in july 2006, nancy tyler declared war.the famous war of the tylers by filing for divorce. >> in over 40 years of practice i have never seen a criminal defendant say anything like what i heard richard say to judge dewey and the court. >> i feel it is a waste of time for me to rot in a cage for the rest of my life without a purpose. killing nancy tyler gives me that purpose. >> incredibly, in open court, shenkman threatened to kill nancy, hatching an elaborate plot to hire a hit man from his prison cell. >> one lone experienced professional assassin has the green light from me to kill connecticut's self-proclaimed poster child for domestic violence. >> i've never seen a sentencing like that and i've been covering courts for quite some time. >> imagine my arrogance announcing to this court that i'm paying a killer to gun down nancy tyler while i'm chained in a maximum security prison. how delusional am i? nobody is going to believe it. >> judge julia dewey dismissed shenkman's claims of being a p.o.w. >> now the reason you're