adam? >>> coming up. >> i know h on side. >> evidence of a >>> nearly fe years have passed since lena kaufman's and now her husband adam was about to learn his fate at the miami courthouse. two possibilities now, an immediate handcuffed escort to spend up to the rest of his life in prison, or instant and permanent freedom in the arms of his family. >> i had my entire family there with support. that's why i was able to walk into that courtroom every day holding my head up high, because i know i have the truth on my side. >> but prosecutor kathleen hogue believed her side had presented the real truth, that adam had choked lena to death after an argument early that morning at their home. >> there was evidence of strangulation, the proof is there. it didn't happen by itself. >> now adam and his twin brother and family all watched as the jury left to deliberate. >> i just wanted a fair trial. because i knew once all the evidence was presented that there's no way that 12 people can sit there -- i don't care who you are. >> they were gone. nothing you could do about it. >> jurors said they were ready

gentlemen of the jury you have been selected and sworn as the jury to try the state of florida versus adam kaufman. >> as they had been since lena's death, adam was surrounded by his protective family, including his twin, seth. the family was terrified. he was facing up to life in prison if convicted. >> i was really worried. bottom line is, the fate of my twin brother rests in the hands of 12 people i don't know. >> joe mansfield methodically laid out the state's case for the jury. there was, he argued, only one possible way to explain lena's death. >> lena kaufman died as a result of mechanical asphyxiation to her neck. and the defendant, her husband, is the one that did it. >> that ultimate evidence would be scientific, medical, said the prosecutor, but he wanted jurors to keep in mind the obvious. adam kaufman was the only adult home at the time of lena's death, giving him the opportunity to kill her. and with his body-builder strength, the wherewithal, too. on top of that, adam couldn't keep his story straight said the prosecutor, version one came from the 911 call when adam said he found len