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1:12:00
Yes, sir.
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What happened
after you struck her ?

1:12:08
Well, she banged her head
pretty hard when she went down,

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so I-- I decided
to take her to the hospital.

1:12:14
- Did you reach the hospital ?
- No, sir.

1:12:17
Are you feeling okay ?
1:12:21
I'm fine.
1:12:25
I wanna go back.
1:12:27
I don't wanna go
to the hospital. Someone--

1:12:29
Someone might see me.
1:12:31
She said she was feeling better,
so I took her back to Ay Jay's.

1:12:35
I dropped her off,
then I went on back home.

1:12:40
And that was the very last time
that you saw Jessica King alive ?

1:12:44
- Yes, sir. The very last.
- Donnie,

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are you guilty
of the charge against you ?

1:12:52
I'm guilty
of cheating on my wife,

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of being a bad husband,
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a bad Christian.
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But I ain't guilty
of killing Jesse.

1:13:02
I swear to God.
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No more questions,
Your Honor.

1:13:08
Mr. Duncan.
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Mr. Barksdale,
you're a wife-beater, aren't you ?

1:13:18
I've swore to tell
the truth here today.

1:13:21
Yeah, I've hit
Valerie before.

1:13:25
I guess
it ain't no secret.

1:13:28
So, you admit to having a history
of violence against women ?

1:13:31
You also admit to having
beaten up the victim...

1:13:33
on the night
that she was murdered.

1:13:35
I wouldn't exactly say
that I beat her up.

1:13:37
You're the expert. You tell me.
Just how badly do you...

1:13:39
have to beat a woman before it fits
your definition of ''beating up'' ?

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Now, your story is that you've
been having an affair...

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with the victim.
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But tell us why a beautiful
young woman like Jessica King...

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from one of the finest
families in Brixton,

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just about to be married to a good,
decent professional man...

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and with a bright,
shining future in front of her--


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