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>> reporter: the very first witness matt murphy put on the stand was cathy's mom, mary. it seemed a safe way to start. >> there is a cardinal rule that you don't ever do a hard cross-examination on a mother. >> reporter: but matt's mentor broke that rule. >> he really pressed her on some of the details. >> and scored some points. >> scored big points. i mean, scored big-time points. >> reporter: mary initially told the jury sam only responded to one of her pages, but under cross-examination mary revealed he'd actually returned three pages. >> they were trying to paint a picture of sam that he ...

Accountable for exactly what he did. >> reporter: the very first witness matt murphy put on the stand was cathy's mom, mary. it seemed a safe way to start. >> there is a cardinal rule that you don't ever do a hard cross-examination on a mother. >> reporter: but matt's mentor broke that rule. >> he really pressed her on some of the details. >> and scored some points. >> scored big points. i mean, scored big-time points. >> reporter: mary initially told the jury sam only responded to one of her pages, but under cross-examination mary revealed he'd actually returned three pages. >> they were tryi...

Are going to hold that man accountable for exactly what he did. >> the very first witness matt murphy put on the stand was cathy's mom mary. it seemed a safe way to start. >> there's a cardinal rule, you don't do a hard cross-examination on a mother. >> but matt's mentor broke that rule. >> he really pressed her on some of the details and scored some points. scored big points. i mean, scored big-time points. >> mary initially told the jury sam only responded to one of her pages. but under cross-examination mary revealed he had actually returned three pages. >> they were tryg to paint picture o...