2:22:12
Do you swear to tell the truth,
whole truth, so help you God?
2:22:16
- I do.
- Be seated.
2:22:17
- State your name.
- Dr. Matthew Swain.
2:22:20
Do you know of any act of force
or violence...
2:22:23
...Lucas perpetrated
against the defendant?
2:22:25
I certainly do.
2:22:28
We've wasted time torturing a girl who's
emotionally unable to speak for herself.
2:22:34
Lucas Cross was a drunkard
and a wife beater and a child abuser.
2:22:38
I object.
2:22:40
"Child abuser" is an exaggerated,
inflammatory word.
2:22:42
I mean "child abuser"
in the worst way possible!
2:22:45
I object. The deceased is not on trial.
2:22:48
Lucas Cross' character, as to force
and violence, is on trial here.
2:22:52
You may continue, Dr. Swain.
2:22:56
The night that Lucas Cross
left town...
2:22:58
...I performed what I recorded
as an appendectomy on Selena Cross.
2:23:02
It was not an appendectomy.
2:23:04
I falsified my records.
I assisted her in a miscarriage.
2:23:09
A miscarriage of Lucas Cross' baby.
2:23:13
I said it was Lucas Cross' baby
that Selena carried.
2:23:16
- I object to this statement as evidence.
- On what grounds?
2:23:21
It's the conclusion of the witness.
2:23:23
- Except that it's true.
- Can you testify to this?
2:23:27
I can.
2:23:28
Objection overruled. Continue.
2:23:31
I have here a complete admission
of guilt, signed by Lucas Cross.
2:23:39
Will the attorneys please
approach the bench?
2:23:46
I offer Lucas Cross' confession
into evidence, Your Honor.
2:23:50
I object, Your Honor.
2:23:52
The confession of a person not a party
to the case is totally inadmissible.
2:23:56
The prosecution may have a sound point,
but I'll reserve my ruling until...