24:15,619
Sam, listen,
I have great news.

353
00:24:15,621 --> 00:24:17,988
I made some calls.
Harry Gruber,
he wants the case.

354
00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:20,591
Harry Gruber.
The Communist.

355
00:24:20,593 --> 00:24:22,793
Sam, at least he handles
criminal defense.

356
00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:31,435
Can you get Gruber
on the line, Ruth?

357
00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:32,970
Sure thing.
Thank you.

358
00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:35,639
This is not
a cut-and-dry case.

359
00:24:35,641 --> 00:24:39,977
You should really consider
whether or not this is something
you want to commit to.

360
00:24:39,979 --> 00:24:42,246
You want
the Communist Party
taking over?

361
00:24:42,248 --> 00:24:44,415
They'll martyr Spell
for their own cause.

362
00:24:44,417 --> 00:24:46,684
Not my problem.

363
00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:49,787
You think he did it.
That's for a jury
to decide.

364
00:24:49,789 --> 00:24:54,191
You think he raped this woman
and drove her to the reservoir
to kill her?

365
00:24:54,193 --> 00:24:56,861
People have done
stranger things.

366
00:24:56,863 --> 00:25:00,498
That's right. People do
all sorts of strange things,
horrible things.

367
00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:04,034
But throw a woman
over the bridge, into the water,
not check to see if she's dead,

368
00:25:04,036 --> 00:25:06,203
then drive back
to her house?

369
00:25:06,205 --> 00:25:08,672
You've gotta have
a pretty dim view
of Negroes

370
00:25:08,674 --> 00:25:11,842
to think any one of us
would do anything
so goddamn stupid.

371
00:25:17,816 --> 00:25:21,051
The papers say
he was dishonorably discharged
from the army.

372
00:25:21,053 --> 00:25:23,621
This isn't
a court-martial.

373
00:25:23,623 --> 00:25:25,689
He was fired
from his last job
for stealing.

374
00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:27,658
No charges were brought.

375
00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:31,362
He left behind a wife
and two kids in Louisiana,
Thurgood.

376
00:25:31,364 --> 00:25:34,565
Yes, he's got baggage.
Criminal defendants
usually do.

377
00:25:34,567 --> 00:25:37,801
They're not perfect citizens
like you and me.

378
00:25:37,803 --> 00:25:40,538
But none of that
makes him guilty
of this crime.

379
00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:43,674
I got Gruber on the phone.
What do you want me
to tell him?

380
00:25:43,676 --> 00:25:45,709
I don't know.
Tell him he's a schmuck.

381
00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:48,546
-Sam, come on.
-Irwin! <i>Genug,</i> huh?

382
00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:53,517
Why me?

383
00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:55,853
I need someone
who will do
as I say.

384
00:25:55,855 --> 00:25:58,389
What makes you think
I will do as you say?

385
00:25:58,391 --> 00:26:01,191
You have no choice.
You don't know
what you're doing.

386
00:26:01,193 --> 00:26:03,561
You're quite a salesman.

387
00:26:03,563 --> 00:26:05,229
There's no time
for that.

388
00:26:07,666 --> 00:26:10,034
You want me
to try this case.

389
00:26:10,036 --> 00:26:13,337
No, I <i>need</i> you
to try this case.

390
00:26:15,006 --> 00:26:18,709
"And the Lord commanded Moses
to enlist his brother's help.

391
00:26:18,711 --> 00:26:20,945
He shall speak for you
to the people."

392
00:26:20,947 --> 00:26:22,913
"He shall be your mouth,

393
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:25,249
and you shall be
as God to him."

394
00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:35,159
Tell Gruber
to go fuck himself.

395
00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:37,561
All right.

396
00:26:37,563 --> 00:26:40,197
And find the cop
who stopped Spell.
We need a witness.

397
00:26:40,199 --> 00:26:42,132
Okay. I'm on it.

398
00:26:45,804 --> 00:26:47,771
What is this?

399
00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:51,241
You say you've never tried
a criminal case before, right?

400
00:26:51,243 --> 00:26:53,143
Yeah, that's right.

401
00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:54,178
You'd better
start reading then.

402
00:26:57,616 --> 00:26:59,216
You've got one month.

403
00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:13,797
Hey, look who's back.
You coming tonight?

404
00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:15,966
No, not tonight.

405
00:27:15,968 --> 00:27:19,069
Oh, man, I was
really looking forward
to catching up with you.

406
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,576
All right, you need to
stop feeling sorry
for yourself.

407
00:27:25,578 --> 00:27:27,945
I am the one
who's been sick...

408
00:27:27,947 --> 00:27:29,380
every morning...

409
00:27:30,615 --> 00:27:32,016
for the past month.

410
00:27:32,018 --> 00:27:33,917
What?

411
00:27:33,919 --> 00:27:36,987
You better not
be lying.
Look at the bump.

412
00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:39,490
Oh! I see it.

413
00:27:39,492 --> 00:27:41,258
You see it?
Mmm!

414
00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:44,695
Mmm, mmm.

415
00:27:44,697 --> 00:27:46,664
I'm not going anywhere
after this.

416
00:27:46,666 --> 00:27:48,198
Hmm.

417
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,933
What?

418
00:27:49,935 --> 00:27:52,603
You don't
believe me.
No, I don't.

419
00:27:52,605 --> 00:27:54,538
I swear.

420
00:27:54,540 --> 00:27:56,140
You swear.

421
00:27:56,142 --> 00:27:58,709
I swear I swear.
Nowhere, nowhere.

422
00:27:58,711 --> 00:28:00,611
I swear.
Mmm!

423
00:28:08,286 --> 00:28:11,055
♪ <i>Trouble in mind</i> ♪

424
00:28:11,057 --> 00:28:12,890
♪ <i>Guess I'm blue</i> ♪

425
00:28:15,226 --> 00:28:17,795
♪ <i>But I won't be blue always</i> ♪

426
00:28:17,797 --> 00:28:20,297
♪ <i>Sun is gonna shine</i> ♪

427
00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:22,266
♪ <i>In my back door someday</i> ♪

428
00:28:24,002 --> 00:28:26,537
Langston, he swore
on his mother's life

429
00:28:26,539 --> 00:28:29,173
that he wouldn't be going
anywhere anytime soon.

430
00:28:29,175 --> 00:28:32,543
My mother's name
was never mentioned.

431
00:28:32,545 --> 00:28:36,146
Well, this case
is all anybody in this city
is talking about.

432
00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:39,883
Which only means that
the inevitable loss will be
that much more devastating.

433
00:28:39,885 --> 00:28:42,886
Don't bet against me.
You're not even
trying the case, baby.

434
00:28:42,888 --> 00:28:46,090
Every single word that man
utters in that courtroom
will be mine.

435
00:28:46,092 --> 00:28:49,059
I'm just making the point
that a Negro
charged with ravishment

436
00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:50,928
by the Greenwich
gentility

437
00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:54,331
should probably save himself
the time and unpleasantness
of a trial.

438
00:28:54,333 --> 00:28:56,700
Langston, maybe you should
just go back to Spain.

439
00:28:56,702 --> 00:28:59,069
Or back to Russia.

440
00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:03,107
Write your little poems,
explore big ideas
with your comrades.

441
00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:05,743
I was fighting Fascists
in Spain.

442
00:29:05,745 --> 00:29:08,712
Well, you were <i>writing</i>
<i>about fighting Fascists</i>
<i>in Spain.</i>

443
00:29:08,714 --> 00:29:11,415
Listen, by the time
the baby comes,

444
00:29:11,417 --> 00:29:14,118
Thurgood's gonna be
out of a job.

445
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,354
Do none of you
have any confidence in me?

446
00:29:17,356 --> 00:29:20,124
I'd say you have
enough confidence
for us all,

447
00:29:20,126 --> 00:29:22,126
misplaced as it may be.

448
00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:27,030
Great to see you!

449
00:29:27,032 --> 00:29:29,266
God, here comes Zora.

450
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:31,268
Probably leaving dinner
with Charles Lindbergh.

451
00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:33,403
-Don't you dare--
-Zora!

452
00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:35,105
Sit down!

453
00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:37,107
Come on over here.

454
00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:39,710
Zora Neale Hurston!
Hi!

455
00:29:39,712 --> 00:29:41,011
How y'all doin'?

456
00:29:42,313 --> 00:29:44,648
Langston Hughes.
Zora.

457
00:29:45,483 --> 00:29:46,717
Mmm.

458
00:29:51,390 --> 00:29:54,057
And who is this?
I'm August.

459
00:29:54,059 --> 00:29:56,260
I've heard
so much about you.
Huh.

460
00:29:56,262 --> 00:29:59,396
That's funny,
'cause I haven't heard
a thing about you.

461
00:29:59,398 --> 00:30:01,265
Huh, Langston?

462
00:30:01,267 --> 00:30:03,634
♪ <i>Oh, trouble in mind</i> ♪

463
00:30:12,011 --> 00:30:13,544
You had it now, girl!

464
00:30:18,983 --> 00:30:21,385
Okay, guys.
We ready to go?

465
00:30:26,925 --> 00:30:29,493
You're still
not talking to me.

466
00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:31,862
It's--
It's not my fault.

467
00:30:31,864 --> 00:30:35,165
You have no idea
how persuasive
this guy can be.

468
00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:54,685
Shh.
Stella.

469
00:30:54,687 --> 00:30:56,787
What on earth
is Sam thinking?

470
00:30:56,789 --> 00:30:59,056
With all
that's going on
in the world today,

471
00:30:59,058 --> 00:31:01,358
we don't need
this kind of attention
focused on us.

472
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,728
Well, he wasn't
looking for it, Rose.
Irwin got him involved.

473
00:31:04,730 --> 00:31:10,133
Well, you tell him
that everybody is terrified
by what this man did.

474
00:31:10,135 --> 00:31:12,402
Sophie Gittelson
fired her girl today.

475
00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:15,472
She's been with them
for 11 years.

476
00:31:15,474 --> 00:31:18,208
They fired Gladys?
Why? She's lovely.

477
00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:20,844
Yeah, she's lovely.

478
00:31:20,846 --> 00:31:23,413
But what if
one of her relatives
comes to visit?

479
00:31:23,415 --> 00:31:25,148
They have their daughter
to think of.

480
00:31:25,150 --> 00:31:28,085
I would've done
the same thing.

481
00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:42,232
Well, if it isn't
Mr. Friedlansky.

482
00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:44,034
Mr. Weisman.

483
00:31:44,036 --> 00:31:47,838
Dora and I couldn't remember.
Were you born here or in Minsk?

484
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,008
We, uh-- We came over
when I was one.

485
00:31:51,010 --> 00:31:52,643
That's what
I thought.

486
00:31:55,780 --> 00:31:58,916
So you feel like
a really big shot, I bet,
defending that <i>schvartze.</i>

487
00:32:00,451 --> 00:32:03,287
What do you think
your father would say?

488
00:32:03,289 --> 00:32:05,188
I could not tell you.

489
00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:11,161
I think he'd say
he was proud.

490
00:32:13,364 --> 00:32:14,831
For the defense.

491
00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:17,701
Don't mention it.

492
00:32:19,737 --> 00:32:21,271
To anyone.

493
00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:45,395
Eew!

494
00:32:54,839 --> 00:32:56,974
Jury selection, gentlemen.

495
00:32:56,976 --> 00:32:59,176
Clerk, call the first
venire person.

496
00:32:59,178 --> 00:33:01,545
Lester Gilman
of Norwalk.

497
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,748
Mr. Gilman.

498
00:33:11,122 --> 00:33:13,523
Mr., uh, Gilman,

499
00:33:13,525 --> 00:33:18,428
um, in this case
a colored man is accused
of raping a white woman.

500
00:33:18,430 --> 00:33:20,998
Could you be fair
in deciding such a case?

501
00:33:22,266 --> 00:33:23,934
I think so.

502
00:33:23,936 --> 00:33:25,268
No further questions.

503
00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:30,340
Accepted by the defense.

504
00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:35,379
To tell you the truth,
I don't know much about them,
the colored.

505
00:33:35,381 --> 00:33:37,748
We don't have too many
in Stratford.

506
00:33:48,459 --> 00:33:50,027
Excused.

507
00:33:55,133 --> 00:33:58,201
I'll be honest with you.
I don't like the colored.

508
00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:00,937
Seems to me
they're always getting into
some sort of trouble.

509
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,907
I don't think much
of Hebrews either.

510
00:34:05,176 --> 00:34:06,843
Excuse me?

511
00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:10,714
Well, you're one of them...
I figured.

512
00:34:12,417 --> 00:34:15,352
Thank you for your candor,
Mr. Wright.

513
00:34:15,354 --> 00:34:16,987
Uh, no further questions.

514
00:34:18,890 --> 00:34:20,257
Excuse for cause.

515
00:34:20,259 --> 00:34:22,192
Counselor?

516
00:34:22,194 --> 00:34:26,329
Your Honor,
we move to have Mr. Wright
excused for cause.

517
00:34:26,331 --> 00:34:28,198
On what grounds?

518
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:29,833
Bias.
I know.

519
00:34:29,835 --> 00:34:31,268
He just admitted
he's biased.

520
00:34:32,703 --> 00:34:35,439
Mr. Wright, you are
a law-abiding citizen.

521
00:34:35,441 --> 00:34:37,707
Wouldn't you say?
That's right,
Your Honor.

522
00:34:37,709 --> 00:34:42,946
If I instructed you
that the law requires
that you set aside your bias,

523
00:34:42,948 --> 00:34:44,815
would you obey
my instruction?

524
00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:47,217
Guess I'd have to.

525
00:34:47,219 --> 00:34:49,853
The challenge for cause
is overruled.

526
00:34:49,855 --> 00:34:51,588
You may use
the peremptory challenge.

527
00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:53,990
-Your Honor,
with all due respect--
-I've made my ruling.

528
00:34:58,029 --> 00:35:00,297
Excused.

529
00:35:00,299 --> 00:35:02,466
Mr. Ellis,
you agree, do you not,

530
00:35:02,468 --> 00:35:06,236
that as a colored man
you could not fairly
pass judgment on Mr. Spell.

531
00:35:06,238 --> 00:35:08,371
No, sir.

532
00:35:08,373 --> 00:35:10,807
You agree
you could not be fair.

533
00:35:10,809 --> 00:35:14,177
No. What I mean is,
yes, if he's guilty,
I'd have to convict him.

534
00:35:15,413 --> 00:35:17,781
I'll use a challenge.

535
00:35:17,783 --> 00:35:19,616
Object.

536
00:35:19,618 --> 00:35:21,551
On what basis?
Just do it.

537
00:35:21,553 --> 00:35:23,086
Uh, Your Honor,
I object.

538
00:35:23,088 --> 00:35:25,055
Grounds?

539
00:35:25,057 --> 00:35:27,991
He can't use the challenge
to discrim--

540
00:35:27,993 --> 00:35:29,826
I heard that,
Mr. Marshall.

541
00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:32,929
It's a peremptory challenge,
Mr. Friedman.

542
00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:35,065
The State may use it
for whatever reason it wants.

543
00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:39,102
Mr. Willis,
you have four left.
The defense has one.

544
00:35:39,104 --> 00:35:41,171
What was the point of that?

545
00:35:41,173 --> 00:35:44,508
Every single time
they discriminate,
we're going to object.

546
00:35:44,510 --> 00:35:46,943
Recognize it.
Now.

547
00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:49,579
Mrs. Richmond,
do you reside in Greenwich?

548
00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:51,715
Yes, Mr. Willis.
I do now.

549
00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:54,985
And if the State
proves its case,

550
00:35:54,987 --> 00:35:56,920
you could convict
the defendant?

551
00:35:56,922 --> 00:35:59,389
Yes, of course I could.

552
00:36:01,125 --> 00:36:04,394
Thank you, Mrs. Richmond.
That's all I wanted to know.

553
00:36:10,801 --> 00:36:14,938
Mrs. Richmond,
I notice you have
an accent.

554
00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:20,177
Really? Here I thought
you were the one with
the accent, Mr. Friedman.

555
00:36:20,179 --> 00:36:21,411
Fair enough.

556
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,447
Mrs. Richmond,

557
00:36:24,449 --> 00:36:26,349
where did you live
before moving here?

558
00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:28,285
Raleigh,
North Carolina.

559
00:36:28,287 --> 00:36:31,354
But now you live
in Greenwich.
Yes, that's right.

560
00:36:31,356 --> 00:36:34,224
So if you live in Greenwich,
you must have heard
about this case.

561
00:36:34,226 --> 00:36:37,227
It's all
anybody talks about.

562
00:36:37,229 --> 00:36:41,231
I assume, then, that you've come
to some sort of conclusion

563
00:36:41,233 --> 00:36:43,266
regarding
the defendant's guilt
or innocence?

564
00:36:44,335 --> 00:36:46,336
You assume incorrectly.

565
00:36:46,338 --> 00:36:48,738
I don't have all the evidence,
now, do I?

566
00:36:48,740 --> 00:36:51,141
Have you met
Mrs. Strubing?

567
00:36:51,143 --> 00:36:54,678
In passing, at parties
and community events.

568
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,180
I believe we belong
to the same club.

569
00:36:57,182 --> 00:37:00,016
Do you really think then,
Mrs. Richmond,

570
00:37:00,018 --> 00:37:03,920
that with
all of these connections--
the club, the parties--

571
00:37:03,922 --> 00:37:06,523
that you could really
just set all of that aside?

572
00:37:06,525 --> 00:37:09,326
I don't see why not.

573
00:37:09,328 --> 00:37:12,462
Thank you.
No further questions.

574
00:37:15,933 --> 00:37:17,968
The State accepts
Mrs. Richmond.

575
00:37:19,437 --> 00:37:21,071
Your Honor--
What?

576
00:37:21,073 --> 00:37:22,572
No. Absolutely not.

577
00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:25,275
Mr. Friedman.

578
00:37:25,277 --> 00:37:29,179
Your Honor,
may we have five minutes,
please?

579
00:37:32,016 --> 00:37:33,950
Fine with me,
Your Honor.

580
00:37:33,952 --> 00:37:36,620
The court will recess
for exactly five minutes.

581
00:37:36,622 --> 00:37:39,022
But we're not gonna
make a habit of this,
are we, counselor?

582
00:37:39,024 --> 00:37:41,591
No. No, of course not.
Thank you, Your Honor.

583
00:37:44,763 --> 00:37:47,631
We have one challenge left.
It was made for this woman.

584
00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:49,366
Just trust me
on this.

585
00:37:49,368 --> 00:37:51,368
She's a Southerner.
Lives in the same town.

586
00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:53,136
Take her.
I'm not
your goddamn puppet.

587
00:37:53,138 --> 00:37:54,771
I'm getting rid of her.

588
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:58,108
She's smart, she's confident,
she resists authority.

589
00:37:58,110 --> 00:38:00,644
Did you see the way
she talked back to you?

590
00:38:00,646 --> 00:38:03,613
The other jurors
will listen to her.
Which is exactly the problem.

591
00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:06,549
She knows Mrs. Strubing.
They run in
the same social circles.

592
00:38:06,551 --> 00:38:08,485
And she doesn't
put her on a pedestal.

593
00:38:08,487 --> 00:38:11,488
Maybe Mrs. Strubing
is a drinker.

594
00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:15,325
Maybe she has
a boyfriend in town.
This woman may know things.

595
00:38:15,327 --> 00:38:17,794
You are stabbing
in the dark.

596
00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:20,730
Maybe,
but this I do know.

597
00:38:20,732 --> 00:38:24,501
The one thing
Southerners like her hate
more than the colored--

598
00:38:24,503 --> 00:38:26,369
arrogant Yankee pricks
like Willis.

599
00:38:27,672 --> 00:38:30,407
Were you watching her?

600
00:38:30,409 --> 00:38:33,643
She folded her arms
and sat back
when Willis spoke.

601
00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:36,413
When you began,
she opened up,

602
00:38:36,415 --> 00:38:39,949
leaned forward,
removed her glasses.

603
00:38:39,951 --> 00:38:42,185
These are signs.

604
00:38:42,187 --> 00:38:43,653
Signs of what?

605
00:38:44,755 --> 00:38:46,222
She likes you.

606
00:38:54,098 --> 00:38:56,132
No, my gl--
my glasses!

607
00:38:56,134 --> 00:38:57,901
I need my glasses.

608
00:39:03,307 --> 00:39:05,241
Well, it's about time.
Yeah.

609
00:39:13,684 --> 00:39:15,752
Mr. Friedman?

610
00:39:17,621 --> 00:39:19,456
The defendant
accepts Mrs. Richmond.

611
00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:22,959
Am I missing something?

612
00:39:22,961 --> 00:39:26,796
Mrs. Richmond,
you've been accepted
by both of the parties

613
00:39:26,798 --> 00:39:30,367
and will serve as
our 12th and final juror.

614
00:39:30,369 --> 00:39:33,370
The evidence will begin
tomorrow morning at 10:00.

615
00:39:33,372 --> 00:39:36,706
Hey, hey!
Hey, hey! Mr. Friedman!
Mr. Friedman.

616
00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:39,676
What do you have to say
about today's comments
by the NAACP?

617
00:39:39,678 --> 00:39:42,645
-What comments?
-The press release
by Walter White?

618
00:39:42,647 --> 00:39:45,014
He says that, "The Spell case
will show the world

619
00:39:45,016 --> 00:39:47,717
that a colored man
cannot get a fair trial in
the United States of America."

620
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,986
Do you agree, Mr. Friedman?
I have nothing to say
about that.

621
00:39:49,988 --> 00:39:51,721
What about you,
Mr. Marshall?

622
00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:54,991
Hasn't it been proven
in this courtroom already?

623
00:39:57,596 --> 00:40:01,398
How can a man have a fair trial
when he's denied counsel
of his choice?

624
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:05,168
When the members of his race
are eliminated from service
on his jury?

625
00:40:05,170 --> 00:40:09,239
When fear and bias against
his race are the central points
of the case against him?

626
00:40:09,241 --> 00:40:11,408
In Europe right now,

627
00:40:12,877 --> 00:40:15,211
the forces of tyranny
have mobilized

628
00:40:15,213 --> 00:40:19,215
behind the vision
of a so-called master race.

629
00:40:19,217 --> 00:40:23,253
But here in America,
our differences
aren't supposed to matter.

630
00:40:23,255 --> 00:40:27,357
Here we're promised
equal protection under the law.

631
00:40:27,359 --> 00:40:29,092
Separate
but equal!

632
00:40:29,094 --> 00:40:31,194
Nothing complicated
about that.

633
00:40:31,196 --> 00:40:35,799
That promise
has not been realized,
not even close.

634
00:40:35,801 --> 00:40:40,136
Not in Birmingham, Alabama,
nor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

635
00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:42,705
and certainly not here
in Bridgeport, Connecticut--

636
00:40:44,910 --> 00:40:48,845
where your bigotry
is simply covered
by a northern accent.

637
00:40:51,215 --> 00:40:54,551
But a fair jury can always
render a just verdict.

638
00:40:54,553 --> 00:40:56,653
That's what we're striving for
here today.

639
00:40:56,655 --> 00:41:00,123
The Constitution
was not written for us.
We know that.

640
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:02,559
But no matter what,
we're gonna make it
work for us.

641
00:41:02,561 --> 00:41:06,262
From now on
we claim it as our own.

642
00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:25,482
What's bothering you?

643
00:41:25,484 --> 00:41:27,083
Sam.
Not now.

644
00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:29,018
What's bothering me?

645
00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:32,188
You insulting the judge
on the courthouse steps.
That's what's bothering me.

646
00:41:32,190 --> 00:41:35,258
Just relax.

647
00:41:35,260 --> 00:41:37,527
Excuse me?

648
00:41:37,529 --> 00:41:40,096
I have to live in this city
after you're gone. Understand?

649
00:41:40,098 --> 00:41:42,699
No more public statements
until this trial is over,
or I'm gone.

650
00:41:42,701 --> 00:41:44,601
Let me make this clear.

651
00:41:44,603 --> 00:41:47,604
My people will decide
what to say to the newspapers
and when to say it.

652
00:41:47,606 --> 00:41:49,973
The newspapers should have
no place in this trial.

653
00:41:49,975 --> 00:41:52,642
But they already do.
People are losing their jobs
because of these stories.

654
00:41:52,644 --> 00:41:54,811
Those people
are not my clients!
Well, they are mine!

655
00:41:54,813 --> 00:41:59,682
My jury isn't just
the 12 people in that jury box.
It's the whole goddamn nation.

656
00:41:59,684 --> 00:42:05,455
You just focus on this case,
try your best not to screw it up
and leave the big picture to me.

657
00:42:05,457 --> 00:42:08,124
Sam.

658
00:42:08,126 --> 00:42:10,727
What is it, Irwin?
Don't you have
something to do?

659
00:42:12,162 --> 00:42:14,130
There's someone
waiting for you
in my office.

660
00:42:14,132 --> 00:42:16,332
Yes?
And who is this someone?

661
00:42:16,334 --> 00:42:18,401
Uh, Officer McCoy.

662
00:42:18,403 --> 00:42:21,170
And who the hell
is Officer McCoy?

663
00:42:21,172 --> 00:42:23,973
The cop
who pulled Spell over
that night.

664
00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:36,419
I just did
what you said.

665
00:42:36,421 --> 00:42:40,890
I drove around Port Chester,
pulling over police cars,
and I found him.

666
00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:43,259
Attaboy, Irwin.
Attaboy.

667
00:42:43,261 --> 00:42:45,328
What time
did you pull over
Mr. Spell?

668
00:42:49,099 --> 00:42:51,234
Did you hear the question?

669
00:42:53,070 --> 00:42:56,673
3:37 a.m.,
according to my notes.

670
00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:00,143
Why'd you stop him?

671
00:43:01,879 --> 00:43:03,313
It didn't look like...

672
00:43:04,848 --> 00:43:07,183
a man like that
would drive that car.

673
00:43:09,119 --> 00:43:10,987
Was anyone with him
in the car?

674
00:43:12,222 --> 00:43:15,024
No. He was alone.

675
00:43:15,026 --> 00:43:17,460
You're willing to
testify to that in court?

676
00:43:17,462 --> 00:43:20,096
If I have to.

677
00:43:20,098 --> 00:43:24,133
Irwin, get a sworn statement
from Officer McCoy,
then escort him out.

678
00:43:24,135 --> 00:43:25,668
Officer.

679
00:43:32,543 --> 00:43:33,943
Wow.

680
00:43:34,778 --> 00:43:36,346
An honest policeman.

681
00:43:41,952 --> 00:43:44,320
See what your publicity
stirs up?

682
00:43:44,322 --> 00:43:47,156
No, it just brings 'em out
where you can see 'em.

683
00:43:48,759 --> 00:43:50,493
Give us justice!

684
00:43:50,495 --> 00:43:52,528
That doesn't look
anything like me.

685
00:43:53,731 --> 00:43:55,198
Does it?

686
00:44:05,442 --> 00:44:08,244
The State of Connecticut
v. Joseph Spell.

687
00:44:08,246 --> 00:44:09,979
Are counsel
ready to proceed?

688
00:44:09,981 --> 00:44:12,148
Ready for the State.

689
00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:13,750
We are, Your Honor.

690
00:44:13,752 --> 00:44:16,586
Mr. Willis, you may call
your first witness.

691
00:44:16,588 --> 00:44:19,856
The State calls Greenwich Police
Captain Burke to the stand.

692
00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:31,467
Would you
identify these photos,
Captain Burke?

693
00:44:31,469 --> 00:44:34,003
Yes, sir.
That's the Kensico Reservoir.

694
00:44:35,372 --> 00:44:37,707
Did you find any evidence
at the scene

695
00:44:37,709 --> 00:44:39,342
that pertains to
this case?

696
00:44:39,344 --> 00:44:41,944
Yes, sir, we did.

697
00:44:41,946 --> 00:44:44,681
We found Mrs. Strubing's
sealskin coat
floating in the reservoir,

698
00:44:44,683 --> 00:44:47,116
under the bridge,
about here.

699
00:44:47,118 --> 00:44:50,987
Then about here,
on the guardrail,
we found some strands of fabric.

700
00:44:50,989 --> 00:44:53,489
I believe they were stuck
to some bird droppings.

701
00:44:53,491 --> 00:44:56,492
Were you able to
identify the fabric?

702
00:44:56,494 --> 00:45:00,363
Yes, sir. It matched the fabric
from Mrs. Strubing's
sealskin coat.

703
00:45:02,733 --> 00:45:05,034
Thank you.
Nothing further.

704
00:45:07,171 --> 00:45:09,038
Your witness,
Mr. Friedman.

705
00:45:16,647 --> 00:45:18,147
Bird droppings.

706
00:45:19,049 --> 00:45:20,316
Sorry?

707
00:45:20,318 --> 00:45:24,020
Uh, bird droppings,
Captain Burke?

708
00:45:24,022 --> 00:45:25,455
Yes, that's right.

709
00:45:26,757 --> 00:45:29,358
Were you able to
identify the bird?

710
00:45:31,995 --> 00:45:34,330
May I?

711
00:45:34,332 --> 00:45:36,032
Thank you.

712
00:45:36,034 --> 00:45:38,201
Now--

713
00:45:38,203 --> 00:45:42,739
on one side of the bridge
is the reservoir,
placid as a lake.

714
00:45:42,741 --> 00:45:48,544
On the other side
is a 30-foot drop
onto a jagged rock bed.

715
00:45:48,546 --> 00:45:50,847
-Is that correct?
-You could say that.

716
00:45:50,849 --> 00:45:54,117
And the fabric
that you found
was on the lake side,

717
00:45:54,119 --> 00:45:56,519
right about here,

718
00:45:56,521 --> 00:45:58,588
around 60 feet
onto the bridge.

719
00:45:58,590 --> 00:46:00,890
Sixty-seven feet,
four inches.

720
00:46:00,892 --> 00:46:02,925
Okay.

721
00:46:02,927 --> 00:46:08,698
Did you conclude, then,
that Mrs. Strubing fell
or jumped off the bridge?

722
00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:12,135
I concluded
that she was pushed.
Pushed?

723
00:46:12,137 --> 00:46:13,803
To murder her.

724
00:46:13,805 --> 00:46:15,638
That's right.

725
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:20,209
As a trained
crime investigator, Captain,

726
00:46:20,211 --> 00:46:22,078
did you ever ask yourself,

727
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:25,248
if someone wanted
Mrs. Strubing dead,

728
00:46:25,250 --> 00:46:29,585
why not push her onto the sharp,
jagged rock bed rather than
the still lake water?

729
00:46:29,587 --> 00:46:32,455
Object.
Asking for speculation.

730
00:46:32,457 --> 00:46:35,992
Sustained. The jury will
disregard the question.

731
00:46:37,895 --> 00:46:40,930
Now--
Mrs. Strubing told you

732
00:46:40,932 --> 00:46:44,367
that after pushing her
into the water,

733
00:46:45,602 --> 00:46:47,837
Joseph threw rocks at her
from the bridge.

734
00:46:47,839 --> 00:46:49,772
Is that correct?
Yes.

735
00:46:49,774 --> 00:46:52,575
Mm-hmm.
Were there any rocks
on the bridge?

736
00:46:53,677 --> 00:46:56,078
I don't know.
There may have been.

737
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,981
But there were rocks
in the area around the bridge.
Is that correct?

738
00:46:58,983 --> 00:47:00,650
Yes, there were.

739
00:47:00,652 --> 00:47:03,286
About how big
were they?

740
00:47:03,288 --> 00:47:05,188
I really
couldn't say.

741
00:47:10,427 --> 00:47:11,727
Were they...

742
00:47:13,630 --> 00:47:15,932
any bigger than this,
Captain?

743
00:47:19,336 --> 00:47:21,237
I can't say they were.

744
00:47:29,613 --> 00:47:33,115
This... This is a pebble,
isn't it, Captain?

745
00:47:33,117 --> 00:47:34,917
You could call it that.

746
00:47:36,553 --> 00:47:37,854
What would <i>you</i> call it?

747
00:47:40,157 --> 00:47:41,691
A pebble.

748
00:47:44,529 --> 00:47:47,697
A pebble.

749
00:47:47,699 --> 00:47:51,868
So, in summary, Captain,

750
00:47:51,870 --> 00:47:54,670
it is your belief
that this man

751
00:47:54,672 --> 00:47:58,908
threw Mrs. Strubing
into a placid lake,

752
00:47:58,910 --> 00:48:01,911
then gathered pebbles
to toss at her

753
00:48:01,913 --> 00:48:04,146
while she waited patiently
under the bridge.

754
00:48:04,148 --> 00:48:06,148
Object.

755
00:48:06,150 --> 00:48:08,251
Withdrawn.

756
00:48:08,253 --> 00:48:10,920
No further questions,
Your Honor.

757
00:48:10,922 --> 00:48:13,189
Captain Burke,
you are excused.

758
00:48:13,191 --> 00:48:15,157
Court is adjourned.

759
00:48:15,159 --> 00:48:16,459
All rise.

760
00:48:20,397 --> 00:48:21,797
Mr. Friedman.

761
00:48:23,033 --> 00:48:25,134
Well done.

762
00:48:26,036 --> 00:48:28,337
Well done.
Let's go.

763
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,174
Why are you smiling?

764
00:48:32,176 --> 00:48:35,011
I think we scored
some points there.

765
00:48:35,013 --> 00:48:37,446
This isn't
a sporting event.

766
00:48:37,448 --> 00:48:39,782
A man's life
is on the line.

767
00:48:39,784 --> 00:48:41,550
A word with you,
Friedman.

768
00:48:41,552 --> 00:48:43,519
Yes, of course.

769
00:48:43,521 --> 00:48:44,921
Alone.

770
00:48:46,189 --> 00:48:48,391
Or to you both.

771
00:48:48,393 --> 00:48:51,794
The doctor who examined Ellie
is testifying tomorrow.

772
00:48:51,796 --> 00:48:54,630
It's rather personal,
of course.

773
00:48:54,632 --> 00:48:55,932
These are
private people--

774
00:48:55,934 --> 00:48:58,034
Please
get to the point.

775
00:48:58,036 --> 00:48:59,368
Excuse me?

776
00:49:01,271 --> 00:49:04,273
I've spoken with John Strubing,
and he's willing
to consider a plea.

777
00:49:04,275 --> 00:49:05,942
It's my decision,
of course,

778
00:49:05,944 --> 00:49:08,611
but plead your boy
and I'll recommend
a sentence of 20 years.

779
00:49:08,613 --> 00:49:10,513
Otherwise,
he gets life.
No.

780
00:49:11,648 --> 00:49:13,549
No deals.

781
00:49:15,252 --> 00:49:17,186
Mr. Friedman?

782
00:49:18,455 --> 00:49:20,423
Not my call.

783
00:49:20,425 --> 00:49:22,892
Of course. You have to
speak to your client.

784
00:49:22,894 --> 00:49:25,361
I'll expect
a different answer
in the morning.

785
00:49:29,833 --> 00:49:31,567
Even with good behavior,

786
00:49:31,569 --> 00:49:33,970
you'd be locked up
at least 14 years.

787
00:49:35,772 --> 00:49:37,707
I could maybe do that.

788
00:49:41,244 --> 00:49:43,412
They don't know
we found the cop,
Joseph.

789
00:49:44,748 --> 00:49:46,816
We don't even know
if Strubing will show up.

790
00:49:46,818 --> 00:49:49,919
-You could walk out of here
a free man.
-But if she does--

791
00:49:49,921 --> 00:49:51,420
If you wrong--
Listen.

792
00:49:51,422 --> 00:49:53,723
The decision is yours.
Sam.

793
00:49:55,192 --> 00:49:57,626
I need to talk
to Joseph.

794
00:49:57,628 --> 00:50:00,830
Are you asking me
to leave?
Of course not.

795
00:50:00,832 --> 00:50:02,999
He's your client.

796
00:50:03,001 --> 00:50:04,900
I'm asking you
to listen.

797
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:12,208
When we first met,

798
00:50:12,210 --> 00:50:16,379
I told you I'd only defend you
if you were innocent, and
you told me you were innocent.

799
00:50:16,381 --> 00:50:19,482
You remember?
I remember.

800
00:50:19,484 --> 00:50:22,451
Did you lie to me?
No, I didn't lie.

801
00:50:22,453 --> 00:50:26,255
So I'm gonna ask you again.
Did you commit this crime?

802
00:50:27,524 --> 00:50:30,693
No.
But you're willing
to say you did.

803
00:50:30,695 --> 00:50:33,029
If I got to.
For the deal.

804
00:50:33,031 --> 00:50:34,897
If you "got to"?

805
00:50:40,303 --> 00:50:42,972
My great-granddaddy
was a slave.

806
00:50:45,242 --> 00:50:47,276
Were your people slaves,
Joseph?

807
00:50:48,845 --> 00:50:51,914
When we were slaves
we had to do
what the master said.

808
00:50:51,916 --> 00:50:54,884
But... we're not slaves now,
are we?

809
00:50:54,886 --> 00:50:57,219
No, we ain't slaves.

810
00:50:57,221 --> 00:50:59,355
You say that
like it's nothin'.

811
00:50:59,357 --> 00:51:03,659
We ain't slaves
because we rose up and we fought
and we fought and we fought

812
00:51:03,661 --> 00:51:05,294
till we got our freedom.

813
00:51:06,363 --> 00:51:08,264
Isn't that right?

814
00:51:10,167 --> 00:51:12,735
My granddaddy escaped
when he was 15.

815
00:51:14,237 --> 00:51:17,239
Fought off four men
and an attack dog,
my mama said.

816
00:51:17,241 --> 00:51:20,709
Okay,
then you tell me this.

817
00:51:20,711 --> 00:51:23,412
After what your granddaddy did
to get his freedom,

818
00:51:23,414 --> 00:51:26,949
you're just gonna
give it right back
for nothing,

819
00:51:26,951 --> 00:51:28,818
for something
you didn't even do?

820
00:51:30,387 --> 00:51:32,254
Understand this.

821
00:51:32,256 --> 00:51:35,925
If you want your freedom,
you're gonna have to
fight for it.

822
00:51:35,927 --> 00:51:38,694
But you don't have to
fight alone.
That's why I'm here.

823
00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:42,198
We've got weapons now,
Joseph.

824
00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:44,733
Our people do.

825
00:51:44,735 --> 00:51:46,635
Weapons
we didn't have before.

826
00:51:49,606 --> 00:51:51,540
We've got the law.

827
00:51:52,709 --> 00:51:55,811
And you've got Sam,

828
00:51:55,813 --> 00:52:00,983
one of the finest young
trial lawyers in this country,
on your side.

829
00:52:04,387 --> 00:52:06,222
You really think
we can win?

830
00:52:08,425 --> 00:52:11,193
I wouldn't be here
if I didn't think
we could win.

831
00:52:15,265 --> 00:52:18,033
Dr. Sayer,
please tell the jury
your field of specialty.

832
00:52:19,269 --> 00:52:21,937
I specialize
in the field of gynecology,

833
00:52:21,939 --> 00:52:25,307
and I deliver babies.

834
00:52:25,309 --> 00:52:28,010
Aww!
 On the morning she was discovered in the reservoir,

835
00:52:28,012 --> 00:52:31,947
did you have occasion
to examine
Mrs. Eleanor Strubing?

836
00:52:31,949 --> 00:52:33,649
Yes.

837
00:52:33,651 --> 00:52:36,585
She was brought to my home
by the police at, uh...

838
00:52:37,754 --> 00:52:40,890
Let's see.
6:30 in the morning.

839
00:52:41,958 --> 00:52:43,726
Did she tell you
what had happened?

840
00:52:45,295 --> 00:52:47,029
Objection. Hearsay.

841
00:52:47,031 --> 00:52:48,998
Overruled.

842
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,432
Doctor?

843
00:52:51,434 --> 00:52:53,702
I've forgotten
the question.

844
00:52:53,704 --> 00:52:55,504
What did Mrs. Strubing
tell you?

845
00:52:56,773 --> 00:52:59,208
She told me
that she had been raped

846
00:52:59,210 --> 00:53:01,243
by a colored man
who worked for her.

847
00:53:03,213 --> 00:53:07,016
What was her mental state
during all of this?

848
00:53:07,018 --> 00:53:10,953
She was
severely distraught,
weeping.

849
00:53:10,955 --> 00:53:14,523
She kept repeating,
"Am I pregnant?
Am I pregnant?"

850
00:53:15,725 --> 00:53:18,894
Did you then
examine her?
Yes.

851
00:53:18,896 --> 00:53:21,897
My wife assisted
by removing her clothing.

852
00:53:21,899 --> 00:53:24,733
It was torn,
wet, and muddy.

853
00:53:25,969 --> 00:53:29,538
I noted bruises
on her arms and legs

854
00:53:29,540 --> 00:53:32,441
and numerous abrasions
and contusions
on both extremities.

855
00:53:33,577 --> 00:53:35,911
I then performed
an internal exam.

856
00:53:35,913 --> 00:53:39,148
Do you have an opinion,
based upon reasonable
medical certainty,

857
00:53:39,150 --> 00:53:41,317
as to whether or not
she had been raped?

858
00:53:42,819 --> 00:53:44,386
Beyond question,
Mr. Willis.

859
00:53:44,388 --> 00:53:47,790
It was all consistent
with rape.

860
00:53:49,526 --> 00:53:50,960
Thank you.

861
00:53:52,062 --> 00:53:53,729
Your witness.

862
00:53:53,731 --> 00:53:55,664
Get the records.

863
00:53:57,267 --> 00:53:59,068
Medical records.
Get them.

864
00:53:59,070 --> 00:54:01,270
Your Honor, may we please
see the medical records
of Dr. Sayer?

865
00:54:01,272 --> 00:54:03,439
Object.
These are personal.

866
00:54:05,175 --> 00:54:06,875
Overruled.

867
00:54:06,877 --> 00:54:09,945
I'm sorry, Mr. Willis,
but the witness
referred to them.

868
00:54:09,947 --> 00:54:12,314
They must be
turned over.
Thank you, Your Honor.

869
00:54:13,550 --> 00:54:15,484
May I?

870
00:54:34,804 --> 00:54:39,475
Abrasions and contusions.
Those are scrapes and cuts,
aren't they, Doctor?

871
00:54:39,477 --> 00:54:42,077
Yes. Scrapes,
scratches, bruises.

872
00:54:42,079 --> 00:54:43,946
Right.

873
00:54:43,948 --> 00:54:46,715
Well, the fall from the bridge
and the climb
through the pine forest

874
00:54:46,717 --> 00:54:49,018
could be responsible
for cuts and bruises,
could it not?

875
00:54:50,053 --> 00:54:51,287
It's possible.

876
00:55:02,132 --> 00:55:05,034
You did an internal exam
and you found...

877
00:55:06,403 --> 00:55:09,805
"edema, swelling,
traces of blood."

878
00:55:09,807 --> 00:55:12,308
-Yes.
-Mm-hmm.

879
00:55:12,310 --> 00:55:15,844
And it was based on this
that you determined
that she was raped?

880
00:55:15,846 --> 00:55:17,846
Indeed.

881
00:55:17,848 --> 00:55:19,381
But those same findings...

882
00:55:20,817 --> 00:55:23,419
are equally consistent
with a woman who took a lover

883
00:55:23,421 --> 00:55:26,588
and engaged
in vigorous sexual intercourse
over the course of an evening.

884
00:55:26,590 --> 00:55:29,858
Objection. How dare you.
There is no evidence
of any lover.

885
00:55:29,860 --> 00:55:31,460
Sustained.

886
00:55:31,462 --> 00:55:34,430
There's no place for that
in my courtroom,
Mr. Friedman.

887
00:55:35,765 --> 00:55:38,300
Um, of course, Your Honor.

888
00:55:38,302 --> 00:55:40,903
I-I'm sorry.

889
00:55:50,213 --> 00:55:52,781
-Hello?
-Hey, baby.

890
00:55:54,117 --> 00:55:56,385
No, they just pulled me
out of proceedings.

891
00:55:56,387 --> 00:55:57,920
<i>The baby...</i>

892
00:55:59,656 --> 00:56:01,256
didn't make it.

893
00:56:04,027 --> 00:56:07,596
And it was just
so much worse this time.
The bleeding was just...

894
00:56:08,565 --> 00:56:09,998
<i>It wouldn't stop.</i>

895
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:11,300
I'm so sorry.

896
00:56:13,871 --> 00:56:15,904
<i>I should be there.</i>

897
00:56:21,311 --> 00:56:22,644
Buster?

898
00:56:24,848 --> 00:56:26,315
Buster,
are you there?

899
00:56:27,384 --> 00:56:28,784
Yeah, I'm...

900
00:56:30,353 --> 00:56:31,720
I'm here.

901
00:56:33,556 --> 00:56:34,957
Where are you?

902
00:56:38,862 --> 00:56:41,163
Do you have
any further questions,
Mr. Friedman?

903
00:56:59,716 --> 00:57:02,518
Mrs. Strubing told you
that she resisted her assailant?

904
00:57:02,520 --> 00:57:04,420
Yes, she did.
Mm-hmm.

905
00:57:04,422 --> 00:57:06,889
And you looked
under her fingernails
too, didn't you,

906
00:57:06,891 --> 00:57:08,957
to see if you could find
any traces of skin?

907
00:57:08,959 --> 00:57:10,459
I did.

908
00:57:10,461 --> 00:57:13,262
What did you find?

909
00:57:13,264 --> 00:57:15,431
Splinters,
dirt in some--

910
00:57:15,433 --> 00:57:17,566
- Any skin, Doctor?
- No, Sam.

911
00:57:17,568 --> 00:57:20,402
Yes. I was just
about to get to that.

912
00:57:20,404 --> 00:57:22,371
Excuse me?

913
00:57:22,373 --> 00:57:23,839
There was skin.

914
00:57:27,277 --> 00:57:29,745
Wh-Where...

915
00:57:29,747 --> 00:57:33,816
Where in these records
does it say anything
about finding traces of skin?

916
00:57:33,818 --> 00:57:36,952
It's not in the records.

917
00:57:36,954 --> 00:57:41,056
My wife took the notes.
She did not write down
that bit of information.

918
00:57:43,159 --> 00:57:45,894
Why not, Doctor?
Why would she not record that?

919
00:57:47,497 --> 00:57:51,400
Out of respect
for the patient's privacy,
Mr. Friedman.

920
00:57:52,902 --> 00:57:55,003
It was the skin
of a colored man.

921
00:58:00,477 --> 00:58:02,678
No further questions.

922
00:58:02,680 --> 00:58:06,148
It wasn't in the records.
They got a doctor
to lie under oath.

923
00:58:06,150 --> 00:58:07,716
How do we fight
against that?

924
00:58:08,818 --> 00:58:10,853
You asked
the exact question

925
00:58:10,855 --> 00:58:12,788
Willis wanted you
to ask.

926
00:58:12,790 --> 00:58:15,691
-What were you thinking?
-Where the hell were you? Hmm?

927
00:58:15,693 --> 00:58:17,593
Getting instructions
from Walter White?

928
00:58:17,595 --> 00:58:20,963
See what happens
when I don't hold your hand?
You panic like an amateur.

929
00:58:20,965 --> 00:58:23,265
You should have let him
take the deal.

930
00:58:23,267 --> 00:58:27,102
Goddamn it, would you
shut up about the deal?
We have an alibi witness.

931
00:58:27,104 --> 00:58:28,670
What don't you get?

932
00:58:28,672 --> 00:58:32,541
They will have McCoy
change his testimony.
Just watch.

933
00:58:32,543 --> 00:58:36,144
Let them.
We'll take his sworn statement
and shove it up his ass.

934
00:58:36,146 --> 00:58:40,115
No, tomorrow morning
I'm asking Willis if the offer
is still on the table.

935
00:58:40,117 --> 00:58:43,285
The NAACP
isn't taking any deals.

936
00:58:43,287 --> 00:58:47,289
-The NAACP isn't the one
with its life on the line here.
-Yes, it is, goddamn it.

937
00:58:51,194 --> 00:58:53,862
You're using him.

938
00:58:53,864 --> 00:58:55,797
That's all this is.

939
00:58:55,799 --> 00:58:57,900
Just like you said
the Communists would.

940
00:58:57,902 --> 00:59:01,737
We're giving him
the best possible defense
under the circumstances.

941
00:59:01,739 --> 00:59:03,839
Mmm. Yeah.

942
00:59:03,841 --> 00:59:07,809
I'm sure he'll feel really lucky
as he sits in prison
for the rest of his life.

943
00:59:07,811 --> 00:59:10,979
Let's not act like
it's Joseph Spell you're
concerned for all of a sudden.

944
00:59:10,981 --> 00:59:13,482
What is that
supposed to mean?

945
00:59:13,484 --> 00:59:16,818
From the moment you got
involved in this, you've
been looking for a way out.

946
00:59:16,820 --> 00:59:19,688
Play nice with the DA,
earn yourself a favor,

947
00:59:19,690 --> 00:59:22,558
maybe they'll let you
in their neighborhood
or their club one day.

948
00:59:22,560 --> 00:59:24,760
Well, get this
through your head.

949
00:59:24,762 --> 00:59:27,763
The only way to
get through a bigot's door
is to break it down.

950
00:59:30,233 --> 00:59:33,368
Must be easy
for you to say, huh?

951
00:59:33,370 --> 00:59:36,171
See, it's my life
that is on the line here.

952
00:59:36,173 --> 00:59:39,074
My family, my practice,
my future.

953
00:59:39,076 --> 00:59:43,946
What do you have?
You have nothing to lose.

954
00:59:43,948 --> 00:59:48,584
No, you just sweep
through town, stirring up
all kinds of ugliness,

955
00:59:48,586 --> 00:59:50,519
then move right on.

956
00:59:52,088 --> 00:59:55,991
No one will ever
even remember you were here.

957
00:59:58,094 --> 01:00:00,662
Oh, fuck you, Sam.

958
01:00:02,565 --> 01:00:04,499
Fuck you.

959
01:00:23,886 --> 01:00:26,622
Hey.
You two okay?

960
01:00:40,069 --> 01:00:42,504
Please take the stand,
Mrs. Strubing.

961
01:00:53,950 --> 01:00:55,917
Mrs. Strubing,
you reside in Greenwich?

962
01:00:57,820 --> 01:01:03,592
Yes. My husband John and I
moved from Philadelphia
about a year ago.

963
01:01:03,594 --> 01:01:06,595
Is your husband here
in the courtroom today?

964
01:01:06,597 --> 01:01:08,196
Of course.

965
01:01:08,198 --> 01:01:10,098
Sitting in the front.

966
01:01:12,268 --> 01:01:17,706
Mrs. Strubing,
do you remember the night
you were attacked?

967
01:01:17,708 --> 01:01:20,275
Mr. Willis, I assure you,
I will never forget it.

968
01:01:22,045 --> 01:01:23,745
Please tell the jury
what happened.

969
01:01:26,849 --> 01:01:30,652
My husband
was away on business,

970
01:01:30,654 --> 01:01:34,222
as he is often, I'm afraid.

971
01:01:34,224 --> 01:01:37,459
I had dinner with friends--
the Moores.

972
01:01:37,461 --> 01:01:41,863
And I arrived home
around ten o'clock

973
01:01:41,865 --> 01:01:45,534
and then I decided
to shower before bed.

974
01:01:45,536 --> 01:01:49,037
And I was fixing my hair.

975
01:01:50,707 --> 01:01:53,709
And he came in the room.

976
01:01:53,711 --> 01:01:56,378
He came after me
and started chasing me.

977
01:02:00,750 --> 01:02:02,484
He had a knife.

978
01:02:02,486 --> 01:02:04,653
The knife was pointed
at my throat,

979
01:02:04,655 --> 01:02:07,055
and I--

980
01:02:07,057 --> 01:02:08,990
I thought of screaming,
but...

981
01:02:10,259 --> 01:02:11,993
I couldn't.

982
01:02:11,995 --> 01:02:14,262
He-- He penetrated me.

983
01:02:15,198 --> 01:02:16,832
I couldn't make him stop.

984
01:02:18,034 --> 01:02:20,268
His body was crushing me.

985
01:02:21,604 --> 01:02:23,505
What happened next,
Mrs. Strubing?

986
01:02:26,843 --> 01:02:29,211
He said he wasn't finished
with me.

987
01:02:31,848 --> 01:02:33,415
And then he did it again.

988
01:02:33,417 --> 01:02:35,751
Did what?

989
01:02:38,354 --> 01:02:39,855
Raped me, Mr. Willis.

990
01:02:41,257 --> 01:02:43,458
And then what happened?

991
01:02:43,460 --> 01:02:48,363
When it was over, he said,
"We're going for a ride,
Mrs. Strubing."

992
01:02:48,365 --> 01:02:50,632
After all that,

993
01:02:50,634 --> 01:02:53,101
he still called me
"Mrs. Strubing."

994
01:02:54,804 --> 01:02:57,005
Then he tore my dress
with his hands...

995
01:02:58,574 --> 01:03:00,509
and gagged me.

996
01:03:01,911 --> 01:03:05,480
I show you Exhibit "H."

997
01:03:05,482 --> 01:03:08,750
-Is this the dress?
-Yes. That's it.

998
01:03:08,752 --> 01:03:12,654
And is this, Exhibit "I,"
taken from that dress,

999
01:03:12,656 --> 01:03:15,323
similar to the gag
he used on you?

1000
01:03:15,325 --> 01:03:17,793
-Identical.
-Then what happened?

1001
01:03:17,795 --> 01:03:19,561
We started driving.

1002
01:03:19,563 --> 01:03:24,966
I had to lay down on the floor
so that I wasn't seen.

1003
01:03:24,968 --> 01:03:28,170
He came around,
pulled me out of the car.

1004
01:03:28,172 --> 01:03:31,473
And I remember
feeling weightless.

1005
01:03:34,644 --> 01:03:36,912
Suddenly I was freezing.

1006
01:03:36,914 --> 01:03:39,548
Rocks were hitting around me.

1007
01:03:40,750 --> 01:03:42,651
Mrs. Strubing,

1008
01:03:42,653 --> 01:03:44,986
do you see the man
who raped you

1009
01:03:44,988 --> 01:03:47,789
in this courtroom today?

1010
01:03:47,791 --> 01:03:49,224
Yes.

1011
01:03:51,194 --> 01:03:52,994
He's right over there.

1012
01:03:52,996 --> 01:03:55,163
The colored man.

1013
01:03:56,532 --> 01:04:00,569
For the record, Mrs. Strubing,
which colored man?

1014
01:04:02,205 --> 01:04:04,072
The one in the brown suit.

1015
01:04:06,776 --> 01:04:08,243
Thank you.

1016
01:04:11,681 --> 01:04:14,382
One more question,
Mrs. Strubing.

1017
01:04:14,384 --> 01:04:18,954
Did you encounter anybody else
during your time with Mr. Spell?

1018
01:04:18,956 --> 01:04:21,623
Yes, as we were driving
toward the reservoir,

1019
01:04:21,625 --> 01:04:23,658
the car suddenly filled
with red light.

1020
01:04:23,660 --> 01:04:27,295
It was the police.
I thought, at last,
I was saved.

1021
01:04:27,297 --> 01:04:29,564
And then Joseph said
to get down back there

1022
01:04:29,566 --> 01:04:32,701
and if I made a sound,
that he would cut my throat.

1023
01:04:32,703 --> 01:04:35,370
Then I heard the policeman.

1024
01:04:35,372 --> 01:04:38,073
And I thought,
please, please, just look.

1025
01:04:38,075 --> 01:04:40,242
But he didn't.

1026
01:04:40,244 --> 01:04:42,210
He-He spoke with Joseph
and then he left.

1027
01:04:44,214 --> 01:04:47,449
I'm so sorry.
I did not want to cry.

1028
01:04:48,184 --> 01:04:49,885
I'm so sorry.

1029
01:04:49,887 --> 01:04:52,921
You've been very strong,
Mrs. Strubing.

1030
01:04:52,923 --> 01:04:55,223
She certainly has,
Your Honor.

1031
01:04:55,225 --> 01:04:57,158
No more questions.

1032
01:05:30,860 --> 01:05:32,627
Hi there.

1033
01:05:32,629 --> 01:05:35,096
Name, sir?
Sam-- Friedman.

1034
01:05:35,098 --> 01:05:37,432
Sam Friedman.
Friedman.

1035
01:05:37,434 --> 01:05:39,467
I don't seem to have
your name here, sir.

1036
01:05:39,469 --> 01:05:41,970
Actually,
I'm a friend of--

1037
01:05:41,972 --> 01:05:43,972
Hold onto this for me.

1038
01:05:43,974 --> 01:05:46,541
Sir, you can't
go back there.

1039
01:05:46,543 --> 01:05:48,410
Gentlemen,
you must leave now!

1040
01:05:48,412 --> 01:05:50,946
Marshall, this is not
the kind of place
you want to make a scene.

1041
01:05:50,948 --> 01:05:52,714
I know.
I used to work in a place
just like this.

1042
01:05:52,716 --> 01:05:54,916
That's exactly
what my father said.

1043
01:05:54,918 --> 01:05:57,552
If we just let the Reds
and the Nazis fight it out,

1044
01:05:57,554 --> 01:05:59,287
they'll take care
of each other beautifully.

1045
01:05:59,289 --> 01:06:03,091
This club is
for members only, boy.

1046
01:06:03,093 --> 01:06:07,896
Lorin, it appears that you have
some rather unique admirers.

1047
01:06:14,771 --> 01:06:18,273
-This is a private club.
-She wasn't in the car, Lorin.

1048
01:06:18,275 --> 01:06:20,976
-Excuse me?
-You had her lie
on the stand today.

1049
01:06:21,978 --> 01:06:23,912
Are you accusing me
of a crime?

1050
01:06:23,914 --> 01:06:27,082
Yeah. That's exactly
what I'm doing.

1051
01:06:29,151 --> 01:06:31,252
Who do you think
you are?

1052
01:06:31,254 --> 01:06:35,357
We have a sworn statement
from an Officer McCoy that
Spell was alone that night.

1053
01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:38,793
I don't care
what you have.

1054
01:06:38,795 --> 01:06:40,929
Ellie Strubing
told the Greenwich
police everything

1055
01:06:40,931 --> 01:06:43,431
when she first recounted
the crime.

1056
01:06:43,433 --> 01:06:46,201
If she wasn't in the car,
how could she have known the car
had been stopped, hmm?

1057
01:06:46,203 --> 01:06:48,403
Here.

1058
01:06:50,973 --> 01:06:53,475
Read it.
What is this?

1059
01:06:53,477 --> 01:06:55,877
Another sworn statement.

1060
01:06:55,879 --> 01:06:59,948
This from Ellie Strubing
the morning they found her.
Dated, timed, notarized.

1061
01:06:59,950 --> 01:07:03,118
Everything she told
the Greenwich police.

1062
01:07:04,520 --> 01:07:07,055
This is fraudulent.

1063
01:07:07,057 --> 01:07:09,090
Get out of my club.

1064
01:07:19,835 --> 01:07:21,636
I've had better.

1065
01:07:41,023 --> 01:07:43,291
Are you okay, sweetie?

1066
01:07:45,327 --> 01:07:46,961
You look blue.

1067
01:07:48,531 --> 01:07:52,133
And a man as good-looking as you
has no cause to be blue.

1068
01:08:14,924 --> 01:08:16,691
Where is he?

1069
01:08:21,063 --> 01:08:22,497
Attorney Friedman.

1070
01:08:29,038 --> 01:08:31,706
I'm not much
of a conversationalist
tonight.

1071
01:08:32,808 --> 01:08:35,510
It's okay. I am.
I'm Jen.

1072
01:08:36,545 --> 01:08:38,546
Thurgood.
Pleasure.

1073
01:08:39,982 --> 01:08:41,983
I've never
seen you here before--

1074
01:08:46,622 --> 01:08:48,523
Attorney Friedman.

1075
01:08:49,725 --> 01:08:52,727
Attorney Friedman,
hold on a minute.

1076
01:08:52,729 --> 01:08:54,996
What do you want?

1077
01:08:54,998 --> 01:08:57,132
We're just eager
to introduce ourselves.

1078
01:08:58,567 --> 01:09:01,736
To you
and the nigger lawyer.

1079
01:09:01,738 --> 01:09:04,806
You don't want
to have anything to do
with this man, miss.

1080
01:09:08,944 --> 01:09:10,078
Excuse me.

1081
01:09:12,948 --> 01:09:16,584
You gentlemen
are making a big mistake.

1082
01:09:18,020 --> 01:09:20,755
There's no mistake.
We know who you are.

1083
01:09:24,860 --> 01:09:27,095
Bet you wish you had
your nigger lawyer friend now.

1084
01:09:35,505 --> 01:09:37,739
Get out of here.
Get out of here.
Hey!

1085
01:09:38,807 --> 01:09:40,408
Hold him up.

1086
01:09:42,044 --> 01:09:43,811
Let him go!
Hold on.

1087
01:09:43,813 --> 01:09:46,080
You liking this?
You kike!

1088
01:09:47,016 --> 01:09:49,284
Let him go!
Let him go!

1089
01:09:50,386 --> 01:09:52,086
Let him go!

1090
01:09:56,693 --> 01:09:58,526
-Go, go!
-Kike bastard!

1091
01:09:58,528 --> 01:10:00,094
Sam!

1092
01:10:13,909 --> 01:10:16,277
This here
is Mr. Thurgood Marshall.

1093
01:10:18,147 --> 01:10:21,382
This man is an attorney.

1094
01:10:21,384 --> 01:10:25,553
You'll be showing Mr. Marshall
all the respect he deserves.

1095
01:10:25,555 --> 01:10:26,821
Understand?

1096
01:10:37,566 --> 01:10:39,000
Sit down
and finish your bourbon.

1097
01:10:39,935 --> 01:10:41,636
Say something!

1098
01:10:43,339 --> 01:10:44,472
You're late.

1099
01:10:49,778 --> 01:10:51,980
What happened?
Huh?

1100
01:10:54,717 --> 01:10:56,551
I didn't mean
to start trouble.

1101
01:10:56,553 --> 01:10:58,319
It's not your fault.

1102
01:10:59,288 --> 01:11:01,022
Here.

1103
01:11:01,024 --> 01:11:02,590
It's okay.

1104
01:11:13,135 --> 01:11:15,703
Listen.

1105
01:11:15,705 --> 01:11:17,272
Men are men...

1106
01:11:19,908 --> 01:11:22,010
and women are women.

1107
01:11:22,978 --> 01:11:24,579
Right?

1108
01:11:26,949 --> 01:11:28,483
Right.

1109
01:11:28,485 --> 01:11:30,885
The Nazi masters of Germany...

1110
01:11:32,288 --> 01:11:35,423
have made it clear
that they intend

1111
01:11:35,425 --> 01:11:39,093
not only to dominate
all life and thought--

1112
01:11:39,095 --> 01:11:41,162
in their own country,

1113
01:11:41,164 --> 01:11:43,965
but also to enslave
the whole of Europe.

1114
01:11:43,967 --> 01:11:46,334
There's flanken.

1115
01:11:46,336 --> 01:11:48,169
Why are you so--

1116
01:11:49,505 --> 01:11:52,240
My God, Sam.
What happened to you?

1117
01:11:53,609 --> 01:11:57,245
I-- I could use some ice.

1118
01:11:59,315 --> 01:12:01,416
Hey.
What is it?
What's wrong?

1119
01:12:01,418 --> 01:12:03,718
I got in the first punch.

1120
01:12:07,756 --> 01:12:09,324
Wh-What's wrong?
What is this?

1121
01:12:09,326 --> 01:12:11,526
You've been crying.

1122
01:12:12,661 --> 01:12:15,263
No. Not now. Let's--

1123
01:12:16,198 --> 01:12:17,398
Tell me.

1124
01:12:20,035 --> 01:12:22,236
My cousin Anna,
in Kraków.

1125
01:12:24,673 --> 01:12:26,574
They took her?

1126
01:12:36,685 --> 01:12:39,120
Who is that?
I don't know.

1127
01:12:40,356 --> 01:12:41,889
Stand back.

1128
01:12:46,662 --> 01:12:48,129
Yeah.

1129
01:12:57,874 --> 01:13:00,808
Who is it?
It's me.

1130
01:13:00,810 --> 01:13:04,045
Thurgood.
Your cocounsel.
Open up!

1131
01:13:09,585 --> 01:13:11,486
What happened to you?

1132
01:13:11,488 --> 01:13:14,922
Did I come at a bad time?
What do you want, Thurgood?

1133
01:13:14,924 --> 01:13:17,859
I have thoughts
about tomorrow.

1134
01:13:17,861 --> 01:13:19,694
Tomorrow?
Get out of my house.

1135
01:13:19,696 --> 01:13:21,429
No.

1136
01:13:21,431 --> 01:13:23,297
Not until I tell you
why I'm here.

1137
01:13:36,278 --> 01:13:38,179
Hear me out.

1138
01:13:39,915 --> 01:13:41,682
You were right.

1139
01:13:42,918 --> 01:13:45,319
I had it all wrong
all along.

1140
01:13:46,455 --> 01:13:48,689
Spell was with her
all night.

1141
01:13:48,691 --> 01:13:51,058
Spell lied.

1142
01:13:51,060 --> 01:13:52,727
This is
your big epiphany?

1143
01:13:52,729 --> 01:13:55,730
Eleanor Strubing lied too.

1144
01:13:55,732 --> 01:13:57,832
Neither of them have
been telling us the truth.

1145
01:14:00,602 --> 01:14:04,972
Thurgood, you have just
broken this case wide open.

1146
01:14:04,974 --> 01:14:08,643
My God, you really
are a legal genius.

1147
01:14:09,778 --> 01:14:11,846
Men are men
and women are women.

1148
01:14:13,549 --> 01:14:17,351
Men are men
and women are women, Sam.

1149
01:14:24,827 --> 01:14:26,594
You think
it was consensual.

1150
01:14:26,596 --> 01:14:29,330
It's the only explanation
that makes sense.

1151
01:14:31,266 --> 01:14:33,401
How can we be certain?

1152
01:14:37,739 --> 01:14:40,675
We need to talk.
Talk about what?

1153
01:14:40,677 --> 01:14:44,479
Listen to me
carefully now.

1154
01:14:44,481 --> 01:14:46,914
Did you have
sexual intercourse
with Eleanor Strubing?

1155
01:14:47,983 --> 01:14:50,351
No. Why you
keep asking me that?

1156
01:14:50,353 --> 01:14:52,920
I never asked you that
before.

1157
01:14:52,922 --> 01:14:55,089
Did you have sex with her?

1158
01:14:56,291 --> 01:14:58,659
Speak, goddamn it.
I told you I didn't.

1159
01:14:58,661 --> 01:15:01,596
She says she was in that car
when it got stopped.

1160
01:15:01,598 --> 01:15:04,499
You hear her
say that in court?
I heard, but she's lying.

1161
01:15:04,501 --> 01:15:07,368
No, she's not lying.

1162
01:15:08,670 --> 01:15:12,106
-You're lying.
-Why are you taking her side?

1163
01:15:12,108 --> 01:15:14,275
The cop--
The cop never
searched the car.

1164
01:15:15,711 --> 01:15:17,545
She was in the back seat,
wasn't she?

1165
01:15:17,547 --> 01:15:19,881
No. Look, I'm telling you--

1166
01:15:19,883 --> 01:15:21,616
Get this
through your head.

1167
01:15:21,618 --> 01:15:24,018
She gave
a statement to the police
early that morning.

1168
01:15:24,020 --> 01:15:25,753
She knew then the car
had been stopped.

1169
01:15:31,560 --> 01:15:35,062
Okay.
Okay, she was there.

1170
01:15:36,498 --> 01:15:38,699
And did you have sex
with her that night?

1171
01:15:38,701 --> 01:15:40,768
Mmm.

1172
01:15:41,904 --> 01:15:43,738
Answer me.
Answer me now!

1173
01:15:43,740 --> 01:15:45,273
Yes.

1174
01:15:46,308 --> 01:15:48,109
How many times?

1175
01:15:49,344 --> 01:15:50,912
Two times.

1176
01:15:50,914 --> 01:15:54,215
So, you're guilty.

1177
01:15:54,217 --> 01:15:56,017
-You've been lying all along.
-No!

1178
01:15:56,019 --> 01:15:57,685
It wasn't rape.

1179
01:15:57,687 --> 01:16:02,023
What about
the skin under her nails?
The doctor lying too?

1180
01:16:02,025 --> 01:16:04,725
When we got to the reservoir,
I parked the car.

1181
01:16:04,727 --> 01:16:07,228
But she starts screaming,
opens the door to run out.

1182
01:16:07,230 --> 01:16:09,263
So I grabbed her
just to keep her there.

1183
01:16:09,265 --> 01:16:11,432
That's when
she scratches me.

1184
01:16:13,001 --> 01:16:15,202
-You lying to me again?
-No.

1185
01:16:15,204 --> 01:16:16,971
It's the truth.

1186
01:16:18,907 --> 01:16:21,208
Why didn't you
tell me the truth
in the first place?

1187
01:16:21,210 --> 01:16:23,611
Because I-I was confused.

1188
01:16:23,613 --> 01:16:25,546
That's not good enough,
Joseph.

1189
01:16:25,548 --> 01:16:28,215
Willis is gonna ask you
why you lied, sure as
you're standing here.

1190
01:16:28,217 --> 01:16:30,017
He's gonna ask you
in front of everyone.

1191
01:16:30,019 --> 01:16:32,119
The jury's gonna
be studying you
with all 24 eyes.

1192
01:16:32,121 --> 01:16:34,589
And you're just gonna say
you were confused?
I couldn't think straight.

1193
01:16:34,591 --> 01:16:36,557
That's not gonna swing it.

1194
01:16:36,559 --> 01:16:38,859
You lied
in a sworn statement.

1195
01:16:38,861 --> 01:16:41,395
Why would you do that?

1196
01:16:41,397 --> 01:16:44,865
Because I was scared.
All right?

1197
01:16:46,802 --> 01:16:49,837
I was scared
what they's gonna do to me
if they find out.

1198
01:17:25,240 --> 01:17:27,041
My father told me once,

1199
01:17:28,744 --> 01:17:31,412
"If anybody calls you nigger,

1200
01:17:31,414 --> 01:17:33,648
you not only
got my permission
to fight him,

1201
01:17:33,650 --> 01:17:35,983
you got my orders
to fight him."

1202
01:17:38,086 --> 01:17:42,723
Your father say anything
about being called a kike?

1203
01:17:45,327 --> 01:17:48,362
No.

1204
01:17:48,364 --> 01:17:50,331
Not to me anyway.

1205
01:17:54,302 --> 01:17:56,737
You look like
a real fighter now, Sam.

1206
01:17:59,541 --> 01:18:01,575
Like a Jewish Joe Louis.

1207
01:18:02,511 --> 01:18:04,478
Nah.

1208
01:18:04,480 --> 01:18:06,747
Barney Ross is my guy.

1209
01:18:08,950 --> 01:18:10,751
Barney Ross it is.

1210
01:18:20,729 --> 01:18:23,764
-Good morning.
-Good morning, Mr. Friedman.

1211
01:18:24,966 --> 01:18:26,867
Mrs. Strubing,

1212
01:18:26,869 --> 01:18:29,236
you're originally
from Philadelphia,
is that correct?

1213
01:18:29,238 --> 01:18:30,638
Yes.

1214
01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:32,540
College grad?

1215
01:18:32,542 --> 01:18:34,909
Bryn Mawr,
Mr. Friedman.

1216
01:18:34,911 --> 01:18:37,044
And you were an athlete,
I understand?

1217
01:18:37,046 --> 01:18:40,081
Yes, I was on the swim team.

1218
01:18:40,083 --> 01:18:42,717
Ah.

1219
01:18:42,719 --> 01:18:45,386
You and your husband
moved to your estate
in Greenwich

1220
01:18:45,388 --> 01:18:47,054
last spring,
is that correct?

1221
01:18:47,056 --> 01:18:49,090
I don't know
if I'd call it an estate.

1222
01:18:49,092 --> 01:18:52,093
I'm sorry. A mansion?

1223
01:18:52,095 --> 01:18:55,496
John and I moved here,
to Greenwich, rather,
last May.

1224
01:18:55,498 --> 01:18:57,431
Mm-hmm.

1225
01:18:57,433 --> 01:19:01,035
But your husband was away
on the night of this incident.
Is that right?

1226
01:19:01,037 --> 01:19:03,738
Yes, as I said, on business.

1227
01:19:06,441 --> 01:19:10,010
You've testified
that you went out
on the evening in question.

1228
01:19:10,012 --> 01:19:13,447
That is correct.
To the Moores'.

1229
01:19:13,449 --> 01:19:17,017
Did you, um-- Did you drink
at the Moores' home?

1230
01:19:18,253 --> 01:19:20,187
As I recall,
I drank some wine.

1231
01:19:20,189 --> 01:19:22,022
How many glasses,
would you say?

1232
01:19:23,725 --> 01:19:25,593
I don't remember.

1233
01:19:25,595 --> 01:19:26,994
But it was
more than one.

1234
01:19:29,030 --> 01:19:31,632
I didn't say that.
I said I didn't remember.

1235
01:19:32,534 --> 01:19:33,868
Mm-hmm.

1236
01:19:33,870 --> 01:19:37,638
When you drove home,
were you tipsy?

1237
01:19:37,640 --> 01:19:40,407
I never drink enough
to get tipsy.

1238
01:19:40,409 --> 01:19:45,613
Okay. So you went straight up
to your room to shower.
Is that correct?

1239
01:19:45,615 --> 01:19:47,381
Yes.

1240
01:19:47,383 --> 01:19:49,817
And when you came out
of the shower,

1241
01:19:49,819 --> 01:19:53,988
you say Joseph
was waiting for you.

1242
01:19:53,990 --> 01:19:56,824
I didn't see him at first.

1243
01:19:56,826 --> 01:19:59,460
I had no reason to believe
that I wasn't alone.

1244
01:19:59,462 --> 01:20:00,895
But then...

1245
01:20:02,597 --> 01:20:04,031
he was there.

1246
01:20:10,605 --> 01:20:13,140
You were attracted to Joseph,
weren't you, Mrs. Strubing?

1247
01:20:13,142 --> 01:20:15,142
-Objection!
That's an absurd accusation!
-What?

1248
01:20:15,144 --> 01:20:17,511
You invited him
into your bed, didn't you?
Your Honor!

1249
01:20:17,513 --> 01:20:20,481
He attacked me!
Strike the question and answer
from the record.

1250
01:20:20,483 --> 01:20:24,485
Mr. Friedman,
no more of this.
You understand me?

1251
01:20:24,487 --> 01:20:26,554
Yes, Your Honor.
Yes, of course. I'm sorry.

1252
01:20:28,323 --> 01:20:32,092
Now, your bedroom
is just below the room
where the maid slept?

1253
01:20:32,094 --> 01:20:33,627
Yes.

1254
01:20:33,629 --> 01:20:36,130
Did you scream for help?

1255
01:20:36,132 --> 01:20:38,132
I couldn't.
He had a knife.

1256
01:20:38,134 --> 01:20:40,835
Did he hold the knife
as he removed his clothing?

1257
01:20:41,870 --> 01:20:43,537
He must have.

1258
01:20:43,539 --> 01:20:47,908
So he removed his pants, belt,
zipper, whatever, with one hand?

1259
01:20:49,511 --> 01:20:51,045
Apparently so.

1260
01:20:52,113 --> 01:20:53,814
You told Mr. Willis

1261
01:20:53,816 --> 01:20:55,816
that you fought him,
but he overpowered you.

1262
01:20:55,818 --> 01:20:58,152
-Is that right?
-Yes.

1263
01:20:58,154 --> 01:21:01,789
There was a phone
right next to your bed.

1264
01:21:01,791 --> 01:21:05,392
-Did you attempt to use it?
-No. I was terrified.

1265
01:21:05,394 --> 01:21:09,730
Afraid to use the phone
or scream for help,
but not afraid to fight back?

1266
01:21:09,732 --> 01:21:12,433
You have no idea
what it feels like
to be so afraid.

1267
01:21:13,501 --> 01:21:16,036
But at no point--
at no point

1268
01:21:16,038 --> 01:21:18,806
during the hours and hours
that the two of you
were together

1269
01:21:18,808 --> 01:21:22,743
did you ever attempt
to make any calls, to escape,
to raise your voice for help?

1270
01:21:22,745 --> 01:21:25,746
-Object. This is argument.
-I was scared for my life!

1271
01:21:25,748 --> 01:21:27,848
Sustained.
The jury will disregard
the question.

1272
01:21:27,850 --> 01:21:30,150
You knew you had been unfaithful
to your husband.

1273
01:21:30,152 --> 01:21:32,519
You were terrified
of what he would do to you
if he found out.

1274
01:21:32,521 --> 01:21:34,588
And you wanted
to get away.
He is badgering the witness!

1275
01:21:34,590 --> 01:21:37,691
That is not true!
I was forced to leave the house.
He bound me!

1276
01:21:37,693 --> 01:21:40,327
He gagged me
and he dragged me to the car.

1277
01:21:40,329 --> 01:21:42,663
The police stopped the car?

1278
01:21:42,665 --> 01:21:45,032
Yes.
But still
you did not scream?

1279
01:21:45,034 --> 01:21:49,536
-He had a knife!
-Right. Right. The knife.

1280
01:21:49,538 --> 01:21:53,173
As you testified,
you were afraid that he was
gonna slash your throat

1281
01:21:53,175 --> 01:21:55,542
from the front seat
of the car, was it?

1282
01:21:55,544 --> 01:21:57,678
I couldn't make a sound.

1283
01:21:57,680 --> 01:22:00,915
-Because of the gag?
-Yes.

1284
01:22:02,117 --> 01:22:04,752
Mrs. Strubing,

1285
01:22:04,754 --> 01:22:07,454
this Exhibit "I"
is identical to the gag
that he used?

1286
01:22:07,456 --> 01:22:09,690
Yes.

1287
01:22:09,692 --> 01:22:12,259
Let's just show the jury
what he did then.

1288
01:22:12,261 --> 01:22:17,932
Mrs. Strubing,
please, please instruct
Mr. Marshall, if you would.

1289
01:22:21,102 --> 01:22:24,204
The gag was between your lips.
Is that correct, Mrs. Strubing?

1290
01:22:24,206 --> 01:22:26,340
Yes. That's correct.

1291
01:22:34,783 --> 01:22:38,218
Is this about right?

1292
01:22:38,220 --> 01:22:41,622
No, it was a bit tighter
than that.

1293
01:22:44,993 --> 01:22:46,994
How 'bout this, ma'am?

1294
01:22:46,996 --> 01:22:48,529
Yes, that's about it.

1295
01:23:01,476 --> 01:23:04,878
Now, you could have
done that, Mrs. Strubing.

1296
01:23:06,114 --> 01:23:07,848
He would have killed me.

1297
01:23:07,850 --> 01:23:11,452
-Who would have killed you?
Your husband?
-Objection!

1298
01:23:11,454 --> 01:23:13,620
-Quiet, Mr. Marshall.
-How dare you speak
to me that way.

1299
01:23:13,622 --> 01:23:17,524
There was a policeman standing
not three feet away from you.
You did not call out for help.

1300
01:23:17,526 --> 01:23:20,427
-Instead, Joseph
drove on to the reservoir.
-I'm warning you. No speaking!

1301
01:23:20,429 --> 01:23:23,297
You bolted from the car
because you were ashamed
of what you had done

1302
01:23:23,299 --> 01:23:25,499
with another man,
with a colored man!
Objection!

1303
01:23:25,501 --> 01:23:29,103
One more word out of you and
I will hold you in contempt!

1304
01:23:29,105 --> 01:23:32,106
You were afraid of what
your husband would do to you
if he found out.

1305
01:23:32,108 --> 01:23:34,274
Afraid that you were pregnant
with a colored child.

1306
01:23:34,276 --> 01:23:36,377
-Objection!
This is argument!
-Sustained.

1307
01:23:36,379 --> 01:23:39,346
-Jury will disregard.
-You jumped into that water.

1308
01:23:39,348 --> 01:23:41,882
-You wanted to end it all.
-Jumped? I was thrown.

1309
01:23:41,884 --> 01:23:45,986
I was thrown.
My hands were tied.
He tried to kill me!

1310
01:23:45,988 --> 01:23:50,791
Your hands were not tied,
Mrs. Strubing.

1311
01:23:50,793 --> 01:23:53,360
You were able
to remove your coat

1312
01:23:53,362 --> 01:23:56,196
and let it float in the water
as you swam to shore.

1313
01:23:56,198 --> 01:24:00,167
That's not true. That's a lie.
He gagged me. He tied me.

1314
01:24:00,169 --> 01:24:01,435
Raped me.

1315
01:24:05,573 --> 01:24:11,111
I am so... so sorry
for your unhappiness,
Mrs. Strubing.

1316
01:24:13,648 --> 01:24:15,049
No more questions.

1317
01:24:16,251 --> 01:24:19,787
-Mr. Willis?
-I have no questions.

1318
01:24:28,863 --> 01:24:31,598
How can we
put Spell on the stand
with all this baggage?

1319
01:24:31,600 --> 01:24:33,767
The jury needs
to hear him deny it.

1320
01:24:33,769 --> 01:24:36,203
And you bring out
all the bad stuff yourself.

1321
01:24:36,205 --> 01:24:38,572
Don't leave anything
for Willis.

1322
01:24:38,574 --> 01:24:40,874
What happens
to the organization
if we lose?

1323
01:24:40,876 --> 01:24:43,010
I don't even want
to think about it.

1324
01:24:44,913 --> 01:24:47,414
You could blame me.

1325
01:24:47,416 --> 01:24:49,450
You're one of us now, Sam.

1326
01:24:49,452 --> 01:24:51,852
Haven't you noticed?

1327
01:24:51,854 --> 01:24:56,356
In the papers they write,
"Sam Friedman and Thurgood
Marshall of the NAACP."

1328
01:25:02,397 --> 01:25:05,332
Joseph, please tell the jury
where you were raised.

1329
01:25:06,401 --> 01:25:07,835
Louisiana.

1330
01:25:09,737 --> 01:25:13,640
-You have a wife
and two children, right?
-Uh-huh.

1331
01:25:13,642 --> 01:25:17,711
Even though you have a wife,
you have another woman
in White Plains, is it?

1332
01:25:17,713 --> 01:25:19,413
Yes.
What's he doing?

1333
01:25:19,415 --> 01:25:21,748
-Ever served in the army,
Joseph?
-Yes, sir.

1334
01:25:21,750 --> 01:25:24,818
Fort Benning, Georgia,
six years. Discharged.

1335
01:25:24,820 --> 01:25:27,488
That was
a dishonorable discharge?

1336
01:25:27,490 --> 01:25:29,389
Yes.

1337
01:25:29,391 --> 01:25:32,259
Then you moved north?
That's right.

1338
01:25:32,261 --> 01:25:35,762
Before working for
the Strubings, you worked for
another family in Greenwich?

1339
01:25:35,764 --> 01:25:36,964
Yes, sir.

1340
01:25:36,966 --> 01:25:39,099
They accused you of stealing
and fired you.

1341
01:25:39,101 --> 01:25:40,934
Yes, sir.

1342
01:25:40,936 --> 01:25:42,669
And when you worked
for the Strubings,

1343
01:25:42,671 --> 01:25:44,972
did you run into
any other difficulties?

1344
01:25:44,974 --> 01:25:48,809
-No, sir.
-Did the Strubings
treat you well, Joseph?

1345
01:25:48,811 --> 01:25:51,178
She was always
real nice to me.

1346
01:25:51,180 --> 01:25:53,480
What about Mr. Strubing?

1347
01:25:59,154 --> 01:26:00,554
Was he mean to you?

1348
01:26:01,589 --> 01:26:03,624
He was mean to everybody.

1349
01:26:03,626 --> 01:26:06,059
It is what you did.
Don't lie to me.

1350
01:26:08,596 --> 01:26:11,265
Watch where
you're standing.
Yes, sir.

1351
01:26:20,441 --> 01:26:22,409
Just a second, Joseph.
I'm sorry.

1352
01:26:24,045 --> 01:26:25,913
That's quite all right,
ma'am.

1353
01:26:30,552 --> 01:26:33,320
On the night
of this incident,

1354
01:26:33,322 --> 01:26:35,856
why did you go into
Mrs. Strubing's room?

1355
01:26:35,858 --> 01:26:39,793
To ask her for money.
I had to pay a man
I'd been playing cards with.

1356
01:26:41,062 --> 01:26:42,729
What happened
when you got to the room?

1357
01:26:51,539 --> 01:26:53,774
I knocked on the door.

1358
01:26:54,876 --> 01:26:56,710
Come in.

1359
01:26:56,712 --> 01:26:59,880
I could tell she'd been sad.
She was crying.

1360
01:26:59,882 --> 01:27:02,649
-Are you okay, ma'am?
-What do you want, Joseph?

1361
01:27:03,985 --> 01:27:06,053
It can wait, Mrs. Strubing.

1362
01:27:06,055 --> 01:27:08,222
But she told me to stay,
ask my question.

1363
01:27:08,224 --> 01:27:10,824
I told her I needed some money.
She asked what for.

1364
01:27:12,060 --> 01:27:13,794
There's a man I owe.

1365
01:27:14,896 --> 01:27:16,630
Ah.

1366
01:27:24,372 --> 01:27:26,673
So she went to the bureau.

1367
01:27:29,611 --> 01:27:32,779
She said, "Is this
enough for you, Joseph?"
I said, "Yes, ma'am. Thank you."

1368
01:27:32,781 --> 01:27:34,948
But she didn't give it to me.
Then she asked me---

1369
01:27:34,950 --> 01:27:39,019
I'm not awful like him,
am I, Joseph?

1370
01:27:39,021 --> 01:27:41,021
No, ma'am.

1371
01:27:50,198 --> 01:27:52,399
Joseph.

1372
01:27:52,401 --> 01:27:55,002
She asked me not to
leave her alone that night.

1373
01:27:55,937 --> 01:27:59,172
And, uh... I didn't.

1374
01:28:22,430 --> 01:28:24,431
Then what happened?

1375
01:28:24,433 --> 01:28:26,833
Well, we went down
to the living room,
me and her.

1376
01:28:26,835 --> 01:28:29,970
-We had a drink together.
-What did the two of you
talk about?

1377
01:28:31,606 --> 01:28:33,373
She told me he beats her.

1378
01:28:34,175 --> 01:28:35,642
Who beats her?

1379
01:28:42,917 --> 01:28:44,851
Who did that?

1380
01:28:47,922 --> 01:28:49,389
My husband.

1381
01:29:14,682 --> 01:29:17,117
Did she ever resist you,
Joseph?

1382
01:29:17,119 --> 01:29:20,087
No, she didn't.
Not at all.

1383
01:29:22,623 --> 01:29:24,658
What happened next?

1384
01:29:24,660 --> 01:29:28,095
We were lying on the sofa.

1385
01:29:40,408 --> 01:29:43,043
Oh, God.

1386
01:29:43,045 --> 01:29:46,413
<i>And she heard</i> <i>some dogs barking.
</i> <i>Joseph.</i>

1387
01:29:46,415 --> 01:29:49,716
She was convinced somebody
was gonna come to the house
and find us together.

1388
01:29:49,718 --> 01:29:52,285
Get up. Get up!

1389
01:29:53,488 --> 01:29:55,655
Nobody gonna wake up.

1390
01:29:55,657 --> 01:29:59,059
<i>She started panicking.</i>
<i>I told her there's no one</i>
<i>coming. Everything's fine.</i>

1391
01:29:59,061 --> 01:30:01,862
But she was insisting on,
"We gotta get out of here.

1392
01:30:01,864 --> 01:30:05,365
We gotta get out
of here right now."
So we left the house.

1393
01:30:05,367 --> 01:30:09,336
We go down to the car,
and we drive around for a bit.

1394
01:30:09,338 --> 01:30:13,006
She sat in the back,
so it don't look wrong.

1395
01:30:13,008 --> 01:30:15,976
Then the cop car
come up from behind.

1396
01:30:17,445 --> 01:30:19,212
She get real scared.

1397
01:30:19,214 --> 01:30:21,214
She say--
Why don't you lie down
and keep quiet?

1398
01:30:21,216 --> 01:30:22,849
I can't be seen
with a colored man.

1399
01:30:22,851 --> 01:30:25,285
I say, "You lie down
and keep quiet then."

1400
01:30:25,287 --> 01:30:27,521
Don't move. Shh. Shh.

1401
01:30:28,723 --> 01:30:30,357
Oh.
Shh, shh.

1402
01:30:34,929 --> 01:30:37,397
Where'd you get
this car, boy?

1403
01:30:37,399 --> 01:30:40,834
I'm a chauffeur, sir.
Belongs to John Strubing.
Greenwich, Connecticut.

1404
01:30:43,137 --> 01:30:45,005
Identification.
Yes, sir.

1405
01:30:54,215 --> 01:30:56,049
Drive slower, boy.
Yes, sir.

1406
01:30:56,051 --> 01:30:57,984
Get your ass
out of Port Chester.

1407
01:30:57,986 --> 01:30:59,553
On my way right now, sir.
Thank you.

1408
01:30:59,555 --> 01:31:01,254
<i>What happened next?</i>

1409
01:31:01,256 --> 01:31:05,192
We get to the reservoir,
and, uh, she scream at me.

1410
01:31:06,327 --> 01:31:07,928
Joseph, stop the car.
Stop the car!

1411
01:31:07,930 --> 01:31:10,096
Joseph, stop the car!

1412
01:31:10,098 --> 01:31:12,165
What's the matter?

1413
01:31:12,167 --> 01:31:14,568
She keeps shaking her head
and saying, "What have I done?"

1414
01:31:14,570 --> 01:31:16,770
Everything's
gonna be fine,
Mrs. Strubing.

1415
01:31:16,772 --> 01:31:19,072
Just take a deep breath,
okay?
No, no, no, no.

1416
01:31:19,074 --> 01:31:22,108
No, you don't understand.

1417
01:31:22,110 --> 01:31:25,512
Maybe we should just
go back to the house, huh?

1418
01:31:25,514 --> 01:31:28,815
You don't understand.
You don't understand.

1419
01:31:28,817 --> 01:31:32,819
She keeps saying,
"I'm gonna get pregnant."
"No, you ain't," I said.

1420
01:31:32,821 --> 01:31:35,455
-You're not gonna get pregnant.
-I can't have a colored child.

1421
01:31:35,457 --> 01:31:37,858
You're not gonna have
no babies at all, okay?

1422
01:31:37,860 --> 01:31:40,827
I say,
"Just let me take you home."

1423
01:31:41,796 --> 01:31:43,129
And she screamed at me.

1424
01:31:43,131 --> 01:31:44,965
Let me out of the car!

1425
01:31:44,967 --> 01:31:46,700
I'm gonna tell everybody
you raped me!

1426
01:31:47,969 --> 01:31:49,636
She go to open the door,
and I grabbed her.

1427
01:31:49,638 --> 01:31:51,771
Let me go!
Just to keep her there.

1428
01:31:51,773 --> 01:31:54,975
That's when
she scratches my arm.
Mrs. Strubing.

1429
01:31:54,977 --> 01:31:56,776
Hey. Hey!

1430
01:31:58,112 --> 01:32:00,313
Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

1431
01:32:00,315 --> 01:32:03,283
Mrs. Strubing,
what you doing up there?

1432
01:32:03,285 --> 01:32:05,318
I yell at her
to come back, but...

1433
01:32:05,320 --> 01:32:08,121
Come on down right now.
Let's get in the car
and go home.

1434
01:32:08,123 --> 01:32:09,823
She just turned away.

1435
01:32:09,825 --> 01:32:11,591
Mrs. Strub--

1436
01:32:26,874 --> 01:32:31,444
Joseph, did you rape
Mrs. Strubing?

1437
01:32:33,314 --> 01:32:36,883
No. I did not.

1438
01:32:38,052 --> 01:32:39,986
Thank you, Joseph.

1439
01:32:42,857 --> 01:32:44,291
Your witness.

1440
01:32:47,662 --> 01:32:49,496
Not bad.

1441
01:32:49,498 --> 01:32:52,165
You wouldn't lie to the jury,
would you, Joseph?
Not bad at all.

1442
01:32:52,167 --> 01:32:53,833
No, sir, I wouldn't.

1443
01:32:53,835 --> 01:32:55,735
But the fact is,
you are a liar, aren't you?

1444
01:32:55,737 --> 01:32:57,671
Objection!
Argumentative.

1445
01:32:57,673 --> 01:33:01,174
Overruled.
It's cross-examination.

1446
01:33:02,777 --> 01:33:04,210
He's okay.

1447
01:33:04,212 --> 01:33:07,247
When you married
your first wife, Hattie,

1448
01:33:07,249 --> 01:33:10,550
you swore to God
you'd be faithful to her,
did you not?

1449
01:33:10,552 --> 01:33:14,487
-Yes, sir.
-But you weren't.
It was a lie.

1450
01:33:15,890 --> 01:33:17,691
You could say.

1451
01:33:17,693 --> 01:33:20,360
You told her you'd take care
of your children, didn't you?

1452
01:33:20,362 --> 01:33:23,163
Yes, sir.
But you haven't, have you?

1453
01:33:24,465 --> 01:33:26,866
Not so much as I should.

1454
01:33:26,868 --> 01:33:30,704
Then you were in the service
and you swore to honor
your country.

1455
01:33:30,706 --> 01:33:32,739
But that was a lie too.
No.

1456
01:33:32,741 --> 01:33:37,377
Then you came north
and you stole from
your first employer?

1457
01:33:37,379 --> 01:33:41,114
When the police picked you up,
you lied to them about your
whereabouts the night before.

1458
01:33:41,116 --> 01:33:43,783
-Didn't you?
-Yes, I did.

1459
01:33:43,785 --> 01:33:47,454
You gave a statement
under oath that you were
in a bar all night.

1460
01:33:47,456 --> 01:33:49,456
Yes.

1461
01:33:49,458 --> 01:33:52,292
So you lied to your wife,
you lied to
the State of Louisiana,

1462
01:33:52,294 --> 01:33:54,828
you lied to the police,
you lied to God.

1463
01:33:54,830 --> 01:33:57,097
Why should anyone
believe you now?

1464
01:33:57,099 --> 01:34:00,800
I don't know why they should,
except it's the truth.

1465
01:34:00,802 --> 01:34:06,506
The truth?
If it's the truth, why not
tell it from the beginning?

1466
01:34:06,508 --> 01:34:09,743
If you're an innocent man,
why lie?

1467
01:34:11,979 --> 01:34:14,748
Why lie, Mr. Spell?
Answer the question.
Tell him, Joseph.

1468
01:34:14,750 --> 01:34:19,486
If you were an innocent man,
why would you lie?

1469
01:34:19,488 --> 01:34:22,956
I tell the police
I was with her,
it was what she wanted?

1470
01:34:22,958 --> 01:34:25,091
If it's the truth.

1471
01:34:25,093 --> 01:34:29,262
In Louisiana, you know
what they do to me for being
with a white woman like that?

1472
01:34:29,264 --> 01:34:32,132
If they don't kill me
right then and there,

1473
01:34:32,134 --> 01:34:36,202
soon enough the others come,
they drag me off,
they tie me up,

1474
01:34:36,204 --> 01:34:38,238
they cut off my manhood.

1475
01:34:40,541 --> 01:34:43,276
And then I'd be swingin'
off the branch of some tree.

1476
01:34:43,278 --> 01:34:47,347
So... why'd I lie,
Mr. Willis?

1477
01:34:48,716 --> 01:34:51,117
Because the truth
gets me killed.

1478
01:34:51,119 --> 01:34:53,086
That's why.

1479
01:34:54,055 --> 01:34:55,588
I move the answer
be stricken.

1480
01:35:11,373 --> 01:35:13,273
The answer will stand.

1481
01:35:20,848 --> 01:35:22,449
Mr. Willis?

1482
01:35:25,686 --> 01:35:27,721
Nothing further, Your Honor.

1483
01:35:42,104 --> 01:35:44,070
You know what?

1484
01:35:44,072 --> 01:35:46,840
It finally looks
like a respectable
law office in here.

1485
01:35:49,677 --> 01:35:51,344
Come in.

1486
01:35:53,114 --> 01:35:55,515
There's someone here
to see you, Mr. Marshall.

1487
01:35:58,052 --> 01:35:59,486
Walter?

1488
01:36:01,689 --> 01:36:04,090
What are you doing here?
Can we talk?

1489
01:36:05,426 --> 01:36:08,762
I'll just move
to Irwin's office.

1490
01:36:12,634 --> 01:36:14,467
Come on, Walter.

1491
01:36:14,469 --> 01:36:16,302
What is this?

1492
01:36:16,304 --> 01:36:19,239
Fourteen-year-old boy
in Mississippi.
They say he killed a cop.

1493
01:36:19,241 --> 01:36:22,075
He needs a lawyer.

1494
01:36:22,077 --> 01:36:25,078
And I have to
leave tonight?
Uh-huh.

1495
01:36:25,080 --> 01:36:27,247
He ready
with the summation?

1496
01:36:27,249 --> 01:36:30,083
Sam? He will be.

1497
01:36:30,085 --> 01:36:33,353
Then there's no reason
for you to stay.
I'll take care of everything.

1498
01:36:48,235 --> 01:36:49,803
You get the picture
Renie left you?

1499
01:36:50,404 --> 01:36:52,305
Ah, yes.

1500
01:36:52,307 --> 01:36:56,042
Now, what kind
of plane is this?

1501
01:36:57,144 --> 01:37:01,080
She said
it's supposed to be you.

1502
01:37:01,082 --> 01:37:03,349
Those are ears,
not wings.
Ah!

1503
01:37:04,819 --> 01:37:06,719
She's quite a talent.

1504
01:37:08,856 --> 01:37:10,623
You were right, you know.

1505
01:37:10,625 --> 01:37:13,993
About what?
"Why would she lie?"

1506
01:37:13,995 --> 01:37:15,662
Mmm.

1507
01:37:15,664 --> 01:37:17,730
That is the question
we needed to answer.

1508
01:37:18,933 --> 01:37:20,400
Well...

1509
01:37:22,203 --> 01:37:27,574
I'm thankful Renie
got to see there's men
like you in the world.

1510
01:37:31,378 --> 01:37:34,347
I don't understand
how you can leave
before closing arguments.

1511
01:37:34,349 --> 01:37:38,218
Doesn't do anyone any good
having me sit around
waiting on a verdict.

1512
01:37:38,220 --> 01:37:40,320
What if something comes up?

1513
01:37:40,322 --> 01:37:42,989
The case is in, Sam.

1514
01:37:42,991 --> 01:37:45,992
Walter will represent
the NAACP.

1515
01:37:45,994 --> 01:37:47,460
And you'll be there
for Spell.

1516
01:37:54,802 --> 01:37:57,837
Sam, did you know
I only have one testicle?

1517
01:37:57,839 --> 01:38:00,874
Um... no.

1518
01:38:00,876 --> 01:38:02,809
Yeah.

1519
01:38:02,811 --> 01:38:07,180
In my college years,
I found myself running
from a gang of bigots

1520
01:38:07,182 --> 01:38:10,717
in a part of town
they didn't believe
I should be in.

1521
01:38:10,719 --> 01:38:12,919
My buddies,
they're ahead of me
in a truck.

1522
01:38:12,921 --> 01:38:15,221
I jump for the back,
and I'm pulling myself up,

1523
01:38:15,223 --> 01:38:19,559
but there's a jagged spike
of metal I don't see.

1524
01:38:19,561 --> 01:38:22,662
It slashes
right through my sack.

1525
01:38:22,664 --> 01:38:24,163
Yeah.

1526
01:38:25,532 --> 01:38:27,834
Why am I telling you this?

1527
01:38:27,836 --> 01:38:31,004
Well, I want you to know

1528
01:38:31,006 --> 01:38:33,172
that even sitting
in the back of that pickup,

1529
01:38:33,174 --> 01:38:35,008
my scrotum torn,

1530
01:38:35,010 --> 01:38:38,044
every bump sending shocks
of pain down my leg,

1531
01:38:38,046 --> 01:38:41,114
even that wasn't
as excruciating
as sitting there

1532
01:38:41,116 --> 01:38:44,217
watching you argue this case
these past few weeks.

1533
01:38:50,725 --> 01:38:53,192
But I did
learn something.
Huh?

1534
01:38:54,728 --> 01:38:58,531
I need an army of lawyers
just like you, Sam.

1535
01:38:58,533 --> 01:39:02,101
Lawyers who don't even know
they want to make a difference,

1536
01:39:02,103 --> 01:39:05,805
who with
just a little bit of training
can be just as capable as me.

1537
01:39:09,076 --> 01:39:12,011
Well, almost as capable.

1538
01:39:14,748 --> 01:39:17,083
And until then what?

1539
01:39:17,085 --> 01:39:21,154
You just travel
around the country
on this crusade?

1540
01:39:21,156 --> 01:39:24,424
Putting out fires
in Mississippi,

1541
01:39:24,426 --> 01:39:27,994
Oklahoma, Bridgeport?

1542
01:39:27,996 --> 01:39:31,230
It's not really fires
I'm after, Sam.

1543
01:39:32,967 --> 01:39:34,734
It's fire itself.

1544
01:39:38,005 --> 01:39:39,706
Get out your pen now.

1545
01:39:41,775 --> 01:39:44,811
Here's the closing argument
you're gonna give.

1546
01:39:44,813 --> 01:39:47,113
Who is telling the truth?

1547
01:39:47,115 --> 01:39:51,918
A woman from a fine family
with an unblemished background,

1548
01:39:51,920 --> 01:39:54,253
or a depraved man,

1549
01:39:54,255 --> 01:39:56,656
a repeat criminal
with no morals,

1550
01:39:56,658 --> 01:40:00,994
a man whose whole life
has been composed
of a series of lies?

1551
01:40:02,629 --> 01:40:06,132
Did this decent,
church-going,
intelligent woman,

1552
01:40:06,134 --> 01:40:07,967
the graduate
of a top college,

1553
01:40:07,969 --> 01:40:12,005
engage in voluntary
sexual relations
with her Negro servant

1554
01:40:12,007 --> 01:40:14,307
and then jump
into the water, for what?

1555
01:40:14,309 --> 01:40:17,710
For pleasure,
as the defense would
have you believe?

1556
01:40:17,712 --> 01:40:20,113
Of course not.

1557
01:40:20,115 --> 01:40:23,783
Joseph Spell raped
Eleanor Strubing.

1558
01:40:23,785 --> 01:40:27,353
Then he hurled her
over the bridge to kill
the only witness to his crime.

1559
01:40:27,355 --> 01:40:31,724
Acquit him, and you will
set a wild panther loose
in our midst

1560
01:40:31,726 --> 01:40:33,693
to stalk more victims,

1561
01:40:33,695 --> 01:40:35,895
to threaten the safety
and security

1562
01:40:35,897 --> 01:40:38,698
of each and every woman
in the State of Connecticut.

1563
01:40:38,700 --> 01:40:42,135
As a jury,
you have been exposed

1564
01:40:42,137 --> 01:40:45,371
to the darkness
of a sinister man's soul.

1565
01:40:48,142 --> 01:40:51,511
But you're also
in a position
of great privilege.

1566
01:40:51,513 --> 01:40:54,080
Because you...

1567
01:40:54,082 --> 01:40:56,716
you have the power

1568
01:40:56,718 --> 01:41:00,286
to do justice
on behalf of all of us.

1569
01:41:01,722 --> 01:41:03,623
Bullshit.
Thank you.

1570
01:41:04,525 --> 01:41:06,459
And God bless.

1571
01:41:14,201 --> 01:41:15,802
Mr. Friedman.

1572
01:41:18,605 --> 01:41:22,909
Why would a woman
like Eleanor Strubing

1573
01:41:22,911 --> 01:41:27,780
consent-- no, encourage--
sexual relations

1574
01:41:27,782 --> 01:41:30,083
with a man
like Joseph Spell?

1575
01:41:30,085 --> 01:41:32,418
Let me tell you why.

1576
01:41:32,420 --> 01:41:37,457
Eleanor Strubing's story
is nothing less than tragic.

1577
01:41:37,459 --> 01:41:40,393
She is a respectable woman
from a fine family.

1578
01:41:40,395 --> 01:41:42,095
She attended
the best schools.

1579
01:41:42,097 --> 01:41:45,698
She went to church
each and every Sunday.

1580
01:41:45,700 --> 01:41:49,302
As the good book says,
she was "spotless
as the lamb of God."

1581
01:41:49,304 --> 01:41:53,139
She was "spotless
as the lamb of God."

1582
01:41:53,141 --> 01:41:55,908
She and her husband John
move to Greenwich.

1583
01:41:55,910 --> 01:41:57,977
Oh, he travels frequently,

1584
01:41:57,979 --> 01:42:01,114
leaving her alone
in a new town,

1585
01:42:01,116 --> 01:42:02,982
away from her friends
and family,

1586
01:42:03,817 --> 01:42:05,985
in a vast, empty house.

1587
01:42:05,987 --> 01:42:09,255
The pangs of loneliness
hit hard.

1588
01:42:09,257 --> 01:42:11,691
She has some drinks.

1589
01:42:12,626 --> 01:42:14,026
A knock at the door.

1590
01:42:15,629 --> 01:42:17,897
-Joseph.
-Joseph.

1591
01:42:17,899 --> 01:42:21,234
She was not expecting this.

1592
01:42:21,236 --> 01:42:24,103
A young man, a handsome man.

1593
01:42:24,105 --> 01:42:27,640
In a moment of weakness,
her judgment impaired

1594
01:42:27,642 --> 01:42:29,308
by the alcohol
of the evening--

1595
01:42:29,310 --> 01:42:31,677
Consumed by loneliness,

1596
01:42:31,679 --> 01:42:35,414
she invites him
to share her bed
to ease her pain.

1597
01:42:35,416 --> 01:42:38,651
As the evening goes on,
she becomes panicked

1598
01:42:38,653 --> 01:42:40,520
that they will be discovered.

1599
01:42:40,522 --> 01:42:44,157
She must leave the house,
must escape her sin.

1600
01:42:45,592 --> 01:42:48,094
-What if she is pregnant--
-And with a colored child?

1601
01:42:48,096 --> 01:42:51,664
What if her husband
were to find out?
What would he do to her?

1602
01:42:51,666 --> 01:42:55,468
She cannot live
with the fear, the shame.

1603
01:42:55,470 --> 01:42:58,971
So then there they are,
at the reservoir.

1604
01:42:58,973 --> 01:43:03,776
An opportunity to escape
her life, her despair.

1605
01:43:03,778 --> 01:43:07,313
Joseph tries to hold her back,
but she wrangles free,
runs from the car.

1606
01:43:07,315 --> 01:43:11,317
And she plummets into the water.

1607
01:43:11,319 --> 01:43:14,787
Only as soon
as she hits the surface,

1608
01:43:14,789 --> 01:43:17,223
her years of training
take over.

1609
01:43:17,225 --> 01:43:19,692
See, she is a swimmer.

1610
01:43:19,694 --> 01:43:22,662
And she simply cannot drown.

1611
01:43:22,664 --> 01:43:25,164
With the zeal
to end her life gone,

1612
01:43:25,166 --> 01:43:27,333
her only escape--

1613
01:43:27,335 --> 01:43:28,901
She must accuse him.

1614
01:43:28,903 --> 01:43:31,470
And so a story is created.

1615
01:43:31,472 --> 01:43:32,805
A web of...

1616
01:43:35,075 --> 01:43:37,343
desperate lies

1617
01:43:37,345 --> 01:43:42,882
filled with inconsistencies,
absurdities,

1618
01:43:43,717 --> 01:43:45,518
reasonable doubts.

1619
01:43:45,520 --> 01:43:49,055
The State must prove its case
beyond a reasonable doubt.

1620
01:43:49,057 --> 01:43:51,424
It must be a clear case.

1621
01:43:51,426 --> 01:43:55,294
No scream for help
all night long.

1622
01:43:56,430 --> 01:43:58,030
Doubt.

1623
01:43:58,032 --> 01:44:01,167
No call on
the four family phones.

1624
01:44:01,169 --> 01:44:03,269
Doubt.

1625
01:44:03,271 --> 01:44:06,172
No cry to the officer
just a few feet away.

1626
01:44:06,174 --> 01:44:07,540
Doubt.

1627
01:44:07,542 --> 01:44:10,376
No rocks on a bridge.

1628
01:44:10,378 --> 01:44:11,577
Doubt.

1629
01:44:11,579 --> 01:44:14,580
Doubt, doubt, doubt.

1630
01:44:16,283 --> 01:44:18,884
The doubt, my friends,

1631
01:44:18,886 --> 01:44:20,620
is overwhelming.

1632
01:44:20,622 --> 01:44:25,691
This is why you must find
Joseph Spell not guilty.

1633
01:44:25,693 --> 01:44:28,127
Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

1634
01:44:28,129 --> 01:44:30,596
you've heard the arguments
of counsel.

1635
01:44:30,598 --> 01:44:34,333
You may now retire
to the jury room
to begin your deliberations.

1636
01:44:35,402 --> 01:44:36,836
Court is in recess.

1637
01:44:48,215 --> 01:44:50,416
Who is it?

1638
01:44:50,418 --> 01:44:51,951
It's me.

1639
01:44:57,758 --> 01:44:59,225
Mmm!

1640
01:45:02,396 --> 01:45:04,430
You're supposed
to be on a train.

1641
01:45:04,432 --> 01:45:06,532
I have a little time.

1642
01:45:13,573 --> 01:45:15,908
I heard you were
looking for me.

1643
01:45:17,444 --> 01:45:20,246
Well, Friedman,
it seems you have
beginner's luck.

1644
01:45:20,248 --> 01:45:22,682
John Strubing
just called me.

1645
01:45:22,684 --> 01:45:25,751
This whole thing has been
a terrible strain on Ellie,
as you can imagine.

1646
01:45:25,753 --> 01:45:28,254
They want it over, now.

1647
01:45:28,256 --> 01:45:30,823
I'm prepared to offer
one final deal.

1648
01:45:30,825 --> 01:45:33,359
What is it?
Five years.

1649
01:45:33,361 --> 01:45:36,996
He'll have to enter
a guilty plea right away
and admit he lied on the stand.

1650
01:45:39,032 --> 01:45:41,434
I'll speak with him.
Do it now.

1651
01:45:41,436 --> 01:45:43,903
If the jury comes back in,
the deal is off.

1652
01:45:48,842 --> 01:45:52,511
You'd be out
after three years,
with good behavior.

1653
01:45:52,513 --> 01:45:56,382
Possibly sooner.
You think
I should take it?

1654
01:45:56,384 --> 01:45:58,384
I don't know
what the jury will do.

1655
01:45:58,386 --> 01:46:01,287
It's a good deal.

1656
01:46:01,289 --> 01:46:03,823
And if they convict me?

1657
01:46:03,825 --> 01:46:06,692
Most likely you'll spend
the rest of your life
in a prison cell.

1658
01:46:08,962 --> 01:46:11,097
And I got to decide
right away?

1659
01:46:13,367 --> 01:46:15,267
What I gotta do
for the deal?

1660
01:46:18,171 --> 01:46:21,474
Admit that you raped her
and that you lied
on the witness stand.

1661
01:46:23,076 --> 01:46:25,344
Can I talk
to Mr. Marshall?

1662
01:46:25,346 --> 01:46:28,547
He's on a train
probably somewhere
in Tennessee by now.

1663
01:46:28,549 --> 01:46:30,783
I would never be able
to reach him in time.

1664
01:46:32,552 --> 01:46:34,453
What do you think
he would say?

1665
01:46:44,065 --> 01:46:45,598
Ah.

1666
01:46:50,570 --> 01:46:52,405
So, give me
good news.

1667
01:46:53,507 --> 01:46:55,307
No deal.

1668
01:46:57,010 --> 01:46:59,111
You did advise him
to accept, hmm?

1669
01:46:59,113 --> 01:47:01,747
I told him
it was a good offer.

1670
01:47:01,749 --> 01:47:03,682
I told him
what the alternative is.

1671
01:47:03,684 --> 01:47:06,852
I told him if it was me,
I would take it.

1672
01:47:09,055 --> 01:47:13,325
And I told him that no man
should ever confess to a crime
he did not commit.

1673
01:47:17,197 --> 01:47:20,299
I thought Jews
were supposed
to be smart.

1674
01:47:20,301 --> 01:47:22,301
But you sound
just like the Negro.

1675
01:47:25,138 --> 01:47:27,773
Why, thank you, Lorin.

1676
01:47:27,775 --> 01:47:30,676
That's possibly
the greatest compliment
you could've given me.

1677
01:47:57,437 --> 01:47:59,205
There's a verdict.

1678
01:48:10,083 --> 01:48:11,517
Will the foreman
please rise.

1679
01:48:11,519 --> 01:48:14,220
I'm the forewoman,
Your Honor.

1680
01:48:15,956 --> 01:48:17,690
Very well.

1681
01:48:17,692 --> 01:48:19,525
Have you reached a verdict?

1682
01:48:19,527 --> 01:48:21,093
We have, Your Honor.

1683
01:48:22,262 --> 01:48:24,530
Mr. Spell.

1684
01:48:24,532 --> 01:48:27,366
Rise and face the jury.
It's time.

1685
01:48:32,439 --> 01:48:34,406
Madame Forewoman,
what is your verdict?

1686
01:48:36,443 --> 01:48:39,378
We, the jury, find,
on the charge of rape,

1687
01:48:39,380 --> 01:48:41,480
that the defendant,
Joseph Spell,

1688
01:48:41,482 --> 01:48:43,182
is not guilty.

1689
01:48:56,063 --> 01:48:57,596
Order.

1690
01:49:00,800 --> 01:49:02,735
Is this your verdict,
so say you all?

1691
01:49:02,737 --> 01:49:04,837
We do, Your Honor.

1692
01:49:04,839 --> 01:49:06,338
That's it, Joseph.

1693
01:49:06,340 --> 01:49:07,973
We did it.

1694
01:49:07,975 --> 01:49:11,410
Mr. Spell, the jury
has found you not guilty.

1695
01:49:11,412 --> 01:49:12,778
You are released
from custody.

1696
01:49:14,014 --> 01:49:16,815
Jury is dismissed.
Court is adjourned.

1697
01:49:16,817 --> 01:49:19,218
All rise.

1698
01:49:38,204 --> 01:49:40,506
Congratulations,
Mr. White.
Thank you.

1699
01:49:44,878 --> 01:49:47,580
Mr. Spell.

1700
01:49:47,582 --> 01:49:49,915
Hi.
I'm Tad Lancaster.

1701
01:49:49,917 --> 01:49:53,252
Mr. Marshall thought
you might need a place
to sleep tonight.

1702
01:49:53,254 --> 01:49:54,987
Oh, Mr. Marshall.

1703
01:50:06,766 --> 01:50:08,167
Hello?
Hello.

1704
01:50:09,469 --> 01:50:11,570
Sam.

1705
01:50:11,572 --> 01:50:14,106
Sam, I can barely hear you.

1706
01:50:14,108 --> 01:50:17,977
-Is there a verdict yet?
-Yeah. Yeah, it's me.

1707
01:50:17,979 --> 01:50:19,912
Sam, are you there?
Yeah.

1708
01:50:19,914 --> 01:50:22,581
Yes, can you hear me?
<i>Sam?</i>

1709
01:50:22,583 --> 01:50:25,217
Not guilty! We did it!

1710
01:50:26,319 --> 01:50:27,953
-What?
-Not guilty!

1711
01:50:27,955 --> 01:50:29,888
Not guilty!

1712
01:50:29,890 --> 01:50:31,657
Not guilty.

1713
01:50:31,659 --> 01:50:34,226
<i>Not guilty!</i>
<i>Sam!</i>

1714
01:50:34,228 --> 01:50:35,761
<i>Yes!</i>
<i>Oh!</i>

1715
01:50:35,763 --> 01:50:37,196
<i>Yes. We won!</i>

1716
01:50:38,665 --> 01:50:40,566
Sam, I told you.
I told you.

1717
01:50:40,568 --> 01:50:42,635
I told you
you could bring it home.
I told you.

1718
01:50:42,637 --> 01:50:44,603
Yeah! Yes, we did it!

1719
01:50:47,608 --> 01:50:50,075
Ah.

1720
01:50:50,077 --> 01:50:52,177
Thurgood,
I'm having trouble
hearing you.

1721
01:50:52,179 --> 01:50:54,513
Sam, are you there?
Are you there?

1722
01:50:54,515 --> 01:50:58,517
Thurgood!

1723
01:51:56,342 --> 01:51:58,977
Oh, Luis.
Marshall!

1724
01:51:58,979 --> 01:52:01,013
Your wife still
putting up with you?
Look at me.

1725
01:52:01,015 --> 01:52:02,981
She dress me
from head to toe.

1726
01:52:02,983 --> 01:52:05,818
Got me looking
as sharp as you.

1727
01:52:05,820 --> 01:52:08,053
God bless you.
We really need your help.

1728
01:52:08,055 --> 01:52:11,090
I promise you I'll do
everything in my power
to help him.

1729
01:52:11,092 --> 01:52:12,825
Thank you for coming,
Mr. Marshall.

1730
01:52:12,827 --> 01:52:14,727
We really need you
in Mississippi.
My pleasure.

1731
01:52:14,729 --> 01:52:16,495
Let's get going.

1732
01:52:17,897 --> 01:52:19,865
Are you hungry?

1733
01:52:19,867 --> 01:52:24,236
You know, I very nearly
ate my briefcase on that train.

1734
01:52:24,238 --> 01:52:27,539
Well, when we get to the house,
I'll fix you a nice supper.

1735
01:52:27,541 --> 01:52:32,077
That'll be nice.
 You can fill me in on everything that's going on down here.

1736
01:52:32,079 --> 01:52:35,080
Can you slow down a little?
I got my good Sunday shoes on.

1737
01:52:44,624 --> 01:52:49,628
♪ <i>You can have all the money</i>
<i>In your hands</i> ♪

1738
01:52:49,630 --> 01:52:54,032
♪ <i>All the possessions</i>
<i>Anyone can ever have</i> ♪

1739
01:52:54,034 --> 01:52:56,702
♪ <i>But it's all</i>
<i>Worthless treasure</i> ♪

1740
01:52:56,704 --> 01:53:00,239
♪ <i>True worth is only measured</i>
<i>Not by what you got</i> ♪

1741
01:53:00,241 --> 01:53:03,542
♪ <i>But what you got</i>
<i>In your heart</i> ♪

1742
01:53:05,078 --> 01:53:09,414
♪ <i>You can have</i>
<i>You can have everything</i> ♪

1743
01:53:09,416 --> 01:53:13,619
♪ <i>What does it</i>
<i>What does it mean?</i> ♪

1744
01:53:13,621 --> 01:53:17,790
♪ <i>It all means nothing</i> ♪

1745
01:53:17,792 --> 01:53:23,662
♪ <i>If you don't stand up</i>
<i>For something</i> ♪

1746
01:53:23,664 --> 01:53:26,999
♪ <i>You can't just talk the talk</i> ♪

1747
01:53:27,001 --> 01:53:29,635
♪ <i>You got to walk that walk</i> ♪

1748
01:53:29,637 --> 01:53:31,637
♪ <i>Yes, you do</i> ♪

1749
01:53:31,639 --> 01:53:35,774
♪ <i>It all means nothing</i> ♪

1750
01:53:35,776 --> 01:53:40,946
♪ <i>If you don't stand up</i>
<i>For something</i> ♪

1751
01:53:40,948 --> 01:53:46,018
♪ <i>And I stand up for you</i> ♪

1752
01:53:46,020 --> 01:53:49,955
♪ <i>And I stand up for you</i> ♪

1753
01:53:49,957 --> 01:53:53,492
♪ <i>Yes, I will, yes, I will</i> ♪

1754
01:53:53,494 --> 01:53:57,763
♪ <i>You do the best that</i>
<i>Do the best that you can do</i> ♪

1755
01:53:57,765 --> 01:53:59,932
♪ <i>Then you can look</i>
<i>In the mirror</i> ♪

1756
01:53:59,934 --> 01:54:03,001
♪ <i>Proud of who's</i>
<i>Looking back at you</i> ♪

1757
01:54:03,003 --> 01:54:05,504
♪ <i>Define the life</i>
<i>You're living</i> ♪

1758
01:54:05,506 --> 01:54:07,940
♪ <i>Not by what you take</i>
<i>But what you're giving</i> ♪

1759
01:54:07,942 --> 01:54:09,842
♪ <i>And if you bet on love</i> ♪

1760
01:54:09,844 --> 01:54:13,879
♪ <i>There's no way</i>
<i>You'll ever lose</i> ♪

1761
01:54:13,881 --> 01:54:16,548
♪ <i>Take a stand, make a stand</i> ♪

1762
01:54:16,550 --> 01:54:18,984
♪ <i>For what's right</i> ♪

1763
01:54:18,986 --> 01:54:22,654
♪ <i>It's always worth</i>
<i>Always worth the fight</i> ♪

1764
01:54:22,656 --> 01:54:26,825
♪ <i>It all means nothing</i> ♪

1765
01:54:26,827 --> 01:54:32,631
♪ <i>If you don't stand up</i>
<i>For something</i> ♪

1766
01:54:32,633 --> 01:54:35,968
♪ <i>You can't just talk the talk</i> ♪

1767
01:54:35,970 --> 01:54:38,570
♪ <i>You got to walk that walk</i> ♪

1768
01:54:38,572 --> 01:54:40,572
♪ <i>Yes, you do</i> ♪

1769
01:54:40,574 --> 01:54:44,676
♪ <i>It all means nothing</i> ♪

1770
01:54:44,678 --> 01:54:49,915
♪ <i>If you don't stand up</i>
<i>For something</i> ♪

1771
01:54:49,917 --> 01:54:52,351
♪ <i>And I stand up for you</i> ♪

1772
01:54:52,353 --> 01:54:56,822
♪ <i>Stand for respect, dignity</i> ♪

1773
01:54:56,824 --> 01:55:01,894
♪ <i>If that's all you got</i>
<i>Then you got all you need</i> ♪

1774
01:55:01,896 --> 01:55:05,998
♪ <i>And without that</i>
<i>You don't have a thing</i> ♪

1775
01:55:06,000 --> 01:55:07,766
♪ <i>Oh, no, no</i> ♪

1776
01:55:07,768 --> 01:55:09,768
♪ <i>Rise up</i>
<i>Love, lift your hands</i> ♪

1777
01:55:09,770 --> 01:55:12,204
♪ <i>I stand with you</i>
<i>'Cause I understand</i> ♪

1778
01:55:12,206 --> 01:55:14,873
♪ <i>Ain't here to judge</i>
<i>Just to take a stand</i> ♪

1779
01:55:14,875 --> 01:55:17,409
♪ <i>The greater plan's</i>
<i>The creator's plan</i> ♪

1780
01:55:17,411 --> 01:55:20,012
♪ <i>Let's all rise</i>
<i>Like the day began</i> ♪

1781
01:55:20,014 --> 01:55:22,447
♪ <i>Reach out and touch</i>
<i>With the savior's hand</i> ♪

1782
01:55:22,449 --> 01:55:24,783
♪ <i>On rock, we stand</i>
<i>Like this native land</i> ♪

1783
01:55:24,785 --> 01:55:26,919
♪ <i>Let the ways of love</i>
<i>Be the ways of man</i> ♪

1784
01:55:26,921 --> 01:55:30,956
♪ <i>And it all means nothing, oh</i> ♪

1785
01:55:30,958 --> 01:55:36,361
♪ <i>If you don't stand</i>
<i>For something</i> ♪

1786
01:55:36,363 --> 01:55:39,731
♪ <i>You can't just talk the talk</i> ♪

1787
01:55:39,733 --> 01:55:42,301
♪ <i>You got to walk that walk</i> ♪

1788
01:55:42,303 --> 01:55:44,202
♪ <i>Yes, you do</i> ♪

1789
01:55:44,204 --> 01:55:48,473
♪ <i>It all means nothing</i> ♪

1790
01:55:48,475 --> 01:55:53,779
♪ <i>If you don't stand up</i>
<i>For something</i> ♪

1791
01:55:53,781 --> 01:55:58,951
♪ <i>And I stand up for you</i>
<i>Oh, yeah</i> ♪

1792
01:55:58,953 --> 01:56:03,822
♪ <i>I stand up for you</i> ♪

1793
01:56:03,824 --> 01:56:10,062
♪ <i>And I stand up for you</i> ♪

1794
01:56:10,064 --> 01:56:13,065
♪ <i>Stand up for you</i> ♪

1795
01:56:13,067 --> 01:56:17,803
♪ <i>Yes, I will, yes, I will</i> ♪

1796
01:56:55,141 --> 01:56:56,775
You know, there's
so many people--

1797
01:56:56,777 --> 01:56:59,945
indeed, my own sons, at times--

1798
01:56:59,947 --> 01:57:02,347
look at me with an expression
on the face

1799
01:57:02,349 --> 01:57:06,218
that they don't believe
what happened in the past.

1800
01:57:09,789 --> 01:57:13,992
There are movements
by the different branches
in this government

1801
01:57:13,994 --> 01:57:16,762
that are set to push back.

1802
01:57:18,131 --> 01:57:22,768
Oh, now it's being done,
you know, cleverly.

1803
01:57:41,254 --> 01:57:44,122
♪ <i>Mm-mm-mm</i> ♪

1804
01:57:46,526 --> 01:57:50,128
♪ <i>Mm-mm-mm</i> ♪

1805
01:57:52,198 --> 01:57:55,467
♪ <i>Mm-mm-mm</i> ♪

1806
01:57:57,603 --> 01:58:01,506
♪ <i>Mm-mm-mm</i> ♪