. >> bernie tito free on bond nearly two years happened after a defense team came forward and said weally abused as a child if the jury would have then it at the time they might have given him a lighter sentence. guess what, bernie is getting a second chance with a new jury that will now decide whether to give him credit for time served or send him back to prison for the rest of his life. bernie tito's return to the courtroom marks the latest chapter in a nearly 20-year-old case that captivated hollywood. after you killed mrs. new jersey end you kept on spending her money didn't you? a lot of it? and shocked the small town of cart carthage, it is here where he befriend margie new gent, a wealthy widow, 40 years his senior. >> i like to say bernie made lifelong friend just upon a funeral arrangement. >> he made friend with marjorie. >> that's correct. they met here at hawthorne's. where all this began. >> reporter: the two struck up an unlikely friendship before tita says things turned ugly. >> she was very possessive of my life. so much of my life, for the last few years. it got worse

bernie tito was given life in prison in 1999 for the murder a wealthy widow but they say the sentence next in this bizarre case, david begnaud is here with more. >> reporter: bernie tito has been on bond nearly two years and after a new defense team came forward and said this. we have evidence that bernie was sexually abused as a child and think if the jury had known it at the time they would have given him a lighter sentence. guess what. bernie is getting a second chance with a new jury that will now decide whether to give him credit for time served or send him back to prison for the rest of his life. bernie tito return to the courtroom marks the latest chapter in a nearly 20-year-old case that captivated hollywood. >> after you killed miss nugent, you kept on spending a lot of her money, a lot of it! >> reporter: he and shocked the small town of cartage, texas. he be 40 years his senior. >> i would like to say bernie maid lifelong friends upon a funeral arrangement. that is where they met, right here. that is exactly where all this began so to speak. >> reporter: the two struck up a

bernie tito was given life in prison in 1999 for the murder of a wealthy widow but him credit for timeck to prison for the rest of his life. bernie tito return to the courtroom marks the latest chapter in a nearly 20-year-old case that captivated hollywood. >> after you killed miss nugent, you kept on spending a lot of her money, a lot of it! >> reporter: he and shocked the small town of cartage, texas. he befriended a wealthy widow, 40 years his senior. >> i would like to say bernie maid lifelong friends upon a funeral arrangement. that is where they met, right here. that is exactly where all this began so to speak. >> reporter: the two struck up an unlikely friend before tita says things turned ugly. >> she was very possessive of my life. so much of my life for the last few years and it got worse. >> reporter: in november 1996, he shot nugent four times in the back and stuffed her body in a freezer. he hid her death for nine months, during which he spent or donated about $3 million of her money, according to her family. he confessed to the crime and was sentenced to life in prison. t

bernie tito's return to the courtroom marks the latest chapter in a nearly 20-year-old case that captivatedy end you kept on spending her money didn't you? a lot of it? and shocked the small town of carthage, it is here where he befriended marjorie nugent, a wealthy widow, 40 years his senior. >> i like to say bernie made lifelong friend just upon a funeral arrangement. >> he made friend with marjorie. while preparing her husband's funeral? >> that's correct. they met here at hawthorne's. where all this began. >> reporter: the two struck up an unlikely friendship before tita says things turned ugly. >> she was very possessive of my life. so much of my life, for the last few years. it got worse. >> reporter: in november, 1996, he shot nugent four times in the back and stuffed her body in a freezer. he hid her death for nine months during which he spent or donated $3 million of her money according to her family. he confessed to the crime and sentence to life in prison. the case inspired the 2011 movie "bernie." >> bernie got a lawyer after the movie. she thought she smelled some stuff. wait s