"On the adoption, I believe that Marjorie and I do have an appreciation for what it means to you. My letters since the one of the 31st go into more of my feelings on the matter. We will have talked about this I think in considerable detail when we are together. It is the one form of legal action which can join the three of us in a binding family unit. If it were permitted to be accomplished through a second marriage, that would have been the medium, but we have become a family and Marjorie and I are prepared to go as far as possible to formalize an arrangement."

** This excerpt was read to the jury by lead prosecutor, James Hammer, during his opening statement