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Raise your hand. Do you swear to tell
the truth, whole truth, so help you God?
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- Yes.
- Be seated.
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- State your name, please.
- Allison MacKenzie.
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Miss MacKenzie, how long have
you known Selena Cross?
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Ever since I was a child.
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We went all through school together.
Miss Cross is my best friend.
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You have testified that when you saw
Lucas beating Selena...
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...you thought your presence
prevented it from going on.
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- I know it did.
- No, you don't know, you assume.
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He was embarrassed
to find me watching.
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How many times did Lucas hit Selena?
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- Once.
- Once?
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Did he hit her with his fist
or a weapon?
2:16:44
It was kind of a slap.
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Oh, a slap.
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Have you ever been slapped,
Miss MacKenzie?
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- Yes.
- By a stranger?
2:16:54
- No.
- By a member of the family?
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- Do I have to answer these questions?
- I'm sorry, but you do.
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By my mother.
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As hard a blow as Selena Cross'
stepfather gave her?
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- No.
- How could you tell?
2:17:09
- I don't think so.
- You don't really know...
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...what happened in that house.
- Yes, I do know.
2:17:14
First you talk about a beating...
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...and then we find out all you're
discussing is a single blow.
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Would you say the arguments
in the Cross household...
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...were more or less violent
than any other family's?
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- Objection.
- What's the purpose of that question?
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The witness must define her terms,
if the jury is to clearly understand her.
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A beating becomes one blow.
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A blow becomes a slap. Perhaps the slap
will become something else.
2:17:41
Objection overruled.
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No further questions.
2:17:49
No questions, Your Honor.
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You may step down.
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The prosecution calls
Mrs. Constance MacKenzie to the stand.