:18:01
How about the next gentleman?
:18:04
Oh. Well... l don´t know.
:18:06
l started to be convinced,
you know, very early in the case.
:18:11
You see, l was looking for a motive.
:18:14
That´s very important because if you don´t
have a motive, where´s your case, right?
:18:19
Anyway, that testimony from those people
across the hall from the kid´s apartment,
:18:25
that was very powerful. Didn´t they say
something about a fight, an argument,
:18:30
between the old man and his son
around about seven o´clock that night?
:18:34
- l could be wrong but...
- lt was eight o´clock, not seven.
:18:38
They heard an argument. Then
they heard the father hit the boy twice.
:18:43
Finally they saw the boy run, angry,
out of the house. What does that prove?
:18:47
lt don´t prove anything.
lt´s just part of the picture.
:18:50
You said it provided a motive.
So did the prosecution.
:18:54
That wasn´t a very strong motive.
:18:56
This boy has been hit so many times
that violence is practically...
:19:00
lt´s a normal state of affairs with him.
:19:02
l just can´t see two slaps in the face
provoking him into committing murder.
:19:06
lt may have been two too many.
Everyone has a breaking point.
:19:12
Anything else?
:19:14
- No.
- OK. How about you?
:19:20
l don´t know. lt´s all been said.
:19:23
You can talk here for ever.
lt´s still the same thing.
:19:27
This kid is five for 0.
Well, look at his record.
:19:31
When he was 10, he was in children´s
court: he threw a rock at a teacher.
:19:36
When he was 15, he was
in reform school: he stole a car.
:19:40
He´s been arrested for muggin´.
He was picked up twice for knife fightin´.
:19:44
They say he´s real handy with a knife.
Oh, this is a very fine boy.
:19:49
Ever since he was five, his father
beat him up regularly. He used his fists.
:19:53
So would l. A kid like that?
:19:56
lt´s these kids -
the way they are nowadays.