bruce fleisher: well, were you happy to be with your parents?ery, very happy to see my parents. you know, i love them very much. keith morrison: so, he'd given the jury an alternative. he tried, at least, to defuse the samoa motive. enough? not nearly, said prosecutor kahgan. what motive did garrett kopp have to go in an attempt to assassinate both of those people? none. what motive did christopher sutton have to want both his parents dead? plenty. and what's the story, here? they have the statement of garrett kopp, the drug-crazed, little thug who gives this story to save himself from the death penalty, and the coerced statement of juliette driscoll. where's the evidence in this case? what do they have? nothing. keith morrison: seven men, five women on the jury and real doubt in the air. when he first started saying his testimony, i mean, he put doubt in my mind. keith morrison: coming up. the jury speaks. we, the jury-- keith morrison: and so does christopher sutton. sure, i could have been a better guy. keith morrison: as his father hopes for

. >> reporter: and simply untrue said defense co-counsel bruce fleisher. >> for them to suggest thatas pregnant from nissim was ludicrous. >> reporter: in fact, said the defense, the state's whole case was ludicrous. this was clearly an act of self defense. just listen to cindy's sister describe the time she saw nissim talking to cindy right after her husband was murdered to understand why she was so afraid. >> then the next thing i see is him lifting up his shirt and he had a gun. i saw my sister looking a little frightened about it. >> one of the detectives had told her that this person has a long rap sheet and that she should arm herself. >> reporter: and after cindy shot nissim, her sister said she saw proof that cindy had been attacked. >> she had bruises on her arm and she had like scratches or bruises on her neck. >> reporter: and that "shot him in the back" thing? the defense called a medical expert of its own who said the first bullet was in nissim's side, when he turned his body as if to reach for a gun. >> within a fraction of a second he would fall forward and during that