"Bobbi?" "I just saw a giant roach!" "There!" "Ugh!" "The bastard went under the bed!" "I got that bat at my first cubs game." "Could you -- could you not bang it around?" "It's the size of a beagle, jerry." "Okay, you're exaggerating." "And, honestly, the occasional roach" "Is part of life in new york city." "Your life, not mine." "Come on, you little bastard!" "Stop!" "Please?" "Stop." "Having a bug crawling on my skin" "Pretty much approximates my idea of death," "So it's either me or him, jerry," "And it seems to me like you're choosing the roach." "Shh." "But that's not rational." "I can't stay here anymore." "What?" "You know, I love being with you, but your apartment is..." "Lived in." "...Disgusting, and I don't mean that to be mean." "Really, I don't." "Come on." "It may not be neat, but it's -- it's not dirty." "Jerry, there is stuff everywhere." "I mean, you can't possibly know what's underneath it all." "I know exactly what's underneath everything -- nothing." "Except for that bagel, which is a total aberration." "I know you're used to living this way," "And I don't want to change you or give you an ultimatum." "But if you don't kill that roach and clean your apartment," "I'm never coming back." "I was almost to riverside when he tackled me." "I tried to scream, but he had knocked the wind out of me." "And then he put his hand over my mouth" "And said he would kill me if I made any noise." "And that's when he dragged me off to the bushes." "Nick:" "Exactly how did he drag you?" "Oh." "Right." "By the neck." "Like his arm was around my neck." "That's important." "Better if I don't have to prompt you." "Sorry." "It's okay." "What happened next?" "Next, I..." "Noticed his shoes?" "Focus, honey." "That's all this is." "You saw his shoes when he was dragging you." "You saw his face when he had you on the ground." "I know." "I just got mixed up for one second, okay?" "You can't get mixed up." "That's what today is for." "Tomorrow, you'll be perfect." "A little dna would be nice right now, huh?" "The first thing most rape victims do " "Shower away the forensics." "Well, maybe we can tell that to the papers if we lose." "All we've got is this poor little girl's testimony." "She's got a complete emotional disconnect." "Nobody's gonna believe a word she says." "Do you mind if I talk to her one-on-one?" "You got an angle?" "I'll find one." "Hey, have you heard from shauna larkin?" "No." "We're due in court." "She was supposed to meet me here 15 minutes ago." "Do you think she could have flaked?" "She's not answering her phone." "No, not shauna." "She's probably stuck on the subway." "She's getting an a.C.D., right?" "She'll be here." "Don't worry." "Okay." "So, I just want to clarify." "So, you're gonna be staying at your sister's now, right?" "But we're not breaking up?" "No." "We're just gonna see each other at work," "Maybe a meal here or there." "Here othere." "And that's the extent of it." "I don't know." "I guess that sort of depends on you." "Huh." "So, you're going on a "sex strike"" "Until I clean my apartment?" "Jerry..." "You will not be able to hold out." "Excuse me?" "You'll cav" "You'll be back at my apartment by the end of the week." "Oh, as in you're just too irresistible." "That's what you're saying?" "In a less arrogant way, yes, that's what I'm saying." "I'm willing to bet on it." "20 bucks." "What?" "Your client's here." "Shauna." "Bobbi, I'm so sorry." "Childcare canceled on me." "The trains were tied in knots," "And james do not like riding in the stroller." "Tell me that we're not too late." "No, but we have to go now." "But, you know, we're not allowed to bring the baby to court." "What?" "Well, what am I supposed to do with him, then?" "You can leave him with me." "Oh, roz, you do not need to be bothered with him." "What I don't want to be bothered with" "Is one of my favorite clients being late for court" "Because she wasted time arguing with me." "Okay, um..." "Okay, mommy loves you, and you love mommy, too, right?" "Got to go." "Okay." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Hi." "Yum." "Refined sugar." "What would life be without empty calories, right?" "Mm." "Life at my house." "Fun need not apply." "My mom was pretty demanding when I was your age." "Did she make you become a lawyer?" "She wanted me to be a doctor, but then I realized" "That lawyers get to wear better clothes, so..." "They are sort of great." "So, what about you?" "What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?" "I don't really see myself at all." "you know, that's the whole point." "I just want to go back to the way it was," "You know, before my friends" "Got annoyed with me for being depressed," "Before I screwed everything up." "Your feelings are completely normal." "I mean, maybe your friends are too young to understand," "But you didn't screw anything up." "Yes, I did." "Caitlin..." "Okay, you have to promise not to tell my mom, okay?" "I know you're doing your job, but you have to swear to me." "I swear." "Okay." "Me and gretchen didn't study after class, okay?" "She stole her brother's weed instead," "And we got high in the bathroom." "And then we walked to the park to lay down in the grass." "And I must have fallen asleep," "Because when I opened my eyes, it was cloudy and dark." "And gretchen was gone, and so I started to walk home." "That's when everything started to happen." "So, you were high during the rape?" "That still doesn't make it your fault." "You know that, right?" "But it never would have happened if I had just studied." "That's why I didn't tell anyone initially." "But then I felt like I had to, so I told the police," "But I left out the part that I got high." "I mean, he looked like the guy." "He really looked like the guy." "But it's been a year, you know?" "That gives you a lot of time to think and question things." "Like whether you made the right I.D.?" "Yeah, and how am I supposed to be sure, you know?" "Or how am I supposed to testify if I'm not sure?" "I don't want someone going to jail who doesn't deserve it." "Where are you off to, jerry?" "Shenkler's part." "Same as you." "The judge ruled yesterday on the suppress motion." "You didn't get the fax?" "I didn't check the fax, damn it." "I have my copy right here." "No on the gun, no on the credit cards," "No on the statement, no on the I.D." "But your cross on the cop was great." "I was actually nervous there for a second." "You know, adrian Want to make me feel better?" "Come off the top count for my client." "Landro mccoy has five felony arrests," "Never pled to a violent" "Or served more than a couple of years." "Must have been flimsy cases." "This one isn't." "It's gonna be a full ride, jerry." "Sorry." ""full ride."" "That sounds like a scholarship." "25 years to life on the prison basketball team." "Oh, jerry, come on, man." "Look, if we not laughing, we crying." "If we crying, we -- dying." "I know." "I know." "I just " " I don't like my clients going to prison, landro." "I'm sorry." "Look, it's not a done deal yet, man." "I mean, we'll find a way." "I'd like to think so." "I really would." "Jerry, look at me, man." "Jerry." "When was the last time you got some?" "Landro -- no, no, I'm -- I'm serious, now." "Look, jerry, you're a good-looking cat." "Now, you need to take advantage of that, man." "I mean, look, this is life." "It don't go on forever." "Get yourself a nice woman, a nice bottle of brandy." "And then -- I-I have a girl." "Oh, you do?" "Okay." "So, what's the problem, man?" "Oh." "Oh." "She froze you out, didn't she?" "Now, come on, man." "Come on with it." "No, man, I'm -- I'm not gonna " "I'm not gonna stand here and tell you my problems." "The bus is outside ready to take me back to rikers." "This right here is the highlight of my day." "She wants me to clean up my place." "Yeah, man, you can't be bringing your woman" "Back to no sloppy crib." "But it's not sloppy." "It's comfortable." "It's comfortable, and I-I don't see why," "You know, I have to be the one" "Who automatically gives up being comfortable." "It's not fair." "Mm." "You know what?" "I feel you." "Thank you." "But you are gonna clean your place up, though, right?" "Yeah, well, I want fair and warm." "I'm sorry, man." "You don't need to be hearing this." "Oh, come on." "We all good, jerry." "Look, man, god gave me ears, you know?" "Ever since I was a little kid, people like to talk to me." "They'll tell me stuff that they wouldn't tell anybody else." "As a matter of fact, you know " "You know that trial where that kid is up" "For raping that teenage girl in riverside park?" "Wheatley, yeah." "What about him?" "Yeah, well, he was in my block when he came through rikers." "He told me the whole story one day " "I mean, how he did it, how..." "Good it felt." "Just, you know, a lot of nasty details." "How would it work if I wanted to tell somebody about that?" ""somebody"?" "Like the d.A.?" "If he can help me out with my jail time, yeah, he'll do." "What is it?" "We can take it to the d.A." "It just that if -- if we do that, we're " "We're potentially helping put somebody in prison," "And that goes against everything that I believe in, landro." "So -- so, you don't want to do this?" "No, I will do this." "I will do this for you because I care about you" "And I don't want you to spend the rest of your life in prison," "But you got to tell me that you're 100% sure" "You heard what you heard -- 100%." "Jerry, 110." "Word." "Okay." "but you notice him 'cause the brother be like 6'5"." "So, one day I asked him where he played ball," "And he said riverside park, and he just come out with it." "He say, "you know I got my taste of that girl, right?"" "I said, "yeah, that's what I heard."" "He said, "you heard right."" "He said she was watching him play ball," "But when he decided to make his move," "She got scared and took off." "Now, he said he told her he just wanted to talk." "But he told me..." "He already knew how it was going down," "Whether she like it or not." "He specifically mentioned his intent?" "The sex was gonna happen." "I mean, homeboy had tendencies, man." "I mean, he got real detailed about how her hair smelled," "How he ripped her shorts off." "Then he started to brag." "About what?" "About how good he was and..." "How much she liked it." "And why is he saying all this to you?" "People like to talk to me." "If you ask me, I think it's 'cause" "I don't come off as no threat." "Sweetie, this is good news." "I know." "No more time, no more tricks." "I'm just in, uh, unfamiliar territory." "So, when do I have to testify against akim?" "You don't have to." "They dropped the assault charge" "Because they know he was your pimp" "Not because they expect you to testify." "How else me and james gonna have our life?" "'cause akim keeps saying that he own me," "And I had enough of him to last me a lifetime." "Good lord." "I want to testify, bobbi." "Okay." "As soon as I get back to the office, I'll make some calls." "Okay." "I hate to be asking, but..." "Do you think that" "Roz could watch james for like another hour, 'cause I got to go to the bank and the post office," "And my little man, he just " "He don't like waiting in lines." "Oh, yeah." "If..." "If roz can't, I will." "Thank you." "Y'all been my angels today." "Thanks." "I got the gun." "I got a rock-solid I.D." "I got months of work into this thing," "And you're gonna deal him out?" "Wheatley's a bigger fish, and it's a cross-racial I.D." "We have to be airtight." "Okay, but a snitch on a rape case " "Isn't your victim enough?" "With no identifying forensics" "And the press breathing down our necks," "I think we're vulnerable." "Don't you?" "Yeah." "With all due respect, I think it blows." "wow." "Where does it all come from?" "What's going on?" "Poop happens, jerry." "Yeah, no kidding." "Bobbi..." "Can I talk to you for a second?" "Go ahead." "I'll finish up." "Bless you!" "Bless you!" "I'll call shauna, tell her recess is over." "Was that a little sneeze?" "Want to grab a bite after work?" "I have dinner with my sister." "Sorry." "Right." "Look..." "I had a lousy day." "I-I wouldn't mind just, you know..." "Talking to you." "So, talk to me." "You, uh -- you keeping up with the wheatley rape trial?" "It's hard not to." "The press loves it." "One of my clients says" "That wheatley told him the whole story at rikers." "He confessed?" "Well, he confessed, he bragged." "I don't know." "The point is that balco's gonna knock my guy down" "From life to 5 to 10 if he takes the stand." "And you have to hold his hand while he puts wheatley away." "Yeah." "Oh, I'm sorry." "That is lousy." "It would be worse with a different client," "But landro's not your classic jailhouse snitch." "He's a good guy." "He's easy to root for." "Wait." "What's your guy's name?" "My client?" "Landro." "Landro mccoy." "Landro mccoy?" "What?" "Did you represent him?" "No, the guy I represented was named rashard young." "He's doing 25 to life" "For the murder of that yeshiva student in brooklyn" "About 4 years and a couple months ago." "Yeah, I remember that case." "No weapon, no forensics, no dna, no intent." "Just two bad I.D.S," "And we're on our way to trial feeling pretty good," "Not even listening to offers from the d.A." "Then all of a sudden," "This guy comes forward with a jailhouse confession." "Landro?" "He nailed rashard to the wall, jerry." "I mean, smooth as silk with great details" "And slippery as hell on the cross -- a pro." "We even put rashard on the stand" "Just to say that he'd never said a word to him." "But, you know, the damage was done." "Are you sure it's the same guy?" "Because he -- he doesn't have anything in brooklyn." "He got a full-out dismissal." "It wouldn't be on his rap sheet." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news." "No!" "I just called shauna's cell." "A policeman answered." "He was at the crime scene." ""crime scene"?" "Shauna was shot." "She's dead." "Steinberg:" "We have to call child services." "Are you kidding me right now?" "Unless there is a willing father," "Child services assumes custody until family is located or " "Slow down, david." "He lost his mother an hour ago." "We can't just throw him back into the system." "Look, I know everybody's upset." "I'm upset, too." "But he is not our child." "You don't seem upset." "Everybody, enough." "Just stop." "He'll stay with me tonight." "We'll deal with this tomorrow." "We'll figure this out tomorrow." "According to rashard young's lawyer, jerry." "You testified against him at his trial." "You told the jury he confessed to you in jail." "That lawyer lied to you." "That lawyer is my girlfriend." "All right." "All right, I-I didn't tell you about that," "But only -- only because I know" "How y'all feel about snitches, man." "Landro, I don't have a problem with snitches." "Helping you put a potentially innocent man in jail " "I got a big problem with that." "Wheatley told me the story, jerry, all right?" "Now, that -- that's for real." "Okay, so, you weren't lying about rashard young, either?" "You know what?" "You're never really gonna know," "So it's best you stop worrying about it." "None of those other people are your client." "I'm your client, jerry." "You work for me." "May I?" "Yes." "Thanks." "Hey." "Hi, sweetness." "Oh." "How was last night?" "The poor thing was up every couple of hours." "For feedings?" "I think he just wanted to be held." "God, she was so in love with this little boy." "You know, at one point, after I'd given him his formula" "And changed his diaper twice" "And tried to burp him for 20 minutes" "And he still wouldn't stop crying," "I..." "I just gave up." "I plopped down on my bed," "And I sang him a lullaby that my mother used to sing to me." "Then he stopped crying." "And this pure, innocent face looked up at me," "And he closed his eyes, and he fell asleep." "And I thought..." ""I'm not letting go of this child."" "It's not impossible." "For her to be his legal guardian?" "It's unlikely, at best." "Look, unless shauna was delivered by a stork," "Child services will find a family member " "A third cousin, somebody." "And if any of them are on welfare," "They're gonna know that picking up another kid" "Means a bigger paycheck." "Oh, my god." "Racist." "I am not a racist." "What if they can't find family?" "Then roz has to apply for foster-parent status," "Which is a whole process unto itself." "And that's not even the biggest issue." "Then what is?" "Due respect?" "That you've had the kid for exactly 18 hours" "And decided that you're ready" "To spend the rest of your life taking care of him." "It's not a death sentence." "No, but david's right." "I don't really know what I'm getting into." "But james could spend years" "As a name on some overworked case manager's file," "Living in temporary homes, absorbing abuse and neglect," "And I'm not willing to take that chance." "So..." "While the odds may not be in my favor..." "I want my civil team to get me a date with a judge." "Okay?" "Oh." "I'm gonna give it a shot." "I hate this sweater." "Caitlin, somebody came forward " "A man who heard wheatley confess to the rape." "He confessed?" "Not to the police." "But he told the story of what happened" "To another prisoner in jail," "Down to the last detail." "So now we're gonna have that testimony to use against him." "Oh, my god." "So maybe that'll help you feel a little more confident" "That you did the right thing." "Hmm?" "Thank you." "Thank you so much." "What was going through your mind" "When he forced you to the ground?" "Caitlin:" "There was dirt" "And..." "Pieces of wet, dead leaves" "Up my nose and in my mouth." "I wasn't even thinking about what he was going to do." "I was just trying not to choke." "until he pulled down my shorts " "That's when I knew." "That's when you knew he was gonna rape you?" "yes." "I started to cry." "Because you were scared?" "Yeah." "And..." "I knew..." "I mean I realized that..." "I was gonna lose my virginity." "I guess it's a stupid thing to be thinking about." "Not at all." "Not at all." "Would you like to take a moment, miss ramsay?" "We're in no rush." "I saw his face." "When did you see his face?" "When he was..." "When he was inside of me." "He had his hand on the back of my head," "And..." "He must have switched positions and let go." "And that's when I turned to look at his face." "Do you see that face again today here in this courtroom?" "Yes." "He's sitting right there." "The defendant, gregory wheatley." "Tom:" "The person who raped you " "You hadn't seen him before that day?" "No." "The first time you saw this person" "Was when you were about 30 yards from the basketball court" "And you noticed him looking you?" "Right." "Almost 100 feet away at dusk on a dark, cloudy day?" "Yes." "Then you ran..." "Yes." "...Looking in front of you." "I glanced back a couple of times." "And you were running full speed the opposite direction?" "Yes." "And when this person tackled you from behind," "You were looking forward, not back?" "Yes." "And when this person dragged you to the bushes," "You were looking down at his shoes?" "Yes." "You couldn't see his face then." "When you did," "As the rape was occurring, you were crying." "Yeah." "There were tears in your eyes." "Yes." "And there weren't any lights in the clearing behind the bushes." "No." "And then he hit you and made you turn away." "Yes." "So, between the glances back as you were running" "And the look through your tears," "How many seconds total do you think you saw this person's face" "On the day of the rape?" "I don't know." "How does four seconds total sound?" "Nick:" "Objection!" "Actually, mr." "Lapin, that wasn't the testimony." "It was a question, your honor, was it not?" "Well, it was a rhetorical question," "If we're gonna be honest, don't you think?" "Why don't you move on?" "When's he testify?" "Tomorrow, unless there's some magical way" "To torpedo the whole thing, which there isn't." "You took an oath to zealously defend your clients," "No matter what." "I know the oath." "I'm not gonna violate the damn oath." "And if you are unable to do so, to withdraw as counsel." "'s gonna testify with or without me, all right?" "'cause I already set up his deal." "No, I'm not gonna bail, all right?" "I'm gonna do right by my client, believe me," "But what just kills me is that I..." "I really thought this guy was a good guy" "Who never snitched before, you know?" "I really took my eye off the ball." "You know, this wheatley guy -- he could be guilty." "You think of that?" "That's not the point." "Hey." "Get another?" "The inner turmoil of jerry kellerman." "I haven't seen you like this unless it was about a girl." "How's it going with bobbi?" "Don't want to talk about it." "So, awesome." "Look..." "What is your ethical obligation here?" "To make sure my client gets his deal." "And if this wheatley guy subsequently gets convicted," "That's a moral problem for you but not an ethical one?" "Right." "So, what if he got acquitted?" "That's a big "what if."" "Maybe, but you would still be ethically clean, right?" "If your client gets his deal?" "Right." "So..." "If I were you, I would be looking at ways" "To facilitate that scenario." "You got any ideas?" "You're the best lawyer I know, jerry." "You'll figure it out." "And what do we know about the father?" "Very little, your honor." "He's been awol since before the birth." "He hasn't returned our phone calls." "Sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents?" "A cousin in philadelphia." "She's got six kids already." " Your honor, may I say something?" " Go right ahead." "Shauna larkin was a drug addict and a prostitute." "She didn't have any family in her life." "She had a pimp who abused her in unimaginable ways," "And she had rosalind whitman," "Who stood by her through years of arrests" "And hospital visits and bottoming out" "And who never stopped believing" "That shauna larkin was a special person" "Capable of living a meaningful life." "So, when shauna found out she was pregnant," "She made one phone call -- to roz." "She called the one person" "Who had shown her what love really is," "And she said, "I want to be a mother." "Can you please help me?"" "On the day she died, shauna was off the streets," "And she was 15 months sober." "So, please, your honor, do not send james over" "To an already overloaded relative" "Or a dysfunctional foster-care system." "The better alternative" "Is sitting right here in front of you." "You have an awful lot of energy." "Um, thank you, your honor." "I have no doubt ms." "Whitman would make an excellent guardian." "But while it may be flawed," "Subverting the foster-care system" "Is not the way to improve it." "We're just asking you to consider what is best" "For this child." "Of course." "But I'm also mindful of the responsibility to do what's best" "For all of the children who come through these doors," "Which is why I'm inclined to play by the rules here." "If no family members are willing or available," "Child services will assume custody of the child " "Miss larkin does have distant relatives in haiti, your honor." "Haiti?" "Yes, uh, we haven't contacted them yet," "But we would love some more time, so " "And why haven't you spoken with them?" "We don't believe they have phones, your honor," "But we would like some time to track them down" "Via our haitian contacts" "Before releasing james to child services." "Your haitian contacts?" "Yes, your honor." "And how long will this take?" "Three weeks?" "I'll give you two weeks," "And I'll see you all back here then." "There he is." "Ready to roll, partner?" "You still want to go through with this?" "We had this conversation, jerry." "Yeah." "Yeah, we did." "It's all good." "All I got to do is tell them what happened." "No, no, your -- your deal is contingent" "On your truthful testimony." "If you lie on the stand, that's perjury," "And the deal goes away." "I told you..." "I wasn't lying about wheatley." "I'm talking about everything, landro " "Arrests, convictions, snitching." "It's all on the record." "And they will check it, so you cannot lie up there." "'cause if you do, you're done," "And I can't help you." "Tom." "Jerry kellerman." "Kellerman." "You're the kid who took his shirt off" "In front of farnsworth." "Uh, I-I unbuttoned it to prove a point." "That the lousy image of defense lawyers" "Is well-deserved?" "On behalf of the rest of us, thanks." "Yeah, you -- you think you don't like me now," "Wait till you hear who I'm representing today." "Who?" "Landro mccoy." "The snitch." "You really are a self-centered little snot, aren't you?" "Tom, he's my client." "I'm obliged " "My client is an innocent kid who's being railroaded here" "Because some white girl can't see past tall and black." "You haven't figured it out yet." "The system is bigger" "Than the laws it's supposedly built on." "It will slowly and steadily destroy your soul." "And if you think the bloody code of ethics" "Is gonna provide any protection, you are sadly mistaken." "Due respect, tom -- the only true allies you have" "Are your heart and your conscience." "So when a client says he has information" "And he wants a deal," "You don't go running across the aisle." "You tell him the d.A.'s not interested," "And you move the hell on to the next idea." "Or you look at his record and you " "You see a two-bit career holdup man" "Who hasn't served a prison term in seven years" "And you say, "man," ""this guy must have really turned his life around." "How did he do that?"" "Nick:" "So, gregory wheatley specifically mentioned" "He intended to rape caitlin ramsay if he had to?" "Yeah, he was specific about that." "What else was he specific about?" "How her hair smelled like honey." "And, uh, how he was so excited," "He ripped her shorts when he was pulling them off." "Then he started saying, um..." "Saying what, mr." "Mccoy?" "How good he was, how much she liked it." "He was bragging." "Bragging." "Thank you, mr." "Mccoy." "You are a robber, mr." "Mccoy." "I'm a child of god first." "But robbery has been a source of income for you?" "A source of income, sure." "And when you've robbed," "You've used a gun to threaten your victims?" "Once." "But you've been arrested twice for robbery." "Mr. Mccoy?" "No." "Mr. Mccoy, I'm holding your rap sheet in my hand," "And it says you have two felony convictions in queens." "Yes." "And how many felony arrests, sir?" "Objection!" "Is there a good-faith basis for this?" "There better be." "Go on, mr." "Lapin." "How many felony arrests, mr." "Mccoy?" "Five." "Five felony arrests." "And what happened with the three arrests" "That didn't result in convictions?" "They were dismissed." "Because you cut deals?" "Yes." "I see." "And were they dismissed before or after" "Your second conviction in March of 2002?" "After." "So, after being convicted twice for armed robbery," "You were arrested three more times," "But you cut deals to make the cases go away?" "That's right." "And those deals involved testifying" " Against other defendants in other cases?" " Yes." "So in addition to being a habitual robber, mr." "Mccoy," "You're also a habitual snitch." "Nothing further." "Let's take a break." "Then mr." "Jenkins come to me and say" "I was gonna start wrapping the fish" "And working at the counter." "He gave you a promotion." "That must have felt nice." "Yeah, it did." "And how long did you work the counter?" "Two days." "Just two days?" "The day he bumped me up," "The policemen come to the basketball court." "They said a girl had been raped," "And they were asking us all questions " ""did we see her?" "Did we see anything?"" "I said, "no."" "Two days later, they come to the fish market and arrest me." "As you were working?" "Yeah." "Like all somebody got to do was point to my picture," "And, boom, it's over." "And the police have your picture" "Because you have a prior conviction?" "Yes, for shoplifting." "And what exactly did you try to shoplift?" "Pork chops." "It was my mom's birthday." "Pork chops." "When did that happen?" "About five years ago." "And you've had no other incidents with the law" "Until the police came and arrested you at your job?" "Right." "And you've been in jail since that day?" "That's right." "Did you ever have contact with landro mccoy" "When you were in jail?" "I saw him, but I never talked to him." "He lied about that." "The two of you never had a conversation?" "A couple of guys warned me I couldn't trust him," "So I stayed away." "Greg, when was the first time you saw caitlin ramsay?" "Yesterday, when she came in to testify." "So, you never saw her in riverside park" "On the afternoon of March 16, 2008?" "No." "Were you playing basketball in the park that afternoon?" "Yeah, so were a lot of tall black guys " "Good players." "My team lost right away, so I went home early." "And did you have sexual relations with caitlin ramsay?" "No." "No, sir." "Caitlin ramsay deserved a safe walk through the park" "She deserved to spend her junior year of high school" "Thinking about colleges and planning her prom." "She deserved to never have to equate" "A human being's most intimate act with trauma and fear." "But what she got is raped -- by that man." "How do you know?" "Because caitlin kept her wits about her." "She made a positive identification," "And she never wavered -- not when she went to the police" "And not when she came into this courtroom" "And pointed right at gregory wheatley and said," ""that is the man who raped me."" "Caitlin ramsay's already gotten far less than she deserves." "You can't give her back her innocence." "You can't give her the gift of sleep." "But you can give her closure, and you can give her justice" "By convicting the man who raped her." "Got your message." "Have a seat, jerry." "Now, you bring we a witness with a great story" "And then he gets annihilated in the cross" "By an 18-b hack like tom lapin." "How's that happen?" "Well, maybe lapin isn't a hack." "And maybe you tipped him to dig into mccoy's arrest record." "That's ridiculous." "I only gave the guy convictions, not arrests." "There was plenty of room to run." "No way he digs deeper without your help." "Hey, nick, you're the one who made a case on a shaky I.D. And a snitch." "I mean, don't blame me if the thing's falling apart." "Jury convicted an hour ago." "I guess the girl's testimony was all we really needed." "There it is." "Priceless." "I know why you did it." "You wanted to help your own client," "But you didn't want to screw someone else's," "So you decided to screw me." "It's not about you." "Oh, so, what's it about?" "Your principles?" "Please!" "If you had any principles, you'd admit" "That some of these skells actually belong in prison," "That a little girl got justice here today," "But you can't even do that." "You don't have the guts." "I'm gonna honor the deal we made." "But every one of your clients in the future" "Is gonna pay the price for what you did." "I won't work with someone" "Who can't be trusted to negotiate in good faith." "Now, if you wouldn't mind..." "Wouldn't mind what?" "Moving along." ""moving along"?" "Screw you, nick." "I mean, you've never done a decent thing" "For my clients in the first place." "Hmm?" "I'll tell you another thing." "You can threaten me all you want" "And you may win more than you lose," "But none of that crap is gonna stop me" "From doing what's right." "I promise you that." "I definitely want kids." "I just " " I don't know if I want to have them in the city." "Oh, I do." "They conquer new york early, everything else is easy, right?" "Assuming they conquer." "Charlie, kids in your future?" "Distant future." "Very distant." "excuse me." "Hey." "Hi." "Jerry -- listen " "I, um..." "I shouldn't have given you an ultimatum, okay?" "I-I care about you," "And I should have tried to work something out," "So I have a proposal." "Why don't we go back to your place" "And I'll help you clean it up?" "That's really what you want to do tonight?" "As long as you don't gloat about winning the bet." "Not a word." "W-when did you do this?" "Tonight." "I want you with me..." "No matter what it takes." "I know."