thelma: when he walked on the stand, you know, i'm telling you, i was saying he's nothing but the devil. that's what i said to myself. he is going to come up and he is going to say he was afraid of his life. he tried to save his life and not going to the jail or whatever. so i knew he going to try to defend himself. spath: and just spun. like this. franklin: that was the story that they were propagating, that the officer felt a threat to his life and physical well-being. the case by the prosecution was that there was