1 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:08,519 Bed. 2 00:02:09,380 --> 00:02:10,960 Get back in your car and leave. 3 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,320 Or what? 4 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,020 Stay away from my mother. 5 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,160 Get out of my way, Dan. 6 00:02:50,860 --> 00:02:53,600 Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. 7 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,400 If you cannot afford an attorney, the court will appoint one for you. 8 00:02:56,860 --> 00:02:57,860 Oh, Dan. 9 00:02:57,880 --> 00:02:59,380 Do you understand what I just told you, Danny? 10 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:01,500 I understand. 11 00:03:02,020 --> 00:03:05,900 Please don't take my boy. Please. I'm sorry, ma 'am. Please, Dan. No. 12 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:07,500 It's all right. You see. 13 00:03:10,420 --> 00:03:11,420 Grandma. 14 00:03:27,530 --> 00:03:28,530 Hey, Ben. Yeah. 15 00:03:30,390 --> 00:03:33,990 I brought you that book, Better Health Through Fruits and Vegetables. Oh, good. 16 00:03:36,730 --> 00:03:37,870 You're not going to eat that. 17 00:03:38,210 --> 00:03:39,210 But I can. 18 00:03:39,770 --> 00:03:41,870 What about health through fruits and vegetables? 19 00:03:42,230 --> 00:03:43,129 Well. 20 00:03:43,130 --> 00:03:46,090 Chicken dipped in batter and then drenched in oil isn't healthy. 21 00:03:46,370 --> 00:03:47,049 I know. 22 00:03:47,050 --> 00:03:48,670 But I get to have some fun. 23 00:03:49,470 --> 00:03:53,470 Every time I turn on the TV, I see a news report about how something I've 24 00:03:53,470 --> 00:03:54,850 all my life is going to kill me. 25 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,620 And the five or six things that are still okay are dangerous because of the 26 00:03:59,620 --> 00:04:02,280 stuff they spray on it or pour on it or wrap it in. 27 00:04:02,620 --> 00:04:07,620 Air's no good. The water's no good. The ozone's going like 60 -cent gasoline, so 28 00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:08,720 I'll worry about that tomorrow. 29 00:04:09,140 --> 00:04:10,140 What's that? 30 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:11,420 It ought to be dumplings. 31 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,060 You can't eat dumplings. 32 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:15,460 Like I say, I better can't. 33 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:16,940 Not without gravy. 34 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,760 I make terrific gravy. 35 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:22,120 You're invited. 36 00:04:24,750 --> 00:04:25,970 Did you get that? Sure. 37 00:04:28,490 --> 00:04:29,490 Hello? 38 00:04:30,130 --> 00:04:32,070 Christine? Slow down. 39 00:04:35,650 --> 00:04:36,690 Christine, that's terrible. 40 00:04:42,450 --> 00:04:43,450 How's my mom? 41 00:04:46,270 --> 00:04:47,630 She's hanging in there, Danny. 42 00:04:50,930 --> 00:04:53,510 If somebody whipped her, she shouldn't be alone. 43 00:04:58,860 --> 00:04:59,860 grandmother's with her. 44 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:09,840 Danny, your mom told me that you shot your dad because you thought he was 45 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:11,480 inside the house to kill her. 46 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,300 No, no, no. He said that he was going to kill her. 47 00:05:15,580 --> 00:05:17,060 I knew that he meant that. 48 00:05:18,060 --> 00:05:23,080 Sometimes people threaten terrible things when they're angry, but later on 49 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,100 calm down. They never really meant what they said. 50 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:26,860 No, not my dad. 51 00:05:28,330 --> 00:05:30,490 If he said he was going to do something, he did it. 52 00:05:30,830 --> 00:05:31,830 Like what? 53 00:05:32,550 --> 00:05:34,810 What kinds of things would he threaten and then do? 54 00:05:37,090 --> 00:05:41,870 My dad wanted dinner on the table every night at 6 p .m. 55 00:05:43,050 --> 00:05:47,210 He told my mom that meant 6, not 6 .05 or 6 .10. 56 00:05:47,850 --> 00:05:50,970 And the next time dinner wasn't ready at 6. 57 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,420 Your father physically abused your mother? 58 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,680 He broke her leg. 59 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,260 Your mother told me that she slipped and fell down the stairs. 60 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:13,820 No. He pushed her. 61 00:06:17,180 --> 00:06:18,240 That's why they separated. 62 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:25,020 He'd hit her or throw things at her. 63 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,420 He used to unlock her in the closet. 64 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:37,560 I remember lying in bed at night, hearing her scream and cry. 65 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:46,140 I remember one time he hit her because she threw out the newspaper before he 66 00:06:46,140 --> 00:06:47,140 could read it. 67 00:06:49,740 --> 00:06:51,620 Your mom never told me any of this. 68 00:06:52,740 --> 00:06:53,800 She didn't tell anybody. 69 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:59,180 She wanted everybody to think that our family was normal. 70 00:07:00,490 --> 00:07:02,050 She even made excuses for him. 71 00:07:04,670 --> 00:07:06,570 How long had all this been going on? 72 00:07:08,090 --> 00:07:09,090 Forever. 73 00:07:10,330 --> 00:07:14,210 The last few months, it just got worse. 74 00:07:15,010 --> 00:07:16,930 He got madder and madder. 75 00:07:21,670 --> 00:07:23,050 I had to shoot him. 76 00:07:26,290 --> 00:07:29,450 The problem is, Danny, you didn't have to shoot him. 77 00:07:31,430 --> 00:07:34,810 If you thought your father was going to kill your mother, why didn't you get her 78 00:07:34,810 --> 00:07:35,749 out of the house? 79 00:07:35,750 --> 00:07:37,330 I tried. She wouldn't go. 80 00:07:38,330 --> 00:07:41,370 My dad wouldn't let her work. She had no money of her own. Where was she 81 00:07:41,370 --> 00:07:43,690 supposed to go? You could have called the police. I did. 82 00:07:45,050 --> 00:07:49,470 The police asked me if he was standing there waving a gun or anything like 83 00:07:49,490 --> 00:07:50,490 Was there any immediate danger? 84 00:07:50,710 --> 00:07:51,710 I said no. 85 00:07:52,190 --> 00:07:56,170 And they said that they needed more reason and a threat to arrest him. And 86 00:07:56,170 --> 00:07:58,750 mom wanted him to stay away, she'd have to file a restraining order. 87 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:03,680 Yeah, it's standard procedure. 88 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:08,960 Can you help me? 89 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:13,220 I'll sure try. 90 00:08:16,980 --> 00:08:18,960 Will you do me a favor? 91 00:08:19,860 --> 00:08:20,860 If I can. 92 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:27,960 Will you tell my grandma I'm sorry? 93 00:08:33,460 --> 00:08:35,539 First, I'm going to tell Ben everything you told me. 94 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,200 And then we'll see about getting the charges reduced. 95 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:44,140 No prosecutor would push for first -degree murder if he heard what you just 96 00:08:44,140 --> 00:08:45,140 me about your dad. 97 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:49,900 Mr. 98 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,600 Conley, were you surprised the jury reached a guilty verdict this quickly? 99 00:08:55,180 --> 00:08:59,840 Surprised, delighted, hungry, sleepy. That just about covers all my emotions. 100 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:00,900 Ben! 101 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,420 I wish you had seen me in that courtroom today. 102 00:09:03,660 --> 00:09:06,520 That good, huh? Oh, better. I just threw a shutout in there. Hey. 103 00:09:06,740 --> 00:09:07,740 Excuse me. 104 00:09:09,020 --> 00:09:12,940 I hear you've been assigned the Danny Hayes case. 105 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:14,280 That's a fact. 106 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:17,740 You're not thinking of defending him, are you? I'm considering it. 107 00:09:17,980 --> 00:09:18,980 I'm surprised. 108 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,940 You generally don't defend people who confess to murder. 109 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:28,040 Ordinarily, I don't, but I don't think this is a murder one case. 110 00:09:29,980 --> 00:09:30,980 You're kidding. 111 00:09:31,610 --> 00:09:34,290 Frank Hayes had a history of violent behavior. 112 00:09:34,850 --> 00:09:37,750 He was a wife beater. That wasn't in the police report. 113 00:09:37,950 --> 00:09:43,190 Well, his wife didn't report it. But Frank Hayes told his wife that he would 114 00:09:43,190 --> 00:09:48,470 kill her if he found her in the house that night. And given his history of 115 00:09:48,470 --> 00:09:52,950 violent behavior, Danny believed him. Danny was just defending his mother. 116 00:09:53,830 --> 00:09:57,650 And that gave him license to just shoot his father in cold blood? Well, I 117 00:09:57,650 --> 00:09:58,650 didn't... Then? 118 00:09:59,150 --> 00:10:03,650 I'll grant you I'm no Harvard Law graduate, but where I went to school, if 119 00:10:03,650 --> 00:10:08,130 sits hiding in a garage for two hours with a gun in his hand, then shoots his 120 00:10:08,130 --> 00:10:12,190 unarmed father the minute he gets out of his car, well, that's murder one in a 121 00:10:12,190 --> 00:10:13,190 very big way. 122 00:10:13,430 --> 00:10:16,190 He didn't shoot him the minute he stepped from his car. 123 00:10:16,810 --> 00:10:19,710 He was trying to get him not to go in the house. 124 00:10:20,010 --> 00:10:24,130 He was protecting his mother, not wanting to shoot his father. 125 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:26,130 But he did shoot his father. 126 00:10:27,090 --> 00:10:28,370 I'm surprised at you. 127 00:10:29,580 --> 00:10:34,220 Kid handed you a line and you swallowed it hook, line, and sinker. I believe 128 00:10:34,220 --> 00:10:35,920 what Danny told me. 129 00:10:36,740 --> 00:10:40,880 Ben, your client was lying in wait for his victim. 130 00:10:41,340 --> 00:10:44,140 Now, you know that constitutes extraordinary circumstances. 131 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,660 It's wrong to put this boy on trial for murder one. 132 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:51,180 Well, we'll see what a jury thinks. 133 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:06,320 Jackass. 134 00:11:11,980 --> 00:11:15,400 Mr. Connolly, are you ready to give your opening statement? 135 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:16,840 I am, Your Honor. 136 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:20,800 It is June 10th of this year, ladies and gentlemen. 137 00:11:23,940 --> 00:11:27,320 It is the last few minutes of Frank Hayes' life. 138 00:11:32,340 --> 00:11:37,820 As he exits his car, and he walks the five or seven feet toward the door 139 00:11:37,820 --> 00:11:38,799 to his house. 140 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:45,640 Even as his hand reaches for the knob, gunshots shatter the evening 141 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:52,360 calm and enter Frank Hayes' back to the left of the spine and lodge in his 142 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:53,360 heart. 143 00:11:56,780 --> 00:12:01,400 The evidence in this case will show, beyond a reasonable doubt, 144 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:10,520 that some person very close to Frank Hayes had come to hate him, was waiting 145 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:16,180 the garage for him to arrive, took aim with a high -powered handgun, 146 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:23,240 and without any justification or provocation whatsoever, killed 147 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,800 him in cold, cold blood. 148 00:12:29,140 --> 00:12:34,140 A plotted, planned, and premeditated murder of a human being. 149 00:12:38,380 --> 00:12:42,900 That person is seated in this courtroom, 150 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:48,520 at that table, in that chair. 151 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,820 That person's name is Daniel Hayes. 152 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,640 He is the son of Frank Hayes, and he is the defendant in this case. 153 00:13:03,210 --> 00:13:06,810 Ladies and gentlemen, the evidence you will hear speaks for itself. 154 00:13:08,510 --> 00:13:15,290 The state asks only that you listen to that evidence and you give us your 155 00:13:15,290 --> 00:13:17,150 verdict in accordance with the law. 156 00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:28,590 Mr. Matlock? 157 00:13:34,830 --> 00:13:37,570 That was a very convincing speech. 158 00:13:40,350 --> 00:13:47,350 So why don't we just convict Danny Hayes of murder right now and send 159 00:13:47,350 --> 00:13:49,070 him to prison for the rest of his life? 160 00:13:49,770 --> 00:13:55,190 Of course, you would be disregarding the law, but that's what my distinguished 161 00:13:55,190 --> 00:13:58,210 colleague apparently wants you to do. 162 00:13:59,490 --> 00:14:03,730 He is absolutely right about one thing. 163 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,500 Murder is never justified. 164 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:15,220 However, we do have in this country a thing called 165 00:14:15,220 --> 00:14:18,340 justifiable homicide. 166 00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:21,620 Every state in the Union allows it. 167 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:28,980 It's a law that simply means in defense of another 168 00:14:28,980 --> 00:14:33,720 human being, you, you, you, 169 00:14:34,670 --> 00:14:41,430 Or Danny Hayes has the right to keep that person from 170 00:14:41,430 --> 00:14:42,430 being killed. 171 00:14:43,510 --> 00:14:45,350 We don't have to sit on our hands. 172 00:14:47,490 --> 00:14:53,630 Now, you're going to hear evidence that Frank Hayes was not 173 00:14:53,630 --> 00:14:57,710 just an ordinary man who lost his temper once in a while. 174 00:14:58,770 --> 00:15:05,620 This was a violent, intolerant man who frequently slapped, beat, abused his 175 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:12,380 wife. And then when his temper reached its peak, he made a promise 176 00:15:12,380 --> 00:15:18,580 that he would return at a specified time and take the life 177 00:15:18,580 --> 00:15:21,200 of Danny Hayes' mother. 178 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,140 And Danny believed his father. He took him at his word. 179 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:30,720 Frank Hayes was a wife -beater, an abuser. 180 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,540 He would say he was sorry he wouldn't do it again. 181 00:15:34,110 --> 00:15:36,810 Something would set off this violent man. 182 00:15:37,250 --> 00:15:41,550 And he said to his wife, I'm coming back here tomorrow. 183 00:15:42,630 --> 00:15:46,490 And if you're still here, I'm going to kill you. 184 00:15:48,230 --> 00:15:50,670 And Danny believed him. 185 00:15:51,550 --> 00:15:57,330 After you've heard all the testimony, I'm going to ask you to put yourself 186 00:15:57,330 --> 00:15:59,630 in Danny's shoes. 187 00:16:00,570 --> 00:16:01,570 Ask yourself. 188 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:11,420 Would I defend my mother if I were certain that in a matter of 189 00:16:11,420 --> 00:16:15,520 seconds her life would be ended? 190 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:35,619 There you go. 191 00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:36,620 Eat your pie. 192 00:16:37,100 --> 00:16:39,220 No, thanks. I'm not hungry. 193 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:42,240 Danny, you have to eat. I don't want you looking pale in the courtroom. 194 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:51,980 I... I dream about him every 195 00:16:51,980 --> 00:16:52,980 night. 196 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:56,100 I see his face. 197 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:58,080 Hear Mom crying. 198 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:00,080 I'm not surprised. 199 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:03,040 I'm very worried. 200 00:17:04,170 --> 00:17:09,869 If your mother just called the cops once, twice, once, it would have helped. 201 00:17:09,869 --> 00:17:12,910 least your father's abuse would have been on the record. If you had left your 202 00:17:12,910 --> 00:17:14,810 name when you called, that would have helped. 203 00:17:15,490 --> 00:17:20,630 Wait, you don't believe me? My belief isn't necessary or even important. 204 00:17:22,890 --> 00:17:23,890 Reasonable doubt. 205 00:17:27,310 --> 00:17:29,870 There's no doubt you shot your father. 206 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:39,320 We have to make the jury believe that you felt you had to shoot him to save 207 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,500 another person's life. 208 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:45,360 Ain't nothing easy. 209 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:47,320 And this sure ain't. 210 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:48,720 Eat your pie. 211 00:17:50,660 --> 00:17:54,100 Eat your pie. 212 00:17:56,900 --> 00:17:57,900 Mr. 213 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,400 Connolly, would you like to proceed? 214 00:18:04,010 --> 00:18:05,010 Thank you, Your Honor. 215 00:18:05,610 --> 00:18:09,870 Mr. Blesman, are you acquainted with the defendant? 216 00:18:10,610 --> 00:18:11,970 We went to high school together. 217 00:18:12,930 --> 00:18:16,910 Do you recall an incident that took place about a year ago between you and 218 00:18:16,910 --> 00:18:18,750 defendant regarding a gold -plated pen? 219 00:18:19,370 --> 00:18:20,950 Yeah, I'd call it an incident. 220 00:18:22,170 --> 00:18:23,890 Will you elaborate for the court, please? 221 00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:27,090 Uh, Danny accused me of stealing his pen. 222 00:18:27,990 --> 00:18:29,150 Had you stolen it? 223 00:18:29,899 --> 00:18:33,340 No, he found it later scrunched in the back of his car seat. Mr. Blessing, when 224 00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:38,380 Mr. Hayes suspected you'd stolen his pen, did he tell a teacher or take you 225 00:18:38,380 --> 00:18:41,340 aside and talk to you? You're kidding. He knocked the crap out of me. 226 00:18:41,940 --> 00:18:42,940 He hit you? 227 00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:44,600 Yeah, he cracked my tooth. 228 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:48,420 What did you do to provoke Mr. Hayes' rage? 229 00:18:49,340 --> 00:18:52,220 Nothing. I was in the locker room. I was headed for the showers and he just came 230 00:18:52,220 --> 00:18:53,220 up and blindsided me. 231 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:58,360 You mean he attacked you because he believed you had his pen and not because 232 00:18:58,360 --> 00:18:59,349 had any proof? 233 00:18:59,350 --> 00:19:00,350 That's right. 234 00:19:00,830 --> 00:19:03,270 Sounds to me like Daniel Hayes has a hair -trigger temper. 235 00:19:04,450 --> 00:19:05,450 Nothing further. 236 00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:09,770 Mr. Matlock, your witness. 237 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:17,590 Mr. Blessing, have you ever been in a fistfight before? 238 00:19:18,830 --> 00:19:20,110 Yeah, lots of times. 239 00:19:20,870 --> 00:19:23,710 Were you ever in a fistfight with Mr. Hayes before? 240 00:19:25,550 --> 00:19:26,550 Well, yeah. 241 00:19:26,970 --> 00:19:28,430 What was that fight about? 242 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:31,500 He asked out my girlfriend. 243 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:37,700 Oh, he made a move on your girl. That must have made you mad. 244 00:19:38,940 --> 00:19:42,820 In that fight, who threw the first punch? 245 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,540 Who threw the first punch? 246 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,680 I did, but he was asking. No further questions. 247 00:19:49,060 --> 00:19:50,400 Witness may step down. 248 00:19:54,620 --> 00:19:56,280 You may call your next witness. 249 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,440 State calls Sam Parker to the stand. 250 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:06,480 Mr. Parker, you were a close personal friend of Frank Hayes, were you not? I 251 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,160 knew Frank for 21 years. He was my best friend. 252 00:20:09,380 --> 00:20:14,020 In all those years of friendship, did you ever witness any violent behavior 253 00:20:14,020 --> 00:20:14,859 Frank Hayes? 254 00:20:14,860 --> 00:20:18,220 Never. See him uncontrollably enraged? 255 00:20:18,540 --> 00:20:20,500 Be physically abusive to anyone? 256 00:20:20,780 --> 00:20:21,780 No. 257 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:23,660 How about to his wife? 258 00:20:24,460 --> 00:20:25,379 No way. 259 00:20:25,380 --> 00:20:27,160 Frank was a really good husband. 260 00:20:28,170 --> 00:20:30,030 How about his relationship with his son? 261 00:20:30,490 --> 00:20:31,810 Did he ever talk to you about it? 262 00:20:32,090 --> 00:20:36,070 Sometimes. He couldn't understand why Danny hated him so much. 263 00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:42,430 Do you recall the night before Frank Hayes' death? 264 00:20:42,950 --> 00:20:47,610 Yes. I spent part of the evening with him. We had dinner, and then I drove him 265 00:20:47,610 --> 00:20:48,610 to his house. 266 00:20:49,070 --> 00:20:53,650 Now, in your own words, I'd like you to explain the events of that evening as 267 00:20:53,650 --> 00:20:54,770 best you can remember them. 268 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:59,420 After Frank and Christine had separated, Frank and I started getting together 269 00:20:59,420 --> 00:21:00,480 once a week for dinner. 270 00:21:00,860 --> 00:21:06,340 Anyway, we were sitting in this cafe that night, and Frank started telling me 271 00:21:06,340 --> 00:21:07,640 how much he missed Christine. 272 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,880 Well, finally, I told him to stop telling me this and get over and tell 273 00:21:22,830 --> 00:21:25,230 Christine was wearing a real sexy dress. 274 00:21:25,590 --> 00:21:29,870 You could see she was mad because Frank showed up without calling. Why didn't 275 00:21:29,870 --> 00:21:30,870 you call? 276 00:21:31,070 --> 00:21:32,130 I've missed you, Chris. 277 00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:37,470 Well, Sam here, you're all I ever talk about. 278 00:21:37,930 --> 00:21:39,810 You should have called first, Frank. 279 00:21:41,310 --> 00:21:42,770 Is everything okay, Chris? 280 00:21:44,550 --> 00:21:45,550 Who are you? 281 00:21:46,090 --> 00:21:47,650 Jack, this is my husband. 282 00:21:48,490 --> 00:21:50,130 What's this guy doing in my house? 283 00:21:50,590 --> 00:21:52,310 Well, that's none of your business, Frank. 284 00:21:52,990 --> 00:21:55,190 You're the one who said we should see other people. 285 00:21:55,570 --> 00:21:56,570 What? 286 00:21:56,790 --> 00:21:58,190 What the hell are you talking about? 287 00:21:58,530 --> 00:22:00,670 About then, Danny came out of his room. 288 00:22:01,970 --> 00:22:03,170 I think maybe I better go. 289 00:22:04,330 --> 00:22:05,330 I'll call you later. 290 00:22:12,550 --> 00:22:15,050 Where are you going? 291 00:22:15,350 --> 00:22:16,350 To bed. 292 00:22:16,610 --> 00:22:17,910 Chris, we've got to talk. 293 00:22:18,510 --> 00:22:22,390 Frank started upstairs to talk to Christine, but she didn't want any part 294 00:22:22,390 --> 00:22:26,430 him. You can't just barge into this house any time you want to. 295 00:22:26,730 --> 00:22:27,730 Why not? 296 00:22:27,890 --> 00:22:29,030 I pay the bills. 297 00:22:29,330 --> 00:22:32,050 Just get out of here, Frank. I don't want to talk to you. 298 00:22:32,310 --> 00:22:35,010 Christine. That's when Danny blocked his father's way upstairs. 299 00:22:35,590 --> 00:22:37,590 You heard what she said, Dad. Get out of here. 300 00:22:37,790 --> 00:22:40,710 Get out of my way. This is between your mother and me. 301 00:22:42,530 --> 00:22:44,970 Don't you ever lay your hand on me like that again. 302 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:57,460 Danny didn't have to throw him downstairs like that. Luckily, Frank 303 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:02,040 I helped him up and told him we should go. Did Frank Hayes make a threat of any 304 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,360 kind to his wife before you left? 305 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:10,360 Yes, he did. I'm not going to stand by while my wife shares my bed with 306 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:11,360 else. 307 00:23:12,420 --> 00:23:18,580 I want you moved out of this house by the time I come back here tomorrow 308 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,680 Or what, Frank? 309 00:23:22,060 --> 00:23:23,060 I'll kill you. 310 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:24,700 That's what. 311 00:23:25,980 --> 00:23:32,960 Mr. Parker, do you believe that Frank Hayes literally meant that he intended 312 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,900 return to that house the following day and kill his wife, Christine? 313 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,340 Objection calls for speculation. 314 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,020 This is hardly speculation, Your Honor. 315 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,540 The witness had a lengthy conversation with the victim the moment they left the 316 00:23:46,540 --> 00:23:47,980 house. Then it's hearsay. 317 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:49,400 Overruled. 318 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,240 The witness may answer the question. 319 00:23:52,460 --> 00:23:54,640 No, he wouldn't have hurt Christine. 320 00:23:55,080 --> 00:24:00,440 In fact, when we got to the car, he broke down in tears. He said he loved 321 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:04,380 Chris and prayed to God they'd be able to work things out. I have nothing 322 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:05,380 further. 323 00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:09,940 Mr. 324 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,220 Parker, I apologize. I just can't... 325 00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:19,450 Quite remember the name of the restaurant where you and Frank had 326 00:24:19,450 --> 00:24:20,570 night before he died. 327 00:24:21,310 --> 00:24:22,310 Scully's Grill. 328 00:24:22,490 --> 00:24:27,930 I believe that's Scully's Bar and Grill, isn't it? Yeah, actually, I think it 329 00:24:27,930 --> 00:24:33,250 is. So did you and your friend Frank have some alcoholic drinks along with 330 00:24:33,250 --> 00:24:35,750 dinner? Yes, I believe we did. How many? 331 00:24:36,010 --> 00:24:38,170 One or two. Or three or four? 332 00:24:38,410 --> 00:24:39,410 No more than three. 333 00:24:39,850 --> 00:24:45,330 Oh, so I guess you were feeling no pain, maybe a little woozy. I was perfectly 334 00:24:45,330 --> 00:24:51,390 fine. You mean to tell me that three strong alcoholic drinks won't impair 335 00:24:51,390 --> 00:24:53,690 perception of things the way it does everybody else? 336 00:24:53,910 --> 00:24:56,590 I remember that night very clearly, Mr. Matlock. 337 00:24:56,990 --> 00:24:57,990 Okay. 338 00:24:59,850 --> 00:25:01,770 Let me ask you something, Mr. Parker. 339 00:25:03,470 --> 00:25:10,370 You say that Frank was a good and loving husband and... Never physically 340 00:25:10,370 --> 00:25:11,450 abused his wife. 341 00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:12,710 That's right. 342 00:25:13,890 --> 00:25:18,130 How often did you spend an evening with the two of them? 343 00:25:18,610 --> 00:25:23,130 Excuse me? Well, in all the years that you've known them, how often would say 344 00:25:23,130 --> 00:25:27,850 you and your wife spend an evening with Frank and Christine Hayes? I don't know. 345 00:25:28,290 --> 00:25:30,490 Would it be closer to one or a hundred? 346 00:25:30,810 --> 00:25:34,130 Well, Frank and I were buddies. We used to hang out together, not with our 347 00:25:34,130 --> 00:25:37,750 wives. The truth is, you hardly spent... 348 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:42,120 any time with the two of them, so you couldn't know whether he was a good and 349 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:43,019 loving husband. 350 00:25:43,020 --> 00:25:44,540 I knew, Frank, you didn't. 351 00:25:46,220 --> 00:25:49,120 You knew what he drank. 352 00:25:49,540 --> 00:25:55,080 You knew what sports he liked to bet on. You knew what cars he wanted to buy. 353 00:25:55,180 --> 00:26:00,920 But you didn't have a clue how he treated his wife or how he got along 354 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,100 son. That's not true. 355 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:07,420 Mr. Parker, I'm sure you miss Frank. 356 00:26:08,490 --> 00:26:10,570 I believe he was your best friend. 357 00:26:10,910 --> 00:26:17,850 And my guess is that you'd feel a lot better if his death were 358 00:26:17,850 --> 00:26:21,470 avenged. Don't you dare patronize me, damn it. 359 00:26:22,010 --> 00:26:23,010 Mr. Parker. 360 00:26:23,150 --> 00:26:25,370 Your Honor, he's trying to twist everything around. 361 00:26:25,930 --> 00:26:27,230 Danny hated Frank. 362 00:26:27,490 --> 00:26:31,610 Move to strike. He's glad he's dead. Hey, shut up. You don't know anything. 363 00:26:31,950 --> 00:26:35,610 Sit down, young man. He's lying. Mr. Matlock, restrain your client or I'll 364 00:26:35,610 --> 00:26:36,610 the bailiff remove him. 365 00:27:03,980 --> 00:27:05,420 This is a beautiful garden. 366 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,860 Rose, Danny asked me to come by and tell you that he loves you. 367 00:27:14,500 --> 00:27:15,500 And he's sorry. 368 00:27:19,380 --> 00:27:22,820 Danny says that you were in the house the night Frank came home with his 369 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,100 I was in my room. I didn't hear anything. 370 00:27:28,540 --> 00:27:31,900 I understand. It got pretty loud. You didn't hear anything? 371 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:35,800 My son is dead. 372 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,600 Leave me alone. 373 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,880 No one can bring your son back, Rose. 374 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:48,340 But you don't want to lose Danny, too. If you just testify that you heard Frank 375 00:27:48,340 --> 00:27:50,620 threatening Christine... I told you I didn't hear anything. 376 00:27:56,060 --> 00:27:58,720 Mr. Connolly, I call your next witness. 377 00:28:00,650 --> 00:28:04,650 State calls Christine Hayes to the stand and asks that she be deemed a hostile 378 00:28:04,650 --> 00:28:05,970 witness under the evidence code. 379 00:28:06,530 --> 00:28:07,690 It is so deemed. 380 00:28:08,570 --> 00:28:14,110 Mrs. Hayes, would you characterize your husband as a violent or abusive man? 381 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:16,610 Yes. 382 00:28:16,970 --> 00:28:18,610 Did he physically abuse you? 383 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:20,330 Many times, yes. 384 00:28:21,130 --> 00:28:22,450 Did you ever call the police? 385 00:28:22,930 --> 00:28:23,930 No. 386 00:28:24,930 --> 00:28:26,970 Ever file a charge against him? 387 00:28:28,030 --> 00:28:29,030 No. 388 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:30,800 Filed for a divorce? 389 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:32,400 We had separated. 390 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:38,260 Mr. Taze, you want us to believe that your husband was a dangerous and violent 391 00:28:38,260 --> 00:28:42,840 man who chronically abused you, yet you never called the police or filed a 392 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,260 charge or divorced him. 393 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:45,760 Why is that? 394 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,420 Because he always said that he was sorry. 395 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:54,140 That he had been working too hard or was tired or had too much to drink. 396 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,060 He always said that it would never happen again. 397 00:28:59,150 --> 00:29:03,090 And I always felt that someday, if I just held on long enough, that he would 398 00:29:03,090 --> 00:29:04,090 change. 399 00:29:05,450 --> 00:29:08,010 So I stood by him. By having an affair? 400 00:29:08,430 --> 00:29:10,110 Objection! Withdraw the question. 401 00:29:11,410 --> 00:29:17,710 Mrs. Hayes, we've heard that your husband threatened to kill you if he 402 00:29:17,710 --> 00:29:19,390 at home on the evening of June 9th. 403 00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:21,730 Did you believe him? 404 00:29:22,270 --> 00:29:23,570 I was very scared. 405 00:29:23,930 --> 00:29:26,090 Oh, then of course you called the police this time. 406 00:29:30,870 --> 00:29:35,730 No. You feared for your life, yet you didn't think that your husband's threat 407 00:29:35,730 --> 00:29:38,130 warranted one call to the police, did you? 408 00:29:40,790 --> 00:29:45,110 Tell us, where were you at the time that your son shot your husband? 409 00:29:46,390 --> 00:29:47,389 In the house. 410 00:29:47,390 --> 00:29:48,390 Doing what? 411 00:29:48,470 --> 00:29:49,470 Cooking? 412 00:29:50,190 --> 00:29:51,330 Vacuuming? On the phone? 413 00:29:52,410 --> 00:29:53,430 With your boyfriend? 414 00:29:54,090 --> 00:29:56,530 Objection! You weren't scared at all, were you? 415 00:29:56,940 --> 00:30:00,340 Connolly, you did nothing to protect yourself because you didn't think that 416 00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:03,980 husband's threat was serious. Your son didn't think it was serious, and in 417 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,800 the threat was not serious. Is that right? No. 418 00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:08,980 No, that is not true. 419 00:30:10,340 --> 00:30:11,380 I'm done here. 420 00:30:19,740 --> 00:30:20,740 Mr. Matlock? 421 00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:25,340 No questions at this time, Your Honor. 422 00:30:26,410 --> 00:30:27,790 The witness may step down. 423 00:30:28,090 --> 00:30:31,550 This appears a good time to break for lunch. 424 00:30:32,450 --> 00:30:35,150 This court is in recess until 2 p .m. 425 00:30:37,910 --> 00:30:43,050 Better than being in jail. 426 00:30:44,090 --> 00:30:45,090 Yeah. 427 00:30:48,650 --> 00:30:52,650 Danny, I think I'm going to have to put you on the stand. 428 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,260 It's very risky. 429 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:02,260 It opens you up to cross -examination. 430 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,240 After you give your side of the story, then you're going to have to answer Mr. 431 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:10,680 Conley's questions, and I have absolutely no control over what he might 432 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:12,500 He sure went after Mom. 433 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:14,040 Yep. 434 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,200 Just like he'll go after you. 435 00:31:17,340 --> 00:31:23,040 But you're the only witness who can respond to Sam Parker's testimony. It 436 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:24,040 very damaging. 437 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:26,220 So what do I do? 438 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:31,040 Well, I want you to tell about the night your father brought Sam Parker to the 439 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:34,420 house. I want you to tell what really happened, everything that was different 440 00:31:34,420 --> 00:31:35,700 from what Sam Parker said. 441 00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:37,840 All right, I can do that. 442 00:31:39,180 --> 00:31:44,520 Mainly, I want you to make the jury understand the fear you had for your 443 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,880 and how certain you were that your father would carry out his threat to 444 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:49,880 her. 445 00:31:50,380 --> 00:31:51,380 Okay. 446 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,700 And when Mr. Conley questions you, don't lose your temper. 447 00:31:58,530 --> 00:32:02,490 Okay. You already lost it in the courtroom once. This is going to be 448 00:32:03,110 --> 00:32:06,890 He's going to come at you with everything he's got. He's going to bait 449 00:32:06,890 --> 00:32:10,730 going to provoke you. He's going to try his damnedest to make you lose your 450 00:32:10,730 --> 00:32:15,450 temper. So the jury will see you as a hot -tempered kid who hated his father 451 00:32:15,450 --> 00:32:16,830 couldn't wait to shoot him dead. 452 00:32:18,530 --> 00:32:20,790 I didn't want to shoot him. 453 00:32:24,010 --> 00:32:26,950 How can you sit there and eat like that like nothing is happening? 454 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,400 Because like I told you, it's lunch and I'm hungry. 455 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,460 Now see, that's what I was talking about. 456 00:32:36,060 --> 00:32:38,320 Now you're mad at me and I'm on your side. 457 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,240 All right, I'm sorry. 458 00:32:44,980 --> 00:32:45,980 No. 459 00:32:46,420 --> 00:32:47,420 No matter. 460 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,440 What Mr. Conley says, don't argue with him. 461 00:32:51,940 --> 00:32:53,880 If there's any fighting to do, let me do it. 462 00:32:54,940 --> 00:32:56,140 Okay, I understand. 463 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:57,800 Okay. 464 00:32:58,020 --> 00:32:59,020 Eat a little lunch. 465 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,620 Come on, let me help you keep calm. Eat. 466 00:33:05,460 --> 00:33:09,060 Danny, why did you shoot your dad? 467 00:33:10,980 --> 00:33:13,960 If I had let him go into that house, he would have killed my mother. 468 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:16,900 How can you be so certain of that? 469 00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:19,560 He told her that he would kill her the night before. 470 00:33:20,220 --> 00:33:27,060 But your father had made threats against your mother on other 471 00:33:27,060 --> 00:33:28,060 occasions, hadn't he? 472 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:36,020 Yeah. He would threaten to beat her up, and then he would, but he had never 473 00:33:36,020 --> 00:33:37,500 threatened to kill her before, no. 474 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:44,560 Now, Danny, you heard Sam Parker's account of what took place that evening. 475 00:33:45,740 --> 00:33:46,740 Was it correct? 476 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:52,260 No. In your own words, would you give us your memory of what happened that 477 00:33:52,260 --> 00:33:53,260 night? 478 00:33:56,650 --> 00:33:59,790 I was in my room when my father came home with Mr. Parker. 479 00:33:59,990 --> 00:34:03,270 I remember that he called out for my mom. 480 00:34:06,490 --> 00:34:07,990 It's all right. Come on, Stan. It's all right. 481 00:34:09,389 --> 00:34:10,389 Chris? 482 00:34:11,690 --> 00:34:12,690 It's Frank. 483 00:34:17,969 --> 00:34:19,230 Frank, what are you doing here? 484 00:34:21,949 --> 00:34:23,030 I've missed you, Chris. 485 00:34:24,290 --> 00:34:25,290 Oh, that's... 486 00:34:25,739 --> 00:34:28,100 Sam here. You're all I ever talk about. 487 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:30,780 Remember that dress? 488 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:32,558 Everything okay? 489 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,460 When my dad saw Mr. Williams, he lost it. 490 00:34:35,739 --> 00:34:36,880 You whore. 491 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:38,739 He's just a friend, Frank. 492 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,040 You're the one who said we should see other people. 493 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:42,699 Get the hell out of my house! 494 00:34:43,060 --> 00:34:44,219 Go. Go. 495 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:46,320 Okay, but I'll call you later. 496 00:34:49,219 --> 00:34:53,500 As soon as Mr. Williams left, my dad started moving towards my mother with... 497 00:34:54,379 --> 00:34:56,159 Real scary look in his eyes. 498 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:00,840 Where do you think you're going? 499 00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:02,100 To bed. 500 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:04,560 You've been disloyal to me, Chris. 501 00:35:05,420 --> 00:35:07,000 You know my feelings about that. 502 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,480 Please, please, Frank, just go. 503 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,620 No, that's how we have a little talk in the bedroom. 504 00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:18,480 Look, Dad, come on. She asked you to go. Just don't cause any trouble, okay? 505 00:35:20,460 --> 00:35:22,880 Don't you ever put your hand on me like that again. 506 00:35:24,140 --> 00:35:26,300 My dad turned around and took a swing at it. 507 00:35:26,620 --> 00:35:29,900 I ducked and I guess he just lost his balance. 508 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:39,320 That's when my father looked up at my mother with this look I'd never seen 509 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:40,320 before. 510 00:35:40,980 --> 00:35:42,640 You're not my wife. 511 00:35:43,940 --> 00:35:46,680 You're a filthy slut. 512 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,620 I'm going to make you pay for bringing men into this house. 513 00:35:53,450 --> 00:35:54,450 Just leave. 514 00:35:54,890 --> 00:35:55,890 I'm going. 515 00:35:56,910 --> 00:35:59,070 But I'm coming back tomorrow night. 516 00:35:59,690 --> 00:36:06,530 And if every piece of your clothing isn't out of this house, I'll kill 517 00:36:06,530 --> 00:36:07,530 you. 518 00:36:09,210 --> 00:36:12,570 Did you call the police after your father left the house that night? 519 00:36:13,590 --> 00:36:17,490 Yes, I did. My mom begged me not to, but I did anyway. 520 00:36:17,890 --> 00:36:19,090 What did you say to them? 521 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:22,900 I told them that... My dad said that he was going to kill my mom. 522 00:36:23,660 --> 00:36:27,160 The police said that there was nothing they could do about that unless a crime 523 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,160 was committed. 524 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,100 So I hung up. Did you leave your name? 525 00:36:33,240 --> 00:36:34,240 No. 526 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,160 That might have helped. 527 00:36:41,580 --> 00:36:46,540 Why didn't you try to get your mother out of the house before your father came 528 00:36:46,540 --> 00:36:47,540 back? 529 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:53,280 I... I did. I tried. But she said the reason she separated from my dad was so 530 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,160 that she wouldn't have to be afraid of him anymore. She didn't want to run. 531 00:36:57,740 --> 00:37:04,420 It sounds like your mother was less afraid of your 532 00:37:04,420 --> 00:37:06,080 father's threats than you were. 533 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,780 My mom always thought that my dad had beaten her for the last time. 534 00:37:15,660 --> 00:37:16,860 She was always wrong. 535 00:37:18,180 --> 00:37:25,160 Danny, are you absolutely certain if you had not shot your father, he would have 536 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:26,160 killed your mother? 537 00:37:27,140 --> 00:37:30,520 I have never been more positive about anything in my life. 538 00:37:33,140 --> 00:37:34,340 No further questions. 539 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:37,480 Mr. Connolly? 540 00:37:43,180 --> 00:37:47,440 Danny, what kind of dad was your father? 541 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,040 He was okay. 542 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:53,460 Sometimes, sometimes not. 543 00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:55,520 Did he ever help you with your homework? 544 00:37:56,560 --> 00:37:59,040 Did he ever come out to see you play Little League? 545 00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:01,520 Did he ever take you to the Braves games? 546 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,740 No, no, not very often. He worked a lot. 547 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:10,340 All those years watching your friends playing catch with their dads on their 548 00:38:10,340 --> 00:38:11,340 front lawns. 549 00:38:11,860 --> 00:38:13,660 You must have resented him terribly. 550 00:38:14,940 --> 00:38:17,420 I didn't resent my dad. 551 00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:21,760 Did you ever see your father mistreat your mother? 552 00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:25,880 Yes. And that resentment turned to anger, then hatred, didn't it? 553 00:38:27,700 --> 00:38:31,540 I was angry, but I didn't hate my father. 554 00:38:34,420 --> 00:38:40,700 The night your father came home with Sam Parker, he didn't trip down those 555 00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:42,740 stairs. You pulled him. 556 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:45,360 You threw him down, didn't you? 557 00:38:46,180 --> 00:38:47,480 I didn't mean to... 558 00:38:48,210 --> 00:38:49,590 He tried to hit you. Yes or no? 559 00:38:49,870 --> 00:38:51,210 Yes, but I... Had he hit you? 560 00:38:51,430 --> 00:38:53,130 No, but he tried to. No, he didn't hit you. 561 00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:55,790 And you didn't call the police, did you, Danny? 562 00:38:56,910 --> 00:39:00,170 That's why they didn't have your name, because you didn't call the police. 563 00:39:00,630 --> 00:39:03,830 Yes, I did. You knew your father wasn't going to kill your mother. 564 00:39:04,050 --> 00:39:08,730 He said that he would. He was drunk, and he was upset at seeing another man in 565 00:39:08,730 --> 00:39:10,250 his house with his wife. 566 00:39:10,910 --> 00:39:15,450 It was an idle threat. He knew it, your mother knew it, and you knew it, didn't 567 00:39:15,450 --> 00:39:17,110 you? No! Oh, come on, Danny. 568 00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:22,390 The police never found any knife or gun anywhere in your father's possession. He 569 00:39:22,390 --> 00:39:25,970 would have strangled her. Admit it. You hated him. And you don't know what I had 570 00:39:25,970 --> 00:39:28,070 to live with. And you're glad he's dead, aren't you? 571 00:39:28,370 --> 00:39:29,590 Objection. Aren't you? 572 00:39:29,930 --> 00:39:31,330 Objection. No further questions. 573 00:39:58,540 --> 00:39:59,980 Thank you for seeing me, Rose. 574 00:40:01,420 --> 00:40:03,280 You sounded worried on the phone. 575 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,800 Now that you're here, you look worried. 576 00:40:06,220 --> 00:40:07,220 I am. 577 00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:13,660 I'd like to tell you everything will be okay, but the fact is... there's a good 578 00:40:13,660 --> 00:40:16,800 possibility... You think Danny's going to be convicted, don't you? 579 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:19,200 Ben doesn't think the jury believed his testimony. 580 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:20,600 Why? 581 00:40:21,180 --> 00:40:24,960 Ben's been reading jurors' faces for 35 years. He knows when they're not buying 582 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:25,960 a defendant's story. 583 00:40:26,890 --> 00:40:28,210 What about my testimony? 584 00:40:28,590 --> 00:40:29,590 Danny's your son. 585 00:40:29,670 --> 00:40:31,770 The jury expects you to protect him. 586 00:40:32,910 --> 00:40:34,890 How long a sentence could he get? 587 00:40:35,150 --> 00:40:37,290 He's being tried as an adult, Christine. 588 00:40:37,870 --> 00:40:40,890 He could get... life. 589 00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:58,080 The defense calls Rose Hayes to the stand. 590 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:05,720 Mrs. Hayes, I want to thank you. 591 00:41:07,540 --> 00:41:14,100 I know you loved your son Frank very much, and I understand how difficult 592 00:41:14,100 --> 00:41:15,100 must be for you. 593 00:41:15,220 --> 00:41:19,600 How many years did you live with your son Frank, your daughter -in -law 594 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,840 Christine, and your grandson Danny? 595 00:41:22,620 --> 00:41:24,600 Four years, last month. 596 00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:31,600 And in those four years, did you ever see or hear your son and your daughter 597 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:32,980 -law fighting? 598 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:40,160 Well, sometimes at night when I was in my room, I 599 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,740 heard them fighting. 600 00:41:42,940 --> 00:41:48,960 Did you ever see your son hit your daughter -in -law? 601 00:41:49,420 --> 00:41:53,040 No. Did Danny ever tell you? 602 00:41:53,550 --> 00:41:55,670 that he saw his father hit his mother. 603 00:42:00,970 --> 00:42:01,970 Yes. 604 00:42:06,070 --> 00:42:09,370 Mr. Matlock, does your witness need a recess? 605 00:42:12,150 --> 00:42:13,150 Rose? 606 00:42:13,910 --> 00:42:15,250 No, thank you, Chuck. 607 00:42:18,270 --> 00:42:23,780 When Danny told you that he had seen his father hitting his mother, Did you 608 00:42:23,780 --> 00:42:27,440 believe him? My son works very hard. 609 00:42:28,500 --> 00:42:30,300 He's under a lot of pressure. 610 00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:37,380 I understand. Did Christine ever tell you that her husband was hitting her? 611 00:42:40,620 --> 00:42:46,160 She... She always said it was her fault. 612 00:42:46,700 --> 00:42:52,000 Mrs. Hayes, were you in the house the night that your son brought... 613 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:55,300 Sam Parker, home with him. I was in the kitchen. 614 00:42:55,560 --> 00:43:01,360 Mrs. Hayes, there have been two entirely different stories told about what took 615 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:02,360 place that night. 616 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:07,500 I'd like you to give us your memory of what you saw and heard. 617 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:13,460 Now, you were in the kitchen when you heard your son's voice. 618 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,660 Yes. But you didn't go in and say hello. 619 00:43:18,140 --> 00:43:19,480 He was very angry. 620 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:28,280 All the years you have known your son, how many times have you seen him that 621 00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:29,280 angry? 622 00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:33,720 My Frank was like his father. 623 00:43:36,860 --> 00:43:40,860 Joe worked very hard, and I know he loved me. 624 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:48,260 But sometimes he had a temper. 625 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:53,440 Your husband hit you? 626 00:43:55,180 --> 00:43:56,960 He was always sorry. 627 00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:02,000 And deep down, he was a good man. 628 00:44:03,900 --> 00:44:05,080 Just like Frank? 629 00:44:06,820 --> 00:44:07,820 Yes. 630 00:44:08,140 --> 00:44:09,180 Deep down. 631 00:44:09,740 --> 00:44:10,740 I see. 632 00:44:12,740 --> 00:44:15,060 You haven't had it easy, Mrs. Hayes. 633 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:19,260 But we must have an answer. 634 00:44:20,620 --> 00:44:25,420 How many times have you seen your son as angry as he was the night he brought 635 00:44:25,420 --> 00:44:27,020 Sam Parker to the house? 636 00:44:35,180 --> 00:44:38,340 I'm almost finished, Rose. I promise. 637 00:44:40,180 --> 00:44:46,980 Did you hear your son threaten to return the next day and kill his wife if 638 00:44:46,980 --> 00:44:47,980 she were still there? 639 00:44:52,090 --> 00:44:56,350 Yes Were you afraid? 640 00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:32,560 I know that it's wrong to kill even someone like him. 641 00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:36,640 But what if I hadn't and you were dead? 642 00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:43,040 I had no choice, did I? 643 00:45:43,540 --> 00:45:47,040 Oh, Danny, the vault is mine. 644 00:45:48,700 --> 00:45:53,360 I should have reported the abuse to the police. I should have divorced your 645 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:54,420 father years ago. 646 00:45:57,610 --> 00:46:00,790 I should have gone with you the night you wanted to take me away. 647 00:46:03,210 --> 00:46:04,550 The jury's coming in. 648 00:46:06,430 --> 00:46:13,430 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you 649 00:46:13,430 --> 00:46:14,430 reached a verdict? 650 00:46:16,370 --> 00:46:17,450 We have, Your Honor. 651 00:46:19,050 --> 00:46:23,370 On the charge of murder in the first degree, we find the defendant, Daniel 652 00:46:23,370 --> 00:46:24,670 Hayes, not guilty. 653 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,480 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. You're dismissed. 654 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:31,740 This court is adjourned.