we have casey stegall who has been following this entire case for fox news. and i've got to tell you, they came back in less than two hours, casey. the evidence seemed overwhelming, incontrovertible a very quick decision for this jury. >> reporter: yes, sean it was. nine days 29 total witnesses for the prosecution. only eight on the side of the defense. testified over the last nine days or so. and just as you heard a unanimous verdict guilty. 27-year-old former marine eddie ray routh, found guilty of capital murder. and will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of for parole. again, the jurors had three options on the table, not guilty, guilty, or guilty by reason of insanity. clearly the jury sending a message tonight that they did not believe eddie ray routh was insane at the time of these murders. even though the defense worked really hard over the last two weeks to paint him as such. that he felt threatened out there at that gun range when he killed chris kyle and chad littlefield. sean, this is interesting and i've been guilty of this my

fox news correspondent casey stegall is live outside the texas courthouse. casey?reta, what a day it has been. it started with the defense asking for a mistrial after the prosecution admitted that it mishandled evidence accidently. something you certainly don't hear in courtrooms every day. especially in a big trial like this. all of this is surrounding testimony that happened last week that came from a texas ranger named david armstrong who said on the stand that there were glass vials filled with an unknown substance seized with other drug paraphernalia from eddie ralph's home. today, prosecutors admitted those glass vials, they were accidentally placed into evidence as at the crime lab. because they contain a chemical used in the lab to test for drugs the judge dismissed the mistrial request and then instructed the jury to simply ignore that testimony. then the defense started calling witnesses. first was a crime scene tech. number two was jody ravel eddie's mother. that's when the real bombshell came. she told the judge outside of the presence of the jury that

our own casey stegall live outside the courthouse in stevenville, texas today. jurors also recently heart a videotaped confession what did that tape contain? >> reporter: gretchen they did and it's probably the most powerful evidence we have seen in this trial so far. it lasted about 90 minutes or so. and it starts with eddie ray ralph with his hands handcuffed behind hiss back the night he was arrested only hours after the crime. the detective who conducted the interview took the stand. the 24-year-old former marine admits to both of the murders. he said i knew if i didn't take out his soul, he was coming to take mine out next. he was further pressed by that texas ranger asking if he had anything to say to the families and that is when he said, i'm quoting here, i'm so sorry a r for what i have done and if i could have done it differently, i would have done it so much differently. it's important to point out that the reason we're not playing the audio for you in that police cruiser video you showed and also with this confession video is because the judge has ba

our own casey stegall is live from the courthouse in stevenville, texas. one of the prosecution witnesses believed that eddy ray ralph was lying to investigators, at what point? >> that was really interesting and that testimony came from the psychiatrist and he was specifically pointing to some of the ralph's behavior the night he was arrested. specifically what he was saying and what he was doing while he was in the back of that police car on his way to jail. the jury saw that video too. it shows ralph saying things like, i've been so paranoid and schizophrenic all day, i don't know if i'm insane. he yelled out the window, am i going to the insane asylum? psychiatrist testified that people who are truly mentally ill typically don't broadcast it in such a manner, he believes that ralph knew he was in big trouble at the time and he was attempting, while he was in that police car after he had been arrested to start setting up his own defense gretchen. >> very interesting, what are the options on the table now for the jury? >> well there are three options, ba

fox news correspondent casey stegall is live outside the texas courthouse casey. >> greta you get chillsyour spine when you hear that tape. interesting testimony from four different witnesses. not just routh's sister brother-in-law took the stand including ex-girlfriend. let's start with laura blevins. older sister. accused killer went to her house following the murders before he was arrested. driving chris kyle's peckup truck. he testified when the 27-year-old former marine got to her place, routh said he traded his soul for that truck. she recalled telling him before he left i love you but hate your demons. we heard from rout h's ex-girlfriend. she was dating. she spoke at length about their bizarre relationship. how he held her and her roommate with a knife. he was afraid somebody was out to get them. detailed fights over marijuana and alcohol use but, yet she told the court that they had just gotten engaged the night before chris kyle and chad littlefield were shot to death. >> court resumes first thing tomorrow morning. we are told to expect a busy day. we will, of course be here co

casey stegall is live outside the courthouse.s thing is all over the place and i'm surprised that those vials didn't shut this whole thing down. it was close. >> yeah, it was very close. when the defense stood up and said they wanted a mistrial, we all paused and held our breaths. but that request was denied by the judge. this is all surrounding testimony from last week. when a texas ranger took the stand, david armstrong is his name. and he said on the stand that the glass vials belonged to eddie routh and contained an unidentified clear liquid with rubber stoppers similar to what you would use with a syringe. well, it turns out that the crime lab placed those vials into the evidence because this is the chemical that they use in that lab to test substances for drugs. p you're looking at video now of the woman who did that very testing handling the vials in court today. the defense accused armstrong of perjury, something the judge dismissed. he instructed the jury to simply disregard all of the testimony about those vials. and th

bill: casey stegall live on that case.idential race is just around the corn and already democrats are laying the ground work for the so-called war on women. this week the group called emily's list which supports pro-choice democratic women candidates launched a new campaign that will document each time a republican candidate ignores, insults oh offend american women. penny lee and rich lowry welcome to both of you here. rich, you called this one of the souped -- one of the and lowest form of argument. >> in colorado they ran pretty much on nothing else, the democratic senator except for contraception and that's not the issue that is on the top of people's minds. and republicans don't want to deny anyone access to contraception. it's just silly. they had some success with it in the past. now that they are probably running a woman for president any time anyone looks cross-eyed at hillary clinton they will say it's an assault on women. changts of sexism will be -- charges of sexism about be used in hillaries campaign. >> they

casey stegall is live outside the courthouse in stephenville, texas.rosecution calling rebuttal witnesses? >> that's right. that was expected to happen first thing this morning. we received an alert that court has been canceled because we had an ice storm that swept through texas and lot of the local schools are closed so court is off today and will resume tomorrow. butch the rebut pal witnesses took the stand friday. the prosecution calling two doctors. both mental healthcare experts and experts in the field of freans is or criminal cases. their job was to punch holes in defense witness testimonies early in the week that routh was schizophrenic and he was on a downward spiral. the prosecution finished up on friday with a psychiatrist who told the court that he does not believe the 27-year-old former marine was suffering mental illness. he thinks it was prompted by drug and alcohol use since routh admitted to chronically spoking marijuana and drinking whiskey before going to the gunk range on that february afternoon patti ann. patti ann: how many witne