HENRY, Presumed Innocent!

The confrontation between Rusty and his wife starts off weird as she comes into the room while Rusty is cleaning off the murder weapon and when she says she did it (even though she wasn't talking about the murder but a job) it shows that she is the guilty party. This scene is very important because for the most part none of this would have happened if he were not having an affair. Due to the fact that he is partly, if not entirely responsible for the death of another individual, living with this cannot be easy. But since he is responsible, he has to deal with the repercussions. However, we may feel that Rusty is responsible for this murder, he is not punished by traditional standards. The law does not follow him, but guilt does. From the moment he committed adultery, he has been dealing with the repercussions of it. This could have been must worst, considering the fact that his wife was going to kill herself. Yet, decided against it and killed the “destroyer.” She just wanted them to be a “happy and healthy” family, but murder and adultery tends to change things. Even though, he did not have a physical association with Carolyn’s death I think that he is still guilty for what happens before and afterward.