more than 60 years in jail if he was convicted of murdering joel lovelane.ating. feeling confident? >> absolutely. >> really? even though you're looking at what basically is life in a north dakota prison if you're convicted. >> yeah. i mean, i'm nervous, but have confidence. >> joel's fiancee heather was also confident -- of a guilty verdict. >> it seemed like, okay, we have the right guy. yeah, done. >> the jurors said prosecutors presented their case as if it were open and shut. >> i would not say their style was cockiy at all, they were confident and will felt they had enough evidence. >> the jurors began examining the evidence and the testimony. one key issue was the prosecution's timeline in which the bus had gone by the time joel was killed. >> the bus was there at the time. had to have been. the bus was there longer than the prosecution was saying. >> reporter: jurors were also troubled by the clown. remember, he was found crying soon after joel was murdered. >> and that just struck me as completely odd. out of character for a young guy on a halloween