2:18:14
Raise your hand. Do you swear to tell
the truth, whole truth, so help you God?
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- I do.
- Be seated.
2:18:20
State your name, please.
2:18:22
Constance MacKenzie.
2:18:26
Mrs. MacKenzie, I understand you've
known the defendant a long time.
2:18:31
Yes, since she was a baby.
2:18:34
Did Selena ever complain that her
stepfather had beaten her at any time?
2:18:40
What?
2:18:41
- Did Selena ever complain...?
- No.
2:18:44
Did you ever see any marks on her?
Injuries?
2:18:47
No.
2:18:49
You knew the defendant's mother well,
did you not?
2:18:52
Nellie worked for me as a housemaid.
2:18:55
Did she ever mention Lucas' brutality,
or describe any beating he administered?
2:19:01
No, she said he was drunk and lazy,
and he deserted her...
2:19:08
...and she committed suicide over the
kind of life that Lucas brought them to.
2:19:13
We're not concerned
with Mrs. Cross' suicide.
2:19:15
I don't see why not.
2:19:16
There was something terribly wrong
in the Cross family life.
2:19:20
Something wrong when a woman had to
raise her daughter up almost alone...
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...and trying to help her...
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- Mrs. MacKenzie.
...and not being able to help...
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...and not being able to give.
2:19:38
Mrs. MacKenzie.
2:19:40
I'm aware of your concern over the
suicide, but that is not the point at issue.
2:19:45
Did your daughter ever tell you
she'd seen Lucas beat Selena?
2:19:48
No.
2:19:50
Don't you think if she had seen
such an incident...
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...she would have mentioned it to you?
2:19:56
- I don't know.
- Well, wouldn't she?
2:19:59
Well... .