policarpio espinoza perez and adan canela both said no deal initially. in exchange for guilty plea, prosecutors offered them 40 years in jail with the possibility of parole. >> he is maintaining he is incident -- and sen. this is not a slam-dunk for the state. >> there is one additional factor. they did not do it. >> the brutal nature of the crime left the region stunned and horrified. those who recall that still struggle to make sense of it. the motive -- remains a mystery. all three children were beaten and had their throats slashed so deeply they were nearly decapitated. the defendants became suspect and came to the crime scene to comfort relatives. they provided inconsistent statements regarding their whereabouts. their first trial ended in a hung jury and they were convicted in the second one but the high court overturned it. ruling the judge failed to inform the defense about the contents of five gerrie notes. attorneys argued had they known they could have changed their strategy. gretzky did not as colleague questions. >> the case is headed for a

policarpio espinoza perez is accused of decapitating three relatives. it gives both the possibility for parole. in 2006, the men were convicted in the 2003 murders, but the state court of appeals voted in favor of a new trial because of an error on the part of the original trial judge. the third trial is set in march. lawmakers are getting a chance of former cia director david petraeus on the attacks in been gauzy, libya, that killed the u.s. ambassador and three others. somewhere -- some are accusing the white house of deliberately misleading the american public about the intention of the attack. petraeus sneaked in the building out of view of cameras. it is the fiscal face-off. the need to find a way to prevent automatic tax hikes and spending cuts from kicking in. our washington bureau reporter has more on how the spirit of cooperation is. in the nation's capital. >> we have heard about the. -- spirit of cooperation, but talks could fall anywhere on the scale between compromise and confrontation. >> we say we want to work on solutions. >> i am open t