Guilty as Sin Page #2

who says you're expecting him.

- A Mr Greenhill?

- So he wasn't just watching the trial.

- He was watching you.

- Tell him l'm in a meeting.

l can't see him.

Didn't anyone ever say

no to you before?

Yes. My wife said no,

just before l threw her out the window.

You find it amusing

being charged with murder?

Of course not. lt did get your

attention though, didn't it?

ls that why you showed up at the

Lombardo trial? To get my attention?

Absolutely.

l want you to defend me.

They tell me you're the best there is,

that you're smart and tough.

Couldn't hazard a guess.

who used to take her

to trials after school...

- Where'd you hear that?

- Uh, some old bailiff

down at the courthouse.

l see the little girl who,

at the ripe age of 14,

jumped up in the middle

of a murder trial and said, ''Objection!''

And the judge took you

back to his chambers...

and you ended up clerking

for that judge ten years later.

And l really delve into

anything that interests me.

Uh-huh. And did this interest

develop before or after...

you threw your wife

out the window?

We need to get

one thing very clear.

l did not murder anybody.

Come on, Counsellor.

You're experienced enough...

to recognize a set-up

when you see one.

- Who set you up?

- My wife.

She throws herself out the window

and makes it look like you did it?

You don't know how crazy

some women can behave.

- l'm sure you do.

- Yes, l do.

l've lived off of women

all my life.

That's all l'm good at.

lt's my talent--

Getting women to do

what l want them to do.

Then you must have

wanted her dead.

l knew she was angry

with me and upset.

Depressed over our relationship.

Now, what could a man do

to get his wife that, that angry?

Miss Haines,

God put too damn many

attractive women on this earth.

Rita knew that about me

before we were married,

and l never promised to change.

You don't portray yourself

as a very sympathetic figure.

There's a hell of a big

difference between...

being a compulsive

womanizer and a murderer.

- Was your wife rich?

- Very.

So you stand to inherit

a great deal of money?

Yes. And l've earned every penny.

Look at what she's

putting me through now.

She could have just divorced you.

Not good enough.

Miss Haines,

my wife was a very sick woman.

Two years ago she had to be

institutionalized for seven months.

Clinical depression.

And she swore that she'd get back at me

even if it meant from the grave.

And now, thanks to her

letter writing skills,

l might just spend the rest

of my life behind bars.

- There was a letter?

- Yes.

lt arrived at the State's Attorney's

Office the day after her death.

They wouldn't let me see it,

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