>> yes. >> can you explain to the jury what that meant? >> never doing anything again in the car. >> it's your testimony that that text message is only because it was uncomfortable in the car? >> yes. >> it was consensual between you two? >> yeah. >> reporter: when he was finally allowed to leave the stand, it appeared that abby's defense and her freedom depended on the story she and she alone was about to tell. >> we call abigail simon to the stand. >> reporter: the question, expressing her deep and abiding love, would the jury, could the jury, believe abigail simon's claim that she was a victim? >> ms. simon, would you raise your right hand. >> you've been in therapy for 18 months now, correct? >> yes. >> are you ready to tell your story? >> yes. at one point i remember thinking like this is my life right now. like i'm doing this for a 15-year-old? like how is this even possible? i'm his. he owned me. he owned me up until today when i got here to finally tell what happened. he never thought i would come up here and tell the truth. he thou

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did the jury believe julie? >> i'll ask the clerk to read the verdict. >> verdict: first degree murder. we the jury in the above entitled cause find the defendant julie harper not guilty of the crime of murder in violation -- >> reporter: yes! they did believe her. she did not pre-plan and deliberately kill her husband. murder. but was it 2nd degree? not-premeditated, but still intentional? on that, the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. the judge declared a mistrial. defense attorney paul pfingst. murder trial and you get any she would have hoped for total acquittal. >> reporter: so, with a hung jury, and bail already established, julie walked out of the courthouse a free woman. >> did she do it? yeah, she did it. was it self defense? it certainly was after who knows how many years of the toxic relationship they had, and his incredible cruelty. >> i felt like i've lost a little bit of faith in the justice system. >> reporter: jason's friends just couldn't understand it. >> just felt like, you know, you were a littl

or the awful truth? once again, a jury was asked to pass judgment on julie harper. >> in the superior court of the state of california. >> reporter: everybody waited, baited breath. >> we the jury in the above and titled clause find the defendant julie harper guilty of the crime of murder, and fix the degree thereof as murder in the second degree. >> reporter: guilty of second-degree murder. on went the handcuffs, just like that. jury number two was not at all like jury number one. >> no doubt at all? >> no, no, no, no. not at all. no. >> reporter: but what about the secret recordings, jason yelling at julie? >> i don't want to enable your horrible money waste! >> he did lose his temper at times. but the tapes were so conveniently done, it seemed to come on just at the time when he that's pretty good evidence, but i -- i just had the feeling that they were staged. >> reporter: and how about that diary, in which the word sex was supposed to mean rape? >> so it would say, "sex. then we went to the west, a fine dinner house,

we ask that you dismiss it right now and that it not go to the jury. it happens all of the time. >> right. and almost always you're rebuffed. >> that's right. and almost always you're rebuffed within about 10 to 15 seconds. >> that didn't happen here. >> no. >> this time the judge listened intently for 20 minutes as michael george's defense lawyer argued that there was no way the prosecution had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was in the comic defendant was in the comic book shop with a gun in his hind. >> the trial judge is obligated to make a call to say whether or not there was sufficient >> prosecutor kaplan knew that by law the judge has to regard all evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution. he took just 30 seconds and queried with a brief citation of case law arguing why the case should go to the jury. >> the evidence presented to this court begs the question of fact to the jury whether michael george is the murderer and the motion should be denied. >> and then the judge retired to his chambers to ponder this moti

the jury to decide who the real owen was. the perfect gentleman or the rapist who had stolen lhe innocence of his 15-year-old schoolmate. after two weeks of testimony the case was in their hands. both families waited nervously. michelle and her son john who had taken owen in after he was charged were at labrie's side. they say he was anxious but did he ever show anger at the things that were being said in court, that it wasn't according to his own version of the events of that night? >> owen never really demonstrated anger to me. >> that was the amazing thing about it. owen never once demonstrated any type of frustrtrion or animosity towards the process, towards the people that were testifying. >> reporter: as for the accuser's mother, she was just as amazed at hereraughter's resilience. >> it's been excruciating for her. but being a pretty pure soul, she just wanted to do what was right all l e way through. >> reporter: then after two days of deliberations, word came there was a verdict. owen labrie stood with his attorneys

so the jury had found michael george guilty. the judge clearly had serious doubts. a new jury could go either way. especially since the defense now had new evidence, more possible alternate killers and just dug up dirt on the prosecution's star witness. but two completely new prosecutors were revved up for the coming courtroom battle. steve fox. and bill cataldo teaming up to make michael george face the music one more time. the trial of the comic book murder volume 2 was now at hand. a different jury, different prosecutors. the two issues most known to common man, sex and money. >>> will there be a different verdict? jay knows he'll be ready for the turns ahead. hey, don't forget to put up your kickstand. (bike bell) (sighs) kellogg's raisin bran. and try tart and sweet kellogg's raisin bran with cranberries. come on! don't drop your phone, drop your network. bring your phone to cricket wireless. we have more 4g lte coverage nationwide than t-mobile or sprint. cricket wireless. something to >>> september 2011, in the nearly three years since the last comic book murd

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so the jury had heard the girl's story of assault. the prosecutor hoped her next witnesses would offer evidence to back it up. this e.r. nurse told the jury she'd observed a small abrasion on the girl's genitals. >> could that be consistent with an assault that had occurred several days earlier? >> yes. >> reporter: this forensic expert compared dna found in the girl's underwear from that night to a dna sample given by the >> to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty, they matched. >> reporter: detective julie curtain was the first one to take the girl's statement. she also interviewed owen labrie. >> he gave me all the reasons why he said he he wouldn't have done this, because of her age, his age and his position. >> reporter: but that's not what labrie told his roommate and other close friends in the hours and days after the incident. and the prosecutor called some of them to the stand. >> he eventually told me that, in his words, that he had boned her. >> reporter: what's more, the prosecutor told the jury labrie had been plan

just the jury instruction, yo honor, and a template already exists. judge stephen fisher's instruction in the john taylor case. judge fisher's rewrite happened before the death penalty was struck down. the court in la valle declined to craft new instruction. he's right, mr. mccoy. and fixing all this is the job of the legislature. they haven't been terribly responsive, have they? the statute's been in limbo for two years. no judge has the power to ignore the law, your honor. you wouldn't be ignoring it. you'd actually be eying it. how's that? la valle states that you can't issue the old deadlock instruction because it's biased. and although the court declined to rewrite it, there's nothing to stop you trying. this is an issue that needs to be resolved, your honor. if the legislature won't do it, it's on us. you seek the death sentence, your honor-- i don't expect you to beappy, mr. edlund. i expect you to appeal. [gavel pounds] filed the papers this morning. get ready for round two. a trial judge clearly does not have the authority to issue her own pri

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she went of being a victim to a murderer of two little children. >> finally prosecutors showed the jurynews report shot eight days after the slayings. >> happy birthday to you, happy birth day to you. >> for some this may seem a strange thing to do and an odd place and time. >> singing happy birthday in a cemetery to a son who was stabbed to death just over a week. >> love you daven and damen. >> it was one of the strangest things i'd ever seen. not how you would expect a mother who's boys addrehad been murdered to grin. >> my gut reaction is what i think the majority of the public was, how could a mother who just lost her two sons do something like that and the cameras were there to capture it and i think that sealed her doom. >> during deliberations the jury asked to see the silly string videotape nine times. after only eight hours they returned with their verdict, guilty. night had fallen when darlie arrived at the texas department of corrections. considered a suicide risk darlie was dressed in a white paper gown for her walk to death row. >> it just didn't seem real, like it just co

we passed those along to the jury and commission. the jury. when it should pick the best design -- the jury felt strongly it should pick the best design. i think there is a lot of complement to the objectives because the site does benefit restrainedler, more approach. there are good elements of the existing site. it is interesting in his presentation to the jury, he said of this park it is a good park with one major flaw, which is that it has been depressed area in the center that may have made sense 35 years ago was part of washington looked different than it does today, but that it goes against most contemporary design principles which are to have a public space open to the surrounding site. a lot of what makes this a good design and incorporates elements of the existing park made it the best selection. i would not call it a compromise, but there is a coupliment charity -- complementarity in purposes. yes, ma'am. >> i with the "chicago tribune." read that the cubic feet are identical. i'm hard-pressed to figure out what area of the part magi

today the jury is expected to get to the sentencing case. a death sentence requires a unanimous decision by all 12 jurors. when the jury comes back with a decision we will be streaming it live on wral.com. it's set to resume at 9:00 a.m. >> thanks mikaya live outside the justice center. >>> two of four weiss christs are still recovering at wake med. >> at last check lynn ashley and mike daytona listed in critical condition. they were riding saturday when chris graham and joel lawrence when a car hit the four of them. the driver was a 55-year-old man. joel remembers the moment he knew something was wrong. car but i do remember thinking oh my gosh there's something going on here. and i'm about ready to go down. >> highway patrol says charges are pending against williams. they do not believe alcohol or speed were factors. >>> troopers say alcohol was a fact on a deadly crash in raleigh. a driver was driving in reverse on i-40 when he crashed into another car around 3 this morning. the driver a 39-year-old of durham died in the crash. a passenge

the judge ordered the jury to consider the facts and only the facts in this high profile case side. now whether officer peter liang is found guilty or not guilty could very well depend on what the jury thinks about the gun. nypd officer peter liang walked into the courtroom with a pba escort showing little emotion. he's charged with second-degree manslaughter for the november 1994 shooting of akai gurley in houses. gurley was struck in the chest by a bullet fired by liang that ricochetted off a wall. his defense attorney argued in closing statements it was an accidental discharge. >> what peter says is i had an accidental discharge. i'm fine. now, that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. right? on.

now, that's the criminal grand jury. the civil grand jury, we do like we're doing now, this is our recruitment process to bring in citizens who are qualified to be civil grand jurors. they will submit an application, and the application is screened. and once they get past paper screening, then i interview each and every one of them. so, if we have 100 people apply and they're all qualified, then i will interview all 100 people. so, a lot of my time does go there for a short time of the year. now, i will select, along with my director, we will select 30 qualified individuals. and then those people will be sent to the full bench. so, all of the judges will vote to recommend them for--to be a civil grand juror. now, once they are nominated by the full court, we'll have the day when they're sworn in. and on that day, those 30 names are placed into a hopper, you know, like when you play bingo. and 19 names are selected from the hopper. and those will be the 19 grand jurors. now, for the remainder of the 30, they are selected i

once the jury is selected, opening statements will begin. anna: now to that shocking authorities are trying to piece together the hour-long rampage involving an uber frive. they are praying for everyone affected. joel: happening right now in colorado, a jury will soon decide the fate of a woman mother and stealing her baby. the brutal attack happened last monday. the defendant grew up in north carolina. the mother survived but the baby did not. if convicted that country's conflict. joel: the law enforcement one of their own killed in the line of duty. pay one mile-long funeral procession taking the body of jason mosier to the huge arena for his funeral this evening. he was killed at a standoff with a domestic violence. suspect his organs were donated to at least five people. he leaves behind a wife and two children. anna: the wife of bill cosby under oath today. camille took the stand in the defamation case against phil cosby. 50 women have leveled sexual misconduct accusations against cosby. cosby faces separate sexual charges -- separate ch

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