He paused, looking at each juror. "What the prosecution won't tell you is the context of that night," he continued. "The emotional devastation Victor Cross was experiencing, the shock of having his entire life pulled out from under him."
I watched Victor at the defense table, his face carefully blank.
"Victor Cross did not wake up that morning planning to kill his wife," the lawyer said. "He woke up expecting a normal day, expecting to go to work, come home to his family, live his life."
The defense attorney walked back toward his table.
"What happened that night was a terrible accident born of emotional anguish," he said. "A man who lost control for a few minutes, a man who will regret those minutes for the rest of his life."
He picked up a different photo, this one showing Victor an
