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Jury selection begins
today in the murder trial
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of Texas housewife
Candy Montgomery.
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Almost four months to
the day that Betty Gore,
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30-year-old mother of two,
was found chopped to death
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in her own home.
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The trial itself is
expected to start tomorrow,
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when the prosecution swears
in its first witness.
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Knock, knock!
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Hey.
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How we doin'?
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Got any big plans for today?
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- I really do love the hair.
- Thank you.
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You are gonna be okay, honey.
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I don't think I've ever felt
so dependent on other people
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as I do right now.
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Hey, Sherry.
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- Hey, Pat.
- Pat, do you think I look okay?
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This is what Don Crowder
wants me to wear.
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Yeah. Yeah, you look fine.
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How are you doin', Pat?
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I'm good. Good.
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You know, it's...
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I'll get it.
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Hey.
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We set?
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All right.
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Hey, why can't I
go inside with her?
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Only the parties and
lawyers can get side access.
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Sorry.
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- I'll be right behind you.
- I know you will.
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Okay.
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Sherry, make sure that the
kids don't watch the news.
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- Of course. I promise.
- Okay.
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- Doing all right?
- Oh yeah, fine. How are you?
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Good.
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As you can see behind me,
people are lining up to get in.
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This is clearly the hottest ticket
in what is normally a sleepy town.
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The reason Judge Ryan moved
it to the old courthouse,
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it holds more people.
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What do Texas prisons look like?
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There are two women's prisons.
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I think that's her!
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There's one that you definitely
do not want to go to.
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The other one is not that bad.
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How do they decide
which one you go to?
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You'd go to the good one.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God. I don't
think I can do this.
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Yes, you will.
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We may ask you a
bunch of questions.
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The idea is to wind up
with 12 impartial jurors
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who can evaluate the evidence
in an unbiased manner.
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Now, if you're not selected,
don't take it personally.
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It's very important that you understand
not just what this proceeding is about,
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but also what it's not about.
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It's not a personality contest
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or a question of who you
think should win or lose
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or does the best job.
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The best job is the decision
you make on the evidence,
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and only the evidence that
you hear in this courtroom.
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Now, Judge Ryan has
gone over the outline
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of what the indictment is
to you in a murder case.
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The ultimate fact issue
to be proved to a jury
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is that a defendant
killed the deceased.
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Alright then. We're gonna let Mr. Crowder
make a remark or two. Mr. Crowder?
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My name is Don Crowder.
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First, I'd like to thank each and
every one of you for bein' here.
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Your commitment
to public service.
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There is no greater strand of
fabric to criminal justice,
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to democracy itself,
than jury duty.
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Now
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it's not proper for me
to discuss the facts
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with you at this time.
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Mr. O'Connell didn't
talk about 'em either.
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But
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there is somethin'
I've gotta tell you now
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for me to be able
to discuss the law.
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On Friday, June 13th, 1980,
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Candace Montgomery
killed Betty Gore.
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She did so with an axe.
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And she did so in self-defense.
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We haven't chosen to try
our case in the papers,
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which is why you've
never heard that before.
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But we've got quite
a story to tell.
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You're gonna hear what happened
that day, June 13th, and guess what?
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You're gonna hear it from the
only living person who was there.
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Candy Montgomery
will take the stand.
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She'll tell you
exactly what happened.
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Of course, a few of them were
stunned. Who wouldn't be?
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The truth can be
a shocking thing.
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Y'all better buckle up.
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For anyone comin' to this
with preconceived notions,
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buckle up and get ready.
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That's all I got.
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Ron.
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Listen.
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Seems they're not gonna
let you in the room
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since you might be a witness.
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Unfortunate, because it's very
important the jury know from the get-go
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that God is in Candy's corner.
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That truth shouldn't have
to wait till you testify.
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It would be good for the jury
to hear from God, Pastor,
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even if it's on television.
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- I understand.
- Good man.
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Hey.
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- Pat. Hey.
- Don.
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Chin up, man.
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A lot of folks gonna be
takin' their cues from you.
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Come on, now.
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It's just everybody's
looking at me like I've been
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cuckolded, and
the whole world...
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Okay, look.
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Doesn't matter if
she fucked 100 men.
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Long as she doesn't
do it again, right?
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And she won't.
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Come on now.
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Chin up.
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I'm sure it'll be on the news.
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They're saying that Betty
tried to kill that woman.
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- I guess so.
- Well, that just...
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That just doesn't make sense.
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That's something
you'd say right away.
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"I had to do it." Four months?
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Well, I'm coming down
there for the trial.
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Bertha, she
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she can't bring herself to.
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But I'm coming.
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Okay.
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Alright. Bye.
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Everybody's being just so quiet.
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With Halloween right
around the corner? Ian?
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Honey, will we be going
with "Star Wars" again?
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I don't know.
Everybody's "Star Wars."
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Sally Reynolds, she says
she wants to go as you
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but her parents won't let her.
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That's not appropriate dinner
talk at the table, young lady.
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You think it was wise
for Don to just announce
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that you did it like that?
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We agreed.
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No trial talk either.
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I'm just worried he
may not be up for this.
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You know what? I'll get that.
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Hi, Jackie.
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Can you and I have
a private word?
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Well, if I knew that you were
comin', I could have put a...
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She tried to kill you.
That's your story?
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Yeah. It's true.
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I refuse to believe that.
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Why did you keep that from me?
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I had to. Don said...
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Don said, did he?
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You know, I never lied to you.
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Yes, you did!
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I asked you point-blank,
and you lied to me!
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I didn't murder Betty Gore.
You have to believe me.
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No.
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I don't.
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It would be good if
you were there for me.
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At trial.
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That won't be happenin', Candy.
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I drove six hours.
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If I go in and come
right back out?
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I just wanna see her.
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Sorry, ma'am.
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Before we all get started,
I have one other matter.
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Counsel will recall that
on the 12th day of July,
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this court issued an
order restricting counsel
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from talkin' to the media.
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After jury selection yesterday,
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seems Mr. Crowder held
himself a little presser,
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jabberin' on to whoever
was handy to listen.
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Likely 'cause you've never tried
yourself a criminal case before.
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Anything you'd like to
say to me, Mr. Crowder?
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Your Honor, I thought that
the order had been lifted.
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Especially since last Friday,
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you invited the media into your
chambers for a photo shoot.
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I might also ask...
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You're not asking this court
a question, Mr. Crowder.
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I asked you if you would
like to make a statement.
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And I'm responding.
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It was my impression that
the gag order was lifted.
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Well, you got that wrong.
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This court finds you in contempt
for violation of its order
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that was entered on the
11th day of July, 1980.
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This thing isn't about your
limelight, Mr. Crowder.
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Ain't that the pot calling
the kettle a grandstander?
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Movin' the trial
to this buildin',
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so you could get
yourself on television.
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Your punishment is assessed
at a $100 fine, plus costs,
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plus 24 hours in the
Collin County jail.
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- Are you kiddin' me?
- Out of abundance of precaution,
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so your confinement
will not interfere
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with your proper
representation of your client,
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I will suspend the
issue of that commitment
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until the day next preceding
the conclusion of this trial
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at which time a writ of
commitment will issue.
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Well, howdy-doody, Judge.
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What did you say?
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Bring in the jury.
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Prosecution calls Allan Gore.
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I'd been calling her all day.
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And I knew something wasn't
right with her not answering.
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And at some point, you called
your neighbor, Richard Parker?
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Yes, I made several
calls and asked
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that he go look.
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Look in the house.
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And what, if
anything, did he find?
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They found Betty dead. I
was told that she was shot.
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Who told you she'd
been shot dead?
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Jerry McMahan.
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After Jerry McMahan told
you Betty'd been shot,
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did you make any further calls?
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I
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Called Candace Montgomery.
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What, if anything,
did you tell her?
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I told her
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Betty'd been killed.
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After you told the defendant
that your wife had been killed,
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what response, if
any, did she make?
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It seemed like a
normal shock reaction.
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She didn't say that
she killed Betty
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in self-defense with an axe?
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No.
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Your Honor, may I approach?
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Let me show you what's been
marked for identification
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as State's Exhibit number K6.
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Let me ask you to
look at that exhibit.
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Tell the jury whether that
looks familiar to you.
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It looks like my axe.
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Do you see anything other
than what may be on it
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that would be inconsistent
with being your axe?
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No.
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Now.
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Sir. You know the defendant?
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- Yes.
- And, at some point,
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you two became involved
in a sexual affair?
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Yes, in the fall of 1978.
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Over what period of time did you
two engage in a sexual affair?
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From about early December
'78 until October '79.
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- What caused it to stop?
- It stopped
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because I decided I didn't
feel like I could share myself
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with Candy.
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I wanted to concentrate
on my own family.
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Had you told your wife about the
relationship with the defendant?
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No, I did not.
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Did you have any reason to believe
Betty knew about the affair?
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No, I did not.
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But you can't rule it out,
that Betty could've known.
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I can't rule it out. No.
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And on June 13th, the morning
of, how did she seem? Your wife.
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She was a bit agitated. I was
going away on a business trip.
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And that would
always unsettle her.
254
00:18:27,732 --> 00:18:30,610
Unsettled. Agitated.
Was she depressed?
255
00:18:30,694 --> 00:18:31,736
Perhaps.
256
00:18:31,820 --> 00:18:33,864
She'd battled depression before.
257
00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:36,491
She had some postpartum.
258
00:18:36,575 --> 00:18:39,202
Plus, as I said, when
I would travel...
259
00:18:39,286 --> 00:18:41,454
And on the morning of June 13th,
260
00:18:41,538 --> 00:18:43,957
did she seem agitated or
depressed over anything,
261
00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,084
besides your goin' away
on a business trip?
262
00:18:46,168 --> 00:18:47,586
Yes, she
263
00:18:49,546 --> 00:18:52,340
she thought she
might be pregnant.
264
00:18:52,424 --> 00:18:55,218
And this was causing her stress?
265
00:18:57,137 --> 00:18:59,180
- Yes.
- In fact, you were a bit worried
266
00:18:59,264 --> 00:19:01,182
about Betty and her
state of mind that day.
267
00:19:01,266 --> 00:19:06,104
So much so that, as you
testified, you made repeated calls
268
00:19:06,187 --> 00:19:07,898
to check on her.
From the airport,
269
00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:09,983
your hotel. You
repeatedly called.
270
00:19:11,026 --> 00:19:12,402
- I did.
- And sir,
271
00:19:12,485 --> 00:19:16,156
on the night of your wife's death,
when you called the Montgomery House,
272
00:19:16,239 --> 00:19:19,576
did you tell Mrs. Montgomery
that you were very concerned
273
00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:21,703
that your wife had
committed suicide?
274
00:19:23,455 --> 00:19:25,248
I don't recall saying that
275
00:19:26,041 --> 00:19:28,668
but the thought had
entered my mind. Yes.
276
00:19:29,753 --> 00:19:33,173
She could have very dark
thoughts, your wife.
277
00:19:33,632 --> 00:19:34,549
Yes.
278
00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:38,720
Your wife and Candy Montgomery
279
00:19:38,803 --> 00:19:40,263
- were friends?
- They were.
280
00:19:40,889 --> 00:19:43,308
- Fair to say they were good friends?
- Yes.
281
00:19:44,392 --> 00:19:49,940
And prior to June 13th, 1980, had you
ever been aware of any cross words
282
00:19:50,023 --> 00:19:51,358
between Betty and Candy?
283
00:19:51,983 --> 00:19:54,903
- No.
- Had they had any physical fight
284
00:19:54,986 --> 00:19:57,364
before June 13th, 1980?
285
00:19:58,114 --> 00:20:00,367
- No.
- Any verbal altercation?
286
00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:03,662
- No.
- Can you think of any reason
287
00:20:03,745 --> 00:20:06,665
why Candy would
wanna harm your wife?
288
00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:08,333
No.
289
00:20:12,629 --> 00:20:16,508
Your relationship
with Candy Montgomery.
290
00:20:17,717 --> 00:20:20,136
This started out as an
affair of the flesh?
291
00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:20,971
Yes.
292
00:20:21,596 --> 00:20:23,196
Did it end up being
something different?
293
00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:26,226
We became very good friends.
294
00:20:26,309 --> 00:20:29,479
This was not any torrid
love thing, was it?
295
00:20:29,562 --> 00:20:31,231
- No.
- You never discussed
296
00:20:31,314 --> 00:20:33,274
marriage or running
away from your families?
297
00:20:34,776 --> 00:20:35,610
No.
298
00:20:35,694 --> 00:20:37,814
Never talked about gettin'
divorced from your spouses?
299
00:20:39,906 --> 00:20:42,325
- Never.
- This was not some
300
00:20:43,159 --> 00:20:45,662
whirlwind romance.
301
00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:47,706
In fact, sometimes
during your rendezvous,
302
00:20:47,789 --> 00:20:49,374
you two wouldn't even have sex.
303
00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:51,668
You'd just talk.
304
00:20:52,419 --> 00:20:53,837
That's correct.
305
00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:56,965
Fact of the matter is, Mr. Gore,
306
00:20:57,048 --> 00:20:59,759
neither one of you were
very good at this, were you?
307
00:21:01,428 --> 00:21:02,387
No.
308
00:21:02,470 --> 00:21:05,890
And when it finally petered
out, were there hard feelings?
309
00:21:07,225 --> 00:21:09,436
- No.
- Not by you? Not by Candy?
310
00:21:10,353 --> 00:21:12,272
- No.
- She wasn't tryin' to get back with you?
311
00:21:13,148 --> 00:21:16,943
- No.
- Does it make any sense to you whatsoever
312
00:21:17,027 --> 00:21:20,155
that Candace Montgomery
would have got in her car
313
00:21:20,697 --> 00:21:22,657
on June 13th, 1980,
314
00:21:22,741 --> 00:21:25,368
and drove to your house
to murder your wife
315
00:21:25,452 --> 00:21:27,454
for the purpose of
getting you back?
316
00:21:28,580 --> 00:21:31,291
- No.
- Murder her for any reason?
317
00:21:31,916 --> 00:21:32,667
No.
318
00:21:33,209 --> 00:21:39,174
Now, you testified that the
axe was hanging in your garage
319
00:21:39,257 --> 00:21:41,801
on the morning of June
13th when you left.
320
00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:46,514
To my knowledge, yes.
321
00:21:46,598 --> 00:21:48,892
And, to your knowledge,
had Candy Montgomery
322
00:21:48,975 --> 00:21:53,146
ever been in your garage
prior to June 30th, 1980?
323
00:21:53,229 --> 00:21:56,232
- Not to my knowledge.
- To your knowledge,
324
00:21:56,316 --> 00:22:00,987
would she have any reason to know
there was an axe in your garage?
325
00:22:01,071 --> 00:22:01,946
No.
326
00:22:02,614 --> 00:22:04,574
Your wife, of course, knew
327
00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:08,495
the axe was in your garage.
328
00:22:12,332 --> 00:22:13,458
Yes.
329
00:22:15,919 --> 00:22:18,129
You might as well have
been a defense witness.
330
00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:21,925
I was under oath. I
had to tell the truth.
331
00:22:22,008 --> 00:22:24,289
Pity you don't remember the
oath that you took with Betty.
332
00:22:28,890 --> 00:22:30,642
Well, that's not fair.
333
00:22:30,725 --> 00:22:32,018
She's dead, Allan.
334
00:22:34,771 --> 00:22:37,190
She got chopped up with an axe
335
00:22:38,233 --> 00:22:42,278
which never would have happened
if you hadn't cheated on her.
336
00:22:44,072 --> 00:22:45,615
And the woman who did this?
337
00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:50,912
You helped her today.
338
00:22:53,331 --> 00:22:54,874
Was that the plan?
339
00:22:55,708 --> 00:22:57,752
No, it was not the plan.
340
00:22:57,836 --> 00:23:00,755
You looked at that bloody axe
341
00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:03,925
and you had no reaction.
342
00:23:05,260 --> 00:23:07,303
You showed no remorse.
343
00:23:13,143 --> 00:23:14,561
Betty's dead.
344
00:23:23,111 --> 00:23:25,029
Why doesn't that bother you?
345
00:23:32,537 --> 00:23:34,956
We weren't getting
along too well.
346
00:23:41,296 --> 00:23:43,965
I still think they
were in on it together.
347
00:23:44,048 --> 00:23:46,426
He probably told her exactly
where she could find that axe.
348
00:23:50,805 --> 00:23:51,890
Stop your nonsense.
349
00:23:53,141 --> 00:23:55,935
Well, honest to God,
Sherry, sometimes I wonder
350
00:23:56,019 --> 00:23:58,229
if you were in on it, too.
The way you protect her.
351
00:23:58,313 --> 00:24:01,065
I said stop your nonsense
352
00:24:01,149 --> 00:24:02,275
and I mean it.
353
00:24:09,991 --> 00:24:11,534
This way, ladies.
354
00:24:11,618 --> 00:24:12,493
Okay. Thanks.
355
00:24:23,630 --> 00:24:26,841
Oh, my goodness. This
may be my best batch yet.
356
00:24:26,925 --> 00:24:29,260
Get some butter on
them while they're hot.
357
00:24:29,344 --> 00:24:31,137
What else did he say? Don.
358
00:24:31,221 --> 00:24:33,014
- About how it went.
- Well, I told you,
359
00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:35,516
Don's not much talkin' to me.
360
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:36,935
Yeah, why?
361
00:24:37,727 --> 00:24:40,313
Because he evidently
likes to keep his distance
362
00:24:40,396 --> 00:24:41,981
when the actual trial starts.
363
00:24:42,065 --> 00:24:45,193
But, Robert said
it went very well.
364
00:24:45,902 --> 00:24:47,946
Can I have a popover
before grace?
365
00:24:48,029 --> 00:24:49,614
No, you may not,
366
00:24:49,697 --> 00:24:52,700
but let's get grace over with
before that popover gets cold.
367
00:24:54,285 --> 00:24:56,329
We'd like to thank
you, dear God,
368
00:24:56,412 --> 00:24:58,998
for this food which we
are about to receive,
369
00:24:59,082 --> 00:25:01,209
and thank you for your love.
370
00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:04,921
And for givin' me
strength. Amen.
371
00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:06,547
Amen.
372
00:25:11,469 --> 00:25:13,930
I don't understand why
I can't be in the room.
373
00:25:14,013 --> 00:25:19,018
Because the judge said so,
Pat. Do you not listen?
374
00:25:19,102 --> 00:25:22,939
No witnesses or potential
witnesses, which you would be.
375
00:25:23,564 --> 00:25:25,900
So can we now just try
and enjoy our supper,
376
00:25:25,984 --> 00:25:29,529
which happens to include some
of my finest popovers ever?
377
00:25:30,530 --> 00:25:32,824
Can I ask one trial question?
378
00:25:34,284 --> 00:25:36,160
Is it hard?
379
00:25:38,371 --> 00:25:41,624
Yes, sweetie. It's very hard.
380
00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:46,838
But, life is sometimes
'cause it's meant to be.
381
00:25:46,921 --> 00:25:48,965
And we forge on.
382
00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:54,637
Right?
383
00:25:55,513 --> 00:25:57,307
We forge on.
384
00:25:58,725 --> 00:26:03,354
We first saw the blood in the
bathroom, and then we heard the baby.
385
00:26:03,438 --> 00:26:04,230
Bethany.
386
00:26:05,148 --> 00:26:06,065
She was in her crib,
387
00:26:06,607 --> 00:26:08,109
crying, covered in her feces.
388
00:26:08,192 --> 00:26:09,777
She'd been there a long time.
389
00:26:09,861 --> 00:26:14,032
Door was partially open, so I
looked inside and, and I saw.
390
00:26:14,949 --> 00:26:16,029
There was blood everywhere.
391
00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:17,702
A massive amount of blood.
392
00:26:17,785 --> 00:26:20,997
I saw her foot, the body,
and an axe on the floor.
393
00:26:21,539 --> 00:26:23,333
Mostly just blood.
394
00:26:23,416 --> 00:26:25,335
On the walls. The floor.
395
00:26:25,418 --> 00:26:28,796
Lester couldn't tell
Allan, so I did.
396
00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,049
She left the church around 9:30.
397
00:26:31,132 --> 00:26:33,760
She got back around 11:30.
398
00:26:33,843 --> 00:26:36,637
Said she'd been at Betty's
and lost track of the time.
399
00:26:36,721 --> 00:26:39,724
She had on a dark brown shirt,
400
00:26:39,807 --> 00:26:42,560
jeans, and blue sneakers.
401
00:26:42,643 --> 00:26:44,771
She seemed normal
when she got back.
402
00:26:44,854 --> 00:26:47,940
A little flustered over
missin' the puppet show,
403
00:26:48,024 --> 00:26:49,793
but, other than that, she
was just regular Candy.
404
00:26:49,817 --> 00:26:53,988
We cleaned the house the day after,
me and some of the other neighbors.
405
00:26:54,072 --> 00:26:56,949
We didn't want Allan to arrive
home and see it that way.
406
00:27:16,302 --> 00:27:19,055
- Mrs. Montgomery! Mrs. Montgomery!
- Not right now, folks.
407
00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:20,181
Please. Thank you.
408
00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:22,308
Excuse us. Not right now, folks.
409
00:27:25,645 --> 00:27:29,107
Mrs. Montgomery! Do you have
anything to say for yourself?
410
00:27:29,607 --> 00:27:30,691
Excuse me.
411
00:27:39,617 --> 00:27:41,202
What the hell are you on?
412
00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:44,075
I don't know what you mean.
413
00:27:44,580 --> 00:27:45,915
Don't lie to me, Candy.
414
00:27:47,834 --> 00:27:49,460
You're takin'
somethin'. What is it?
415
00:27:50,253 --> 00:27:53,631
Serax. It helps
with my nerves.
416
00:27:53,714 --> 00:27:58,010
You need to understand
somethin' That kind of carnage?
417
00:27:58,094 --> 00:28:01,013
Prosecution aims to
depict you as inhuman.
418
00:28:01,097 --> 00:28:03,808
You looking like a zombie
plays right into their hands.
419
00:28:03,891 --> 00:28:05,893
Do not get cross with me.
420
00:28:05,977 --> 00:28:07,562
Do not get cross?
421
00:28:07,645 --> 00:28:12,275
It's the newspapers that are
callin' me a zombie and a monster.
422
00:28:12,358 --> 00:28:14,944
And they all want me to break
down and act like one, don't they?
423
00:28:15,820 --> 00:28:18,197
They would all just be
so thrilled if I jumped
424
00:28:18,281 --> 00:28:19,824
up and down and screamed.
425
00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:24,787
I will not be giving
them that satisfaction.
426
00:28:24,871 --> 00:28:26,914
If you look shut-down
and robotic,
427
00:28:26,998 --> 00:28:29,208
- you go to jail.
- Well, I have to hold it together.
428
00:28:30,126 --> 00:28:31,544
Otherwise...
429
00:28:39,385 --> 00:28:45,141
No more Serax, Candy. The jury
needs to see you as human.
430
00:28:45,224 --> 00:28:46,851
Vulnerable.
431
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,771
They won't find in your
favor unless they want to.
432
00:28:53,566 --> 00:28:55,485
If you need to cry, cry.
433
00:28:55,568 --> 00:28:58,070
But unfeeling buys you prison.
434
00:28:59,197 --> 00:29:02,116
I thought you weren't gonna talk
to me once the trial started.
435
00:29:07,705 --> 00:29:09,749
That's the last
thing I'm gonna say.
436
00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:19,008
He's probably not wrong.
437
00:29:20,051 --> 00:29:21,969
The jury needs to
see you as human.
438
00:29:22,803 --> 00:29:24,680
That's not possible.
439
00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:27,975
If you had any idea
what was being said.
440
00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:31,354
I wish I could be in there.
441
00:29:31,437 --> 00:29:33,356
I'm glad you're not because
442
00:29:35,191 --> 00:29:38,528
I don't think that I could look
at myself through your eyes
443
00:29:38,611 --> 00:29:40,780
if you were hearin'
what was bein' said.
444
00:29:40,863 --> 00:29:42,823
As bad as what the
newspapers are sayin'.
445
00:29:44,492 --> 00:29:45,493
Well.
446
00:29:53,376 --> 00:29:55,294
You never told me
447
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:02,093
what you thought after
Don told you on the phone
448
00:30:03,761 --> 00:30:05,179
what happened.
449
00:30:07,223 --> 00:30:09,141
I can't imagine
what you must think.
450
00:30:10,434 --> 00:30:12,603
I'm not sure I want to.
451
00:30:15,523 --> 00:30:16,941
I'm just
452
00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:22,238
grateful
453
00:30:24,615 --> 00:30:26,534
that it didn't go the
other way, you know?
454
00:30:29,328 --> 00:30:31,872
Betty was bigger than you.
455
00:30:31,956 --> 00:30:34,208
It could have easily
gone the other way.
456
00:30:48,264 --> 00:30:49,658
It's okay to be a
little bit broken,
457
00:30:49,682 --> 00:30:51,601
- Candy.
- No, it's not.
458
00:30:53,561 --> 00:30:58,649
Because if I let myself be
that, I might never get back.
459
00:31:00,901 --> 00:31:03,029
I'd never be unbroken.
460
00:31:05,573 --> 00:31:09,785
Tomorrow's gonna be a lot worse.
All the police detectives.
461
00:31:19,170 --> 00:31:20,880
You just have to be
462
00:31:22,298 --> 00:31:23,341
strong.
463
00:31:27,303 --> 00:31:31,265
There was a time when I thought
that this was it, you know?
464
00:31:31,724 --> 00:31:33,517
Everything.
465
00:31:33,601 --> 00:31:36,520
Just to be able to stand
underneath the stars.
466
00:31:37,647 --> 00:31:38,814
A home.
467
00:31:39,857 --> 00:31:41,192
A family.
468
00:31:42,276 --> 00:31:44,737
And people go lookin'
for somethin'.
469
00:31:46,447 --> 00:31:49,950
They don't even know what
it is. They just want.
470
00:31:53,496 --> 00:31:55,414
And they go lookin'.
471
00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,628
At the end of some
rainbow, maybe.
472
00:32:09,220 --> 00:32:13,974
The Lord is not just my shepherd,
but he is also Candy Montgomery's.
473
00:32:14,058 --> 00:32:17,144
It comes down to goodness
and mercy in the heart.
474
00:32:18,062 --> 00:32:20,690
There is both in the
heart of Candy Montgomery.
475
00:32:21,148 --> 00:32:23,484
Damn, that's a good pastor.
476
00:32:23,567 --> 00:32:26,028
Look, I can't discuss
the case, so I won't.
477
00:32:26,112 --> 00:32:28,322
Should you be
talking to us at all?
478
00:32:28,406 --> 00:32:31,742
I can talk about the weather. I
can talk about the Dallas Cowboys.
479
00:32:31,826 --> 00:32:34,578
Not like the judge has a
problem with free speech.
480
00:32:34,662 --> 00:32:36,706
After all, he's a judge, right?
481
00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:39,250
- Far as that gag order, I...
- Why are you baiting him?
482
00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:41,919
Fat fuck. If he holds
me in contempt again,
483
00:32:42,002 --> 00:32:44,088
I can argue bias on appeal.
484
00:32:44,171 --> 00:32:46,924
Get a new trial on
grounds of "fat-fuck-ism."
485
00:32:48,426 --> 00:32:50,803
Only thing is we're not losing.
486
00:32:51,345 --> 00:32:52,585
They didn't even nick us today.
487
00:32:53,264 --> 00:32:54,974
Tomorrow will be tougher.
488
00:33:08,362 --> 00:33:10,281
It was pure carnage.
489
00:33:11,866 --> 00:33:14,326
That's why I called
in so much backup.
490
00:33:15,369 --> 00:33:18,205
The first thing I noticed
was all the blood.
491
00:33:18,289 --> 00:33:20,833
All dried and congealed.
492
00:33:20,916 --> 00:33:22,042
Caked.
493
00:33:22,126 --> 00:33:23,210
Clotted.
494
00:33:23,294 --> 00:33:24,628
And dried.
495
00:33:25,379 --> 00:33:27,506
Means it had been there a while.
496
00:33:27,590 --> 00:33:29,592
Many, many hours.
497
00:33:29,675 --> 00:33:31,761
It was obvious there
was a big struggle.
498
00:33:31,844 --> 00:33:34,054
You have no idea who
attacked who first?
499
00:33:34,138 --> 00:33:35,598
I do not.
500
00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:38,142
Mrs. Gore took
part in the fight?
501
00:33:38,225 --> 00:33:40,102
She had defensive
wounds, so yes.
502
00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:42,927
But whether she held the axe...
503
00:33:43,731 --> 00:33:46,650
You solve all the crimes
you investigate, Chief?
504
00:33:46,734 --> 00:33:48,819
- No, sir.
- Some are carried out
505
00:33:48,903 --> 00:33:51,280
with more care than
others. That fair to say?
506
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,824
- Of course.
- Not a lot of care in this one.
507
00:33:54,450 --> 00:33:55,367
Well.
508
00:33:55,951 --> 00:33:58,788
- There was blood all over.
- A lot of blood.
509
00:33:58,871 --> 00:34:00,998
There were fingerprints
left by the killer.
510
00:34:01,081 --> 00:34:03,375
There was hair left,
Candy's fingernail.
511
00:34:03,459 --> 00:34:05,795
- The murder weapon.
- And the body.
512
00:34:11,759 --> 00:34:16,347
If Candy Montgomery planned
to murder Betty Gore,
513
00:34:16,430 --> 00:34:20,559
can you imagine it being
carried out more ineptly?
514
00:34:21,352 --> 00:34:22,728
Probably not.
515
00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:26,106
And if somebody was
intent on killing somebody
516
00:34:26,190 --> 00:34:29,110
and not getting themselves
killed in the process,
517
00:34:29,193 --> 00:34:35,032
would using an axe be one of
the better death instruments
518
00:34:35,115 --> 00:34:37,243
to accomplish that task?
519
00:34:37,326 --> 00:34:39,620
- No, sir.
- No, sir.
520
00:34:39,703 --> 00:34:46,001
A killing done in broad daylight, with
Candy's car parked right out front.
521
00:34:46,085 --> 00:34:48,295
Fair to say if she wanted
to get away with it,
522
00:34:48,379 --> 00:34:50,923
she did a terrible
job. Fair to say?
523
00:34:51,006 --> 00:34:54,218
- Fair to say.
- Fair to say.
524
00:34:54,301 --> 00:34:57,054
Clearly, this is no longer
a whodunit but a why-dunit.
525
00:34:57,137 --> 00:34:58,597
Did they wanna
get back together?
526
00:34:58,681 --> 00:35:00,057
Did she want him
all for herself?
527
00:35:00,140 --> 00:35:02,852
Why did she keep swinging long
after Betty Gore was neutralized?
528
00:35:02,935 --> 00:35:05,312
Hammering her with that big axe.
529
00:35:05,396 --> 00:35:07,731
While the defense keeps
hammering self-defense.
530
00:35:07,815 --> 00:35:10,651
Whatever the defense, they've
got a big, big problem.
531
00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:12,987
Forty whacks.
532
00:35:13,737 --> 00:35:16,991
Self-defense doesn't
explain 40 whacks.
533
00:35:19,827 --> 00:35:22,621
There's a reason they're savin'
the pathologist for last.
534
00:35:23,414 --> 00:35:27,209
He's gonna paint a grisly picture,
shock the shit outta the jury.
535
00:35:27,293 --> 00:35:30,170
And it's no coincidence they're
puttin' him up right after lunch.
536
00:35:30,254 --> 00:35:32,673
All it takes is one
juror to vomit and it's
537
00:35:34,049 --> 00:35:35,175
life in prison.
538
00:35:39,054 --> 00:35:41,473
Why aren't they attacking
us more in our theory?
539
00:35:43,017 --> 00:35:43,976
I don't get it.
540
00:35:44,059 --> 00:35:46,395
It's like they're rope-a-dopin'.
541
00:35:46,478 --> 00:35:49,356
It's possible they don't
want to even dignify it.
542
00:35:50,107 --> 00:35:51,483
Forty whacks, like you say,
543
00:35:51,567 --> 00:35:53,527
they're gonna say
self-defense is preposterous.
544
00:35:54,111 --> 00:35:55,696
He seems nice.
545
00:35:57,156 --> 00:35:58,532
The prosecutor.
546
00:36:00,409 --> 00:36:01,327
Excuse me?
547
00:36:01,994 --> 00:36:03,787
He seems like a nice man.
548
00:36:08,876 --> 00:36:10,085
Candy?
549
00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:11,837
Did you take Serax again?
550
00:36:15,841 --> 00:36:17,426
Oh, my fucking God.
551
00:36:18,594 --> 00:36:21,680
I need to hold it together.
552
00:36:23,307 --> 00:36:24,892
Try and get this.
553
00:36:24,975 --> 00:36:28,145
The prosecution is probably
going to rest today.
554
00:36:28,771 --> 00:36:33,108
Which means you could be taking
the stage as soon as tomorrow.
555
00:36:33,859 --> 00:36:35,778
Your head needs to be clear.
556
00:36:36,612 --> 00:36:38,030
And focused.
557
00:36:38,906 --> 00:36:40,324
Otherwise
558
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:42,785
you're going to jail.
559
00:36:51,961 --> 00:36:53,681
Would you be interested
in having an affair?
560
00:36:57,466 --> 00:36:59,426
It's just somethin'
I've been thinkin' about
561
00:36:59,510 --> 00:37:02,070
and I wanted to say it so I don't
have to think about it anymore.
562
00:37:03,847 --> 00:37:05,724
Bye, Dada.
563
00:37:09,937 --> 00:37:13,357
I have here exhibits
marked 22 through 29.
564
00:37:14,149 --> 00:37:15,693
As I pass them for
the jury to see,
565
00:37:15,776 --> 00:37:17,903
I'd like you to go through
your external examination
566
00:37:17,987 --> 00:37:20,406
with respect to the
injuries you observed.
567
00:37:20,489 --> 00:37:23,158
Of course. Starting
with the right hand,
568
00:37:23,242 --> 00:37:24,702
there was multiple
chop-like wounds.
569
00:37:25,411 --> 00:37:28,414
Incision wounds on the right forearm,
running five inches in length.
570
00:37:28,497 --> 00:37:32,209
Chop-like wounds on the left upper
arm, extending into the musculature
571
00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:34,795
from the top of the right
shoulder in the back,
572
00:37:34,878 --> 00:37:37,798
extending five inches
down into the back.
573
00:37:37,881 --> 00:37:41,093
The right thigh had two
parallel gaping chop wounds.
574
00:37:41,176 --> 00:37:43,012
The right side of
what was her face.
575
00:37:43,095 --> 00:37:45,889
Irregular, gaping,
multiple fractures.
576
00:37:45,973 --> 00:37:49,601
The right eye had collapsed into
what would've been the sinuses.
577
00:37:49,685 --> 00:37:52,980
Frontal scalp, right
side, a diagonal gape.
578
00:37:53,063 --> 00:37:55,482
Top of the right ear, running
across the top of the head,
579
00:37:55,566 --> 00:37:57,443
a wound measuring
10 inches in length
580
00:37:58,152 --> 00:38:00,237
produced by seven chop
wounds going through the bone
581
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:01,572
into the cranial vault.
582
00:38:01,655 --> 00:38:04,283
Top of the head,
a C-shaped wound
583
00:38:05,075 --> 00:38:07,578
with the open point of
the C directed downward.
584
00:38:07,661 --> 00:38:10,873
Evidently, that blow was
produced from the top down.
585
00:38:10,956 --> 00:38:14,585
So six cluster wounds on the right
side, which could have caused death.
586
00:38:14,668 --> 00:38:17,355
The crater in the back of the head
that went through to the brain cavity
587
00:38:17,379 --> 00:38:19,006
that could have caused death.
588
00:38:19,089 --> 00:38:20,775
The wounds that ran
across the top of the head
589
00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:22,342
could have caused death.
590
00:38:22,426 --> 00:38:24,970
And also, some of the glancing
blows could have caused death
591
00:38:25,054 --> 00:38:28,640
by producing some hemorrhage
inside the cranial cavity.
592
00:38:28,724 --> 00:38:29,850
And, Doctor,
593
00:38:29,933 --> 00:38:31,393
does the term "defensive wound"
594
00:38:31,477 --> 00:38:34,188
have any significance in the
practice of your profession?
595
00:38:34,271 --> 00:38:36,774
They're defined as wounds
to the extremities.
596
00:38:36,857 --> 00:38:38,275
Arms and legs.
597
00:38:38,358 --> 00:38:39,711
It's usually the
back of the hands.
598
00:38:39,735 --> 00:38:41,904
Can be the palm of the hand
or the back of the forearm,
599
00:38:41,987 --> 00:38:43,947
or the back of the arm,
that a victim received
600
00:38:44,031 --> 00:38:45,616
as they tried to
ward off a weapon.
601
00:38:46,533 --> 00:38:48,577
Would those wounds on
the arms and the wrists
602
00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:50,746
and the forearms indicate
defensive-type wounds?
603
00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:52,956
- Yes, sir.
- Mrs. Gore was trying to protect herself?
604
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,792
- Yes, sir.
- And, Doctor,
605
00:38:54,875 --> 00:38:59,838
in your testimony, you said, "On the
right side of what was the face."
606
00:39:00,547 --> 00:39:02,800
- What did you mean by that?
- Half of her face.
607
00:39:04,426 --> 00:39:07,096
The right side was nothing but
a mass of tissue and blood.
608
00:39:07,179 --> 00:39:10,599
The eye socket and cheekbone
had been crushed into mush.
609
00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:14,186
So, face, there
really was no face.
610
00:39:14,269 --> 00:39:16,480
And, Doctor, are you
able to determine
611
00:39:16,563 --> 00:39:18,816
whether wounds are inflicted
pre or post-mortem?
612
00:39:21,485 --> 00:39:23,570
- Yes, sir.
- How are you able to tell?
613
00:39:24,113 --> 00:39:26,174
Well, once you're dead, you
have no more blood pressure.
614
00:39:26,198 --> 00:39:28,992
When the heart stops,
there's no bleeding.
615
00:39:29,076 --> 00:39:31,078
The body can leak,
but that blood
616
00:39:31,161 --> 00:39:33,831
won't get into the tissue,
causing it to discolor.
617
00:39:33,914 --> 00:39:36,750
Now, if this occurs while
the victim is alive,
618
00:39:36,834 --> 00:39:40,254
this blood will get into the
tissue, essentially like a bruise.
619
00:39:40,337 --> 00:39:43,465
With respect to Betty Gore's autopsy,
can you make any such finding
620
00:39:43,549 --> 00:39:45,717
as to if any of those
blows occurred after death?
621
00:39:45,801 --> 00:39:48,804
There was only one wound, and that
was on the back of the right forearm.
622
00:39:49,388 --> 00:39:53,100
So for all those other
wounds you just described,
623
00:39:53,183 --> 00:39:55,436
- Betty Gore was alive?
- Yes, sir.
624
00:39:56,061 --> 00:39:57,813
As Candy Montgomery
swung that axe
625
00:39:57,896 --> 00:40:00,482
over and over and over and over,
626
00:40:01,191 --> 00:40:03,610
for almost all of
those 40 swings,
627
00:40:03,694 --> 00:40:04,903
Betty Gore was alive?
628
00:40:04,987 --> 00:40:05,946
Yes, sir.
629
00:40:06,029 --> 00:40:07,865
Is it fair to say she suffered?
630
00:40:07,948 --> 00:40:09,074
What do you think?
631
00:40:09,158 --> 00:40:11,034
- Objection.
- Sustained.
632
00:40:11,827 --> 00:40:14,204
Doctor, according to
your medical report,
633
00:40:14,288 --> 00:40:17,791
there were two cranial wounds
which were pointed at the top,
634
00:40:17,875 --> 00:40:19,585
but squared off at the bottom.
635
00:40:19,668 --> 00:40:22,546
- Yes, sir.
- Can you explain that?
636
00:40:22,629 --> 00:40:25,924
The only explanation is that
the axe would've become stuck.
637
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,136
The killer would've had to
wiggle it back and forth
638
00:40:29,219 --> 00:40:32,097
like a woodchopper on
top of a split log.
639
00:40:32,181 --> 00:40:35,350
She would have had to wiggle
it to remove it from the bone
640
00:40:35,434 --> 00:40:37,769
to then continue swinging.
641
00:40:37,853 --> 00:40:40,147
How do you know she
resumed swinging again?
642
00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:42,900
Because there was another
blow that went even deeper.
643
00:40:42,983 --> 00:40:44,860
That had to happen right after.
644
00:40:45,611 --> 00:40:48,197
That went directly
into the cerebellum.
645
00:40:51,366 --> 00:40:52,451
This killing, Doctor,
646
00:40:52,534 --> 00:40:54,214
have you ever seen
anything like it before?
647
00:40:56,288 --> 00:40:57,706
Never.
648
00:41:00,042 --> 00:41:01,501
I pass the witness.
649
00:41:03,212 --> 00:41:04,171
Mr. Crowder?
650
00:41:06,215 --> 00:41:09,384
Mr. Defense Counsel, this
would be where you get to talk.
651
00:41:20,187 --> 00:41:22,773
You testified that for
most of these blows,
652
00:41:22,856 --> 00:41:24,942
- the victim was alive?
- Yes, sir.
653
00:41:25,025 --> 00:41:26,777
Which means her
heart was beating?
654
00:41:26,860 --> 00:41:27,903
Yes, sir.
655
00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:29,655
Does that mean
she was conscious?
656
00:41:30,781 --> 00:41:32,199
Not necessarily.
657
00:41:32,741 --> 00:41:35,035
In fact, for
658
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:39,373
the kinds of blows we're talking
about on the top of the head,
659
00:41:40,082 --> 00:41:43,418
there's a likelihood
that for much of this,
660
00:41:44,419 --> 00:41:46,255
she was unconscious.
661
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,131
True?
662
00:41:48,215 --> 00:41:50,342
Could be true.
663
00:41:50,425 --> 00:41:52,302
Chief Abbott and
Dr. Stone testified
664
00:41:52,386 --> 00:41:55,806
that a great struggle took place
between Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore.
665
00:41:55,889 --> 00:41:57,891
Do any of your
findings dispute this?
666
00:41:57,975 --> 00:41:59,476
No.
667
00:41:59,559 --> 00:42:03,146
And from your examinations, are
you able to make a determination
668
00:42:03,230 --> 00:42:06,066
- as to who attacked who first?
- No.
669
00:42:06,149 --> 00:42:08,443
Are you able to
exclude the possibility
670
00:42:08,527 --> 00:42:11,905
that Candy Montgomery was
attacked by Betty Gore,
671
00:42:11,989 --> 00:42:13,782
and that Candy acted
in self-defense?
672
00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:15,409
There is no way of
me knowing that.
673
00:42:15,492 --> 00:42:17,286
Which means you
can't rule it out.
674
00:42:18,203 --> 00:42:19,079
No.
675
00:42:23,667 --> 00:42:25,294
Nothing further.
676
00:42:33,802 --> 00:42:36,096
Prosecution rests, Your Honor.
677
00:42:40,934 --> 00:42:43,937
Mr. Crowder, you may
call your first witness.
678
00:42:59,036 --> 00:43:03,165
As the hour is late, Your Honor, we
would ask that we begin in the morning.
679
00:43:04,207 --> 00:43:06,168
The hour's not that late.
Call your first witness.
680
00:43:08,003 --> 00:43:09,046
Approach, Your Honor?
681
00:43:16,636 --> 00:43:20,182
Your Honor, my first
witness is Candy Montgomery
682
00:43:20,265 --> 00:43:21,933
and she's not ready to testify.
683
00:43:22,017 --> 00:43:23,352
Why not?
684
00:43:23,435 --> 00:43:25,645
She took some medication
685
00:43:25,729 --> 00:43:27,189
in order to calm her nerves.
686
00:43:27,814 --> 00:43:29,733
She's gonna need some time.
687
00:43:31,401 --> 00:43:33,445
I'll give you 10 minutes.
688
00:43:36,698 --> 00:43:38,617
She's gonna need more than that.
689
00:43:39,368 --> 00:43:41,787
We should wait and go tomorrow.
690
00:43:42,662 --> 00:43:44,581
Counsel, you got 10 minutes.
691
00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:47,042
Tick.
692
00:43:48,001 --> 00:43:48,919
Tick.
693
00:43:49,836 --> 00:43:50,754
Tick.
694
00:43:51,380 --> 00:43:52,756
Tock.
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