The scene in the end of Presumed Innocent is very important to the plot. Rusty is outside fixing the fence and reaches for a hammer wen he finds the hammer has blood on it. He goes into the basement to clean it off and as he does so, he hears his wife say "I did it." She goes on to explain that she killed Carolyn because it was ruining their family.
This scene is important because it makes Rusty feel responsible for her murder on some level. If he had not been having an affair with her, his would have never killed her. It ties him to the murder and although he is not directly responsible for killing her, he feels as if he is. He already feels guilty for his sexual promiscuity with Carolyn and now that he realizes that is also what got her killed, he feels even more guilty. Rather than pin the fault on his wife, Rusty thinks that he is ultimately at fault for Carolyn's murder.
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