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The scripture says that
he who is without love
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does not know God,
for God is love.
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And we commend to His mercy
all who have loved and died.
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That Your will for
them may be fulfilled.
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As in baptism, Betty Gore put on
Christ, so in Christ, may Betty Gore
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- be clothed in glory.
- Candy?
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Clothed in glory.
Clothed in glory.
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- Candy?
- Clothed in glory.
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Candy.
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Are you ready?
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Did you hear me?
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I'm as ready as I'm gonna get.
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Do not hold anything back.
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If it even seems like
you're hidin', we lose.
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It's time.
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Mr. Crowder, are you
ready to proceed?
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Yes, Your Honor.
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The defense calls
Candace Montgomery.
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You heard Allan
Gore's testimony.
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Was his description of
the affair accurate?
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Yes.
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It petered out into
nothingness? It was over-over?
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Yes.
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There was no burning ember that
made you wanna get back together?
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Definitely not.
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Calling your attention to
the morning of June 13th,
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why'd you go to the Gore house?
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We had plans to see "The
Empire Strikes Back."
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Alisa wanted to go, and Jenny
very much wanted Alisa to go.
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Jenny is your
7-year-old daughter?
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- Yes.
- And Alisa?
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Alisa Gore, Jenny's best friend.
She had stayed the night.
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Betty Gore's daughter?
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- Yes.
- And you and Betty were friends?
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Yes.
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Prior to June 13th of this year,
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had you and Mrs. Gore ever
exchanged any hostile words?
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- No.
- Had you ever had
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- any physical altercation?
- No.
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When's the last physical
altercation of any kind
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you can remember getting into
with anyone, other than June 13th?
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I don't think
there ever was any.
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How about a verbal altercation?
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I can't think of any.
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To the best of your recollection,
you have never fought with anyone,
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either physically or
verbally, prior to June 13th?
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That's correct.
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So you went to the Gore
house that morning?
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To get Alisa's bathing suit.
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She had a swimming lesson that day, and
if she was gonna stay another night,
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I would have to take her.
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Did you call Mrs.
Gore prior to going?
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- No.
- Candy.
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Sorry, Why call when you
can barge right in, right?
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How did she seem
when you got there?
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She seemed a bit hurried.
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Hurried?
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She was planning for a big trip,
and she seemed anxious about it.
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- Did she invite you in?
- Yes.
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And what happened after
she invited you in?
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We
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Talked about the movie plans.
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I asked her if it was
okay for Alisa to go.
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We talked about the
swimming lessons,
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her upcoming trip.
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She introduced me
to the new puppy.
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It was a normal,
friendly conversation?
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Very.
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Until I was gettin'
ready to leave.
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And what happened then?
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Well, I said that I should
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get going as I had
an errand to run
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and suddenly, she blurted out.
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Are you having an
affair with Allan?
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And what did you say?
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Yes.
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But it was a long time ago.
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You wait a minute.
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I thought maybe she had
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found a card or a letter
that Allan or I had written
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and maybe she just
went to go get it.
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And when she reappeared?
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She had an axe.
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Were you in fear for
your life at that moment?
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No.
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Because I never dreamed
she would use it.
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So what happened next?
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Well, I said, under
the circumstances,
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I should probably bring
Alisa home after Bible class.
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- And she said, - No, I
don't wanna see you anymore.
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And she put the axe down.
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Had you ever seen that
axe before in your life?
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No.
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Did you even know
the Gores had an axe?
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- No.
- What happened next?
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I went into the utility room
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to grab Alisa's bathing suit.
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And that was about the same time
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that Betty had returned from
the bathroom with a towel.
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And then what happened?
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She just looked so hurt.
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Ma'am, I'm gonna
need you to speak up.
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Betty looked hurt?
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I put my hand on her shoulder.
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And that's when I said,
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I am so sorry.
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And she did not like that.
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- You can't have him.
- Then suddenly, she had the axe again.
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You can't have him.
You can't have him!
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I'm gonna have another baby.
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- You can't have him.
- Please. I don't want...
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- You can't have him!
- I don't want him!
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Betty, don't do this.
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What are you doing?
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Did you think, at that moment,
she was going to kill you?
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I still didn't believe
she'd ever do that.
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But, at some point,
your belief changed?
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- Yes.
- When?
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When she swung the axe up
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and it hit me in
the side of my head.
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Can you describe the
force of that swing?
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It seemed with every
ounce of her strength.
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Were you now concerned
for your life?
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I knew then that she
wanted to kill me.
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And then what happened?
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I grabbed the axe.
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You...
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I thought I'd killed her.
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And then what happened?
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I just went to leave, but...
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But what?
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Let go of me!
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Please, I don't want him.
No, I don't want him!
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Please, I don't want him.
I don't want him! No!
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Do you recall how many times you
hit her when she was upright?
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No.
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What about when she was down?
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I just remember being afraid
that she'd get back up again
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so I kept hitting her.
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When you got to the Gore house,
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did you have it in your
mind to kill Betty Gore?
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No.
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After she hit you in
the head the first time,
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did you have it in your mind
then to kill Betty Gore?
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No.
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After she hit you the second
time, did you have it in your mind
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- to kill Betty Gore?
- No.
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When, if ever,
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did it enter your mind that
you had to kill Betty Gore
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to keep from being killed?
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I never thought about it.
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It just happened.
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After you stopped hitting her,
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what did you do?
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I walked around.
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I stood back and
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I looked at myself and I was
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covered with blood.
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What were your feelings
at that moment?
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I just felt so dirty.
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I had to get the blood
off. It was making me sick.
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I got into the shower.
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I just wanted to make it
all go away, but I couldn't.
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And I kept thinking,
I have to be normal.
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One thing at a time.
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Father's Day cards.
Swimming lessons.
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Movies.
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One thing at a time. Normal.
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And when you left the house
and started to drive home,
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what thoughts were running
through your mind at that moment?
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That it was all a mistake.
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Then it never happened.
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It just never happened.
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But it did happen.
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You killed Betty
Gore with this axe.
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- Sorry, please don't make me look at that.
- You killed her with this axe!
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- Stop. Stop.
- You can look at it. Look at it!
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Do you need a break?
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No, I'm okay.
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I'm okay.
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Pass the witness.
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When you left the house,
the baby was there.
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Alone. With her mother dead.
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I wasn't thinking
about the baby.
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My mind wasn't thinking at all.
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Well, it was thinking
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should get in the shower.
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It was thinking should
wash the blood off.
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When you left the house,
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you knew you had killed Betty
Gore with an axe, didn't you?
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- I knew.
- And when you arrived back at the church,
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you told no one?
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I wanted to pretend
it didn't happen.
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Wanted to "pretend"
it didn't happen.
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You "pretended" with your friends
and fellow congregants at the church?
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- Yes.
- You "pretended" with your close friend
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and former pastor,
Jackie Ponder?
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- Yes.
- You "pretended" with your husband?
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You especially "pretended"
with the police.
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I was not truthful at first
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but I was lying to myself just
as much as I was lying to them.
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But you're not lying today?
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No.
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You said Betty Gore went
to the utility room,
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then appeared with the axe?
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- Yes.
- You didn't try to flee?
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As I mentioned earlier,
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I didn't think my life was
in danger at that time.
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But later, you did? Why
didn't you run then?
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At that point, I was blocked.
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What about the, the
door to the garage?
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It was closed.
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Your Honor, may I approach?
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I'll show you exhibit 13.
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You recognize this?
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It's a lens to my sunglasses.
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- Sunglasses you were wearing that day?
- Yes.
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This lens was found
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in the garage. Did
you go in the garage?
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- No.
- Never?
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I have never been
in the Gore garage.
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Then how do you explain
the lens to your sunglasses
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being in the garage?
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Maybe during the struggle, it
somehow got kicked in there.
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It got kicked in? While
the door was closed?
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No, as I was trying to get out,
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I had opened the door slightly
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before Betty came back at me.
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And so maybe it got
kicked into the garage
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while the door was ajar.
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That's the only explanation
I can come up with.
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I bet you wish you could
come up with another.
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- Objection.
- First, you said the door was closed.
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Now, you amend it
to "slightly ajar."
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Mrs. Montgomery.
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Are you pretending
again with us now?
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- Objection.
- Overruled.
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Do you consider yourself
to be a good liar?
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- Objection!
- Overruled, and stop your nonsense.
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When you told your
fellow congregants
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back at the church that nothing
happened at the Gore house,
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did they believe you?
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Yes.
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When you told Jackie
Ponder, she believed you?
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Yes.
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When you told your
husband, he believed you?
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- Yes.
- All these people believed you.
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You must be a very good liar.
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- Objection!
- And I would imagine if you could fool
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the people that know you best...
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- Objection!
- Oh, alright.
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He did damage.
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I should have done more with
that fuckin' sunglasses lens.
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We had a pretty good day.
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Nobody's buying
Candy's testimony.
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- We don't know that.
- Are you listenin' to what's being said?
257
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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.