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Suspect Page #5
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- Year:
- 1987
- 121 min
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I'm disappointed in you, Miss Riley.
I had heard good things about you.
But your cross has been weak
and your behavior unprofessional.
Well, I'm frustrated
because I have no character witnesses -
- and I have no one to
corroborate my client's story.
And I have no material witness,
so I desperately need a continuance.
We've been through this already.
You know howl feel.
But, last night, Michael John Guthridge
contacted me. And I am convinced -
- that if he isn't the real suspect,
then he saw who is.
- You think he can identify the killer?
- Yes, I do.
Whenever defense is in trouble,
there's always a "real" suspect.
I would like to help you,-
- but I can't grant a continuance
just because your case is weak.
Your dedication is commendable,
but don't sacrifice your integrity.
Because I warn you, Miss Riley.
If I find any evidence of collusion,
- I'll have you disbarred
and charged with jury tampering.
Thank you very much for coming.
- Eddie Wonder.
- Have you a minute, sir?
respect when I was on the hill.
You weren't a "sir" then.
Good afternoon, Mr. Gray.
From where I sit,
you have to be very discreet.
Come on, Paul, discretion
was never your best position.
I hear you've taken up my slack.
You know what they say.
You can't measure a live snake.
A friend of mine
was at a party the other night.
He jogs down by the Potomac
He found this.
I remember you wearing
a pair of them at a reception.
I thought maybe
you weren't discreet enough.
I didn't want it
to come back to haunt you.
I haven't lost one that I know of,
but I appreciate your concern.
Whoever did lose it
might not want it to be found.
isn't such a bright idea, Eddie.
It's a good way to make enemies.
And this is a bad place to have enemies.
You were the one who told me
that everybody's your enemy.
It just isn't very smart
to go looking for 'em.
Maybe you're right.
Eddie, let's see that again.
I'll take a look at home.
Maybe it is mine.
- You don't need it, do you?
- What am I gonna do with it?
Detective Purcell,
- that homicides are usually committed
by the most obvious suspect.
That's the way it usually falls.
And we will agree
with your logical assumption -
- that Mr. Anderson was
the most obvious suspect.
With the evidence and my experience
it was more than just an assumption.
Your experience is impressive indeed,
Detective Purcell.
But isn't it true,
in the American justice system, -
- that the police do not determine
the guilt or innocence of a man?
Yes, that's true.
And did you know, from the
Justice Department's own research, -
- at least 343 innocent people
have been convicted of capital crimes?
25 have been executed -
- and later found to be innocent.
They were obvious suspects too.
That's enough of that.
This is a cross-examination,
not an indictment of the justice system.
I am only trying to show
that the police are not infallible.
Counselor, approach the bench.
The jury will deal with the facts of
the case, not the defense's rhetoric.
Sir, would you step down, please?
Argue the merits of the case,
or I excuse the witness.
Do you understand?
What was that about a rope?
Detective, would you say we have
an abnormal amount of homeless?
Yes, I would.
I see them across from the White House
in Lafayette Square.
We've cleared most of 'em out
It just doesn't look good.
- Anywhere else?
- Yes, Union Station.
- We have a real problem there.
- Objection.
Where is the defense
going with this?
I'll let it continue. I'm interested
in seeing where she's going myself.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Now, you said Union Station.
When I take the train, I never
see any homeless people there.
You really have to look.
We've cleared most of 'em out.
So now they use
the old Railway Express building.
Hello.
I'm looking for somebody.
Man, who do you want?
I'm looking for a man
Hi.
He's got a tattoo on his hand.
A cross. It says "Jesus the Savior. "
You know who I'm talking about?
What's the matter?
I've asked for a delay
in the start of the proceedings.
A man found murdered
at Union Station this morning -
- has been identified as
Michael John Guthridge.
Well, Your Honor then I would
like to ask for a continuance -
- until the police can ascertain
if his murder is related to this case.
I'm inclined to agree with you.
Counselor?
I don't think a decision should be made
until more information is available.
I want to give this
proper consideration.
We'll continue. I'll make my decision
known by the end of the day.
Bring in the defendant.
Call the jury.
Carl, don't!
I'm sorry, Your Honor
The defendant will remain handcuffed
during the rest of the proceedings.
- Please don't do this to me.
- Your client has done it for you.
Miss Riley,
call your first witness.
We call Dr Alan Alpert
to the stand.
Call Dr Alan Alpert.
Raise your right hand, please.
Do you swear to tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?
- I do.
- You may be seated.
Dr Alpert, you are a professor
of sociology, is that correct?
Yes.
- What is your field of expertise?
- Transient behavior.
Excuse me, counselor.
to come to the White House.
This court is adjourned
until tomorrow morning at 9.30.
Your Honor.
What about my continuance?
A juror must have left this glove.
This is where she worked.
Elizabeth Quinn's section was putting
case transcripts on computer discs.
Hey! What are you doing
on this floor?
Fourteen is secure.
I thought you could use some help.
I've already done it.
Get up to the sixteenth floor.
Eddie.
Sh*t.
What did you expect?
Something was in there.
And I'll find it if I have to read
through every goddamn case in 1968.
- How many cases?
- Over a hundred.
Paul Gray started out as
a federal prosecutor.
- Did he ever work here?
- I don't know.
All right, just hold on.
Morty said that Paul Gray
prosecuted here in the late sixties.
So tomorrow we go through
the cases he prosecuted first.
- Can you get home from here?
- Yeah, I just take the metro.
- I'm the other way.
- All right.
Eddie!
What?
Never mind.
Paul Gray prosecuted. Nothing unusual.
Eddie, Supreme Court Justice Lowell
was presiding judge on two of them.
When did he kill himself?
December, before Christmas.
What's the connection?
See if you can find me 287.
What are you doing here?
I had no place to go.
I had a friend of mine
check out those license numbers.
Nothing, just names.
413927:
Spencer Lewis.CAN 412:
Andrea Duncan.That's a Maryland plate.
- I know 'em all by heart.
- I don't care.
- What do you mean?
- I'm tired and I don't care.
Well, f*** you too. Good night.
I don't deserve this.
I don't owe you
or anybody anything.
I'm busting my ass for some creep
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