especially relatives.
- I don't see anything funny about it.
- Neither do I.
The boy knew that there were people who could
identify the knife as the one he had just bought.
He had to get it before the police did.
But if he knew that the knife could be identified,
why did he leave it in the first place?
Oh well...
I think we can assume he run out in a
state of panic after he killed his father.
And when he finally calmed down, he
realised that he had left the knife there.
Then this depends on your definition of panic.
Because he was calm enough to make sure
that there were no fingerprints on the knife.
Now, where did his panic start and where did it end?
Look, you can throw all that other staff out...
He came home to dig out his knife and get rid of it.
- Three hours later?
- Sure, three hours later!
If I had killed my father, I would not be coming back
three hours later, I would be afraid of the police.
No... I would stay away, knife or no knife!
Look, you voted guilty, didn't you?
What side are you on?
I do not have to be loyal to one side or
the other, I'm simply asking questions.
Well, look...
This is just off the top of my head
but it seems to me, I mean,
if I were the kid and I'd, you know,
done the stabbing and all that,
I'd take a chance and go back for the knife.
I mean, he probably figured that noone's seen
him and nobody didn't discover the body yet.
I mean, it was the middle of the night.
He probably figured that the body
wouldn't be found till the next day.
Excuse me, but that is my whole point.
Now...
The woman across the street testified
that the moment after she saw the killing,
that is a moment after the el train went by,
she screamed, then telephoned the police.
Now, the boy certainly must have heard the
scream and knew somebody saw something.
No, I do not think the boy would have
gone back if he had been the murderer.
Two points.
One...
In his state of panic, he may
not have heard the scream,
perhaps it wasn't very loud.
Two. If he did hear it, he may not
have connected it with his own act.
Remember, he lived in a neighbourhood
where screams were fairly commonplace.
Right! There's your answer.
Maybe the boy did stab his father, did not hear the screams,
run off in a panic and calmed down three hours later,
came back to get his knife, risking being caught by the
police, maybe all of those things are so and maybe not!
I personally think there is enough doubt for us to wonder
if the boy was there at all when the murder took place.
What do you mean doubt?
What are you talking about?
Didn't the old man see the boy running out of the house?
Well, see? He's twisting the facts!
I'm telling you, he's twisting them!
Did or didn't the old man see the boy running
out of the house at 12:10? Did he or didn't he?
- He says he did...
- Well..."He say's he did"?
How do you like this?
"He says he did"...
Did or didn't the woman across the
street see the boy kill his father?
She said she did!
You make it like it don't matter what people say.
What you wanna believe, you believe,
what you don't wanna believe, so you don't!
What kind of way is that?
And what do you think these people
get up on the witness stand for?
Their health?
I'm telling you man, the facts
are being changed in here.
Witnesses are being doubted and there's no reason for it!
Witnesses can make mistakes.
Yeah, when you want'em to they do!
You know what I mean?
Alright now, let's keep the yelling down.
Well you keep saying that!
What we need in here is a little yelling.
These men running off every each way.
Did hear the scream, didn't hear the scream...
What difference does it make?
Those little details!
You guys are missing the important stuff.
- I mean, all of a sudden you hear everybody...
- I would like to call for another vote.
- I'm talking here!
- Another vote called for here, jentlemen take your sits.
- What are we gonna gain by voting again?
- I don't know.
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