1 00:01:45,731 --> 00:01:48,900 The scripture says that he who is without love 2 00:01:48,901 --> 00:01:53,279 does not know God, for God is love. 3 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:58,952 And we commend to His mercy all who have loved and died. 4 00:01:58,953 --> 00:02:01,330 That Your will for them may be fulfilled. 5 00:02:02,373 --> 00:02:08,294 As in baptism, Betty Gore put on Christ, so in Christ, may Betty Gore 6 00:02:08,295 --> 00:02:10,839 - be clothed in glory. - Candy? 7 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,675 Clothed in glory. Clothed in glory. 8 00:02:13,676 --> 00:02:15,510 - Candy? - Clothed in glory. 9 00:02:15,511 --> 00:02:16,846 Candy. 10 00:02:19,890 --> 00:02:21,392 Are you ready? 11 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:28,441 Did you hear me? 12 00:02:29,942 --> 00:02:31,944 I'm as ready as I'm gonna get. 13 00:02:33,404 --> 00:02:36,407 Do not hold anything back. 14 00:02:36,824 --> 00:02:39,910 If it even seems like you're hidin', we lose. 15 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:45,916 It's time. 16 00:04:08,916 --> 00:04:10,959 Mr. Crowder, are you ready to proceed? 17 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,544 Yes, Your Honor. 18 00:04:12,545 --> 00:04:14,588 The defense calls Candace Montgomery. 19 00:04:21,804 --> 00:04:24,055 You heard Allan Gore's testimony. 20 00:04:24,056 --> 00:04:26,642 Was his description of the affair accurate? 21 00:04:27,768 --> 00:04:29,270 Yes. 22 00:04:30,104 --> 00:04:33,107 It petered out into nothingness? It was over-over? 23 00:04:35,818 --> 00:04:37,277 Yes. 24 00:04:37,278 --> 00:04:40,281 There was no burning ember that made you wanna get back together? 25 00:04:42,450 --> 00:04:43,534 Definitely not. 26 00:04:44,326 --> 00:04:46,996 Calling your attention to the morning of June 13th, 27 00:04:47,997 --> 00:04:49,999 why'd you go to the Gore house? 28 00:04:51,041 --> 00:04:53,960 We had plans to see "The Empire Strikes Back." 29 00:04:53,961 --> 00:04:56,963 Alisa wanted to go, and Jenny very much wanted Alisa to go. 30 00:04:56,964 --> 00:05:00,049 Jenny is your 7-year-old daughter? 31 00:05:00,050 --> 00:05:01,676 - Yes. - And Alisa? 32 00:05:01,677 --> 00:05:04,513 Alisa Gore, Jenny's best friend. She had stayed the night. 33 00:05:05,181 --> 00:05:06,181 Betty Gore's daughter? 34 00:05:06,932 --> 00:05:09,601 - Yes. - And you and Betty were friends? 35 00:05:09,602 --> 00:05:10,727 Yes. 36 00:05:10,728 --> 00:05:13,814 Prior to June 13th of this year, 37 00:05:14,690 --> 00:05:19,236 had you and Mrs. Gore ever exchanged any hostile words? 38 00:05:20,029 --> 00:05:21,780 - No. - Had you ever had 39 00:05:21,781 --> 00:05:23,990 - any physical altercation? - No. 40 00:05:23,991 --> 00:05:26,743 When's the last physical altercation of any kind 41 00:05:26,744 --> 00:05:31,289 you can remember getting into with anyone, other than June 13th? 42 00:05:31,290 --> 00:05:33,042 I don't think there ever was any. 43 00:05:33,751 --> 00:05:35,294 How about a verbal altercation? 44 00:05:36,003 --> 00:05:37,086 I can't think of any. 45 00:05:37,087 --> 00:05:41,926 To the best of your recollection, you have never fought with anyone, 46 00:05:42,426 --> 00:05:45,930 either physically or verbally, prior to June 13th? 47 00:05:47,264 --> 00:05:48,640 That's correct. 48 00:05:48,641 --> 00:05:50,935 So you went to the Gore house that morning? 49 00:05:51,852 --> 00:05:53,854 To get Alisa's bathing suit. 50 00:05:56,982 --> 00:05:59,776 She had a swimming lesson that day, and if she was gonna stay another night, 51 00:05:59,777 --> 00:06:01,278 I would have to take her. 52 00:06:01,821 --> 00:06:04,406 Did you call Mrs. Gore prior to going? 53 00:06:05,950 --> 00:06:07,242 - No. - Candy. 54 00:06:07,243 --> 00:06:09,702 Sorry, Why call when you can barge right in, right? 55 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:11,163 How did she seem when you got there? 56 00:06:12,206 --> 00:06:14,165 She seemed a bit hurried. 57 00:06:14,166 --> 00:06:15,459 Hurried? 58 00:06:16,168 --> 00:06:19,839 She was planning for a big trip, and she seemed anxious about it. 59 00:06:20,422 --> 00:06:22,173 - Did she invite you in? - Yes. 60 00:06:22,174 --> 00:06:24,760 And what happened after she invited you in? 61 00:06:25,970 --> 00:06:27,096 We 62 00:06:28,013 --> 00:06:29,931 Talked about the movie plans. 63 00:06:29,932 --> 00:06:32,184 I asked her if it was okay for Alisa to go. 64 00:06:32,685 --> 00:06:34,477 We talked about the swimming lessons, 65 00:06:34,478 --> 00:06:36,479 her upcoming trip. 66 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,440 She introduced me to the new puppy. 67 00:06:38,441 --> 00:06:41,652 It was a normal, friendly conversation? 68 00:06:43,779 --> 00:06:44,780 Very. 69 00:06:45,531 --> 00:06:47,491 Until I was gettin' ready to leave. 70 00:06:48,659 --> 00:06:50,161 And what happened then? 71 00:06:52,788 --> 00:06:54,331 Well, I said that I should 72 00:06:55,499 --> 00:06:57,877 get going as I had an errand to run 73 00:06:59,003 --> 00:07:00,671 and suddenly, she blurted out. 74 00:07:01,297 --> 00:07:03,424 Are you having an affair with Allan? 75 00:07:04,508 --> 00:07:05,926 And what did you say? 76 00:07:07,678 --> 00:07:09,138 Yes. 77 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,350 But it was a long time ago. 78 00:07:14,643 --> 00:07:15,643 You wait a minute. 79 00:07:16,812 --> 00:07:18,814 I thought maybe she had 80 00:07:19,815 --> 00:07:24,068 found a card or a letter that Allan or I had written 81 00:07:24,069 --> 00:07:27,156 and maybe she just went to go get it. 82 00:07:28,824 --> 00:07:30,034 And when she reappeared? 83 00:07:34,455 --> 00:07:35,664 She had an axe. 84 00:07:40,294 --> 00:07:43,464 Were you in fear for your life at that moment? 85 00:07:44,298 --> 00:07:45,424 No. 86 00:07:46,175 --> 00:07:48,093 Because I never dreamed she would use it. 87 00:07:49,929 --> 00:07:50,971 So what happened next? 88 00:07:51,555 --> 00:07:54,140 Well, I said, under the circumstances, 89 00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:57,478 I should probably bring Alisa home after Bible class. 90 00:07:58,145 --> 00:08:00,898 - And she said, - No, I don't wanna see you anymore. 91 00:08:01,482 --> 00:08:03,608 And she put the axe down. 92 00:08:03,609 --> 00:08:05,903 Had you ever seen that axe before in your life? 93 00:08:06,570 --> 00:08:07,404 No. 94 00:08:07,405 --> 00:08:09,864 Did you even know the Gores had an axe? 95 00:08:09,865 --> 00:08:11,741 - No. - What happened next? 96 00:08:11,742 --> 00:08:13,743 I went into the utility room 97 00:08:13,744 --> 00:08:15,871 to grab Alisa's bathing suit. 98 00:08:16,997 --> 00:08:18,748 And that was about the same time 99 00:08:18,749 --> 00:08:21,377 that Betty had returned from the bathroom with a towel. 100 00:08:22,336 --> 00:08:23,336 And then what happened? 101 00:08:26,757 --> 00:08:29,676 She just looked so hurt. 102 00:08:29,677 --> 00:08:31,762 Ma'am, I'm gonna need you to speak up. 103 00:08:33,013 --> 00:08:34,849 Betty looked hurt? 104 00:08:36,767 --> 00:08:39,352 I put my hand on her shoulder. 105 00:08:40,312 --> 00:08:41,605 And that's when I said, 106 00:08:42,064 --> 00:08:43,858 I am so sorry. 107 00:08:45,776 --> 00:08:47,987 And she did not like that. 108 00:08:55,619 --> 00:08:58,019 - You can't have him. - Then suddenly, she had the axe again. 109 00:08:58,289 --> 00:09:00,165 You can't have him. You can't have him! 110 00:09:00,166 --> 00:09:01,416 I'm gonna have another baby. 111 00:09:01,417 --> 00:09:02,833 - You can't have him. - Please. I don't want... 112 00:09:02,834 --> 00:09:04,920 - You can't have him! - I don't want him! 113 00:09:05,504 --> 00:09:07,006 Betty, don't do this. 114 00:09:09,383 --> 00:09:10,467 What are you doing? 115 00:09:10,468 --> 00:09:13,761 Did you think, at that moment, she was going to kill you? 116 00:09:13,762 --> 00:09:16,097 I still didn't believe she'd ever do that. 117 00:09:16,682 --> 00:09:18,808 But, at some point, your belief changed? 118 00:09:18,809 --> 00:09:20,644 - Yes. - When? 119 00:09:24,856 --> 00:09:27,651 When she swung the axe up 120 00:09:30,613 --> 00:09:32,490 and it hit me in the side of my head. 121 00:09:36,118 --> 00:09:38,537 Can you describe the force of that swing? 122 00:09:39,288 --> 00:09:41,498 It seemed with every ounce of her strength. 123 00:09:41,499 --> 00:09:44,459 Were you now concerned for your life? 124 00:09:44,460 --> 00:09:47,046 I knew then that she wanted to kill me. 125 00:09:48,964 --> 00:09:50,423 And then what happened? 126 00:09:52,635 --> 00:09:54,637 I grabbed the axe. 127 00:09:55,638 --> 00:09:56,638 You... 128 00:10:20,204 --> 00:10:21,247 I thought I'd killed her. 129 00:10:26,877 --> 00:10:28,087 And then what happened? 130 00:10:30,881 --> 00:10:32,383 I just went to leave, but... 131 00:10:37,888 --> 00:10:38,888 But what? 132 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:56,365 Let go of me! 133 00:11:02,413 --> 00:11:06,750 Please, I don't want him. No, I don't want him! 134 00:11:09,253 --> 00:11:13,340 Please, I don't want him. I don't want him! No! 135 00:12:28,582 --> 00:12:32,169 Do you recall how many times you hit her when she was upright? 136 00:12:32,962 --> 00:12:34,504 No. 137 00:12:34,505 --> 00:12:36,590 What about when she was down? 138 00:12:39,051 --> 00:12:41,803 I just remember being afraid that she'd get back up again 139 00:12:41,804 --> 00:12:43,931 so I kept hitting her. 140 00:12:49,687 --> 00:12:52,313 When you got to the Gore house, 141 00:12:52,314 --> 00:12:55,359 did you have it in your mind to kill Betty Gore? 142 00:12:55,651 --> 00:12:56,485 No. 143 00:12:56,486 --> 00:12:59,112 After she hit you in the head the first time, 144 00:12:59,113 --> 00:13:01,739 did you have it in your mind then to kill Betty Gore? 145 00:13:01,740 --> 00:13:02,658 No. 146 00:13:02,659 --> 00:13:05,910 After she hit you the second time, did you have it in your mind 147 00:13:05,911 --> 00:13:07,287 - to kill Betty Gore? - No. 148 00:13:07,288 --> 00:13:08,538 When, if ever, 149 00:13:08,539 --> 00:13:11,373 did it enter your mind that you had to kill Betty Gore 150 00:13:11,374 --> 00:13:13,294 to keep from being killed? 151 00:13:13,961 --> 00:13:15,421 I never thought about it. 152 00:13:16,130 --> 00:13:17,840 It just happened. 153 00:13:21,886 --> 00:13:23,595 After you stopped hitting her, 154 00:13:23,596 --> 00:13:25,181 what did you do? 155 00:13:29,518 --> 00:13:30,895 I walked around. 156 00:13:32,188 --> 00:13:33,814 I stood back and 157 00:13:34,815 --> 00:13:36,816 I looked at myself and I was 158 00:13:37,234 --> 00:13:39,236 covered with blood. 159 00:13:41,447 --> 00:13:43,908 What were your feelings at that moment? 160 00:13:49,872 --> 00:13:51,874 I just felt so dirty. 161 00:13:53,124 --> 00:13:55,586 I had to get the blood off. It was making me sick. 162 00:13:57,505 --> 00:13:58,714 I got into the shower. 163 00:14:16,899 --> 00:14:19,318 I just wanted to make it all go away, but I couldn't. 164 00:14:25,282 --> 00:14:28,702 And I kept thinking, I have to be normal. 165 00:14:32,081 --> 00:14:33,457 One thing at a time. 166 00:14:33,999 --> 00:14:37,086 Father's Day cards. Swimming lessons. 167 00:14:37,837 --> 00:14:39,296 Movies. 168 00:14:40,631 --> 00:14:42,048 One thing at a time. Normal. 169 00:14:43,968 --> 00:14:46,803 And when you left the house and started to drive home, 170 00:14:46,804 --> 00:14:51,517 what thoughts were running through your mind at that moment? 171 00:14:53,144 --> 00:14:55,146 That it was all a mistake. 172 00:14:57,273 --> 00:14:58,983 Then it never happened. 173 00:15:02,903 --> 00:15:04,905 It just never happened. 174 00:15:06,699 --> 00:15:07,908 But it did happen. 175 00:15:14,248 --> 00:15:16,541 You killed Betty Gore with this axe. 176 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:19,294 - Sorry, please don't make me look at that. - You killed her with this axe! 177 00:15:19,295 --> 00:15:21,630 - Stop. Stop. - You can look at it. Look at it! 178 00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:26,258 Do you need a break? 179 00:15:30,806 --> 00:15:31,806 No, I'm okay. 180 00:15:33,017 --> 00:15:34,268 I'm okay. 181 00:15:39,899 --> 00:15:40,900 Pass the witness. 182 00:15:49,283 --> 00:15:51,285 When you left the house, the baby was there. 183 00:15:52,369 --> 00:15:55,247 Alone. With her mother dead. 184 00:15:57,958 --> 00:16:00,044 I wasn't thinking about the baby. 185 00:16:01,295 --> 00:16:04,422 My mind wasn't thinking at all. 186 00:16:04,423 --> 00:16:06,258 Well, it was thinking 187 00:16:07,426 --> 00:16:09,219 should get in the shower. 188 00:16:09,220 --> 00:16:11,555 It was thinking should wash the blood off. 189 00:16:13,849 --> 00:16:14,975 When you left the house, 190 00:16:15,893 --> 00:16:18,229 you knew you had killed Betty Gore with an axe, didn't you? 191 00:16:18,813 --> 00:16:21,564 - I knew. - And when you arrived back at the church, 192 00:16:21,565 --> 00:16:22,650 you told no one? 193 00:16:23,275 --> 00:16:25,401 I wanted to pretend it didn't happen. 194 00:16:25,402 --> 00:16:28,197 Wanted to "pretend" it didn't happen. 195 00:16:29,365 --> 00:16:32,868 You "pretended" with your friends and fellow congregants at the church? 196 00:16:33,911 --> 00:16:36,663 - Yes. - You "pretended" with your close friend 197 00:16:36,664 --> 00:16:38,082 and former pastor, Jackie Ponder? 198 00:16:39,542 --> 00:16:41,334 - Yes. - You "pretended" with your husband? 199 00:16:41,335 --> 00:16:43,254 You especially "pretended" with the police. 200 00:16:44,004 --> 00:16:46,715 I was not truthful at first 201 00:16:47,550 --> 00:16:50,677 but I was lying to myself just as much as I was lying to them. 202 00:16:50,678 --> 00:16:53,097 But you're not lying today? 203 00:16:54,598 --> 00:16:56,100 No. 204 00:16:58,894 --> 00:17:02,730 You said Betty Gore went to the utility room, 205 00:17:02,731 --> 00:17:05,191 then appeared with the axe? 206 00:17:05,192 --> 00:17:07,111 - Yes. - You didn't try to flee? 207 00:17:07,570 --> 00:17:09,446 As I mentioned earlier, 208 00:17:09,447 --> 00:17:12,157 I didn't think my life was in danger at that time. 209 00:17:12,158 --> 00:17:14,993 But later, you did? Why didn't you run then? 210 00:17:14,994 --> 00:17:16,536 At that point, I was blocked. 211 00:17:16,537 --> 00:17:18,538 What about the, the door to the garage? 212 00:17:18,539 --> 00:17:19,582 It was closed. 213 00:17:22,585 --> 00:17:24,587 Your Honor, may I approach? 214 00:17:25,045 --> 00:17:27,756 I'll show you exhibit 13. 215 00:17:32,845 --> 00:17:33,845 You recognize this? 216 00:17:34,638 --> 00:17:36,139 It's a lens to my sunglasses. 217 00:17:36,140 --> 00:17:37,975 - Sunglasses you were wearing that day? - Yes. 218 00:17:38,767 --> 00:17:40,727 This lens was found 219 00:17:40,728 --> 00:17:43,731 in the garage. Did you go in the garage? 220 00:17:44,648 --> 00:17:46,108 - No. - Never? 221 00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:49,444 I have never been in the Gore garage. 222 00:17:49,445 --> 00:17:51,571 Then how do you explain the lens to your sunglasses 223 00:17:51,572 --> 00:17:52,865 being in the garage? 224 00:17:53,949 --> 00:17:57,786 Maybe during the struggle, it somehow got kicked in there. 225 00:17:57,787 --> 00:18:01,623 It got kicked in? While the door was closed? 226 00:18:01,624 --> 00:18:05,211 No, as I was trying to get out, 227 00:18:06,545 --> 00:18:07,879 I had opened the door slightly 228 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:10,590 before Betty came back at me. 229 00:18:10,591 --> 00:18:13,384 And so maybe it got kicked into the garage 230 00:18:13,385 --> 00:18:15,638 while the door was ajar. 231 00:18:16,722 --> 00:18:18,598 That's the only explanation I can come up with. 232 00:18:18,599 --> 00:18:20,517 I bet you wish you could come up with another. 233 00:18:20,518 --> 00:18:22,769 - Objection. - First, you said the door was closed. 234 00:18:22,770 --> 00:18:24,938 Now, you amend it to "slightly ajar." 235 00:18:24,939 --> 00:18:26,816 Mrs. Montgomery. 236 00:18:27,691 --> 00:18:29,317 Are you pretending again with us now? 237 00:18:29,318 --> 00:18:31,444 - Objection. - Overruled. 238 00:18:31,445 --> 00:18:33,780 Do you consider yourself to be a good liar? 239 00:18:33,781 --> 00:18:36,533 - Objection! - Overruled, and stop your nonsense. 240 00:18:36,534 --> 00:18:38,201 When you told your fellow congregants 241 00:18:38,202 --> 00:18:40,161 back at the church that nothing happened at the Gore house, 242 00:18:40,162 --> 00:18:41,580 did they believe you? 243 00:18:43,332 --> 00:18:44,166 Yes. 244 00:18:44,167 --> 00:18:46,877 When you told Jackie Ponder, she believed you? 245 00:18:47,795 --> 00:18:48,629 Yes. 246 00:18:48,630 --> 00:18:50,798 When you told your husband, he believed you? 247 00:18:52,508 --> 00:18:55,219 - Yes. - All these people believed you. 248 00:18:55,845 --> 00:18:57,262 You must be a very good liar. 249 00:18:57,263 --> 00:18:58,972 - Objection! - And I would imagine if you could fool 250 00:18:58,973 --> 00:19:00,098 the people that know you best... 251 00:19:00,099 --> 00:19:02,101 - Objection! - Oh, alright. 252 00:19:07,064 --> 00:19:08,524 He did damage. 253 00:19:08,941 --> 00:19:11,609 I should have done more with that fuckin' sunglasses lens. 254 00:19:11,610 --> 00:19:13,903 We had a pretty good day. 255 00:19:13,904 --> 00:19:16,156 Nobody's buying Candy's testimony. 256 00:19:16,157 --> 00:19:18,533 - We don't know that. - Are you listenin' to what's being said? 257 00:19:18,534 --> 00:19:21,161 The media doesn't get a vote. 258 00:19:21,162 --> 00:19:24,038 I was watching the jury during Candy's testimony. 259 00:19:24,039 --> 00:19:25,874 They were hanging on every word. 260 00:19:25,875 --> 00:19:27,585 They seem to be with her. 261 00:19:28,794 --> 00:19:29,920 What about Dr. Fason? 262 00:19:30,588 --> 00:19:32,714 I'm not sure Judge Ryan will find hypnosis admissible. 263 00:19:32,715 --> 00:19:35,091 Yeah, well, we have to try. 264 00:19:35,092 --> 00:19:37,678 Self-defense doesn't account for 40 whacks. 265 00:19:38,137 --> 00:19:39,430 We need Fason. 266 00:19:54,153 --> 00:19:55,321 Honey. 267 00:19:58,532 --> 00:19:59,784 Mom? 268 00:20:01,869 --> 00:20:03,120 What are you doing here? 269 00:20:05,539 --> 00:20:06,915 Why are you here? 270 00:20:06,916 --> 00:20:09,126 You need to defend yourself, honey. 271 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,378 Here, take this. 272 00:20:34,860 --> 00:20:36,487 Candy, what's wrong? 273 00:20:54,338 --> 00:20:55,797 Don, it's near midnight. 274 00:20:55,798 --> 00:20:57,966 I tried calling. Why's the phone off the hook? 275 00:20:57,967 --> 00:21:00,552 We're getting prank calls. 276 00:21:00,553 --> 00:21:02,804 Well, I need to be able to contact you both. 277 00:21:02,805 --> 00:21:04,181 Put the phone back on the hook. 278 00:21:04,807 --> 00:21:05,808 Why? What's wrong? 279 00:21:08,436 --> 00:21:10,353 Little change of plans. 280 00:21:10,354 --> 00:21:11,689 I'm puttin' you up next. 281 00:21:12,356 --> 00:21:13,982 Me? Why? 282 00:21:13,983 --> 00:21:15,526 This is Texas, Pat. 283 00:21:16,026 --> 00:21:18,319 Folks might be able to forgive murder. 284 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,072 Adultery, not so much. 285 00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:24,200 I did forgive her. And do. 286 00:21:24,201 --> 00:21:26,370 In fact, I blame myself. 287 00:21:26,912 --> 00:21:29,706 - Why? - The relationship with Allan 288 00:21:29,707 --> 00:21:32,917 was really more about having someone to talk to, 289 00:21:32,918 --> 00:21:35,171 and I wasn't 290 00:21:36,005 --> 00:21:37,715 open enough with Candy. 291 00:21:38,674 --> 00:21:40,384 I wasn't sharing myself enough. 292 00:21:42,178 --> 00:21:43,220 Mr. Montgomery, 293 00:21:43,637 --> 00:21:47,057 when you learned what happened in that utility room, 294 00:21:47,892 --> 00:21:49,852 you continued to stand by your wife? 295 00:21:50,436 --> 00:21:51,436 Of course. 296 00:21:52,104 --> 00:21:54,273 Yes. She is not violent. 297 00:21:54,982 --> 00:21:59,486 In fact, once the horror passed, I felt some gratitude. 298 00:21:59,487 --> 00:22:00,696 I thanked God. 299 00:22:01,322 --> 00:22:02,782 You thanked God? 300 00:22:03,866 --> 00:22:06,034 Betty is a much larger woman. 301 00:22:06,035 --> 00:22:08,621 Add to that, she had an axe. 302 00:22:09,914 --> 00:22:11,394 Could have easily gone the other way. 303 00:22:13,709 --> 00:22:15,460 Candy is loving. 304 00:22:15,461 --> 00:22:17,337 She's not violent. 305 00:22:17,338 --> 00:22:19,006 For this to have happened, 306 00:22:19,757 --> 00:22:20,757 Betty came at her. 307 00:22:21,550 --> 00:22:23,110 Did your wife tell you what she'd done? 308 00:22:23,886 --> 00:22:25,678 I think she blocked it out. 309 00:22:25,679 --> 00:22:27,199 She lied to you. She kept it from you. 310 00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:29,580 I don't think she really remembered. 311 00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:32,103 She forgot about it, you think? 312 00:22:33,646 --> 00:22:35,022 It's not that she didn't remember. 313 00:22:35,523 --> 00:22:41,444 She knew she had swung the axe but she suffered a dissociative reaction 314 00:22:41,445 --> 00:22:45,323 which can induce a form of amnesia to suppress anger 315 00:22:45,324 --> 00:22:47,784 - and, in this case, shame. - Hold on. 316 00:22:47,785 --> 00:22:50,079 Are you sayin' she suffered from a mental illness? 317 00:22:50,746 --> 00:22:53,164 I'm saying she could not reconcile her actions 318 00:22:53,165 --> 00:22:54,624 with who she believes herself to be, 319 00:22:54,625 --> 00:22:56,460 so she, in a sense, blocked it out. 320 00:22:56,961 --> 00:23:00,088 Can this explain why after, when she went back to church, 321 00:23:00,089 --> 00:23:02,299 and then to Target to buy Father's Day cards, 322 00:23:02,842 --> 00:23:05,593 it was as if this incident had never happened 323 00:23:05,594 --> 00:23:07,388 in Mrs. Montgomery's mind? 324 00:23:07,888 --> 00:23:09,472 She knew that it had happened 325 00:23:09,473 --> 00:23:12,350 but by forcing herself to go about her normal day, 326 00:23:12,351 --> 00:23:15,396 it was as if she were trying to erase the reality of it. 327 00:23:16,605 --> 00:23:20,275 A portion of her personality was split off from her consciousness. 328 00:23:20,276 --> 00:23:23,612 Dr. Fason, I admit I am no medical doctor 329 00:23:24,488 --> 00:23:28,200 but when a personality gets portioned off from somebody's consciousness, 330 00:23:28,701 --> 00:23:30,452 that sure as hell sounds like mental illness to me. 331 00:23:30,453 --> 00:23:31,537 Approach, Your Honor? 332 00:23:38,878 --> 00:23:42,173 I don't recall you jumping in with the prosecution's medical experts. 333 00:23:42,923 --> 00:23:46,051 I can pose questions to witnesses, sua sponte. 334 00:23:47,011 --> 00:23:48,929 You know what sua sponte is, counsel? 335 00:23:49,638 --> 00:23:51,639 It's Latin for "my courtroom." 336 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,976 We would like the record to reflect your obstruction. 337 00:23:54,977 --> 00:23:57,188 You don't have to introduce what I say into the record. 338 00:23:57,897 --> 00:23:58,980 You know why? 339 00:23:58,981 --> 00:24:01,399 'Cause if I said it, it's already in the record. 340 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,526 I'm representin' a woman who may go to jail 341 00:24:03,527 --> 00:24:07,489 for the rest of her life, so I'm going to perfect the record 342 00:24:07,490 --> 00:24:10,910 so that it accurately reflects your prejudice. 343 00:24:13,871 --> 00:24:15,372 For that remark, 344 00:24:17,041 --> 00:24:18,333 this court holds you in contempt. 345 00:24:18,334 --> 00:24:19,918 You're already holdin' me in contempt. 346 00:24:19,919 --> 00:24:21,294 Well, I'm doin' it again. 347 00:24:21,295 --> 00:24:22,880 Another $100 348 00:24:23,380 --> 00:24:26,216 and 72 hours in the Collin County jail 349 00:24:26,217 --> 00:24:29,929 effective immediately today once we stand in recess. 350 00:24:36,852 --> 00:24:41,523 Doctor, I'd like you to elaborate on my client's dissociative reaction, 351 00:24:41,524 --> 00:24:45,069 if you possibly can without being abruptly interrupted. 352 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:48,279 Mrs. Montgomery couldn't fathom 353 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:49,697 that she was capable of this kind of rage. 354 00:24:49,698 --> 00:24:52,368 In fact, this woman has an anathema to violence. 355 00:24:53,786 --> 00:24:57,122 Candy Montgomery is also a person who is excessively concerned 356 00:24:57,123 --> 00:24:58,707 with what other people think of her. 357 00:24:59,125 --> 00:25:01,876 This is a common personality pattern with individuals 358 00:25:01,877 --> 00:25:04,129 who struggle with dissociative reactions. 359 00:25:04,130 --> 00:25:06,297 Doctor, I'm going to instruct you to refrain 360 00:25:06,298 --> 00:25:07,466 from narrative responses. 361 00:25:07,925 --> 00:25:10,135 Answer only what Mr. Crowder asks. 362 00:25:10,136 --> 00:25:13,721 Is it common for individuals who suffer dissociative reactions 363 00:25:13,722 --> 00:25:16,599 to be excessively concerned with how others perceive them? 364 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:17,600 Yes. 365 00:25:18,602 --> 00:25:20,645 It's partly why Mrs. Montgomery 366 00:25:20,646 --> 00:25:24,274 emotionally walled herself off from the events of that day. 367 00:25:24,275 --> 00:25:27,026 It was only when I hypnotized her 368 00:25:27,027 --> 00:25:29,571 that she was fully able to access her memory. 369 00:25:29,572 --> 00:25:30,823 How so? 370 00:25:31,407 --> 00:25:36,494 I was able to age-regress her to the time when she first experienced 371 00:25:36,495 --> 00:25:38,247 a dissociative reaction. 372 00:25:38,998 --> 00:25:41,125 It happened when she was 4 years old. 373 00:25:41,834 --> 00:25:47,839 She was involved in a race of some sort with a little boy who was older than her, 374 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,593 and the winner got to pump some water into a jar. 375 00:25:51,218 --> 00:25:54,804 She was mad because she lost and she threw the jar into the pump 376 00:25:54,805 --> 00:25:56,390 and it broke. 377 00:25:57,057 --> 00:25:58,975 A piece of glass from that broken jar 378 00:25:58,976 --> 00:26:02,061 came back and hit her in the forehead and she was bleeding down her face. 379 00:26:02,062 --> 00:26:04,189 When she was taken to the hospital, 380 00:26:04,190 --> 00:26:07,067 she was very frightened about what was going to happen to her. 381 00:26:10,905 --> 00:26:12,656 And she was screaming. 382 00:26:13,741 --> 00:26:15,409 Her mother said... 383 00:26:16,243 --> 00:26:18,703 What will they think of you in the waiting room? 384 00:26:18,704 --> 00:26:19,789 Stop crying. 385 00:26:27,671 --> 00:26:29,964 She relayed this to you while under hypnosis? 386 00:26:29,965 --> 00:26:33,302 Correct. She had no conscious memory of it. 387 00:26:34,136 --> 00:26:36,554 Even under hypnosis, she was very frightened 388 00:26:36,555 --> 00:26:39,224 of expressing the feelings that she felt. 389 00:26:39,225 --> 00:26:42,268 It took a very definitive suggestion that when I counted to three, 390 00:26:42,269 --> 00:26:43,729 she would express those feelings. 391 00:26:44,897 --> 00:26:47,273 I counted to three. One, 392 00:26:47,274 --> 00:26:49,985 two, three. 393 00:27:00,538 --> 00:27:01,831 Honestly, it was a scream 394 00:27:03,415 --> 00:27:07,002 a sound, that I had never heard before. 395 00:27:07,837 --> 00:27:10,589 - Triggered by her mother saying "shh"? - Yes. 396 00:27:11,298 --> 00:27:13,843 Is it any coincidence that Betty Gore also said... 397 00:27:15,928 --> 00:27:16,929 It is not. 398 00:27:17,763 --> 00:27:20,140 I look at that explosion of violence with Betty Gore 399 00:27:20,141 --> 00:27:24,144 as being the result of the anger that had been buried within her 400 00:27:24,145 --> 00:27:27,565 and blocked off all that time since she was 4 years of age. 401 00:27:28,524 --> 00:27:31,819 - When I told her that, she said... - Oh, my God. 402 00:27:32,403 --> 00:27:34,155 Do you mean I killed my mother? 403 00:27:36,157 --> 00:27:38,450 Was she killing her mother in a way? 404 00:27:38,451 --> 00:27:41,996 No. She was defending herself against an attack by Betty Gore. 405 00:27:42,705 --> 00:27:47,125 But, the depth of rage and violence, that did in part come from something 406 00:27:47,126 --> 00:27:48,418 that happened with her mother. 407 00:27:48,419 --> 00:27:50,421 Let me ask you one final question. 408 00:27:51,088 --> 00:27:55,592 Did Candace Montgomery, at any time during June 13th, 1980, 409 00:27:55,593 --> 00:27:59,096 knowingly, that is on a conscious level, 410 00:27:59,889 --> 00:28:02,599 intend to kill Betty Gore? 411 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,602 I do not believe so. 412 00:28:08,522 --> 00:28:09,899 Your Honor, we pass the witness. 413 00:28:17,031 --> 00:28:19,324 Defendant hit the victim 41 times with an axe. 414 00:28:19,325 --> 00:28:22,745 She pulverized Betty Gore's face into a soft mulch. 415 00:28:23,287 --> 00:28:28,166 Your testimony is that she did so because Betty said "shh," 416 00:28:28,167 --> 00:28:29,793 reminding the defendant of her mother? 417 00:28:29,794 --> 00:28:34,088 My testimony is that she was defending herself 418 00:28:34,089 --> 00:28:36,591 against Mrs. Gore's attack, and the violence 419 00:28:36,592 --> 00:28:39,552 unleashed a rage that had been within her for decades. 420 00:28:39,553 --> 00:28:44,098 A rage caused by her mother saying "shh" when she was 4 years old? 421 00:28:44,099 --> 00:28:47,143 Not necessarily caused by, but fueled by. 422 00:28:47,144 --> 00:28:49,395 So she's sane enough to argue self-defense, 423 00:28:49,396 --> 00:28:51,356 but not sane enough to be responsible 424 00:28:51,357 --> 00:28:53,150 for chopping Betty Gore into bits? 425 00:28:54,401 --> 00:28:57,779 Again, her initial impulse was to defend herself, 426 00:28:57,780 --> 00:29:00,533 but during the struggle, she lost control. 427 00:29:02,576 --> 00:29:04,453 Just so I'm clear. 428 00:29:05,704 --> 00:29:08,164 She knew she was hitting Betty Gore 429 00:29:08,165 --> 00:29:10,792 - over and over with an axe? - Yes. 430 00:29:10,793 --> 00:29:13,212 And she was swinging it out of rage? 431 00:29:14,088 --> 00:29:15,381 - Yes. - Thank you. 432 00:29:22,138 --> 00:29:24,056 So is it okay for us to talk now? 433 00:29:25,182 --> 00:29:26,851 Now that my testimony is over? 434 00:29:28,144 --> 00:29:29,144 It's okay. 435 00:29:31,564 --> 00:29:33,482 Why did you make me look at the axe like that? 436 00:29:35,025 --> 00:29:36,694 I needed emotion. 437 00:29:37,319 --> 00:29:40,322 Our case is you had an emotional break. 438 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,701 I needed the jury to see a flicker of it. 439 00:29:53,294 --> 00:29:54,294 So what now? 440 00:29:55,588 --> 00:29:56,839 Betty Gore had it coming. 441 00:29:57,465 --> 00:29:59,132 I need the jury to see a flicker of that, too. 442 00:29:59,133 --> 00:30:00,133 You're jokin'. 443 00:30:02,344 --> 00:30:04,346 We can't risk her being too sympathetic. 444 00:30:08,184 --> 00:30:10,393 I wouldn't say she was mean, Betty, 445 00:30:10,394 --> 00:30:12,313 but she could be ornery. 446 00:30:12,855 --> 00:30:14,815 Snappish is how I'd describe her. 447 00:30:15,399 --> 00:30:16,650 I'll say she was mean. 448 00:30:17,485 --> 00:30:19,820 Betty Gore could be quite confrontational. 449 00:30:20,488 --> 00:30:22,739 Can you give us an example? 450 00:30:22,740 --> 00:30:25,575 She would let out dismissive snorts during my sermons, 451 00:30:25,576 --> 00:30:28,161 right out there in front where everyone could see and hear 452 00:30:28,162 --> 00:30:29,413 'cause she was in the choir. 453 00:30:30,247 --> 00:30:35,753 And not long after I arrived at Lucas, she told me to go back where I came from. 454 00:30:37,546 --> 00:30:40,131 - Betty Gore didn't like you? - She hated me. 455 00:30:40,132 --> 00:30:41,966 Candy didn't like me much either. 456 00:30:41,967 --> 00:30:42,967 At least, not at first, 457 00:30:42,968 --> 00:30:45,386 but Candy was cordial. 458 00:30:45,387 --> 00:30:46,971 Betty could be vicious. 459 00:30:46,972 --> 00:30:50,559 You eulogized this woman. You called her a beautiful person. 460 00:30:51,477 --> 00:30:54,647 She was beautiful, as are all God's creatures. 461 00:30:55,231 --> 00:30:56,565 But she had a streak. 462 00:30:59,276 --> 00:31:00,276 I pass the witness. 463 00:31:02,404 --> 00:31:03,571 As the hour is late, 464 00:31:03,572 --> 00:31:05,698 seems like a good time to take a break. 465 00:31:05,699 --> 00:31:06,992 For the day. 466 00:31:55,958 --> 00:31:57,834 What made him change his mind? 467 00:31:57,835 --> 00:32:03,131 Robert made an emergency call to the Court of Criminal Appeals. 468 00:32:03,132 --> 00:32:05,967 Honestly, I wish he hadn't. 469 00:32:05,968 --> 00:32:09,930 If I did time during trial, more ammo with the appellate court. 470 00:32:13,767 --> 00:32:15,269 Thank you. 471 00:32:32,328 --> 00:32:33,329 What are you doin'? 472 00:32:34,371 --> 00:32:35,456 We knew Betty Gore. 473 00:32:37,208 --> 00:32:39,125 Were friends with her. 474 00:32:39,126 --> 00:32:41,127 For you to just throw dirt on her like that. 475 00:32:41,128 --> 00:32:43,254 I didn't do that. 476 00:32:43,255 --> 00:32:44,589 Yes, you did. 477 00:32:44,590 --> 00:32:47,050 You called her pastor to the stand, to say what? 478 00:32:47,051 --> 00:32:49,052 That God was okay with this? 479 00:32:49,053 --> 00:32:51,847 I just established 480 00:32:53,098 --> 00:32:55,601 that Betty could be antagonistic. 481 00:32:56,435 --> 00:32:57,477 Which is the truth. 482 00:32:57,478 --> 00:32:59,604 This case is gonna be your legacy, Don. 483 00:32:59,605 --> 00:33:01,190 Oh, balls. 484 00:33:02,399 --> 00:33:04,192 Legacy is you live, you die. 485 00:33:04,193 --> 00:33:07,321 With any luck, it'll have mattered a nick you did the former. 486 00:33:08,155 --> 00:33:10,658 This whole thing is gonna eat at you. 487 00:33:12,243 --> 00:33:14,411 It may rot at you. 488 00:33:17,414 --> 00:33:19,875 I got enough on my plate without this shit, Carol. 489 00:33:37,226 --> 00:33:40,687 Basically, the doctor said she acted out of self-defense, 490 00:33:40,688 --> 00:33:45,192 and then transformed into an unconscious killing machine. 491 00:33:45,943 --> 00:33:48,528 Even the victim's pastor weighed in with a shot, 492 00:33:48,529 --> 00:33:50,530 along with other parishioners. 493 00:33:50,531 --> 00:33:55,119 God loves everybody. And he loved Betty Gore. 494 00:33:56,745 --> 00:33:59,290 All I said, she could be a handful. 495 00:33:59,957 --> 00:34:02,417 I have never seen Betty be unkind to anyone. 496 00:34:02,418 --> 00:34:05,629 She was a wonderful human being. Excuse me. 497 00:34:14,597 --> 00:34:16,932 It cannot be healthy for you to be watching all this. 498 00:34:18,767 --> 00:34:22,855 I can't be in the room until closing arguments, so this is 499 00:34:24,356 --> 00:34:26,275 the only way I know what's going on. 500 00:34:28,819 --> 00:34:31,113 I put all of this in motion. 501 00:34:32,531 --> 00:34:34,033 Betty's dead 502 00:34:35,409 --> 00:34:36,743 because I cheated on her. 503 00:34:36,744 --> 00:34:39,205 You couldn't have possibly foreseen. 504 00:34:42,750 --> 00:34:45,836 You won't survive if you continue to punish yourself this way. 505 00:34:46,337 --> 00:34:49,507 I'm so grateful for your support. 506 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,304 I just feel so alone. 507 00:34:56,138 --> 00:34:57,932 You're not alone. 508 00:34:59,266 --> 00:35:00,309 You're not. 509 00:36:16,552 --> 00:36:19,012 I'm not about to presume what you know 510 00:36:19,013 --> 00:36:22,140 but I think I can safely figure that all of you can figure 511 00:36:22,141 --> 00:36:25,685 Candy Montgomery didn't wake up on June 13th, 1980, 512 00:36:25,686 --> 00:36:28,062 with a plan to kill Betty Gore. 513 00:36:28,063 --> 00:36:31,441 She didn't cook her kids breakfast, head off to Bible school, 514 00:36:31,442 --> 00:36:33,735 perform a parable in the sanctuary, 515 00:36:33,736 --> 00:36:36,946 drive out to Wylie to pick up Alisa's swimsuit, and then say, 516 00:36:36,947 --> 00:36:40,659 "Hey, while I'm at it, let's kill Betty Gore with an axe." 517 00:36:41,660 --> 00:36:43,870 That makes zero sense. 518 00:36:43,871 --> 00:36:45,206 Zero. 519 00:36:45,956 --> 00:36:49,209 What happened here is not just the most plausible scenario. 520 00:36:49,210 --> 00:36:52,045 It's also exactly what Candy told you. 521 00:36:52,046 --> 00:36:55,006 She got there. Betty was in a dark place, 522 00:36:55,007 --> 00:36:56,966 agitated that she might be pregnant, 523 00:36:56,967 --> 00:36:59,636 upset that her husband had left town. 524 00:36:59,637 --> 00:37:02,555 Then, after some odd perfunctory conversation, 525 00:37:02,556 --> 00:37:05,851 Betty suddenly confronted Candy with the weapon. 526 00:37:06,644 --> 00:37:07,852 A struggle occurred. 527 00:37:07,853 --> 00:37:09,854 Candy reacted in self-defense 528 00:37:09,855 --> 00:37:12,691 after being struck with the axe. 529 00:37:13,317 --> 00:37:15,027 And durin' that violent struggle 530 00:37:15,736 --> 00:37:17,530 she snapped. 531 00:37:17,947 --> 00:37:22,118 Dr. Fason confirmed that Candy was truthful in her account. 532 00:37:23,119 --> 00:37:26,580 He also found that the violence triggered a childhood trauma, 533 00:37:26,997 --> 00:37:32,837 rendering Candy into a rage that caused her to go outside herself. 534 00:37:33,337 --> 00:37:36,882 Candy's testimony was not contradicted, not once, not by anyone. 535 00:37:37,258 --> 00:37:39,592 Nor was Dr. Fason's medical opinion. 536 00:37:39,593 --> 00:37:42,011 All the police investigators, the medical examiner, 537 00:37:42,012 --> 00:37:46,851 the pathologist, none of them, none could rule out self-defense. 538 00:37:47,977 --> 00:37:49,186 So, how can you? 539 00:37:50,104 --> 00:37:55,567 None could exclude that it was Betty Gore who first came at Candy with that axe. 540 00:37:55,568 --> 00:37:56,902 So, how can you? 541 00:37:57,695 --> 00:38:00,488 What they all did agree on, 542 00:38:00,489 --> 00:38:03,867 a tremendous struggle took place. 543 00:38:03,868 --> 00:38:06,327 And if this were a planned thing, 544 00:38:06,328 --> 00:38:09,414 it was maybe the worst planned crime ever. 545 00:38:09,415 --> 00:38:13,169 Candy told people at the church that she was headed 546 00:38:13,919 --> 00:38:15,463 to Betty Gore's house. 547 00:38:16,213 --> 00:38:17,548 Nor was there any motive. 548 00:38:18,340 --> 00:38:20,717 As both Allan Gore and Candy testified, 549 00:38:20,718 --> 00:38:24,054 my client would stand nothing to gain from killing Betty. 550 00:38:24,847 --> 00:38:26,598 The affair would not have been resumed. 551 00:38:26,599 --> 00:38:29,185 Neither Candy nor Allan had any interest. 552 00:38:29,852 --> 00:38:30,852 It was over. 553 00:38:34,106 --> 00:38:39,110 In Candy's mind, when Betty Gore came at her 554 00:38:39,111 --> 00:38:41,864 and struck her with that axe, 555 00:38:43,157 --> 00:38:45,951 Betty was no longer human. 556 00:38:46,494 --> 00:38:49,746 She had turned into an animal in search of prey 557 00:38:49,747 --> 00:38:52,165 and what ensued in that utility room 558 00:38:52,166 --> 00:38:54,417 was a violent death fight. 559 00:38:54,418 --> 00:38:56,669 Betty Gore was a much larger woman. 560 00:38:56,670 --> 00:38:59,756 Adrenaline had to take over Candy in order to survive. 561 00:38:59,757 --> 00:39:05,136 Adrenaline did take over, and human life was lost. 562 00:39:05,137 --> 00:39:07,222 When a person gets killed, 563 00:39:07,223 --> 00:39:10,725 it's natural to wanna hold someone accountable. 564 00:39:10,726 --> 00:39:14,312 It's natural for you to wanna fix things. 565 00:39:14,313 --> 00:39:15,855 To make it right. 566 00:39:15,856 --> 00:39:18,149 It may even cause some of you to wanna believe 567 00:39:18,150 --> 00:39:19,943 the police version of this. 568 00:39:19,944 --> 00:39:21,444 But I remind you, 569 00:39:21,445 --> 00:39:24,740 the police version itself cannot rule out self-defense. 570 00:39:27,368 --> 00:39:28,702 John Steinbeck 571 00:39:29,662 --> 00:39:30,913 once wrote that, 572 00:39:31,413 --> 00:39:34,916 "There are those among us who live in rooms of experience 573 00:39:34,917 --> 00:39:36,669 that you and I cannot enter." 574 00:39:37,294 --> 00:39:40,088 If you're worried about whether or not Mrs. Montgomery 575 00:39:40,089 --> 00:39:41,632 has been punished in this case, 576 00:39:42,591 --> 00:39:43,843 don't. 577 00:39:44,718 --> 00:39:46,720 She lives in that room of experience. 578 00:39:48,597 --> 00:39:52,476 She lives in it and she's locked in it and it now constitutes a cell. 579 00:39:53,769 --> 00:39:55,354 A jail cell. 580 00:39:57,356 --> 00:39:59,649 There won't be a day in the life of Mrs. Montgomery 581 00:39:59,650 --> 00:40:02,736 where she'll ever put out of her mind that she committed this act 582 00:40:03,612 --> 00:40:05,739 on June 13th, 1980. 583 00:40:07,533 --> 00:40:12,663 There has been an American tragedy played out in this courtroom. 584 00:40:13,205 --> 00:40:16,166 But a conviction is not a proper solution 585 00:40:16,167 --> 00:40:18,794 to this particular tragedy. 586 00:40:20,087 --> 00:40:22,631 The state has not proved its case. 587 00:40:24,300 --> 00:40:26,719 Reasonable doubt exists. 588 00:40:30,014 --> 00:40:31,014 Good luck to you. 589 00:40:51,786 --> 00:40:54,120 Mr. Crowder hits the point 590 00:40:54,121 --> 00:40:56,415 that Mrs. Montgomery's testimony was not refuted. 591 00:40:58,209 --> 00:41:01,295 The person to refute Candy Montgomery's testimony isn't here. 592 00:41:01,837 --> 00:41:04,215 She's dead. Chopped to bits. 593 00:41:05,090 --> 00:41:06,883 See, that's the thing, when two people are in a room, 594 00:41:06,884 --> 00:41:10,262 and one ends up murdered, you only get a single version of events. 595 00:41:13,390 --> 00:41:14,710 Let's look at Candy Montgomery's. 596 00:41:15,434 --> 00:41:17,936 I suspect it quite helped her that all the evidence 597 00:41:17,937 --> 00:41:21,106 was available to her before she formed her irrefutable testimony. 598 00:41:21,107 --> 00:41:22,690 - Objection. - Overruled. 599 00:41:22,691 --> 00:41:24,610 Sit down, Mr. Crowder. He didn't interrupt you. 600 00:41:29,198 --> 00:41:33,119 Mr. Crowder argues none of this makes sense. 601 00:41:34,745 --> 00:41:36,955 I won't ask you to make sense of it. 602 00:41:36,956 --> 00:41:38,999 I'll just ask you to look at what happened. 603 00:41:39,792 --> 00:41:43,587 Candy Montgomery struck Betty Gore 41 times with an axe. 604 00:41:44,213 --> 00:41:46,631 Murdering her, disfiguring her, 605 00:41:46,632 --> 00:41:48,925 breaking bones, severing arteries, 606 00:41:48,926 --> 00:41:51,302 obliterating her skull and face. 607 00:41:51,303 --> 00:41:54,014 That is not consistent with self-defense. 608 00:41:54,557 --> 00:41:57,351 Mr. Crowder had the temerity 609 00:41:58,602 --> 00:42:01,605 to say Betty Gore stopped being human. 610 00:42:02,857 --> 00:42:05,443 I ask you, who stopped being human here? 611 00:42:06,735 --> 00:42:08,070 Who was the animal? 612 00:42:08,904 --> 00:42:10,156 He wants you to believe her. 613 00:42:10,823 --> 00:42:12,658 To find her testimony credible. 614 00:42:13,409 --> 00:42:15,076 Seriously? 615 00:42:15,077 --> 00:42:16,744 She's lied at every turn. 616 00:42:16,745 --> 00:42:19,914 To the police, to her friends, to her own husband. 617 00:42:19,915 --> 00:42:21,709 It was only after she was caught 618 00:42:22,334 --> 00:42:24,210 cold with a thumbprint match 619 00:42:24,211 --> 00:42:26,922 that Candy Montgomery decided to become truthful. 620 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,302 Self-defense. 621 00:42:32,052 --> 00:42:34,137 That's a lie. 622 00:42:34,138 --> 00:42:37,474 Hitting an unconscious woman over and over and over with an axe 623 00:42:37,475 --> 00:42:41,520 as she lay there in her blood, that's not self-defense. 624 00:42:45,024 --> 00:42:49,820 Because Betty said "shh," just like my mother did when I was 4? 625 00:42:51,489 --> 00:42:53,031 It insults this court's intelligence. 626 00:42:53,032 --> 00:42:54,616 It insults yours. 627 00:42:54,617 --> 00:42:57,160 Candy Montgomery knew she couldn't possibly explain 628 00:42:57,161 --> 00:42:58,536 her actions on June 13th, 629 00:42:58,537 --> 00:43:00,830 so she chose to deny them. 630 00:43:00,831 --> 00:43:02,207 She chose to lie. 631 00:43:02,208 --> 00:43:05,168 On June 14th, on the 15th, on June 16th, 632 00:43:05,169 --> 00:43:08,797 the 17th, the 18th, she stuck to the same story. 633 00:43:08,798 --> 00:43:10,799 With the police, her friends, her husband. 634 00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,551 She left Betty alive 635 00:43:13,552 --> 00:43:15,429 went to Target to get a Father's Day card. 636 00:43:16,347 --> 00:43:19,433 Then, as the truth catches up to her, 637 00:43:20,893 --> 00:43:23,771 she pivots. Self-defense. 638 00:43:29,443 --> 00:43:31,445 As for 41 whacks. 639 00:43:42,665 --> 00:43:44,291 You deserve better. 640 00:43:46,252 --> 00:43:48,254 Betty Gore deserves better. 641 00:43:58,139 --> 00:44:00,181 Both lawyers were strong, both made their points, 642 00:44:00,182 --> 00:44:02,267 and both were not above playing to the emotion. 643 00:44:02,268 --> 00:44:04,602 This case stirred up such strong and visceral feelings, 644 00:44:04,603 --> 00:44:06,355 and neither attorney shied away from them. 645 00:44:09,024 --> 00:44:11,026 Hey, what do you think? 646 00:44:11,777 --> 00:44:13,177 It's closer than I'd like it to be. 647 00:44:14,405 --> 00:44:15,823 We just have to wait. 648 00:44:17,199 --> 00:44:20,703 Well, whatever happens, I'm sure it'll all be for the best. 649 00:44:33,132 --> 00:44:36,135 - Sherry's keeping the kids? - For now. 650 00:44:36,886 --> 00:44:38,220 Till there's a verdict. 651 00:44:44,268 --> 00:44:46,270 You know, my mom always said 652 00:44:46,937 --> 00:44:50,274 that there's no better comfort food than Salisbury steak and macaroni. 653 00:44:54,403 --> 00:44:57,573 You talk to her recently? Other than the, the dream? 654 00:44:58,282 --> 00:45:01,076 This mornin'. She sends her prayers. 655 00:45:02,203 --> 00:45:04,205 And her prayers usually take. 656 00:45:08,292 --> 00:45:10,294 She's not mad at you, you think? 657 00:45:11,128 --> 00:45:14,924 She can't be thrilled. Especially after she reads that. 658 00:45:20,679 --> 00:45:23,139 No, I just told her to stay away from the newspapers 659 00:45:23,140 --> 00:45:24,558 or anything like that. 660 00:45:27,061 --> 00:45:28,395 Right. 661 00:45:28,813 --> 00:45:30,688 Well, I just can't wait for all this to be over 662 00:45:30,689 --> 00:45:34,400 and I can go back to having a normal life 663 00:45:34,401 --> 00:45:37,238 and go to the market without people staring at me. 664 00:45:39,240 --> 00:45:42,951 Candy, I think no matter what happens, this will never be over. 665 00:45:42,952 --> 00:45:44,453 Well, if they find me innocent. 666 00:45:45,371 --> 00:45:47,206 The jury can't find you innocent. 667 00:45:47,998 --> 00:45:50,500 They can only find you not guilty. 668 00:45:50,501 --> 00:45:53,420 And there's a difference. 669 00:45:54,713 --> 00:45:56,756 We have no chance at a normal life here. 670 00:45:56,757 --> 00:45:59,093 We're going to have to leave McKinney. 671 00:46:03,806 --> 00:46:05,808 Let's just pray we get that chance. 672 00:46:08,727 --> 00:46:10,327 Well, I thought your testimony was good. 673 00:46:11,564 --> 00:46:12,815 Thank you. 674 00:46:14,108 --> 00:46:16,110 I don't know if I deserve you, Pat. 675 00:46:17,194 --> 00:46:18,434 But I'm sure lucky to have you. 676 00:46:21,991 --> 00:46:22,991 We're both lucky. 677 00:46:27,121 --> 00:46:28,872 I think I wanna go back and wait it out with Don 678 00:46:28,873 --> 00:46:31,916 'cause I just am feeling a little too anxious sittin' here. 679 00:46:31,917 --> 00:46:34,503 Yeah. Okay. 680 00:46:41,427 --> 00:46:43,429 Don! Don! 681 00:46:44,805 --> 00:46:46,056 They're back. 682 00:46:47,016 --> 00:46:48,225 The jury. They have a verdict. 683 00:46:49,643 --> 00:46:51,227 - Already? - The judge just called. 684 00:46:51,228 --> 00:46:53,022 I've got the car ready to take us back. 685 00:46:54,190 --> 00:46:55,858 We'll meet you there. 686 00:47:26,889 --> 00:47:28,390 Gentlemen, comin' through. 687 00:47:37,608 --> 00:47:38,776 All rise! 688 00:47:48,911 --> 00:47:50,871 You may be seated, ladies and gentlemen. 689 00:47:53,582 --> 00:47:56,960 I have some instructions for the attorneys, the parties, 690 00:47:56,961 --> 00:47:59,046 the spectators. 691 00:47:59,755 --> 00:48:01,355 When I read the verdict into the record, 692 00:48:02,133 --> 00:48:04,593 I want no reaction from anyone in this courtroom. 693 00:48:05,136 --> 00:48:09,223 Whatever that verdict might be, no vocal reaction, no physical reaction. 694 00:48:10,266 --> 00:48:13,394 And now don't think I'm picking on y'all. That's standard. 695 00:48:14,395 --> 00:48:15,475 Alright, bring the jury in. 696 00:48:26,615 --> 00:48:27,615 Be seated. 697 00:48:33,622 --> 00:48:36,499 Alright then, Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict, sir? 698 00:48:36,500 --> 00:48:37,543 Your Honor, we have. 699 00:48:57,480 --> 00:48:58,720 Will the defendant please rise? 700 00:49:05,196 --> 00:49:06,196 We, the jury, 701 00:49:09,825 --> 00:49:11,025 find the defendant not guilty. 702 00:49:13,370 --> 00:49:15,663 Each member of the jury that concurs with this verdict, 703 00:49:15,664 --> 00:49:18,917 will you indicate it to me by raising your right hand? 704 00:49:18,918 --> 00:49:21,669 The court will accept the verdict and order it filed. 705 00:49:21,670 --> 00:49:22,922 This case is adjourned. 706 00:49:32,973 --> 00:49:35,810 Congratulations, Candy. 707 00:50:04,213 --> 00:50:06,507 How do you feel about this? Were you shocked? 708 00:50:25,818 --> 00:50:27,986 What about our beds and stuff? 709 00:50:27,987 --> 00:50:32,365 Well, the movers will come for that, baby. We just take what we need for now. 710 00:50:32,366 --> 00:50:34,909 The movers will bring it all the way to Georgia? 711 00:50:34,910 --> 00:50:36,996 Yep. That's why we call them movers. 712 00:50:50,301 --> 00:50:52,677 Why don't you guys go say goodbye to Miss Sherry? 713 00:50:52,678 --> 00:50:54,304 - I forgot something. - Hi, hey, bud. 714 00:50:54,305 --> 00:50:56,806 Hey, how you doing? 715 00:50:56,807 --> 00:50:59,852 Good? You're gonna be good, right? Okay. See you guys. 716 00:51:08,402 --> 00:51:10,028 I promise I'll call as soon as we get there. 717 00:51:10,029 --> 00:51:12,573 Okay. You better. 718 00:51:17,369 --> 00:51:18,871 Are we all set? 719 00:51:19,747 --> 00:51:21,415 - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah? 720 00:51:37,473 --> 00:51:39,433 - I won't be long. - Okay. 721 00:52:11,924 --> 00:52:15,261 I would've called, but I was afraid you might say don't come. 722 00:52:18,722 --> 00:52:20,181 Anyway. 723 00:52:20,182 --> 00:52:23,726 Pat, me, and the kids are leavin' McKinney 724 00:52:23,727 --> 00:52:25,813 and we're gonna go try and start anew 725 00:52:26,897 --> 00:52:29,400 near my folks in Georgia. 726 00:52:31,110 --> 00:52:34,447 So, I just wanted to come by and say goodbye. 727 00:52:38,075 --> 00:52:40,953 - Okay. - Also, Allan. 728 00:52:42,746 --> 00:52:44,248 I'm sorry. 729 00:52:45,249 --> 00:52:48,878 For everything that happened. I never meant... 730 00:52:53,466 --> 00:52:54,884 Me, too. I'm sorry, too. 731 00:52:55,593 --> 00:52:57,595 Betty and I, we were good friends. 732 00:52:58,512 --> 00:53:00,014 You know, she was a... 733 00:53:01,599 --> 00:53:02,933 She was a good person. 734 00:53:05,519 --> 00:53:07,813 We were a lot alike in some ways. Just a 735 00:53:09,523 --> 00:53:11,025 good, good person. 736 00:53:14,445 --> 00:53:15,696 Anyway, 737 00:53:17,948 --> 00:53:19,742 I wish you a good life, Allan. 738 00:53:21,118 --> 00:53:22,912 Yeah. I wish you a good life, too. 739 00:53:26,624 --> 00:53:27,624 Well. 740 00:53:30,753 --> 00:53:32,004 Okay. 741 00:53:33,172 --> 00:53:34,172 Bye-bye.