1:13:00
But I ain't guilty
of killing Jesse.
1:13:02
I swear to God.
1:13:05
No more questions,
Your Honor.
1:13:08
Mr. Duncan.
1:13:10
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'' ?
1:13:44
Now, your story is that you've
been having an affair...
1:13:47
with the victim.
1:13:50
But tell us why a beautiful
young woman like Jessica King...
1:13:54
from one of the finest
families in Brixton,
1:13:56
just about to be married to a good,
decent professional man...
1:13:59
and with a bright,
shining future in front of her--
1:14:02
Why would a woman like that get
involved with something like you ?
1:14:05
I asked her that
myself one time.
1:14:09
She said I was the only man
in town who knew how to fuck.
1:14:13
[Murmuring]
1:14:15
You're really disgusting.
You know that ?
1:14:18
- Objection, Your Honor.
- Objection sustained.
1:14:21
Mr. Duncan, you will refrain from
making those personal comments.
1:14:24
I apologize, Your Honor.
It won't happen again.
1:14:29
So, let's get this straight.
Let's clarify this.
1:14:32
You're saying it was
just a coincidence...
1:14:35
that on the very same night that you
physically assaulted Jessica King,
1:14:39
someone else put
her body in your pond ?
1:14:41
I'm not saying
it was a coincidence.
1:14:43
- What are you saying ?
- I'm saying I got framed !
1:14:46
Oh, well, what an original defense.
1:14:48
Did you think of Jessica King
as a stray cat ?
1:14:51
No.
1:14:52
Did you tell Sheriff Johnson that
a stray cat had clawed your arm ?
1:14:55
- Yeah.
- Didn't you just tell the court...
1:14:57
-Jessica had scratched your arm ?
- Yeah, but--
1:14:59
Didn't you tell Sheriff Johnson you
got scratched by the stray cat...