story about a spoiled woman who had manipulated her boyfriend into doing her murderous dirty deed. get back the deed, get her mother off her back. he heard from bambi, how her parents were not fair to her, my parents are horrible people, and they re taking advantage of me. to make things right, argued the prosecutor, the dutiful boyfriend and right-hand man entered the house and hunted down bambi s parents in their night clothes. the jury had just heard a drama of southern gothic proportions, dripping with family greed and hatred. now it was time for an entirely different story. none of the puzzle pieces fit. rick s defense team, including attorney barbara pratt, told the court that the state s case was heavy on fiction, light on facts. they had a puzzle, they had neat little pieces, but the pieces weren t exactly right. the state was so desperate to prove its case, she said, it clung to the word of a jail house snitch and career criminal. a fellow that is there to cut