2:13:00
...that your stepfather
disappeared from home...
2:13:03
...a year and a half
before you killed him.
2:13:07
Do you have any idea why he left?
2:13:13
I'm not sure. I'd only be guessing.
2:13:17
You hesitated. Why?
2:13:20
I don't know.
2:13:23
Do you know what he did
during that year and a half?
2:13:26
He was in the Navy, he said.
2:13:28
Do you imply that he came home
from the war...
2:13:30
...from combat duty,
just to beat you up?
2:13:33
We object, Your Honor. The defendant
has implied no such thing.
2:13:37
Sustained.
2:13:39
Did your stepfather
own the house you live in?
2:13:44
- Well, my brother and l, we fixed it up.
- Answer the question, please.
2:13:49
- It wasn't a house when he left...
- Please answer the question.
2:13:52
Yes, but it was a dirty shack
and nothing else!
2:13:55
But you had the freedom to come
and go and invite boys in...
2:14:01
...and answer to no one
while Lucas was gone, didn't you?
2:14:05
Didn't you?
2:14:06
Yes, I had the freedom, but I never did!
2:14:09
When you thought he was gonna
change that, did you kill him?
2:14:12
No! Lucas was drunk
and tried to beat me!
2:14:16
The coroner testified
that he was unconscious...
2:14:20
...from the first blow, so you were safe
from any beating, but you didn't stop.
2:14:24
- Why?
- I don't know.
2:14:26
You kept on hitting him until
you crushed the life out of him. Why?
2:14:30
I don't know. I couldn't stop!
I couldn't stop!
2:14:36
When you finally did kill him,
why didn't you call the police?
2:14:41
I wanted to. I was afraid.
2:14:44
But you hadn't committed any crime,
defending yourself.
2:14:49
What was there to fear
from the police?
2:14:52
I don't know. I was just afraid.
2:14:54
You had nothing to fear until you
hid Lucas' body, isn't that right?