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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.
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Unsettled. Agitated. Was she depressed?
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Perhaps.
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She'd battled depression before.
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She had some postpartum.
258
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Plus, as I said, when I would travel--
259
00:18:38,184 --> 00:18:40,436
And on the morning of June 13th,
260
00:18:40,436 --> 00:18:42,939
did she seem agitated
or depressed over anything,
261
00:18:42,939 --> 00:18:45,066
besides your goin' away
on a business trip?
262
00:18:45,066 --> 00:18:46,568
Yes, she
263
00:18:48,528 --> 00:18:51,322
she thought she might be pregnant.
264
00:18:51,322 --> 00:18:54,200
And this was causing her stress?
265
00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,162
- Yes.
- In fact, you were a bit worried
266
00:18:58,162 --> 00:19:00,164
about Betty
and her state of mind that day.
267
00:19:00,164 --> 00:19:05,086
So much so that, as you testified,
you made repeated calls
268
00:19:05,086 --> 00:19:06,880
to check on her.
From the airport,
269
00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:08,965
your hotel.
You repeatedly called.
270
00:19:10,008 --> 00:19:11,384
- I did.
- And sir,
271
00:19:11,384 --> 00:19:15,138
on the night of your wife's death,
when you called the Montgomery House,
272
00:19:15,138 --> 00:19:18,558
did you tell Mrs. Montgomery
that you were very concerned
273
00:19:18,558 --> 00:19:20,685
that your wife had committed suicide?
274
00:19:22,437 --> 00:19:24,230
I don't recall saying that
275
00:19:25,023 --> 00:19:27,650
but the thought had entered my mind. Yes.
276
00:19:28,735 --> 00:19:32,155
She could have very dark thoughts,
your wife.
277
00:19:32,614 --> 00:19:33,531
Yes.
278
00:19:35,825 --> 00:19:37,702
Your wife and Candy Montgomery
279
00:19:37,702 --> 00:19:39,245
- were friends?
- They were.
280
00:19:39,871 --> 00:19:42,290
- Fair to say they were good friends?
- Yes.
281
00:19:43,374 --> 00:19:48,922
And prior to June 13th, 1980,
had you ever been aware of any cross words
282
00:19:48,922 --> 00:19:50,340
between Betty and Candy?
283
00:19:50,965 --> 00:19:53,885
- No.
- Had they had any physical fight
284
00:19:53,885 --> 00:19:56,346
before June 13th, 1980?
285
00:19:57,096 --> 00:19:59,349
- No.
- Any verbal altercation?
286
00:20:00,016 --> 00:20:02,644
- No.
- Can you think of any reason
287
00:20:02,644 --> 00:20:05,647
why Candy would wanna harm your wife?
288
00:20:06,397 --> 00:20:07,315
No.
289
00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:15,490
Your relationship with Candy Montgomery.
290
00:20:16,699 --> 00:20:19,118
This started out
as an affair of the flesh?
291
00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:19,953
Yes.
292
00:20:20,578 --> 00:20:22,163
Did it end up being something different?
293
00:20:22,163 --> 00:20:25,208
We became very good friends.
294
00:20:25,208 --> 00:20:28,461
This was not any torrid love thing,
was it?
295
00:20:28,461 --> 00:20:30,213
- No.
- You never discussed
296
00:20:30,213 --> 00:20:32,256
marriage or running away
from your families?
297
00:20:33,758 --> 00:20:34,592
No.
298
00:20:34,592 --> 00:20:36,678
Never talked about gettin' divorced
from your spouses?
299
00:20:38,888 --> 00:20:41,307
- Never.
- This was not some
300
00:20:42,141 --> 00:20:44,644
whirlwind romance.
301
00:20:44,644 --> 00:20:46,688
In fact, sometimes during your rendezvous,
302
00:20:46,688 --> 00:20:48,356
you two wouldn't even have sex.
303
00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:50,650
You'd just talk.
304
00:20:51,401 --> 00:20:52,819
That's correct.
305
00:20:53,569 --> 00:20:55,947
Fact of the matter is, Mr. Gore,
306
00:20:55,947 --> 00:20:58,741
neither one of you were very good at this,
were you?
307
00:21:00,410 --> 00:21:01,369
No.
308
00:21:01,369 --> 00:21:04,872
And when it finally petered out,
were there hard feelings?
309
00:21:06,207 --> 00:21:08,418
- No.
- Not by you? Not by Candy?
310
00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:11,254
- No.
- She wasn't tryin' to get back with you?
311
00:21:12,130 --> 00:21:15,925
- No.
- Does it make any sense to you whatsoever
312
00:21:15,925 --> 00:21:19,137
that Candace Montgomery
would have got in her car
313
00:21:19,679 --> 00:21:21,639
on June 13th, 1980,
314
00:21:21,639 --> 00:21:24,350
and drove to your house
to murder your wife
315
00:21:24,350 --> 00:21:26,436
for the purpose of getting you back?
316
00:21:27,562 --> 00:21:30,273
- No.
- Murder her for any reason?
317
00:21:30,898 --> 00:21:31,649
No.
318
00:21:32,191 --> 00:21:38,156
Now, you testified that the axe
was hanging in your garage
319
00:21:38,156 --> 00:21:40,783
on the morning of June 13th when you left.
320
00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,496
To my knowledge, yes.
321
00:21:45,496 --> 00:21:47,874
And, to your knowledge,
had Candy Montgomery
322
00:21:47,874 --> 00:21:52,128
ever been in your garage
prior to June 30th, 1980?
323
00:21:52,128 --> 00:21:55,214
- Not to my knowledge.
- To your knowledge,
324
00:21:55,214 --> 00:21:59,969
would she have any reason to know
there was an axe in your garage?
325
00:21:59,969 --> 00:22:00,928
No.
326
00:22:01,596 --> 00:22:03,556
Your wife, of course, knew
327
00:22:04,932 --> 00:22:07,477
the axe was in your garage.
328
00:22:11,314 --> 00:22:12,440
Yes.
329
00:22:14,901 --> 00:22:17,111
You might as well have been
a defense witness.
330
00:22:18,321 --> 00:22:20,907
I was under oath.
I had to tell the truth.
331
00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:23,242
Pity you don't remember the oath
that you took with Betty.
332
00:22:27,872 --> 00:22:29,624
Well, that's not fair.
333
00:22:29,624 --> 00:22:31,000
She's dead, Allan.
334
00:22:33,753 --> 00:22:36,172
She got chopped up with an axe
335
00:22:37,215 --> 00:22:41,260
which never would have happened
if you hadn't cheated on her.
336
00:22:43,054 --> 00:22:44,597
And the woman who did this?
337
00:22:48,184 --> 00:22:49,894
You helped her today.
338
00:22:52,313 --> 00:22:53,856
Was that the plan?
339
00:22:54,690 --> 00:22:56,734
No, it was not the plan.
340
00:22:56,734 --> 00:22:59,737
You looked at that bloody axe
341
00:23:00,863 --> 00:23:02,907
and you had no reaction.
342
00:23:04,242 --> 00:23:06,285
You showed no remorse.
343
00:23:12,125 --> 00:23:13,543
Betty's dead.
344
00:23:22,093 --> 00:23:24,011
Why doesn't that bother you?
345
00:23:31,519 --> 00:23:33,938
We weren't getting along too well.
346
00:23:40,278 --> 00:23:42,947
I still think they were in on it together.
347
00:23:42,947 --> 00:23:45,408
He probably told her exactly
where she could find that axe.
348
00:23:49,787 --> 00:23:50,872
Stop your nonsense.
349
00:23:52,123 --> 00:23:54,917
Well, honest to God, Sherry,
sometimes I wonder
350
00:23:54,917 --> 00:23:57,211
if you were in on it, too.
The way you protect her.
351
00:23:57,211 --> 00:24:00,047
I said stop your nonsense
352
00:24:00,047 --> 00:24:01,257
and I mean it.
353
00:24:08,973 --> 00:24:10,516
This way, ladies.
354
00:24:10,516 --> 00:24:11,475
Okay. Thanks.
355
00:24:22,612 --> 00:24:25,823
Oh, my goodness.
This may be my best batch yet.
356
00:24:25,823 --> 00:24:28,242
Get some butter on them while they're hot.
357
00:24:28,242 --> 00:24:30,119
What else did he say? Don.
358
00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:31,996
- About how it went.
- Well, I told you,
359
00:24:31,996 --> 00:24:34,498
Don's not much talkin' to me.
360
00:24:34,498 --> 00:24:35,917
Yeah, why?
361
00:24:36,709 --> 00:24:39,295
Because he evidently
likes to keep his distance
362
00:24:39,295 --> 00:24:40,963
when the actual trial starts.
363
00:24:40,963 --> 00:24:44,175
But, Robert said it went very well.
364
00:24:44,884 --> 00:24:46,928
Can I have a popover before grace?
365
00:24:46,928 --> 00:24:48,596
No, you may not,
366
00:24:48,596 --> 00:24:51,682
but let's get grace over with
before that popover gets cold.
367
00:24:53,267 --> 00:24:55,311
We'd like to thank you, dear God,
368
00:24:55,311 --> 00:24:57,980
for this food which
we are about to receive,
369
00:24:57,980 --> 00:25:00,191
and thank you for your love.
370
00:25:00,816 --> 00:25:03,903
And for givin' me strength. Amen.
371
00:25:03,903 --> 00:25:05,529
Amen.
372
00:25:10,451 --> 00:25:12,912
I don't understand
why I can't be in the room.
373
00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:18,000
Because the judge said so, Pat.
Do you not listen?
374
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,921
No witnesses or potential witnesses,
which you would be.
375
00:25:22,546 --> 00:25:24,882
So can we now just try
and enjoy our supper,
376
00:25:24,882 --> 00:25:28,511
which happens to include
some of my finest popovers ever?
377
00:25:29,512 --> 00:25:31,806
Can I ask one trial question?
378
00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:35,142
Is it hard?
379
00:25:37,353 --> 00:25:40,606
Yes, sweetie. It's very hard.
380
00:25:41,899 --> 00:25:45,820
But, life is sometimes
'cause it's meant to be.
381
00:25:45,820 --> 00:25:47,947
And we forge on.
382
00:25:52,034 --> 00:25:53,619
Right?
383
00:25:54,495 --> 00:25:56,289
We forge on.
384
00:25:57,707 --> 00:26:02,336
We first saw the blood in the bathroom,
and then we heard the baby.
385
00:26:02,336 --> 00:26:03,212
Bethany.
386
00:26:04,130 --> 00:26:05,047
She was in her crib,
387
00:26:05,589 --> 00:26:07,091
crying, covered in her feces.
388
00:26:07,091 --> 00:26:08,759
She'd been there a long time.
389
00:26:08,759 --> 00:26:13,014
Door was partially open,
so I looked inside and, and I saw.
390
00:26:13,931 --> 00:26:14,974
There was blood everywhere.
391
00:26:14,974 --> 00:26:16,684
A massive amount of blood.
392
00:26:16,684 --> 00:26:19,979
I saw her foot, the body,
and an axe on the floor.
393
00:26:20,521 --> 00:26:22,315
Mostly just blood.
394
00:26:22,315 --> 00:26:24,317
On the walls. The floor.
395
00:26:24,317 --> 00:26:27,778
Lester couldn't tell Allan, so I did.
396
00:26:27,778 --> 00:26:30,031
She left the church around 9:30.
397
00:26:30,031 --> 00:26:32,742
She got back around 11:30.
398
00:26:32,742 --> 00:26:35,619
Said she'd been at Betty's
and lost track of the time.
399
00:26:35,619 --> 00:26:38,706
She had on a dark brown shirt,
400
00:26:38,706 --> 00:26:41,542
jeans, and blue sneakers.
401
00:26:41,542 --> 00:26:43,753
She seemed normal when she got back.
402
00:26:43,753 --> 00:26:46,922
A little flustered over
missin' the puppet show,
403
00:26:46,922 --> 00:26:48,716
but, other than that,
she was just regular Candy.
404
00:26:48,716 --> 00:26:52,970
We cleaned the house the day after,
me and some of the other neighbors.
405
00:26:52,970 --> 00:26:55,931
We didn't want Allan to arrive home
and see it that way.
406
00:27:15,284 --> 00:27:18,037
- Mrs. Montgomery! Mrs. Montgomery!
- Not right now, folks.
407
00:27:18,037 --> 00:27:19,163
Please. Thank you.
408
00:27:19,163 --> 00:27:21,290
Excuse us. Not right now, folks.
409
00:27:24,627 --> 00:27:28,089
Mrs. Montgomery!
Do you have anything to say for yourself?
410
00:27:28,589 --> 00:27:29,673
Excuse me.
411
00:27:38,599 --> 00:27:40,184
What the hell are you on?
412
00:27:41,977 --> 00:27:42,895
I don't know what you mean.
413
00:27:43,562 --> 00:27:44,897
Don't lie to me, Candy.
414
00:27:46,816 --> 00:27:48,442
You're takin' somethin'. What is it?
415
00:27:49,235 --> 00:27:52,613
Serax.
It helps with my nerves.
416
00:27:52,613 --> 00:27:56,992
You need to understand somethin'
That kind of carnage?
417
00:27:56,992 --> 00:27:59,995
Prosecution aims to depict you as inhuman.
418
00:27:59,995 --> 00:28:02,790
You looking like a zombie
plays right into their hands.
419
00:28:02,790 --> 00:28:04,875
Do not get cross with me.
420
00:28:04,875 --> 00:28:06,544
Do not get cross?
421
00:28:06,544 --> 00:28:11,257
It's the newspapers that are callin' me
a zombie and a monster.
422
00:28:11,257 --> 00:28:13,926
And they all want me to break down
and act like one, don't they?
423
00:28:14,802 --> 00:28:17,179
They would all just be so thrilled
if I jumped
424
00:28:17,179 --> 00:28:18,806
up and down and screamed.
425
00:28:20,349 --> 00:28:23,769
I will not be giving them
that satisfaction.
426
00:28:23,769 --> 00:28:25,896
If you look shut-down and robotic,
427
00:28:25,896 --> 00:28:28,190
- you go to jail.
- Well, I have to hold it together.
428
00:28:29,108 --> 00:28:30,526
Otherwise...
429
00:28:38,367 --> 00:28:44,123
No more Serax, Candy.
The jury needs to see you as human.
430
00:28:44,123 --> 00:28:45,833
Vulnerable.
431
00:28:46,542 --> 00:28:49,753
They won't find in your favor
unless they want to.
432
00:28:52,548 --> 00:28:54,467
If you need to cry, cry.
433
00:28:54,467 --> 00:28:57,052
But unfeeling buys you prison.
434
00:28:58,179 --> 00:29:01,098
I thought you weren't gonna talk to me
once the trial started.
435
00:29:06,687 --> 00:29:08,731
That's the last thing I'm gonna say.
436
00:29:16,071 --> 00:29:17,990
He's probably not wrong.
437
00:29:19,033 --> 00:29:20,951
The jury needs to see you as human.
438
00:29:21,785 --> 00:29:23,662
That's not possible.
439
00:29:23,662 --> 00:29:26,957
If you had any idea what was being said.
440
00:29:28,083 --> 00:29:30,336
I wish I could be in there.
441
00:29:30,336 --> 00:29:32,338
I'm glad you're not because
442
00:29:34,173 --> 00:29:37,510
I don't think that I could look at myself
through your eyes
443
00:29:37,510 --> 00:29:39,762
if you were hearin' what was bein' said.
444
00:29:39,762 --> 00:29:41,805
As bad as what the newspapers are sayin'.
445
00:29:43,474 --> 00:29:44,475
Well.
446
00:29:52,358 --> 00:29:54,276
You never told me
447
00:29:56,862 --> 00:30:01,075
what you thought
after Don told you on the phone
448
00:30:02,743 --> 00:30:04,161
what happened.
449
00:30:06,205 --> 00:30:08,123
I can't imagine what you must think.
450
00:30:09,416 --> 00:30:11,585
I'm not sure I want to.
451
00:30:14,505 --> 00:30:15,923
I'm just
452
00:30:19,802 --> 00:30:21,220
grateful
453
00:30:23,597 --> 00:30:25,516
that it didn't go the other way, you know?
454
00:30:28,310 --> 00:30:30,854
Betty was bigger than you.
455
00:30:30,854 --> 00:30:33,190
It could have easily gone the other way.
456
00:30:47,246 --> 00:30:48,581
It's okay to be a little bit broken,
457
00:30:48,581 --> 00:30:50,583
- Candy.
- No, it's not.
458
00:30:52,543 --> 00:30:57,631
Because if I let myself be that,
I might never get back.
459
00:30:59,883 --> 00:31:02,011
I'd never be unbroken.
460
00:31:04,555 --> 00:31:08,767
Tomorrow's gonna be a lot worse.
All the police detectives.
461
00:31:18,152 --> 00:31:19,862
You just have to be
462
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:22,323
strong.
463
00:31:26,285 --> 00:31:30,247
There was a time when I thought
that this was it, you know?
464
00:31:30,706 --> 00:31:32,499
Everything.
465
00:31:32,499 --> 00:31:35,502
Just to be able to
stand underneath the stars.
466
00:31:36,629 --> 00:31:37,796
A home.
467
00:31:38,839 --> 00:31:40,174
A family.
468
00:31:41,258 --> 00:31:43,719
And people go lookin' for somethin'.
469
00:31:45,429 --> 00:31:48,932
They don't even know what it is.
They just want.
470
00:31:52,478 --> 00:31:54,396
And they go lookin'.
471
00:31:56,732 --> 00:31:59,610
At the end of some rainbow, maybe.
472
00:32:08,202 --> 00:32:12,956
The Lord is not just my shepherd,
but he is also Candy Montgomery's.
473
00:32:12,956 --> 00:32:16,126
It comes down to goodness
and mercy in the heart.
474
00:32:17,044 --> 00:32:19,672
There is both in the heart
of Candy Montgomery.
475
00:32:20,130 --> 00:32:22,466
Damn, that's a good pastor.
476
00:32:22,466 --> 00:32:25,010
Look, I can't discuss the case,
so I won't.
477
00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:27,304
Should you be talking to us at all?
478
00:32:27,304 --> 00:32:30,724
I can talk about the weather.
I can talk about the Dallas Cowboys.
479
00:32:30,724 --> 00:32:33,560
Not like the judge has
a problem with free speech.
480
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,688
After all, he's a judge, right?
481
00:32:35,688 --> 00:32:38,232
- Far as that gag order, I...
- Why are you baiting him?
482
00:32:38,232 --> 00:32:40,901
Fat fuck.
If he holds me in contempt again,
483
00:32:40,901 --> 00:32:43,070
I can argue bias on appeal.
484
00:32:43,070 --> 00:32:45,906
Get a new trial on grounds
of "fat-fuck-ism."
485
00:32:47,408 --> 00:32:49,785
Only thing is we're not losing.
486
00:32:50,327 --> 00:32:51,453
They didn't even nick us today.
487
00:32:52,246 --> 00:32:53,956
Tomorrow will be tougher.
488
00:33:07,344 --> 00:33:09,263
It was pure carnage.
489
00:33:10,848 --> 00:33:13,308
That's why I called in so much backup.
490
00:33:14,351 --> 00:33:17,187
The first thing I noticed
was all the blood.
491
00:33:17,187 --> 00:33:19,815
All dried and congealed.
492
00:33:19,815 --> 00:33:21,024
Caked.
493
00:33:21,024 --> 00:33:22,192
Clotted.
494
00:33:22,192 --> 00:33:23,610
And dried.
495
00:33:24,361 --> 00:33:26,488
Means it had been there a while.
496
00:33:26,488 --> 00:33:28,574
Many, many hours.
497
00:33:28,574 --> 00:33:30,743
It was obvious there was a big struggle.
498
00:33:30,743 --> 00:33:33,036
You have no idea who attacked who first?
499
00:33:33,036 --> 00:33:34,580
I do not.
500
00:33:34,580 --> 00:33:37,124
Mrs. Gore took part in the fight?
501
00:33:37,124 --> 00:33:39,084
She had defensive wounds, so yes.
502
00:33:40,669 --> 00:33:41,712
But whether she held the axe...
503
00:33:42,713 --> 00:33:45,632
You solve all the crimes
you investigate, Chief?
504
00:33:45,632 --> 00:33:47,801
- No, sir.
- Some are carried out
505
00:33:47,801 --> 00:33:50,262
with more care than others.
That fair to say?
506
00:33:50,262 --> 00:33:52,806
- Of course.
- Not a lot of care in this one.
507
00:33:53,432 --> 00:33:54,349
Well.
508
00:33:54,933 --> 00:33:57,770
- There was blood all over.
- A lot of blood.
509
00:33:57,770 --> 00:33:59,980
There were fingerprints
left by the killer.
510
00:33:59,980 --> 00:34:02,357
There was hair left, Candy's fingernail.
511
00:34:02,357 --> 00:34:04,777
- The murder weapon.
- And the body.
512
00:34:10,741 --> 00:34:15,329
If Candy Montgomery planned
to murder Betty Gore,
513
00:34:15,329 --> 00:34:19,541
can you imagine it
being carried out more ineptly?
514
00:34:20,334 --> 00:34:21,710
Probably not.
515
00:34:22,252 --> 00:34:25,088
And if somebody was intent
on killing somebody
516
00:34:25,088 --> 00:34:28,092
and not getting themselves
killed in the process,
517
00:34:28,092 --> 00:34:34,014
would using an axe
be one of the better death instruments
518
00:34:34,014 --> 00:34:36,225
to accomplish that task?
519
00:34:36,225 --> 00:34:38,602
- No, sir.
- No, sir.
520
00:34:38,602 --> 00:34:44,983
A killing done in broad daylight,
with Candy's car parked right out front.
521
00:34:44,983 --> 00:34:47,277
Fair to say if she wanted
to get away with it,
522
00:34:47,277 --> 00:34:49,905
she did a terrible job. Fair to say?
523
00:34:49,905 --> 00:34:53,200
- Fair to say.
- Fair to say.
524
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,036
Clearly, this is no longer
a whodunit but a why-dunit.
525
00:34:56,036 --> 00:34:57,579
Did they wanna get back together?
526
00:34:57,579 --> 00:34:59,039
Did she want him all for herself?
527
00:34:59,039 --> 00:35:01,834
Why did she keep swinging long after
Betty Gore was neutralized?
528
00:35:01,834 --> 00:35:04,294
Hammering her with that big axe.
529
00:35:04,294 --> 00:35:06,713
While the defense keeps
hammering self-defense.
530
00:35:06,713 --> 00:35:09,633
Whatever the defense,
they've got a big, big problem.
531
00:35:10,759 --> 00:35:11,969
Forty whacks.
532
00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,973
Self-defense doesn't explain 40 whacks.
533
00:35:18,809 --> 00:35:21,603
There's a reason they're savin'
the pathologist for last.
534
00:35:22,396 --> 00:35:26,191
He's gonna paint a grisly picture,
shock the shit outta the jury.
535
00:35:26,191 --> 00:35:29,152
And it's no coincidence
they're puttin' him up right after lunch.
536
00:35:29,152 --> 00:35:31,655
All it takes is one juror to vomit
and it's
537
00:35:33,031 --> 00:35:34,157
life in prison.
538
00:35:38,036 --> 00:35:40,455
Why aren't they attacking us
more in our theory?
539
00:35:41,999 --> 00:35:42,958
I don't get it.
540
00:35:42,958 --> 00:35:45,377
It's like they're rope-a-dopin'.
541
00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:48,338
It's possible they don't
want to even dignify it.
542
00:35:49,089 --> 00:35:50,465
Forty whacks, like you say,
543
00:35:50,465 --> 00:35:52,509
they're gonna say
self-defense is preposterous.
544
00:35:53,093 --> 00:35:54,678
He seems nice.
545
00:35:56,138 --> 00:35:57,514
The prosecutor.
546
00:35:59,391 --> 00:36:00,309
Excuse me?
547
00:36:00,976 --> 00:36:02,769
He seems like a nice man.
548
00:36:07,858 --> 00:36:09,067
Candy?
549
00:36:09,067 --> 00:36:10,819
Did you take Serax again?
550
00:36:14,823 --> 00:36:16,408
Oh, my fucking God.
551
00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:20,662
I need to hold it together.
552
00:36:22,289 --> 00:36:23,874
Try and get this.
553
00:36:23,874 --> 00:36:27,127
The prosecution is probably
going to rest today.
554
00:36:27,753 --> 00:36:32,090
Which means you could be taking the stage
as soon as tomorrow.
555
00:36:32,841 --> 00:36:34,760
Your head needs to be clear.
556
00:36:35,594 --> 00:36:37,012
And focused.
557
00:36:37,888 --> 00:36:39,306
Otherwise
558
00:36:40,182 --> 00:36:41,767
you're going to jail.
559
00:36:50,943 --> 00:36:52,444
Would you be interested
in having an affair?
560
00:36:56,448 --> 00:36:58,408
It's just somethin'
I've been thinkin' about
561
00:36:58,408 --> 00:37:00,994
and I wanted to say it
so I don't have to think about it anymore.
562
00:37:02,829 --> 00:37:04,706
Bye, Dada.
563
00:37:08,919 --> 00:37:12,339
I have here exhibits marked 22 through 29.
564
00:37:13,131 --> 00:37:14,675
As I pass them for the jury to see,
565
00:37:14,675 --> 00:37:16,885
I'd like you to go through
your external examination
566
00:37:16,885 --> 00:37:19,388
with respect to the injuries you observed.
567
00:37:19,388 --> 00:37:22,140
Of course.
Starting with the right hand,
568
00:37:22,140 --> 00:37:23,684
there was multiple chop-like wounds.
569
00:37:24,393 --> 00:37:27,396
Incision wounds on the right forearm,
running five inches in length.
570
00:37:27,396 --> 00:37:31,191
Chop-like wounds on the left upper arm,
extending into the musculature
571
00:37:31,191 --> 00:37:33,777
from the top of the right
shoulder in the back,
572
00:37:33,777 --> 00:37:36,780
extending five inches down into the back.
573
00:37:36,780 --> 00:37:40,075
The right thigh had two
parallel gaping chop wounds.
574
00:37:40,075 --> 00:37:41,994
The right side of what was her face.
575
00:37:41,994 --> 00:37:44,871
Irregular, gaping, multiple fractures.
576
00:37:44,871 --> 00:37:48,583
The right eye had collapsed into
what would've been the sinuses.
577
00:37:48,583 --> 00:37:51,962
Frontal scalp, right side,
a diagonal gape.
578
00:37:51,962 --> 00:37:54,464
Top of the right ear,
running across the top of the head,
579
00:37:54,464 --> 00:37:56,425
a wound measuring 10 inches in length
580
00:37:57,134 --> 00:37:59,219
produced by seven chop wounds
going through the bone
581
00:37:59,219 --> 00:38:00,554
into the cranial vault.
582
00:38:00,554 --> 00:38:03,265
Top of the head, a C-shaped wound
583
00:38:04,057 --> 00:38:06,560
with the open point of
the C directed downward.
584
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,855
Evidently, that blow was
produced from the top down.
585
00:38:09,855 --> 00:38:13,567
So six cluster wounds on the right side,
which could have caused death.
586
00:38:13,567 --> 00:38:16,278
The crater in the back of the head
that went through to the brain cavity
587
00:38:16,278 --> 00:38:17,988
that could have caused death.
588
00:38:17,988 --> 00:38:19,698
The wounds that ran
across the top of the head
589
00:38:19,698 --> 00:38:21,324
could have caused death.
590
00:38:21,324 --> 00:38:23,952
And also, some of the glancing
blows could have caused death
591
00:38:23,952 --> 00:38:27,622
by producing some hemorrhage
inside the cranial cavity.
592
00:38:27,622 --> 00:38:28,832
And, Doctor,
593
00:38:28,832 --> 00:38:30,375
does the term "defensive wound"
594
00:38:30,375 --> 00:38:33,170
have any significance in
the practice of your profession?
595
00:38:33,170 --> 00:38:35,756
They're defined as wounds
to the extremities.
596
00:38:35,756 --> 00:38:37,257
Arms and legs.
597
00:38:37,257 --> 00:38:38,633
It's usually the back of the hands.
598
00:38:38,633 --> 00:38:40,886
Can be the palm of the hand
or the back of the forearm,
599
00:38:40,886 --> 00:38:42,929
or the back of the arm,
that a victim received
600
00:38:42,929 --> 00:38:44,598
as they tried to ward off a weapon.
601
00:38:45,515 --> 00:38:47,559
Would those wounds
on the arms and the wrists
602
00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:49,728
and the forearms indicate
defensive-type wounds?
603
00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:51,938
- Yes, sir.
- Mrs. Gore was trying to protect herself?
604
00:38:51,938 --> 00:38:53,774
- Yes, sir.
- And, Doctor,
605
00:38:53,774 --> 00:38:58,820
in your testimony, you said,
"On the right side of what was the face."
606
00:38:59,529 --> 00:39:01,782
- What did you mean by that?
- Half of her face.
607
00:39:03,408 --> 00:39:06,078
The right side was nothing
but a mass of tissue and blood.
608
00:39:06,078 --> 00:39:09,581
The eye socket and cheekbone
had been crushed into mush.
609
00:39:09,581 --> 00:39:13,168
So, face, there really was no face.
610
00:39:13,168 --> 00:39:15,462
And, Doctor, are you able to determine
611
00:39:15,462 --> 00:39:17,798
whether wounds are inflicted
pre or post-mortem?
612
00:39:20,467 --> 00:39:22,552
- Yes, sir.
- How are you able to tell?
613
00:39:23,095 --> 00:39:25,097
Well, once you're dead,
you have no more blood pressure.
614
00:39:25,097 --> 00:39:27,974
When the heart stops, there's no bleeding.
615
00:39:27,974 --> 00:39:30,060
The body can leak, but that blood
616
00:39:30,060 --> 00:39:32,813
won't get into the tissue,
causing it to discolor.
617
00:39:32,813 --> 00:39:35,732
Now, if this occurs
while the victim is alive,
618
00:39:35,732 --> 00:39:39,236
this blood will get into the tissue,
essentially like a bruise.
619
00:39:39,236 --> 00:39:42,447
With respect to Betty Gore's autopsy,
can you make any such finding
620
00:39:42,447 --> 00:39:44,699
as to if any of those blows
occurred after death?
621
00:39:44,699 --> 00:39:47,786
There was only one wound, and that was
on the back of the right forearm.
622
00:39:48,370 --> 00:39:52,082
So for all those other wounds
you just described,
623
00:39:52,082 --> 00:39:54,418
- Betty Gore was alive?
- Yes, sir.
624
00:39:55,043 --> 00:39:56,795
As Candy Montgomery swung that axe
625
00:39:56,795 --> 00:39:59,464
over and over and over and over,
626
00:40:00,173 --> 00:40:02,592
for almost all of those 40 swings,
627
00:40:02,592 --> 00:40:03,885
Betty Gore was alive?
628
00:40:03,885 --> 00:40:04,928
Yes, sir.
629
00:40:04,928 --> 00:40:06,847
Is it fair to say she suffered?
630
00:40:06,847 --> 00:40:08,056
What do you think?
631
00:40:08,056 --> 00:40:10,016
- Objection.
- Sustained.
632
00:40:10,809 --> 00:40:13,186
Doctor, according to your medical report,
633
00:40:13,186 --> 00:40:16,773
there were two cranial wounds
which were pointed at the top,
634
00:40:16,773 --> 00:40:18,567
but squared off at the bottom.
635
00:40:18,567 --> 00:40:21,528
- Yes, sir.
- Can you explain that?
636
00:40:21,528 --> 00:40:24,906
The only explanation is that
the axe would've become stuck.
637
00:40:25,782 --> 00:40:28,118
The killer would've had
to wiggle it back and forth
638
00:40:28,118 --> 00:40:31,079
like a woodchopper on top of a split log.
639
00:40:31,079 --> 00:40:34,332
She would have had to wiggle it
to remove it from the bone
640
00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:36,751
to then continue swinging.
641
00:40:36,751 --> 00:40:39,129
How do you know
she resumed swinging again?
642
00:40:39,129 --> 00:40:41,882
Because there was another blow
that went even deeper.
643
00:40:41,882 --> 00:40:43,842
That had to happen right after.
644
00:40:44,593 --> 00:40:47,179
That went directly into the cerebellum.
645
00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:51,433
This killing, Doctor,
646
00:40:51,433 --> 00:40:53,059
have you ever seen
anything like it before?
647
00:40:55,270 --> 00:40:56,688
Never.
648
00:40:59,024 --> 00:41:00,483
I pass the witness.
649
00:41:02,194 --> 00:41:03,153
Mr. Crowder?
650
00:41:05,197 --> 00:41:08,366
Mr. Defense Counsel,
this would be where you get to talk.
651
00:41:19,169 --> 00:41:21,755
You testified that
for most of these blows,
652
00:41:21,755 --> 00:41:23,924
- the victim was alive?
- Yes, sir.
653
00:41:23,924 --> 00:41:25,759
Which means her heart was beating?
654
00:41:25,759 --> 00:41:26,885
Yes, sir.
655
00:41:26,885 --> 00:41:28,637
Does that mean she was conscious?
656
00:41:29,763 --> 00:41:31,181
Not necessarily.
657
00:41:31,723 --> 00:41:34,017
In fact, for
658
00:41:34,809 --> 00:41:38,355
the kinds of blows we're talking about
on the top of the head,
659
00:41:39,064 --> 00:41:42,400
there's a likelihood
that for much of this,
660
00:41:43,401 --> 00:41:45,237
she was unconscious.
661
00:41:45,862 --> 00:41:47,113
True?
662
00:41:47,113 --> 00:41:49,324
Could be true.
663
00:41:49,324 --> 00:41:51,284
Chief Abbott and Dr. Stone testified
664
00:41:51,284 --> 00:41:54,788
that a great struggle took place
between Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore.
665
00:41:54,788 --> 00:41:56,873
Do any of your findings dispute this?
666
00:41:56,873 --> 00:41:58,458
No.
667
00:41:58,458 --> 00:42:02,128
And from your examinations,
are you able to make a determination
668
00:42:02,128 --> 00:42:05,048
- as to who attacked who first?
- No.
669
00:42:05,048 --> 00:42:07,425
Are you able to exclude the possibility
670
00:42:07,425 --> 00:42:10,887
that Candy Montgomery
was attacked by Betty Gore,
671
00:42:10,887 --> 00:42:12,764
and that Candy acted in self-defense?
672
00:42:12,764 --> 00:42:14,391
There is no way of me knowing that.
673
00:42:14,391 --> 00:42:16,268
Which means you can't rule it out.
674
00:42:17,185 --> 00:42:18,061
No.
675
00:42:22,649 --> 00:42:24,276
Nothing further.
676
00:42:32,784 --> 00:42:35,078
Prosecution rests, Your Honor.
677
00:42:39,916 --> 00:42:42,919
Mr. Crowder,
you may call your first witness.
678
00:42:58,018 --> 00:43:02,147
As the hour is late, Your Honor,
we would ask that we begin in the morning.
679
00:43:03,189 --> 00:43:05,150
The hour's not that late.
Call your first witness.
680
00:43:06,985 --> 00:43:08,028
Approach, Your Honor?
681
00:43:15,618 --> 00:43:19,164
Your Honor, my first witness
is Candy Montgomery
682
00:43:19,164 --> 00:43:20,915
and she's not ready to testify.
683
00:43:20,915 --> 00:43:22,334
Why not?
684
00:43:22,334 --> 00:43:24,627
She took some medication
685
00:43:24,627 --> 00:43:26,171
in order to calm her nerves.
686
00:43:26,796 --> 00:43:28,715
She's gonna need some time.
687
00:43:30,383 --> 00:43:32,427
I'll give you 10 minutes.
688
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,599
She's gonna need more than that.
689
00:43:38,350 --> 00:43:40,769
We should wait and go tomorrow.
690
00:43:41,644 --> 00:43:43,563
Counsel, you got 10 minutes.
691
00:43:45,106 --> 00:43:46,024
Tick.
692
00:43:46,983 --> 00:43:47,901
Tick.
693
00:43:48,818 --> 00:43:49,736
Tick.
694
00:43:50,362 --> 00:43:51,738
Tock.
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