A.J.’s version

Six months later, 7-year-old A.J. entered a courtroom full of strangers, not understanding that the fate of his mother rested in his tiny hands.

“Mama dunked my sister. She done some stuff that she ain’t suppose so my mama got mad, so she throwed her in the pool,” the little boy said earlier in an interview with police.

In court, A.J. drew a photo that showed one stick figure next to the pool, a second floating over it, and him several feet away by a tree.

When prosecutors asked what he was doing, he said “playing” in a tree.

Next, he was asked about the figures by the pool.

“Mama,” he said in the clip shared from court.

“Killing my sister,” he replied when asked about his mother’s actions in his drawing.

“How is she doing that?” A.J. was asked.

“Putting her hand over her face,” the boy told the court, his matter-of-fact delivery punching people in the heart.

On the left side of the sketch, A.J. had also written “She did” and “too bad,” which he clarified meant his sister “died” and that it was “scary.”

The jury found Lewis guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. She was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.