Bloo- Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent gives several hints that Rusty Sabich might be the killer of Carolyn. However, because of a lack of evidence, and many flaws in the trial, the case is dismissed and Rusty can return to his daily life.

One afternoon, when Sabich is repairing the fence, he is runmaging through his toolbox, when he finds the murder weapon: a small hammer with blood and blond hair on it. His face devoid with emotion, Rusty goes to the basement and destroys the evidence of Carolyn's blood and hair. This scene already shows that Sabich feels guilty and that he knows he is in an indirect way responsible for the death of Carolyn,even though he haven't heard the story yet. His wife Barbar enters as he's cleaning off the murder weapon. ''I did it'', she says. These words have a double meaning: Barbara is speaking of her job interview, while Rusty thinks she is confessing the murder. She looks shocked when she sees the murder weapon and goes upstairs.

In the final scene, Barbara tells her husband what she did and more importantly why. Rusty's guilt manifests itself since he realizes that not only does he feel guilty because of his adultery but also that his adultery caused his wife to kill Carolyn - it was the inexorable consequence.

Rusty feels that he is responsible for Carolyn's death. He now must live with the pain, the loss of Carolyn, the guilt of his adultery, and a marriage destroyed by either his infidelity and Barbara's murder of Carloyn.