Steve Fishman, Narrator

Here's Carl Hunnell, a reporter who covered the trial.

Here's Carl Hunnell, a reporter who covered the trial.

Now it's the defense's turn to cross-examine Collier. But this is going to be tricky. If a trial is a fight, then cross-examination is the counterattack. The point is to pick a witness apart. But how do you go after a 12-year-old, one who's just lost his mother, without alienating the jury? One of Jack's defense lawyers gives it a try. Apparently, he's decided on a gentle approach.

Now it's the defense's turn to cross-examine Collier. But this is going to be tricky. If a trial is a fight, then cross-examination is the counterattack. The point is to pick a witness apart. But how do you go after a 12-year-old, one who's just lost his mother, without alienating the jury? One of Jack's defense lawyers gives it a try. Apparently, he's decided on a gentle approach.

The lawyer asked Collier about his parents' divorce papers and about his mom. Did she show them to you?

The lawyer asked Collier about his parents' divorce papers and about his mom. Did she show them to you?

Divorce papers can be nasty business. They're often filled with ugly accusations. The defense wants to suggest that Noreen showed them to Collier in order to poison him against Jack, which might explain away Collier's angry testimony. It doesn't go the way the defense hoped. What did Collier glean from the divorce papers his mother shared?

Divorce papers can be nasty business. They're often filled with ugly accusations. The defense wants to suggest that Noreen showed them to Collier in order to poison him against Jack, which might explain away Collier's angry testimony. It doesn't go the way the defense hoped. What did Collier glean from the divorce papers his mother shared?

Look what just happened. Of course Noreen was furious at Jack. Of course she was happy to turn Collier against him. But Collier makes Jack out to be the villain. Jack is the one threatening to ship his little sister to the other side of the world. So the defense tries something else. Okay, Jack has a bit of a temper, but it's not that bad, right?

Look what just happened. Of course Noreen was furious at Jack. Of course she was happy to turn Collier against him. But Collier makes Jack out to be the villain. Jack is the one threatening to ship his little sister to the other side of the world. So the defense tries something else. Okay, Jack has a bit of a temper, but it's not that bad, right?

What? Why would you ask that?

What? Why would you ask that?

Dude, whose side is this attorney on? So on my scorecard, Collier's testimony is a huge win for the prosecution. Jack's extramarital affairs, I chalk those up to a bad marriage. Inventing an act or two of heroism, pretty standard dating practice, I've heard. But bullying and hitting your kid, threatening and humiliating your wife, a person who does that is capable of terrible things.

Dude, whose side is this attorney on? So on my scorecard, Collier's testimony is a huge win for the prosecution. Jack's extramarital affairs, I chalk those up to a bad marriage. Inventing an act or two of heroism, pretty standard dating practice, I've heard. But bullying and hitting your kid, threatening and humiliating your wife, a person who does that is capable of terrible things.

Mayer told reporters he was proud of Collier.

Mayer told reporters he was proud of Collier.

The prosecution rests. Now it's the defense's turn to present Jack's case. But what is the defense's case? Mad Dog Mayer professes to be baffled.

The prosecution rests. Now it's the defense's turn to present Jack's case. But what is the defense's case? Mad Dog Mayer professes to be baffled.

In criminal trials, the defendant rarely speaks, but he's usually an object of fascination. Everyone wants to know what he's thinking, what he's feeling, as 12 strangers mull his fate. But from the beginning, Jack Boyle has been impossible to read.

In criminal trials, the defendant rarely speaks, but he's usually an object of fascination. Everyone wants to know what he's thinking, what he's feeling, as 12 strangers mull his fate. But from the beginning, Jack Boyle has been impossible to read.