. >> reporter: tonight the jury has come to a decision in the case of julia harper, the woman on trial for allegedly killing her husband. she says it was self-defense. but was it cold-blooded murder? >> i never intended to shoot him. >> reporter: harper, a stay at home mother on trial for shooting her husband jason in their bedroom, while their children watched cartoons downstairs. she says he was abusive and that this cell phone video proves it. >> you're putting our kid in the day care and making me pay for it and you're the one claiming you're taking care of them? >> reporter: weighing heavy in the jury's mind throughout the trial the emotional testimony of her two children, both testifying against their mother. >> i don't like her. >> why not? >> she killed my father. >> reporter: but this isn't the first time harper has been on trial. last year she was tried for the same crime. >> we'd just he'd been in an absolute fury in his rage, yelling, screaming. >> reporter: she was acquitted of first-degree murder. >> find the defendant, julie harper, not guilty -- >> the prosecution's the