Ms. Woods, you may begin your questioning. Um... First of all
I would like to point out that not only
is there no proof in this case, but there is a complete lack of, um, mens rea, which by definition tells us that there can be no crime
without a vicious will. I am aware of the
meaning of mens rea. What I'm unaware of is why you're giving me a vocabulary lesson when you should be questioning
your witness. Yes, Your Honor. Um.. Miss Windham, when you arrived back at the house, was your father there? Not that I saw, but like I said, I went straight upstairs to take a shower. And when you came downstairs,
what happened? I saw Brooke standing over his body, drenched in his blood. Um, but Mrs. Windham didn’t
have a gun? No. She'd stashed it
by then. Move to strike that from
the record, Your Honor. - It’s speculation.
- So stricken. Go ahead. Um, Miss Windham,
did you hear a shot fired? No, I was in the shower. Okay. So, sometime in the 20 minutes
that you were in the shower, your father was shot. I guess. Your father was shot
while you were in the shower, but you didn't hear the shot because... Um... Because you were in the shower? Yes. I was washing my hair. Where is she going with this? Have a little faith, Gerard. Um, Miss Windham, what had you done earlier that day? I got up, got a latte, went to the gym, got a perm and came home. Where you got in the shower? I believe the witness has made it clear
that she was in the shower. Yes, Your Honor. Um, Miss Windham, had you ever gotten a perm before? Yes. How many would you say? Two a year since I was 12. You do the math. You know, a girl in my sorority,
Tracy Marcinko, got a perm once. We all tried to talk her out of it. Curls weren't a good look for her. She didn't have your bone structure. But, thankfully, that same day she entered the Beta Delta Pi
wet T-shirt contest where she was completely hosed
down from head to toe. Objection! Why is this relevant? Oh, I have a point. I promise. Then make it. Yes, Your Honor. Um, Chutney, why is it that Tracy Marcinko’s curls were ruined when she got hosed down? ‘Cause they got wet. Exactly. Because isn't it
the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance
that you're forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours
after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating
the ammonium thioglycolate? - Uh, yes.
- And wouldn’t somebody who’s had, say, 30 perms before in their life
be well aware of this rule? And if in fact you weren’t
washing your hair, as I suspect you weren't,
because your curls are still intact, wouldn't you have heard the gunshot? And if in fact, you had
heard the gunshot, Brooke Windham wouldn't
have had time to hide the gun before you got downstairs, which would mean that you would have had to have found Mrs. Windham with a gun in her hand
to make your story plausible. Isn't that right? She's my age!
Did she tell you that? How would you feel if your father married someone who was your age? You, however, had time to hide the gun,
didn't you, Chutney, after you shot your father? I didn't mean to shoot him. I thought it was you
walking through the door! Order! Order! Order! Oh! Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Bailiff, take the witness into custody where she will be charged for the murder of Heyworth Windham. In the matter
of The State v. Brooke Windham, this case is dismissed. Mrs. Windham, you’re free to go. Yes!
