she tried to get off the bed and get out of there. i was not there. and you caught her and started pounding her with your fist. no, sir. stomach and all. no, sir. did you kick her? no, sir. i wasn t there. that s all i have to ask you. in his closing argument to the jury, willie t. portrayed elmore as a sadistic killer who tortured his victim before beating her to death. but diana thought that the depiction of elmore was highly prejudicial and the evidence riddled with holes. she also thought elmore had done well under the circumstances. even under withering prosecution by brilliant willie t., mr. elmore said what he always said, i didn t do it. in order to solve the mystery of who did murder dorothy edwards, diana began looking for alternate suspects and she found one in the neighbor who discovered the body, james holloway.
that was the best moment of my life as an attorney. elmore moved back in with his sister, and has begun the process of adjusting to a world very different from the one he left. so much had changed, you know, since trying to get used to everything. still trying to adjust to things. it s so technical, right, phones and computers and all that stuff. it s really, really hard. i m trying to learn how, you know. i m trying to cope with it. eddie s case taught me a lot of things about our justice system. it taught me to be distrustful, skeptical. geography can make the difference. money, of course. gender, of course. race is the one that is just a dagger to the heart. but it also taught me to never give up on it. that even 30 years later,