[Defiant]

Agreed, Dianna, it's just something that could explain his aberrant behavior. It's something to ask about. He may not have been picking strawberries those summers at Grampa's farm. Was he a subject of abuse, or did he observe, hear of and/or learn about such behavior from a respected family member, and thereby begin a flirtation with perversion? Questions for the prison psychiatrist to delve into, I guess, but I'm a little surprised that Feldman did not use it to try to evoke sympathy. I suppose that he did not want the jury to be more convinced of guilt, even if it means that they will be less inclined to be merciful.

[let freedom sing]

He may not have been picking strawberries those summers at Grampa's farm.

Or perhaps he was learning to pick cherries, instead?