dave's niece megan laut. >> she caused my family so much pain and it is horrible.t was just hated. >> nephew, aaron and cody, took it out in the garage room. >> you get your emotions going and adrenaline going. >> in september 2013, don laut pleaded with the judge to get the case before the jury. >> i just want to court to know that there is family and friends behind my brother and it is been four years, and it is been very difficult. and then in january 2015, more than five years after dave's death, in a movement shocked the defense attorney, the prosecution indicated it would be opened to make a deal. >> and i was blown away. >> a plea deal? yes, and what a deal it was. if jane pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, she will be tense stesentenced to six ye served only three. >> the opportunity of a lifetime fore a woman facing first degree murder and 50 to life, and so i gave her my strong recommendation that she should take it but she said no and i was like -- i was stunned. i said jane, do you understand that? i understand it fully. it is my decision and she

and dave's niece, megan laut, fumed. >> she caused my family so much pain, and it's horrible.s just -- i hate it. >> nephews aaron and cody took it out on the garage weight room. >> i have a way of bottling and condensing it and i get it out when i lift. >> you get your emotion going, your anger, your adrenaline going. >> in december 2013, don laut pleaded with a judge to get the case before a jury. >> i just want the court to know that there's a family, and there's friends behind my brother. and it's been four years. and it's been very difficult. >> and then in january 2015, more than five years after dave's death, in a move that shocked jane's veteran defense attorney, the prosecution indicated it would be open to making a deal. >> and i was blown away. >> a plea deal? yes. and what a deal it was. if jane pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, she would be sentenced to just six years and would most likely serve only three. seemed like an admission of weakness from the prosecution. and the opportunity of a lifetime for a woman facing first-degree murder and 50 to life. and