Close to Home (2005) s01e04 Episode Script
103 - Divine Directions
Rock of Ages, cleft for me Let me hide myself in Thee Let the water and the blood From Thy wounded side which flowed Be of sin the double cure Save from wrath and make me pure While I draw this final breath When mine eyes shall close in death When I rise to worlds unknown And behold Thee on thy throne Rock of Ages, cleft for me Let me hide myself in Thee.
WOMAN ( softly ): He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
The Lord is my shelter and my fortress and my God in whom I trust.
Surely He will save me from the fowler's snare, from the deadly pestilence Detective Pitts.
Homicide.
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty He is my shelter and my fortress and my God, in whom I trust.
Surely, He will save me from the fowler's snare and the deadly pestilence.
He shall cover me with His feathers and under His wings, He shall shelter.
His truth shall be your shield and your buckler.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
( fading ): The Lord is my shelter Why are you doing those by hand? I was just asking myself that.
Is that normal? Sending out invitations to a baby's baptism? Is that what Presbyterians do? Well, I want close friends and family there.
How will they know, if we don't tell them? I'm saying we don't want this turning into another wedding.
Our wedding was perfect.
Yeah, 30 of our closest friends.
Simple backyard ceremony.
Turned into 150 of your mom's closest friends at the church.
Oh, that.
If that's work tell them it's your day of rest.
This is Annabeth.
Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely.
Hey.
What's up? Sorry to drag you out on a Sunday.
That's okay, Detective.
uble time on weekends makes up for a multitude of sins.
What do you got? Cindy Delacroix, married no children.
She's under arrest for killing her husband.
He was regional manager of the Croft Miller's grocery chain.
How'd he die? Well, Mr.
Delacroix was stabbed three times in the back with a butcher knife.
Cindy's bloody palm print is on the kitchen counter.
Her fingerprints are on the weapon.
Has she confessed? Believe she's about to.
She waived her right to an attorney.
Not much she can say to get out of this one.
Let's see.
We're ready.
Mrs.
Delacroix? The deputy prosecuting attorney is here now.
You ready to make your statement? Yes.
Did you stab your husband? Yes.
Did you intend to kill him? Yes.
Why'd you do it? God told me to.
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner I think she just found something to say.
I've had dozens of clients who wanted to plead insane, but I don't think I've ever actually had anybody who is insane plead insane.
I'm telling you, this lady is so crazy she doesn't want to plead crazy.
Then how can you file a competency motion? Because she doest know about it.
BAILIFF: Case #05CR-30756.
People v.
Cindy Delacroix.
First degree murder, Your Honor.
JUDGE: I've read the public defender's motion for a pretrial competency exam.
Unless the People have any objection to a psychiatric evaluation, I will so order.
Requesting a sidebar, Your Honor.
JUDGE: Yes, counselor? Your Honor, this motion was filed confidentially.
Mrs.
Delacroix believes psychiatry to be the work of the devil, and objects to even the slightest insinuation she might have mental problems.
Then why is he pursuing the competency hearing? Your Honor, this is not a ploy.
Cindy Delacroix believes she was divinely directed to commit the acts she's accused of, and she's not kidding.
Well, the State believes she picked that butcher knife up all by herself and stabbed her husband in the back with it three times.
Your Honor, if I'm gonna continue to be able to represent my client, I respectfully request the Court to insist on a competency exam over my strenuous objections.
As long as we don't establish the precedent that being deeply religious makes you mentally incompetent, fine.
Okay.
I get it.
Step back.
The Court hereby orders the defendant to submit to a psychiatric examination to determine her fitness to stand trial.
Objection, Your Honor! There's nothing to warrant such an examination.
My client considers this examination to be an invasion of her privacy and a direct attempt to circumvent her communication with God.
JUDGE: Competency hearing so ordered.
This is wrong.
This is wrong.
MAUREEN: Officer Macklin, what's going on? How are you holding up? I know there was a lot of fallout after you testified against Detective Martin.
I'm okay.
I just want you to know that not every cop hates you, Maureen.
You came down here just to tell me that? That and I was hoping that you could put this paperwork on the fast track for me.
It's a justifiable homicide.
Homeowner takes a gun away from a guy breaking into his house and shoots.
Kills him.
Burglar had a record for previous B&Es.
Hmm, and Officer Keith Macklin has a promotion coming up, and would like another solved case on his record, hmm? You know, I called you some time ago.
I didn't return the message.
Sorry.
That's okay.
You were probably busy.
I was wondering if I don't date cops.
Oh, so it's, it's the clothes and not the man? Basically.
Listen, I will do this.
Anything to save the people's time and money.
But you need to send, uh, Dave Simon up here to talk to me.
I'll bring him myself.
MAN: So tell me, who is the commander in chief? George W.
Bush.
And your parent's names? Gabe and Nora Templeton.
How's the baby? Oh, she's so cute, it's ridiculous.
She's getting baptized next week.
Can you tell me why God told you to kill your husband? I don't trust you.
I don't appreciate your tone.
And I'm not going to answer that question.
Mrs.
Delacroix, I simply asked why God told you to kill your husband.
That's between God and me.
I spoke to the Lord.
I sought His guidance.
It was His hand that took Barry's life, not mine.
And I am at peace with that.
So, if God told you right now to reach across this table, put your hands around my neck and strangle me to death, you'd do it? I know what the Lord guided me to do is against the laws of man, but I answer to a higher law.
Okay, she not only knows right from wrong, she just confessed on the record again.
She's competent.
And she also just told her shrink she hears voices and believes her actions are compelled by an overwhelming undeniable force.
In Indiana vs.
Kennesaw, the Court called that crazy.
You're not listening to me.
You think that everything can be solved through doctors and therapy.
Well, there's no question therapy would be a tremendous benefit.
But there is no doubt whatsoever the defendant is mentally competent, aware of her actions and legally fit to stand trial.
So ordered.
Your Honor, even though my client is deemed competent to face trial, we reserve the right to plead insanity and/or temporary insanity.
I told you I'm not insane.
This competency finding by no means prevents you from mounting any defense you choose.
If you think you can prove your client was legally insane at the time of the crime My sister is not insane! Her husband was insane! Please refrain from talking in the gallery.
If I am insane, then Abraham is insane.
God told him to kill his beloved son.
You promised me you wouldn't say I was insane.
Mrs.
Delacroix, I won't warn you again! God tested Abraham, God tested Jonah, God tested Sarah, God tested Mary, and God tested me.
( gavel bangs ) Next case.
MAUREEN: Tell me about the break-in.
The worst part was this was my weekend with Laurie, my little girl.
Her mother and me split up last year.
Since the break-in, she won't let Laurie stay with me anymore.
Did Laurie see anything? No.
Thank God.
She didn't wake up.
Like I said, I woke with a glass-breaking sound, like a window being punched out.
So I got up and I went downstairs.
And I see this guy rifling through my things.
First I froze, but then he spun around.
And I saw the gun and just, you know, instinctively grabbed it.
And? Big struggle.
He wasn't letting go of that gun.
And it just kind of went off.
And he was dead.
Well, this is all very consistent with your statement.
You're a very lucky man, Mr.
Simon.
I'm lucky everybody's been so helpful and great.
This has been a horrible few days.
But seriously, I appreciate everyone not making it, making it it any worse.
Thank you both.
Thank you.
Thank you for coming in.
Okay.
So, you good on this? Close.
No one gets a pass until I see the ballistics and fingerprint reports.
I guess I guess I'll let you get back to work.
Ms.
Delacroix, you are claiming that God ordered you to kill your husband, is that correct? God is my shepherd.
He guides my heart and my hand.
And last Sunday, God put a knife in that hand and told you to stab your husband? Yes.
I can't believe her lawyer let her do this interview.
She fired her lawyer.
You're kidding.
She 86ed Jeff? She refused any further psych exams and she fired him.
Her sister and her church are handling things for now.
And her church thinks a confession on the local news is a good plan? They're trying to sway public sentiment.
Taint the jury pool.
Believe me, I almost wish they would've found her incompetent.
Gotta tell ya, boss, having to go after this woman's twisted idea of God, that's not a good day in court.
REPORTER: Why do you think God wanted your husband dead? The devil had taken his soul.
REPORTER: So you killed him? I cut out his sin.
I did as God commanded.
You think a jury's going to go for this? Maybe.
With some people, all you need to do is invoke God and they fall in line.
It only takes one person to deadlock a jury.
Well, I don't buy it.
God doesn't tell people to kill.
Danny, do me a favor, and work up a brief on religious based offenses.
Okay.
Don't let the whole "God told me to do it" spin throw you off your game.
Steve, don't worry.
I'm going to handle this just like every other murder case I've tried.
She's only tried two murder cases.
So she came up from behind and stabbed him.
Victim fell forward onto this chair, knocking it on its side.
She stabbed him two more times, leaving the knife buried to its hilt.
This was not a happy housewife.
Anywho the blood trail goes back into the kitchen, where he grabs his keys.
His car keys? Maybe he thought he could drive himself to the hospital.
Staggers outside, face-plants in the yard.
Not many signs of chaos and discord in the house.
She said that he was demon-possessed.
But there are no signs of drugs, alcohol or porno magazines.
There's still the computer.
We'll get to that this afternoon.
Let's hope there's a big fat Internet history file.
Hey, what about their financials? Big box of receipts.
They did keep track of their money.
Good.
We need a clear motive based on their life together.
They say women kill men for three reasons: infidelity, abuse, and, every once in a while, for money.
Given that she stabbed him three times, let's focus on the cheating and the beating.
Done.
MAN: Barry and Cindy were the first couple that I married here, back when this church met in a storefront.
They were high school sweethearts.
They had their whole lives in front of them.
So you knew them well.
Yeah.
This is a shock for all of us.
Cindy's one of the most active members of our congregation.
What about Barry? Unfortunately, he had stopped attending.
He was going through some difficult times personally, and he couldn't reconcile his feelings with the tenets of our religion.
Were they having marital problems? They came to me for counseling about a year ago.
They were at a crossroads.
Barry wanted to go one way and Cindy wanted to go another.
It came to a point in therapy where I think Barry wanted me to counsel them to divorce.
He brought it up several times, but Cindy was adamantly opposed.
She did not believe in divorce.
Was Barry unfaithful to her? Okay, this is I'm still Cindy's active pastor, and the leader of this congregation.
I feel like I've said too much already.
I just need to understand why this happened.
Was Barry gay? Again, I don't I'm not comfortable.
You understand that the clerical privileges only apply to Catholic priests in the confessional.
I can subpoena your testimony.
You have your responsibilities and I have mine.
ANNABETH: We found a dress in Barry Delacroix's closet.
The dress had a name tag on it.
"Hi, my name's Marie.
" So who's Marie? Exactly.
Was he having an affair with Marie, or was he Marie? Well, either way, you got your motive.
It's promising.
How's it going in here? Cindy's comparing her acts to acts committed in the Bible.
But, in the Bible, if God wants somebody dead, He takes care of it Himself.
Lot's wife, Sodom and Gomorrah Okay, so God never tells anyone to kill.
If He does, it's just a test.
And then He stops the guy from doing it.
I have a feeling this act has a lot less to do with God, and a lot more to do with Marie.
I'm on my way to talk to the victim's brother.
Keep it up.
I'm so sorry for your loss, but I have to ask-- did your brother ever talk to you about someone named Marie? Marie? No.
Do you know if he was having an affair? That's not a simple question.
He and Cindy had known each other since they were, I don't know, a couple of dumb kids.
He had grown into a different person; she wanted him to stay the way he was.
Are we talking about sex? Yeah.
He wanted to try different things, but he didn't want to upset Cindy.
That's what he kept saying to me.
He was trying to figure out how do that without hurting her.
But, finally, he realized he had to leave.
He told you that? When? A week or so before he died.
Did Cindy know that? Of course! Oh, Barry was very honest with her.
He wanted to do this right.
But it just all went wrong.
So about a year ago, the Delacroixs upgraded their computer system, and Barry discovered the wonders of pornography.
Guy just went bananas.
Two grand a month on their credit cards.
He only made $45,000 a year.
Wait, it gets better.
Look where he's been spending most of his Internet time last couple of months.
"Free Living," what is this? It's like a swingers organization.
You mean like wife swapping? More like just group sex.
I've been trying to get in touch with some of these people, but they're kind of hard to track down.
Sex-addicted swinger and a religious wife.
That's a recipe for disaster.
And a slam-dunk motive, if we can get somebody from Free Living to testify to Barry's involvement.
Keep looking.
You got it.
MAN: Here's the ballistic report on your B & E case.
Thank you.
MAUREEN: Do you understand you have the right to counsel? I've got nothing to hide.
The burglar pulled a gun and we struggled.
Your fingerprints are on the bullets.
You lied to me, Mr.
Simon.
It was your gun.
That's that's not possible.
I'm going to give you exactly one more chance to tell the truth.
Okay.
It was my gun.
But it wasn't my idea to lie about it.
Whose idea was it then? The officer-- Macklin.
Gosh, you know, I don't want to cause trouble for anybody.
What did Macklin tell you? Okay, the gun wasn't registered.
So when I told Macklin that, he said I should say it was the burglar's gun.
He said it would save him me everybody, a whole lot of trouble.
He'd he'd just write it up that way.
His fingerprints are on the bullets.
Wait a minute, are you saying that it was his gun? He says you told him to lie about it.
You think I filed a false report? I'm informing you of what he said.
You know, a lot of guys said some pretty nasty things about you after you testified against Detective Margate.
I wasn't one of them.
This is why I don't date cops.
If Dave Simon said I told him to lie about that gun, then he's making that up, and if he's making that up, he's making up everything else.
Two things: Cindy Delacroix purchased a set of kitchen knives six days before the murder.
I have a credit card receipt to prove that.
Do we know if the murder weapon came from those knives? I'll have Forensics check.
Great.
What's the second thing? Cindy got a new lawyer.
Somebody named Marla Dodds.
No.
Oh, no, no, no.
Who is she? She's a nightmare of a defense attorney, and an unapologetic media hound.
That would make sense.
Why? 'Cause she's outside on the courthouse steps right now.
Religion is under attack in this country, in our schools and in our courthouses-- in this very courthouse where our sister, Cindy Delacroix, will be tried.
Is this just? Is it fair? No.
Why? Because how can a godless process ever understand the heart of a God-fearing woman? Let us all bow our heads and join in a silent vigil for our sister Cindy.
And let us pray that the Holy Spirit will touch the heart of this judge, this jury, this prosecuting attorney, so that they, too, may one day be able to hear the voice of God.
She's praying the jury ignores the law? She's saying religious people should band together, regardless of the cause.
She's manipulating emotions.
She's going for jury nullification.
So what does that mean for us? It means I have the strongest murder case I could possibly have and I could lose.
No luck finding our swingers or the mysterious Marie? Nothing so far.
Detective Pitts is still on it.
Well Show time.
Ms.
Chase It is an honor to do battle with such a seasoned star of Indiana's criminal justice system.
Ms.
Dodds.
You know what Jesus said at the Last Supper: "Everybody who wants in the picture, get on my side of the table.
" MAUREEN: What you told us is not adding up.
Did you know the man you shot was a loan shark? Really? No.
I have a sworn statement from your ex-wife saying she left you because of your gambling addiction.
That's her side of the story.
Ernie Hay came to your house on the evening of September 8, and you let him in.
And he demanded that you pay him what you owed him.
This record book from Ernie's apartment has you in the red for 150 grand in football bets.
When you told him you couldn't pay him, he threatened you, so you got your gun out and shot him.
Come on.
You you know that's not e way it was.
Then you broke the window to make it loo like a burglary; got his fingerprints on the gun to make it look like it was his, to make it look like self-defense.
It was self-defense.
Except there was no break-in and he never had a gun.
And I never told you to say that the gun was his.
I want to talk to a lawyer.
WOMAN: The first stab wound was directly above the right shoulder blade; the second stab wound punctured the victim's left lung and the third one went very deep, causing massive internal bleeding.
How would you categorize such wounds? These would be classified as rage wounds.
ANNABETH: Thank you.
No questions, Your Honor.
ANNABETH: Detective Welsh, can you tell us if any of these knives were used in the commission of the crime? The largest one, the chef's knife, was found imbedded in the victim's back.
ANNABETH: The one with the defendant's fingerprints on it? That's correct.
Nothing further, Your Honor.
Thank you for your good work, Detective.
No questions, Your Honor.
ANNABETH: Pastor Rayburn, does God speak to you? Absolutely.
In what way? I sense Him in my heart, in my soul.
In every way possible.
Does God condone killing? No.
Of course not.
ANNABETH: Thank you, Pastor.
No further questions, Your Honor.
Pastor what does the Bible say that God did to Sodom and Gomorrah for their sins of the flesh? He destroyed them.
Objection, Your Honor.
The reference Your Honor, Ms.
Chase is the one who opened the door to this line of questioning when she asked the witness if God condoned killing.
Actually, I'm objecting to the reference to Sodom and Gomorrah, in which God did not ask an individual to do the destruction, He did it Himself.
And if the Court wishes to get into biblical debates, we'll be here indefinitely.
Stay on target, Dr.
Dodds.
Pastor the last time that Cindy came to you for help, what was going on in her life? She was struggling to save her marriage.
Struggling against what? Her husband's sexual obsessions.
Mm! Could you be more specific? He he wanted Cindy to have sex with multiple partners.
And what did Cindy want? A family.
A normal marriage.
DODDS: So, when Cindy asked for your help, what what sort of advice did you give her? I said the Bible teaches us to hold marriage sacred, but in this case, her marriage may not be a real marriage anymore, but a a perversion of marriage.
Oh, so did you offer a remedy? I told her to open her heart.
That God would tell her what to do.
I think we made a big mistake not arguing religion.
How'd it go? She's turned into St.
Cindy in there.
We should call the pastor again for tomorrow.
Guys Steve, this is how she does it.
This is how she wins.
She puts the focus of the debate as far away from the crime as possible, and gets you to follow her.
Guys, good news.
I found the swingers-- they want to talk.
Let's not keep them waiting.
We've just been in a state of utter confusion, Phil and me.
We couldn't believe that Barry was dead.
It's just so awful.
When we heard all the horrible things they were saying about Barry on TV, particularly because he was involved in Free Living We knew we had to speak out.
Well, you did the right thing.
Yes, and we are interested in anything you have to tell us.
Well, first of all, Barry was a good man.
A sweetheart.
He did not deserve to die like that.
And second, that woman, keeps calling herself Cindy, his wife she's a hypocrite.
You knew Cindy? Yeah.
We knew her.
As Marie.
We've been getting the victim's mail since the murder, and that bill just came in.
Barry reserved a moving truck.
Picking it up the day he died.
Somebody up there likes you.
Defense get a hold of that yet? Yeah, they just got it this morning.
Well, they're going to claim Cindy didn't know anything about it.
With Marla as her attorney, I have to get Cindy on the stand.
Dodds won't let that happen in a million years.
Cindy's a woman scorned.
I have to find a way to let the jury see that.
Let the evidence show them.
That's just it-- Dodds has a way of making evidence irrelevant.
I have to provoke Cindy to testify.
Was Barry alone when he came to the Free Living sex parties here in Indianapolis? First of all, they're not parties, or orgies.
They're sexual exploration seminars.
The witness will answer the question.
ANNABETH: Did Barry come to these sexual seminars alone? No.
Who did he come with? He came with his girlfriend, Marie.
Is Marie here today? Yes.
Would you point her out to us, please? She's lying.
DODDS: Objection, Your Honor.
This is an unsubstantiated allegation.
Your Honor This dress with a name tag that reads in full-- "Free Living Seminar Hi, my name is Marie," was found in the Delacroix's bedroom.
DODDS: In Barry Delacroix's closet, not Cindy's.
ANNABETH: Your Honor, we are checking DNA from the dress against DNA taken from the defendant.
But, if need be, the witness can identify certain birthmarks on the defendant's body.
Withdrawn.
What happened when you first met Cindy? She was real nervous, so I got her a drink and we just talked.
She enjoys drinking White Russians and so do I.
So I told her, they don't have to be fattening if you make them with skim milk.
And then what happened? She met my husband Phil, and we danced a little bit, and, eventually, we hooked up with Barry.
And then with a couple of other couples, and, you know, had sex.
Who had sex? We all had sex.
Together.
Did you have sexual relations with Cindy Delacroix at this seminar? Yes.
Two different times.
This is wrong.
Was she a willing participant? I would say so.
Based on? Based on she was very giving.
And she certainly seemed satisfied.
She cannot say this about me.
Take your seat, Mrs.
Delacroix.
She also came back to three different seminars.
She is lying! ( gavel banging ) No, let go of me! This woman is lying, and I demand to be heard! This is my trial.
JUDGE: Order! The defendant will be silent.
Counselors, approach the bench now.
There is nothing more fundamental then the right of the accused to speak in her own defense.
What about the rights against self-incrimination? She's on the record as saying she wishes to testify, Dr.
Dodds.
Has she expressed this wish to your privately as well? She has, Your Honor.
Then that is her right.
We'd been married for 12 years, and our sex life had always been normal.
But then Barry started telling me how repressed he felt.
That he enjoyed other things.
I know this is difficult, Cindy, but you need to be more specific.
The Lord wanted me to do whatever it took to save my marriage.
Even sleeping with other people? It wasn't easy.
Or pleasurable.
I didn't enjoy anything, like that woman said, but Barry wanted to experiment.
And did you want to experiment? I didn't want to lose my husband.
Love, honor and obey your husband.
Those may be words to some people, but to me, they're not.
And I loved him so much, I lowered myself.
It was sickening.
So, I prayed for guidance.
I asked the Lord to protect me.
And He answered me.
How? A voice.
God spoke to me.
He said he was with me, but that I needed to protect myself.
He told me to pick up the knife.
He told me He would guide my hand.
And that's the last thing I remember.
ANNABETH: So, it's your testimony that you had sex with Cheryl Pierson, but you did not enjoy it? I did not.
You did not enjoy it twice? Objection, Your Honor.
Withdrawn.
ANNABETH: Did Barry force you to have sex with other people? Did he hurt you or threaten you? I knew it was what he wanted.
But did he physically force you? No.
Did he threaten you in any way? No.
Did things improve between you and Barry after you had sex with other people? No, they did not.
In fact, Barry reserved a rental moving truck six days before the murder.
Isn't that true? I'm not sure.
It must have been awful for you to have lowered yourself like that.
Sacrificed your standards, your morals, your own body.
I prayed that he would see the error of his ways.
Because God gives us free will.
That's right.
Did God tell you to go to those sex parties, or did you choose that of your own free will? I did it to save my marriage.
But you chose to stay in that marriage.
Barry wanted a divorce.
He wanted out.
He told you he intended to have sex with other people, but you chose to stay.
I loved him.
Love is a powerful thing, Mrs.
Delacroix, but so is rage.
So is shame.
Like the shame you felt when you attended sex party after sex party, debased yourself with another woman, and Barry told you he was moving out, anyway.
And the rage you felt when you picked up that knife and, of your own free will, stabbed him in the back.
No.
You wanted revenge.
You wanted him to pay, you wanted him to hurt the way you were hurting.
I just didn't want him to leave me! How great was that? If this were any other trial, I'd say you made your case, but whatever you did, Dodds has suceeded in making God the defendant.
There are one or two jurors just lapping up everything she says.
You're gonna have to get through to them.
It all comes down to the closing argument.
You're gonna have to make a better sermon than she does.
God is real and God speaks to us all, but most of us chose to ignore him, because most of us don't want to hear His word, because, if we did we might be called upon to act.
To sacrifice.
I'm sure that that many of you have a personal relationship with God, but you are also under attack, because, in this country, if a person says that God speaks to them, not in an intellectual or metaphorical way, but actually, actually speaks to them, that person will be vilified.
Barry Delacroix was a lost man.
He lost his faith.
He chose to live a life of perversity and depravity, and he wanted and expected his wife to do the same.
He wanted his wife to have homosexual experiences for his entertainment.
He wanted to offer her body to other men for their sexual gratification.
Now, you tell me who has committed the crime here? This man, or this woman who has listened to the never-changing voice of a moral God? Does the prosecution wish to rebut? I'm not here to debate whether Cindy Delacroix is a woman of faith.
I don't know if God has provided her comfort and guidance throughout her life.
I hope He has.
I'm here to see that Cindy Delacroix is held responsible for the act she committed.
Her husband Barry had some strange ideas, I'll give you that, but he never forced her to do anything.
He tried to extricate himself from the marriage, so they could both lead the lives they wanted, but instead, Cindy chose to attend numerous sex parties with him, where she chose to have sex with other people.
When Barry decided to leave, anyway, Cindy chose to take matters into her own hands.
She chose a particular knife, and when her husband was about to walk out the door forever, she chose to bury that knife in his back, not once, not twice three times.
Cindy Delacroix is not a saint.
She is a murderer.
Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict? We have, Your Honor.
What say you? JURY FOREMAN: On the sole count of murder, we the jury find the defendant, Cindy Delacroix guilty.
JUDGE: Bailiffs, take charge of the defendant.
Members of the jury, this completes your service.
You are dismissed with the thanks of the Court.
We are adjourned.
All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful The Lord God made them all Each little flower that opens Each little bird that sings He made their glowing colors He made their tiny wings All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful the Lord God made them all.
WOMAN ( softly ): He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
The Lord is my shelter and my fortress and my God in whom I trust.
Surely He will save me from the fowler's snare, from the deadly pestilence Detective Pitts.
Homicide.
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty He is my shelter and my fortress and my God, in whom I trust.
Surely, He will save me from the fowler's snare and the deadly pestilence.
He shall cover me with His feathers and under His wings, He shall shelter.
His truth shall be your shield and your buckler.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
( fading ): The Lord is my shelter Why are you doing those by hand? I was just asking myself that.
Is that normal? Sending out invitations to a baby's baptism? Is that what Presbyterians do? Well, I want close friends and family there.
How will they know, if we don't tell them? I'm saying we don't want this turning into another wedding.
Our wedding was perfect.
Yeah, 30 of our closest friends.
Simple backyard ceremony.
Turned into 150 of your mom's closest friends at the church.
Oh, that.
If that's work tell them it's your day of rest.
This is Annabeth.
Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely.
Hey.
What's up? Sorry to drag you out on a Sunday.
That's okay, Detective.
uble time on weekends makes up for a multitude of sins.
What do you got? Cindy Delacroix, married no children.
She's under arrest for killing her husband.
He was regional manager of the Croft Miller's grocery chain.
How'd he die? Well, Mr.
Delacroix was stabbed three times in the back with a butcher knife.
Cindy's bloody palm print is on the kitchen counter.
Her fingerprints are on the weapon.
Has she confessed? Believe she's about to.
She waived her right to an attorney.
Not much she can say to get out of this one.
Let's see.
We're ready.
Mrs.
Delacroix? The deputy prosecuting attorney is here now.
You ready to make your statement? Yes.
Did you stab your husband? Yes.
Did you intend to kill him? Yes.
Why'd you do it? God told me to.
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner I think she just found something to say.
I've had dozens of clients who wanted to plead insane, but I don't think I've ever actually had anybody who is insane plead insane.
I'm telling you, this lady is so crazy she doesn't want to plead crazy.
Then how can you file a competency motion? Because she doest know about it.
BAILIFF: Case #05CR-30756.
People v.
Cindy Delacroix.
First degree murder, Your Honor.
JUDGE: I've read the public defender's motion for a pretrial competency exam.
Unless the People have any objection to a psychiatric evaluation, I will so order.
Requesting a sidebar, Your Honor.
JUDGE: Yes, counselor? Your Honor, this motion was filed confidentially.
Mrs.
Delacroix believes psychiatry to be the work of the devil, and objects to even the slightest insinuation she might have mental problems.
Then why is he pursuing the competency hearing? Your Honor, this is not a ploy.
Cindy Delacroix believes she was divinely directed to commit the acts she's accused of, and she's not kidding.
Well, the State believes she picked that butcher knife up all by herself and stabbed her husband in the back with it three times.
Your Honor, if I'm gonna continue to be able to represent my client, I respectfully request the Court to insist on a competency exam over my strenuous objections.
As long as we don't establish the precedent that being deeply religious makes you mentally incompetent, fine.
Okay.
I get it.
Step back.
The Court hereby orders the defendant to submit to a psychiatric examination to determine her fitness to stand trial.
Objection, Your Honor! There's nothing to warrant such an examination.
My client considers this examination to be an invasion of her privacy and a direct attempt to circumvent her communication with God.
JUDGE: Competency hearing so ordered.
This is wrong.
This is wrong.
MAUREEN: Officer Macklin, what's going on? How are you holding up? I know there was a lot of fallout after you testified against Detective Martin.
I'm okay.
I just want you to know that not every cop hates you, Maureen.
You came down here just to tell me that? That and I was hoping that you could put this paperwork on the fast track for me.
It's a justifiable homicide.
Homeowner takes a gun away from a guy breaking into his house and shoots.
Kills him.
Burglar had a record for previous B&Es.
Hmm, and Officer Keith Macklin has a promotion coming up, and would like another solved case on his record, hmm? You know, I called you some time ago.
I didn't return the message.
Sorry.
That's okay.
You were probably busy.
I was wondering if I don't date cops.
Oh, so it's, it's the clothes and not the man? Basically.
Listen, I will do this.
Anything to save the people's time and money.
But you need to send, uh, Dave Simon up here to talk to me.
I'll bring him myself.
MAN: So tell me, who is the commander in chief? George W.
Bush.
And your parent's names? Gabe and Nora Templeton.
How's the baby? Oh, she's so cute, it's ridiculous.
She's getting baptized next week.
Can you tell me why God told you to kill your husband? I don't trust you.
I don't appreciate your tone.
And I'm not going to answer that question.
Mrs.
Delacroix, I simply asked why God told you to kill your husband.
That's between God and me.
I spoke to the Lord.
I sought His guidance.
It was His hand that took Barry's life, not mine.
And I am at peace with that.
So, if God told you right now to reach across this table, put your hands around my neck and strangle me to death, you'd do it? I know what the Lord guided me to do is against the laws of man, but I answer to a higher law.
Okay, she not only knows right from wrong, she just confessed on the record again.
She's competent.
And she also just told her shrink she hears voices and believes her actions are compelled by an overwhelming undeniable force.
In Indiana vs.
Kennesaw, the Court called that crazy.
You're not listening to me.
You think that everything can be solved through doctors and therapy.
Well, there's no question therapy would be a tremendous benefit.
But there is no doubt whatsoever the defendant is mentally competent, aware of her actions and legally fit to stand trial.
So ordered.
Your Honor, even though my client is deemed competent to face trial, we reserve the right to plead insanity and/or temporary insanity.
I told you I'm not insane.
This competency finding by no means prevents you from mounting any defense you choose.
If you think you can prove your client was legally insane at the time of the crime My sister is not insane! Her husband was insane! Please refrain from talking in the gallery.
If I am insane, then Abraham is insane.
God told him to kill his beloved son.
You promised me you wouldn't say I was insane.
Mrs.
Delacroix, I won't warn you again! God tested Abraham, God tested Jonah, God tested Sarah, God tested Mary, and God tested me.
( gavel bangs ) Next case.
MAUREEN: Tell me about the break-in.
The worst part was this was my weekend with Laurie, my little girl.
Her mother and me split up last year.
Since the break-in, she won't let Laurie stay with me anymore.
Did Laurie see anything? No.
Thank God.
She didn't wake up.
Like I said, I woke with a glass-breaking sound, like a window being punched out.
So I got up and I went downstairs.
And I see this guy rifling through my things.
First I froze, but then he spun around.
And I saw the gun and just, you know, instinctively grabbed it.
And? Big struggle.
He wasn't letting go of that gun.
And it just kind of went off.
And he was dead.
Well, this is all very consistent with your statement.
You're a very lucky man, Mr.
Simon.
I'm lucky everybody's been so helpful and great.
This has been a horrible few days.
But seriously, I appreciate everyone not making it, making it it any worse.
Thank you both.
Thank you.
Thank you for coming in.
Okay.
So, you good on this? Close.
No one gets a pass until I see the ballistics and fingerprint reports.
I guess I guess I'll let you get back to work.
Ms.
Delacroix, you are claiming that God ordered you to kill your husband, is that correct? God is my shepherd.
He guides my heart and my hand.
And last Sunday, God put a knife in that hand and told you to stab your husband? Yes.
I can't believe her lawyer let her do this interview.
She fired her lawyer.
You're kidding.
She 86ed Jeff? She refused any further psych exams and she fired him.
Her sister and her church are handling things for now.
And her church thinks a confession on the local news is a good plan? They're trying to sway public sentiment.
Taint the jury pool.
Believe me, I almost wish they would've found her incompetent.
Gotta tell ya, boss, having to go after this woman's twisted idea of God, that's not a good day in court.
REPORTER: Why do you think God wanted your husband dead? The devil had taken his soul.
REPORTER: So you killed him? I cut out his sin.
I did as God commanded.
You think a jury's going to go for this? Maybe.
With some people, all you need to do is invoke God and they fall in line.
It only takes one person to deadlock a jury.
Well, I don't buy it.
God doesn't tell people to kill.
Danny, do me a favor, and work up a brief on religious based offenses.
Okay.
Don't let the whole "God told me to do it" spin throw you off your game.
Steve, don't worry.
I'm going to handle this just like every other murder case I've tried.
She's only tried two murder cases.
So she came up from behind and stabbed him.
Victim fell forward onto this chair, knocking it on its side.
She stabbed him two more times, leaving the knife buried to its hilt.
This was not a happy housewife.
Anywho the blood trail goes back into the kitchen, where he grabs his keys.
His car keys? Maybe he thought he could drive himself to the hospital.
Staggers outside, face-plants in the yard.
Not many signs of chaos and discord in the house.
She said that he was demon-possessed.
But there are no signs of drugs, alcohol or porno magazines.
There's still the computer.
We'll get to that this afternoon.
Let's hope there's a big fat Internet history file.
Hey, what about their financials? Big box of receipts.
They did keep track of their money.
Good.
We need a clear motive based on their life together.
They say women kill men for three reasons: infidelity, abuse, and, every once in a while, for money.
Given that she stabbed him three times, let's focus on the cheating and the beating.
Done.
MAN: Barry and Cindy were the first couple that I married here, back when this church met in a storefront.
They were high school sweethearts.
They had their whole lives in front of them.
So you knew them well.
Yeah.
This is a shock for all of us.
Cindy's one of the most active members of our congregation.
What about Barry? Unfortunately, he had stopped attending.
He was going through some difficult times personally, and he couldn't reconcile his feelings with the tenets of our religion.
Were they having marital problems? They came to me for counseling about a year ago.
They were at a crossroads.
Barry wanted to go one way and Cindy wanted to go another.
It came to a point in therapy where I think Barry wanted me to counsel them to divorce.
He brought it up several times, but Cindy was adamantly opposed.
She did not believe in divorce.
Was Barry unfaithful to her? Okay, this is I'm still Cindy's active pastor, and the leader of this congregation.
I feel like I've said too much already.
I just need to understand why this happened.
Was Barry gay? Again, I don't I'm not comfortable.
You understand that the clerical privileges only apply to Catholic priests in the confessional.
I can subpoena your testimony.
You have your responsibilities and I have mine.
ANNABETH: We found a dress in Barry Delacroix's closet.
The dress had a name tag on it.
"Hi, my name's Marie.
" So who's Marie? Exactly.
Was he having an affair with Marie, or was he Marie? Well, either way, you got your motive.
It's promising.
How's it going in here? Cindy's comparing her acts to acts committed in the Bible.
But, in the Bible, if God wants somebody dead, He takes care of it Himself.
Lot's wife, Sodom and Gomorrah Okay, so God never tells anyone to kill.
If He does, it's just a test.
And then He stops the guy from doing it.
I have a feeling this act has a lot less to do with God, and a lot more to do with Marie.
I'm on my way to talk to the victim's brother.
Keep it up.
I'm so sorry for your loss, but I have to ask-- did your brother ever talk to you about someone named Marie? Marie? No.
Do you know if he was having an affair? That's not a simple question.
He and Cindy had known each other since they were, I don't know, a couple of dumb kids.
He had grown into a different person; she wanted him to stay the way he was.
Are we talking about sex? Yeah.
He wanted to try different things, but he didn't want to upset Cindy.
That's what he kept saying to me.
He was trying to figure out how do that without hurting her.
But, finally, he realized he had to leave.
He told you that? When? A week or so before he died.
Did Cindy know that? Of course! Oh, Barry was very honest with her.
He wanted to do this right.
But it just all went wrong.
So about a year ago, the Delacroixs upgraded their computer system, and Barry discovered the wonders of pornography.
Guy just went bananas.
Two grand a month on their credit cards.
He only made $45,000 a year.
Wait, it gets better.
Look where he's been spending most of his Internet time last couple of months.
"Free Living," what is this? It's like a swingers organization.
You mean like wife swapping? More like just group sex.
I've been trying to get in touch with some of these people, but they're kind of hard to track down.
Sex-addicted swinger and a religious wife.
That's a recipe for disaster.
And a slam-dunk motive, if we can get somebody from Free Living to testify to Barry's involvement.
Keep looking.
You got it.
MAN: Here's the ballistic report on your B & E case.
Thank you.
MAUREEN: Do you understand you have the right to counsel? I've got nothing to hide.
The burglar pulled a gun and we struggled.
Your fingerprints are on the bullets.
You lied to me, Mr.
Simon.
It was your gun.
That's that's not possible.
I'm going to give you exactly one more chance to tell the truth.
Okay.
It was my gun.
But it wasn't my idea to lie about it.
Whose idea was it then? The officer-- Macklin.
Gosh, you know, I don't want to cause trouble for anybody.
What did Macklin tell you? Okay, the gun wasn't registered.
So when I told Macklin that, he said I should say it was the burglar's gun.
He said it would save him me everybody, a whole lot of trouble.
He'd he'd just write it up that way.
His fingerprints are on the bullets.
Wait a minute, are you saying that it was his gun? He says you told him to lie about it.
You think I filed a false report? I'm informing you of what he said.
You know, a lot of guys said some pretty nasty things about you after you testified against Detective Margate.
I wasn't one of them.
This is why I don't date cops.
If Dave Simon said I told him to lie about that gun, then he's making that up, and if he's making that up, he's making up everything else.
Two things: Cindy Delacroix purchased a set of kitchen knives six days before the murder.
I have a credit card receipt to prove that.
Do we know if the murder weapon came from those knives? I'll have Forensics check.
Great.
What's the second thing? Cindy got a new lawyer.
Somebody named Marla Dodds.
No.
Oh, no, no, no.
Who is she? She's a nightmare of a defense attorney, and an unapologetic media hound.
That would make sense.
Why? 'Cause she's outside on the courthouse steps right now.
Religion is under attack in this country, in our schools and in our courthouses-- in this very courthouse where our sister, Cindy Delacroix, will be tried.
Is this just? Is it fair? No.
Why? Because how can a godless process ever understand the heart of a God-fearing woman? Let us all bow our heads and join in a silent vigil for our sister Cindy.
And let us pray that the Holy Spirit will touch the heart of this judge, this jury, this prosecuting attorney, so that they, too, may one day be able to hear the voice of God.
She's praying the jury ignores the law? She's saying religious people should band together, regardless of the cause.
She's manipulating emotions.
She's going for jury nullification.
So what does that mean for us? It means I have the strongest murder case I could possibly have and I could lose.
No luck finding our swingers or the mysterious Marie? Nothing so far.
Detective Pitts is still on it.
Well Show time.
Ms.
Chase It is an honor to do battle with such a seasoned star of Indiana's criminal justice system.
Ms.
Dodds.
You know what Jesus said at the Last Supper: "Everybody who wants in the picture, get on my side of the table.
" MAUREEN: What you told us is not adding up.
Did you know the man you shot was a loan shark? Really? No.
I have a sworn statement from your ex-wife saying she left you because of your gambling addiction.
That's her side of the story.
Ernie Hay came to your house on the evening of September 8, and you let him in.
And he demanded that you pay him what you owed him.
This record book from Ernie's apartment has you in the red for 150 grand in football bets.
When you told him you couldn't pay him, he threatened you, so you got your gun out and shot him.
Come on.
You you know that's not e way it was.
Then you broke the window to make it loo like a burglary; got his fingerprints on the gun to make it look like it was his, to make it look like self-defense.
It was self-defense.
Except there was no break-in and he never had a gun.
And I never told you to say that the gun was his.
I want to talk to a lawyer.
WOMAN: The first stab wound was directly above the right shoulder blade; the second stab wound punctured the victim's left lung and the third one went very deep, causing massive internal bleeding.
How would you categorize such wounds? These would be classified as rage wounds.
ANNABETH: Thank you.
No questions, Your Honor.
ANNABETH: Detective Welsh, can you tell us if any of these knives were used in the commission of the crime? The largest one, the chef's knife, was found imbedded in the victim's back.
ANNABETH: The one with the defendant's fingerprints on it? That's correct.
Nothing further, Your Honor.
Thank you for your good work, Detective.
No questions, Your Honor.
ANNABETH: Pastor Rayburn, does God speak to you? Absolutely.
In what way? I sense Him in my heart, in my soul.
In every way possible.
Does God condone killing? No.
Of course not.
ANNABETH: Thank you, Pastor.
No further questions, Your Honor.
Pastor what does the Bible say that God did to Sodom and Gomorrah for their sins of the flesh? He destroyed them.
Objection, Your Honor.
The reference Your Honor, Ms.
Chase is the one who opened the door to this line of questioning when she asked the witness if God condoned killing.
Actually, I'm objecting to the reference to Sodom and Gomorrah, in which God did not ask an individual to do the destruction, He did it Himself.
And if the Court wishes to get into biblical debates, we'll be here indefinitely.
Stay on target, Dr.
Dodds.
Pastor the last time that Cindy came to you for help, what was going on in her life? She was struggling to save her marriage.
Struggling against what? Her husband's sexual obsessions.
Mm! Could you be more specific? He he wanted Cindy to have sex with multiple partners.
And what did Cindy want? A family.
A normal marriage.
DODDS: So, when Cindy asked for your help, what what sort of advice did you give her? I said the Bible teaches us to hold marriage sacred, but in this case, her marriage may not be a real marriage anymore, but a a perversion of marriage.
Oh, so did you offer a remedy? I told her to open her heart.
That God would tell her what to do.
I think we made a big mistake not arguing religion.
How'd it go? She's turned into St.
Cindy in there.
We should call the pastor again for tomorrow.
Guys Steve, this is how she does it.
This is how she wins.
She puts the focus of the debate as far away from the crime as possible, and gets you to follow her.
Guys, good news.
I found the swingers-- they want to talk.
Let's not keep them waiting.
We've just been in a state of utter confusion, Phil and me.
We couldn't believe that Barry was dead.
It's just so awful.
When we heard all the horrible things they were saying about Barry on TV, particularly because he was involved in Free Living We knew we had to speak out.
Well, you did the right thing.
Yes, and we are interested in anything you have to tell us.
Well, first of all, Barry was a good man.
A sweetheart.
He did not deserve to die like that.
And second, that woman, keeps calling herself Cindy, his wife she's a hypocrite.
You knew Cindy? Yeah.
We knew her.
As Marie.
We've been getting the victim's mail since the murder, and that bill just came in.
Barry reserved a moving truck.
Picking it up the day he died.
Somebody up there likes you.
Defense get a hold of that yet? Yeah, they just got it this morning.
Well, they're going to claim Cindy didn't know anything about it.
With Marla as her attorney, I have to get Cindy on the stand.
Dodds won't let that happen in a million years.
Cindy's a woman scorned.
I have to find a way to let the jury see that.
Let the evidence show them.
That's just it-- Dodds has a way of making evidence irrelevant.
I have to provoke Cindy to testify.
Was Barry alone when he came to the Free Living sex parties here in Indianapolis? First of all, they're not parties, or orgies.
They're sexual exploration seminars.
The witness will answer the question.
ANNABETH: Did Barry come to these sexual seminars alone? No.
Who did he come with? He came with his girlfriend, Marie.
Is Marie here today? Yes.
Would you point her out to us, please? She's lying.
DODDS: Objection, Your Honor.
This is an unsubstantiated allegation.
Your Honor This dress with a name tag that reads in full-- "Free Living Seminar Hi, my name is Marie," was found in the Delacroix's bedroom.
DODDS: In Barry Delacroix's closet, not Cindy's.
ANNABETH: Your Honor, we are checking DNA from the dress against DNA taken from the defendant.
But, if need be, the witness can identify certain birthmarks on the defendant's body.
Withdrawn.
What happened when you first met Cindy? She was real nervous, so I got her a drink and we just talked.
She enjoys drinking White Russians and so do I.
So I told her, they don't have to be fattening if you make them with skim milk.
And then what happened? She met my husband Phil, and we danced a little bit, and, eventually, we hooked up with Barry.
And then with a couple of other couples, and, you know, had sex.
Who had sex? We all had sex.
Together.
Did you have sexual relations with Cindy Delacroix at this seminar? Yes.
Two different times.
This is wrong.
Was she a willing participant? I would say so.
Based on? Based on she was very giving.
And she certainly seemed satisfied.
She cannot say this about me.
Take your seat, Mrs.
Delacroix.
She also came back to three different seminars.
She is lying! ( gavel banging ) No, let go of me! This woman is lying, and I demand to be heard! This is my trial.
JUDGE: Order! The defendant will be silent.
Counselors, approach the bench now.
There is nothing more fundamental then the right of the accused to speak in her own defense.
What about the rights against self-incrimination? She's on the record as saying she wishes to testify, Dr.
Dodds.
Has she expressed this wish to your privately as well? She has, Your Honor.
Then that is her right.
We'd been married for 12 years, and our sex life had always been normal.
But then Barry started telling me how repressed he felt.
That he enjoyed other things.
I know this is difficult, Cindy, but you need to be more specific.
The Lord wanted me to do whatever it took to save my marriage.
Even sleeping with other people? It wasn't easy.
Or pleasurable.
I didn't enjoy anything, like that woman said, but Barry wanted to experiment.
And did you want to experiment? I didn't want to lose my husband.
Love, honor and obey your husband.
Those may be words to some people, but to me, they're not.
And I loved him so much, I lowered myself.
It was sickening.
So, I prayed for guidance.
I asked the Lord to protect me.
And He answered me.
How? A voice.
God spoke to me.
He said he was with me, but that I needed to protect myself.
He told me to pick up the knife.
He told me He would guide my hand.
And that's the last thing I remember.
ANNABETH: So, it's your testimony that you had sex with Cheryl Pierson, but you did not enjoy it? I did not.
You did not enjoy it twice? Objection, Your Honor.
Withdrawn.
ANNABETH: Did Barry force you to have sex with other people? Did he hurt you or threaten you? I knew it was what he wanted.
But did he physically force you? No.
Did he threaten you in any way? No.
Did things improve between you and Barry after you had sex with other people? No, they did not.
In fact, Barry reserved a rental moving truck six days before the murder.
Isn't that true? I'm not sure.
It must have been awful for you to have lowered yourself like that.
Sacrificed your standards, your morals, your own body.
I prayed that he would see the error of his ways.
Because God gives us free will.
That's right.
Did God tell you to go to those sex parties, or did you choose that of your own free will? I did it to save my marriage.
But you chose to stay in that marriage.
Barry wanted a divorce.
He wanted out.
He told you he intended to have sex with other people, but you chose to stay.
I loved him.
Love is a powerful thing, Mrs.
Delacroix, but so is rage.
So is shame.
Like the shame you felt when you attended sex party after sex party, debased yourself with another woman, and Barry told you he was moving out, anyway.
And the rage you felt when you picked up that knife and, of your own free will, stabbed him in the back.
No.
You wanted revenge.
You wanted him to pay, you wanted him to hurt the way you were hurting.
I just didn't want him to leave me! How great was that? If this were any other trial, I'd say you made your case, but whatever you did, Dodds has suceeded in making God the defendant.
There are one or two jurors just lapping up everything she says.
You're gonna have to get through to them.
It all comes down to the closing argument.
You're gonna have to make a better sermon than she does.
God is real and God speaks to us all, but most of us chose to ignore him, because most of us don't want to hear His word, because, if we did we might be called upon to act.
To sacrifice.
I'm sure that that many of you have a personal relationship with God, but you are also under attack, because, in this country, if a person says that God speaks to them, not in an intellectual or metaphorical way, but actually, actually speaks to them, that person will be vilified.
Barry Delacroix was a lost man.
He lost his faith.
He chose to live a life of perversity and depravity, and he wanted and expected his wife to do the same.
He wanted his wife to have homosexual experiences for his entertainment.
He wanted to offer her body to other men for their sexual gratification.
Now, you tell me who has committed the crime here? This man, or this woman who has listened to the never-changing voice of a moral God? Does the prosecution wish to rebut? I'm not here to debate whether Cindy Delacroix is a woman of faith.
I don't know if God has provided her comfort and guidance throughout her life.
I hope He has.
I'm here to see that Cindy Delacroix is held responsible for the act she committed.
Her husband Barry had some strange ideas, I'll give you that, but he never forced her to do anything.
He tried to extricate himself from the marriage, so they could both lead the lives they wanted, but instead, Cindy chose to attend numerous sex parties with him, where she chose to have sex with other people.
When Barry decided to leave, anyway, Cindy chose to take matters into her own hands.
She chose a particular knife, and when her husband was about to walk out the door forever, she chose to bury that knife in his back, not once, not twice three times.
Cindy Delacroix is not a saint.
She is a murderer.
Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict? We have, Your Honor.
What say you? JURY FOREMAN: On the sole count of murder, we the jury find the defendant, Cindy Delacroix guilty.
JUDGE: Bailiffs, take charge of the defendant.
Members of the jury, this completes your service.
You are dismissed with the thanks of the Court.
We are adjourned.
All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful The Lord God made them all Each little flower that opens Each little bird that sings He made their glowing colors He made their tiny wings All things bright and beautiful All creatures great and small All things wise and wonderful the Lord God made them all.