00:00are you a witness no i'm evidence she stepped in front of me at the bottom of the courthouse stairs
00:04before i could reach the street her coat was dirty her hair looked wind beaten and damp like she had
00:10been sleeping in stations for days three missed calls kept vibrating in my pocket i need to talk
00:15to you about the hail case there's something you don't know i almost walked around her the hail
00:20case was finished as far as i knew old murder 15 years cold arrest mate confession entered trial
00:27over death sentence already signed i shifted the file under my arm and gave her a quick look
00:32are you a witness she didn't blink no i'm evidence that answer stopped me cold i turned back and
00:38looked at her properly under the tangled hair her eyes were clear hollow but steady she did not
00:43look wild she did not look like she came to perform i took her upstairs and put her in one
00:48of our
00:48interview rooms she sat on the edge of the chair like the building might throw her out if she leaned
00:52back when i asked for her name she gave me documents before i asked twice claire bennett
00:5624 i just came back from graduate school in the states her papers were clean id enrollment records
01:02degrees good schools excellent marks a polished life on paper none of it matched the look in her
01:07eyes i slid the documents back across the table and sat down miss claire bennett i cleared my
01:12afternoon because a human life is at stake so let's not waste each other's time tell me how a person
01:17becomes evidence she rubbed both hands over her face pushed her hair back and lifted her eyes to
01:22mine first you need to understand something her voice shook under the weight of it i've spent most
01:26of my life remembering things wrong she leaned forward and what i know now matters to this case
01:30you have to help me
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