. >> the fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to a jury? the person that killed the mother cared about cassidy. >> "silent witness." hello and welcome to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. michelle young had a smile that would light up a room. she was the last person anyone whoso knew her would expect to murdered. but it happened. she was at home with her toddler, cassidy, pregnant with her second child, when tragedy struck. the investigation quickly revealed a troubled atmarriage, but hered husband was away on business and untraveling this complicated case would take years. here's keith morrison. >> i think i paused for a second and had to take a deep breath. and just the reality of what was going on would sink in.at >> reporter: those who saw the footprints will not forget them. they were tiny and they were bloody. >> i had to get my composure to finish searching this house to make sure there was nobody elsei in the house. >> reporter: it was the third of november 2006, early afternoon. scott earp was the wait county sheriff's deputy dis

showing the jury bloody clothing. osecutor even going down on her knees several times, demonstrating the impossibility, in her view, of ashley shooting herself. >> she basically would have had to have been on the ground, knees pointing at the nightstand, turned this way to look at him across the bed. what's the problem with that? that's not what he said. that's not at all what he said. >> reporter: she urges jurors to question, "why so much blood on tom's shirt?" >> what is his explanation as to how you get so much blood on those shirts? what he demonstrated for you on the ground is essentially the defendant would have to be on his knees, hovering over her, essentially with his whole upper body over her head. but what's the problem with that? nobody said that. we are asking that you go back in that jury room, that you give this case the attention it deserves, and that you return the verdict that justice demands. >> reporter: then, it's defense attorney iris eytan's turn. she begins the way she started three weeks earli

that raised a question for the jury. ble that this young woman who drowned had never been in the tub in the first place? >> the bottom line is there would have been water everywhere. if there wasn't, it was cleaned up. if there was a cleanup, then there was something to hide. that was her murder. >> an expert witness for the prosecution spoke to the issue of whether a person can actually fall asleep in a bathtub and drown in a bathtub. her testimony was no, that can't happen. >> it would be virtually impossible for somebody without the influence of drugs or alcohol or something external to fall asleep and not wake up. so first, the sensation of water on your face would wake you up. two would be the gag reflex, water entering your airway, just choking. three, if for some reason, that didn't, the drop in oxygen would cause you to stimulate you to wake up. >> but maybe sarah hadn't fallen asleep. perhaps she had suffered a catastrophic but perfectly natural event. something to her heart, her brain. the coroner didn't find an

. >> the fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to a jury? >> the person that killed the mother cared about cassidy. >> silent witness. hello, and welcome to "dateline extra." i am craig melvin. michelle had a smile that would light up the room, and she was the last person that anybody that knew her would expect to be murdered. she was at home with her daughter, cassidy, pregnant with her second child when tragedy spoke. her husband was away on business and unraveling this complicated case would take years. here's keith more sun. >> i think i paused for a second and had to take a deep breath, and just the reality of what was going on sank in. >> those who saw the footprints will not forget them. they were tiny, and they were bloody. >> i had to get my composure to finish searching this house to make sure there was nobody else in the house. >> it was the third of november, 2006, early afternoon. scott urp, he was here because of the 911 call from this place on birch leaf drive. >> i think my sister's dead. >> tell me what happened, ma'am. >> i

now alex's faith was in the hands of a jury. >> four year's after emily's husband death her fate was in the hands of a jury. he says doubt crept in during those final minutes. were you prepared for a guilty verdict? >> yeah. i wrote a note to my children. >> what's it say? >> nick, rickey and coco, i love your mother and i will never leave you. you kids are the light of my life, with all my love now and forever, dad. >> the first day the jury went home without a verdict. as the hours ticked by the next morning, still nothing from the jury. in the afternoon, alex got a phone call. the jury had reached a decision. >> when they called me and said the jury's in, i could barely breathe. >> emily's family and friends rushed to the courthouse. prosecutors were confident. >> we did the best we could in putting on the evidence that we had and hopefully the jury would see it our way and convict him. >> the defense attorneys were confident as well. >> we had the facts, we had the experts. >> but you never know. >> but you never know. >> lo

>> yes. >> andrea offered juicy testimony for the jury to ponder. ied that the accused, hemy neuman, had become obsessed with her weeks after she started working for him in april of 2010. that he had stalked her and her family, she said, and finally gunned down her husband. the unwelcome courtship began at ge, she said, about six months before the shooting. >> how much time would you spend with him on a regular basis? >> there were meetings every other day, constant e-mail communications about work and projects, constant phone calls. we spoke about work things constantly. >> hemy neuman quickly became a fixture in her life. >> extremely friendly individual. caring, or pretending to be very caring individual. >> but one night during a business trip to lake tahoe, she testified, hemy neuman stepped over the line. >> did the defendant ever express his feelings for you? >> yes. >> outside a restaurant before they had dinner together, he read her a poem. >> the insinuation of the poem to me was that he had deeper feelings for me than just friends. >> she

and that went a lodge wng way ts convincing the jury that she's not a good parent. ly did kill the child. >> clive and rob knew they needed to humanize sabrina and explain what happened that night, including sabrina's incriminating statements to the police. >> when you look at the case against stream, what you're looking at is a bunch of statements none of which mean a lot in isolation, but put together made her look bad. then you've got the injuries to the child, which needed some explanation. but there's not much more than that. it's not like there's dna everywhere, they're videos everywhere, there's messes of physical evidence. >> at least some policemen will start questioning in a way that can sometimes be described as coercive. we wanted to show how their heavy-handed tactics caused sabrina to give different stories. >> the detective hammered me and scared me to death. i mean he was yelling. he was screaming. he was telling me, you abused that baby. you beat him. you stomped him. you did this. you did that. and i kept trying to tell him that i didn't do those th

they played lars' 911 call for the jury. as the tape rolls, lars shook and sobbed with his entire body. once again, the prosecution wondered, was it real remorse? smr i have small children. i have seen that face before. it usually involves just before a dirty diaper. >> that's a first on "dateline." >> he had that expression of bearing down, turning red. you never saw a tear. >> next up the first officer on the scene that night. he testified that lars didn't look like a man who had been doing cpr open his mortally wounded wife. >> he was clean. >> what do you mean by clean is this. >> he didn't have any blood on his body. once they saw him doing cpr, then he had blood on his hands. >> detectives told the jury lars put on an emotional display. >> did you ever see a tear in. >> no. >> they played that video of lars at the police station to show how he seemed to keep adding details to his story of the shooting. and helped in the midst of tragedy, lars still had the presence of moo independent to ask for his favorite beverage. >>

if the jury believes the defendant, he will walk.y does not believe the defendant, he will not walk. >> i just wanted them to see the truth. i refused to cut my hair or cut my beard or change my looks in any way. i wanted that jury to see me just how i lived it every day of the week. >> and i said, "well, why would you join any organization that would call themselves outlaws?" i mean, "does that mean you're a criminal?" and he said -- >> outlaws is not a criminal organization. ever since i returned from vietnam, i have been an outlaw to society. i just felt i didn't fit into society anymore. >> this is something that he was testifying from the heart. and when he said that, you could really hear a pin drop in the courtroom. >> announcer: procedures couldn't shake smitty on the stand and failed to present a motive for why he would have committed the murders. after a week-long trial, the jury found smitty not guilt owe on all charges. >> smitty shook my hand. he went up, he shook the hand of the judge, thanked him for giving him a fair

the chance to defend himself to the jury by testifying. some courtroom observers believe the defense had already created a reasonable doubt that testifying was in fact, risky. especially for paul, said his friend. >> knowing paul the way i know paul and the way he could be interpreted incorrectly, i was very nervous about paul taking the stand. >> risky or not, paul was determined to tell the jury his side of the story. >> i thought, you know, if there was any way this jury thought this man was responsible for this, now they know for sure that he's not. what did the jury think? i've always looked forward to what's next. and i'm still going for my best even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. so what's next? seeing these guys. don't stop taking eliquis unless

despite inconclusive evidence the jury found guilty and the judge sentenced him to death. he was taken to mecklenburg a supermax prison in virginia. he was scared to death he was tempted he didn't want to come out of so. he's mentally retarded he couldn't read he couldn't write i walked in to the cell and canadian thing mangled dork honestly which was that was earl the whole time he was on the road he was. scared timid. odd as they were for me my mom dating. a promise when serie. a movie was a made to see the mom would have needed. two weeks before earl's date of execution the guards came to transport him to the death house in richmond. a charity mob put him in a way saying hank i shackles and they walk him out. literally drug him out and me everybody's banging on the door here that the cost of the guards. joe reached out to his caseworker marie deans to see if anything could be done. i called mary in a panic as i was. out all of this god did or not but i don't think he did i'll bet this god knows what's going on when early arrived at the death house he was handed over to

the jury had been duped. on deaver's credibility to try to secure a conviction. >> then you're just going to have to believe that duane deaver is just a liar. and he has no reason in the world to come up here and lie to you. >> who are you gonna trust? duane deaver? of course, he would never lie. well, it turns he had -- he did lie. >> reporter: defense attorney rudolf filed a motion asking for a new trial. and the judge, this time, was ready to listen. >>> coming up, yet another jolt for michael's children. >> i was weeping with shock. >> and a critical decision that could change everything. >> well, that's just not going to happen. i won't do it. clear lights. color lights. clear lights. i have an idea. a little inspiration and incredible prices can make the season even brighter. the moment you find your peace on earth. ♪ 3 days is really fast. sensitivity, sensodyne rapid relief is a game changer. it's going to let the dentist offer their patient sensitivity relief in 3 days. say over the course of a weeke

the jury had spoken. murdering his wife kathleen, michael peterson was going to spend the rest of his life behind bars. but his brother bill was determined to prove his innocence. he uncovered another possible explanation for kathleen's death. it was a theory some found too bizarre to be true. >> there are pleasant places to idle away your golden years, but north carolina's nash correctional institution isn't one of them. but that's where michael peterson, father, novelist and wife-killer, according to a jury of his peers, was incarcerated. just another number in a cell block with other felons. >> no parole, life without parole. and they meant it, too. they did. and they did everything they could to make that happen. >> after he'd exhausted his appeals, it looked as though prison was where he would stay. but out in nevada, michael has a look-a-like younger brother, bill peterson, who's also an attorney. >> did the lawyer in you say, "that's it. my" -- >> no. >> -- "brother's done?" >> that's when the real

the jury had been duped. the state had even played on deaver's credibility to try to secure a conviction. >> then you're just going to have to believe that duane deaver is just a liar. and he has no reason in the world to come up here and lie to you. >> who are you gonna trust? duane deaver? of course, he would never lie. well, it turns he had -- he did lie. >> reporter: defense attorney rudolf filed a motion asking for a new trial. and the judge, this time, was ready to listen. >>> coming up, yet another jolt for michael's children. >> i was weeping with shock. and joy. >> and a critical decision that could change everything. >> well, that's just not going to happen. i will go back to prison before that happens. i won't do it. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed up 'cause they all needed lunch. teachers... doctors... jobs grew a bunch. what started with one job spread all around. because each job in energy creates many more i

another theory for the jury to consider. e defense had to do if possible -- knock down the allegation that his banishment to samoa had given him a motive to kill his parents. what you are about to see as christopher described the program probably wasn't in the defense strategy. >> level two is a loud to go on the bathroom on his own. its allowed to have some more privileges. and then -- >> reporter: something in the memories on that island struck a nerve. >> how were you feeling physically during that time? >> i was what they called in denial. >> do you need a break? >> yeah. >> reporter: strange. stoic for the rest of his testimony. yet in the process of trying to dismiss samoa as a murder motive he cried about his experience there. so, revealing? attorney fleisher put the best spin on it he could. >> i think that showed his honesty as a witness. >> i cried when i got off the plane. >> reporter: when court resumed. christopher told the jury that while he was initially upset about being sent to samoa, he got over it, made the

in fact, the jury wanted to re-examine the video during deliberations.is heart of hearts he believes ross harris meant to kill his son. the prosecution said the jury got it completely right, but hearing the word guilty was no cause for celebration. >> what i want to hear most is we can bring cooper back. you can't get that though. >> three weeks later the judge sentenced ross to life in prison. his defense team has already filed an appeal, arguing among other thngs that the judge should never have allowed all that testimony about sex into the murder trial and they say inaccurate information early on about ross's computer searches made it impossible to get a fair trial. >> our personal belief, not lawyer talk, our personal belief in knowing ross, in knowing this case better than anybody in the world, ross hars is an innocent man. >> are you going to keep fighting? >> this case is far from over. >> having seen the appeal, vic reynolds, the top prosecutor believes in the outcome. >> i have complete confidence that this verdict will, in fact, be affirmed. >>

the first trial ended in a hung jury. >> in the 1990s, the philadelphia d.a.'sought the death penalty more than any other in the country. walter's second trial was assigned to prosecutor judy rubino. >> judy rubino was a legendary tough prosecutor in philadelphia. someone had told me jokingly that she had her own wing on death row. >> her case relied on jailhouse informant jay wochansky who said walter had confessed to him in prison. >> the motive for the crime was that walter wanted to marry sharon fahy the little girl's mother. he's going to murder the little girl and he's going to do it in some way that police look at john fahy for the crime. sharon will be distraught and walter will go over and comfort her and they will fall in love and be married. >> he had lured the girl across the street and tried to penetrate her. this story convicted with walter's own confession. >> wolchansky took what what was a crime of opportunity, walter sees young girl, walter tries to molest young girl and makes it into a premeditated, month's long stalking by walter ogrod. >> n

keith morrison: up to the jury then. a day and then two and then three, it seemed perhaps they were having trouble making up their minds. mark stover's loyal friends and clients kept vigil, hoping for conviction, eager to tell whoever would listen that mark was never the abusive villain the defense contended. that michiel oakes, his children, and extended family, were joined by linda opdycke. they waited in a rented waterfront house. and of course, neither they nor anyone knew what drama was coming with the reading of the verdict. judge: i understand the jury has reached a verdict. woman: yes, we have, your honor. keith morrison: coming up, emotions boil over. when "dateline" continues. get stronger... get closer. start listening today to the world's largest selection of audiobooks on audible. and now, get more. for just $14.95 a month, you'll get a credit a month good for any audiobook, plus two audible originals exclusive titles you can't find anywhere else. if you don't like a book, you can exchange it any time, no que

they tried to throw out my case specifically and i'm glad the jury saw through that. and this is the best i've been in a year and a half.> (justine) sentencing is set for sentencing is set for monday. fields faces up to life in prison. now back to you. . (ken) new details are emerging in the deadly mass shooting in thousand oaks. officials now say the deputy killed was shot by "friendly fire". last month a gunman opened fire at the borderline bar and grill in ventura county killing 11 people. the gunman shot at sergeant ron helus five times... but it turns out that he died from a bullet that was fired by a c-h-p officer who was also involved in the gun battle. chief l.d. mapleschpchief l.d. maples/ chp: "the mere thought of something like this happening is devastating to all of us who are sworn to protect and save lives. this tragedy underscores the difficult and dangerous circumstances law enforcement faces every day, often with only mere seconds to react. without question, sergeant helus died a hero while protecting this community." (ken) helus was among 12 people ki

instructions at the original trial allowed the jury to convict both of them even if the jury found thatilty, and those instructions were illegal. >> while preparing for retrial, dayan realized that no physical evidence tied the brothers to the crime, and neither henry or leon were given lawyers during their interrogations. >> the police who interrogated henry mccollum got him to sign a waiver of his miranda rights. the language of the miranda warnings is written in an educational level beyond henry's ability to understand those words. henry mccollum thought waiving was going like this. he had no idea what he was giving up by signing that waiver. >> the more he learned about henry, the more dayan came to feel that henry's confession had been false and coerced by red springs police. >> when we got to red springs police station, he said where was you september 24th on saturday night? i told him that i was home in the bed. he said, well, that's not what we heard. i said, what you mean? what you heard? who told you this? he told me none of my black business, right? and then they start pressu

they're celebrating the jury ns verdict agai james fields. jurors found t self-described neo-azi guilty of first degree murder along with nine other charges. we recl the horrifying images when he killed one and injured many others. >> julie kerry was there as victims honored the memory. >> repoer: they shouted when james fields rammed his car into heir group of counterdemon strayers killing heather hire. tonight in celebration of the verdict, in tribute to her, they retraced the path his car, t marchingthe very spot where she lost her life. to the spot where star evtersonson was badly injured. >> he will stop us. the fascists will never stop usl we ight in heather's memory until the day we die. >> reporter: james fields travelled to take part in the unite the right rally. t was after the clashes died down that he drove his car onto 4th street. he watched the counterdemonstra counterdemonstrat counterdemonstrators come into view and then took his path. the jury rejected the defense team's claim that he was fearful and it was self-defense. one o

but the jury announced the verdict. franklin sobbed out loud. you u heard this loud voice of this man crying. franklin was another close comrade friend who did ororganizing around the cas amy: one, , two, three, the charges were read. and you were found not guilty on all three charges. [applause] angela: yeah. amy:y: you walked out into the sunlight and the next chapter of your life began. angela: well, you know, we had a party that night. and -- champagne, it was great. and then the jurorors wanted to get together so i got to -- [laughter] angela: i actually became really good friends with the foreperson of the jury whose name was mary timothy. but then the very next day, we got together and decided that something had to be done to keep the whole apparatus together that was responsible for organizing around the demand for my freedom. because initially, it was the national united committee to free angela davis. and during the time i was in jail, i looked at all of the women who were there who had no resources, who had no access to attorneys. and

you mean suddenly a text from a clerk inside alerted her that the jury was close to a decision. they're going to be coming out of the verdict any time now i would prefer it be you know and the death penalty just because i think that's a fair thing that right thing. is awful if that is. i think it's the just thing that's what i hope. and we are coming on the air because the jury deciding the fate of boston marathon bombers your heart has reached a verdict. they have sentenced him to death. news of the verdict traveled fast thanks know that there is still a long road ahead but right now it feels like we can take a breath and thank you. actually breathe again you know without even realizing you can hold your breath. once in a hurricane and like now we can start here no point. with son lives fate sealed karin began the long drive home. i don't think it evens the score i don't think that it teaches anybody anything. i don't believe that it's going to be a deterrent to the next young man who has anger but i just think that that's nothing no other choice in my mind that is fair. after s

simpson case, that trial company won the case for them by the jury they picked but you said something interesting. there is a difference between telling the truth and telling the truth effectively. explained that because that is profound. >> here's the thing. i would rather have a week fact pattern will told than a great fact pattern poorly told. in any case you have a universe of 1000 facts and out of those thousand pacts there is a subset of 10 or 12 facts that will be outcome determined. that is what the jury is going to resolve the case on and you have to figure out what those 10 facts are, what the combination is and you need to present that in a clear concise compelling way to that jerry and if you do they will bring you home and if you don't they won't. >> why did you favor representing defendants. >> we are too litigious. my heart is defending the targets. >> you think a lot of cases are bogus? but people go to the underdog? >> a lot of cases they are focused and i like helping the underdog. >> i feel about litigation away patton did about war. your company was insanely succes

but that he told the jury is beside the point.s about one thing and one thing only. dr. weinberger's treatment of phyllis barnes. james ho was the attorney hired by weinberger's malpractice insurer to defend him. ho did not respond to a request for an interview. however, in court he told the jury phyllis barnes needed sinus surgery. not only was she a candidate but after that surgery she never again complained about her sinuses. "vanity fair" writer buzz bissinger says that defense fits in perfectly with what he's learned about mark weinberger. i believe he thinks all of the surgery he did was necessary. >> weinberger's lawyer had witnesses that said phyllis barnes' cancer was probably not even detectible when she first visited dr. weinberger. in fact, other professionals such as the emergency room doctors who had seen phyllis barnes at the same time had failed to detect her throat cancer. >> i would ask people just to look at it for more than just one side. >> interestingly, suzette dennington, perhaps mark weinberger's most pass

and then a verdict. >> we, the jury, find the defendant guilty of aggravated kidnapping as charged in> they saw that evidence. the right thing was done that day. >> reporter: the judge gave enrique the maximum, life in prison. >> she put her trust in you to walk her to her car. >> reporter: christina's family finally got to confront enrique in court. >> how can you sit there and not tell us what happened to our girl? >> i will make sure till i take my last dying breath that she is remembered with digni -- dignity, respect, integrity. everything you are not enrique. >> reporter: christina's family and friends are not giving up. >> i just want christina to know that she's so loved, that she has an incredible group of people, an -- an army behind her. and we won't stop until she's found. >> we still don't have her. we're still looking every weekend. we're still missing her every day. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. k you foa g >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline." >>> known what it is about my m

we, the jury, find as follows. indictment, the defendant, gary hilton, is guilty of first-degree murder. count two of the indictment -- >> gary hilton was found guilty of the first-degree murder of cheryl dunlap. guilty on all counties except car theft. the same jurors would soon reconvene to decide if hilton would die by lethal injection. he had dodged death in georgia and now it was time to see if he could do it again. >> this man, mr. hilton -- >> assistant state's attorney georgia capelman got the initial conviction of hilton. >> what words did you use to describe this guy? >> he a's a psychopath and there's crazy sick and crazy mean. he's just crazy mean. he's intelligent, a college graduate. he was a member of our armed forces. he's probably smarter than everybody sitting in this room. >> there were different rules in this the penalty phase. unlike in the trial, prosecutors were now able to disclose to jurors that hilton murdered meredith emerson on blood mountain and state's attorney willie megs did just tha

they said, the jury's back!iberated so fast, just several hours, they thought it had to be guilty. >> it was incredibly exciting because we knew that it was going to happen. we just were dying to hear the words. >> reporter: and when you did. >> we the jury find the defendant, kenneth dion, guilty of murder in the first degree as charged in count one of the indictment. >> praise god. >> it was like the weight of the world was lifted off our shoulders. he's guilty. amazing, amazing. >> ken dion did not kill bonnie craig and did not rape her. >> reporter: are you telling me that you believe your client is innocent? >> i am. >> reporter: you don't think he committed this crime? >> i don't. >> we're asking for the maximum sentence. >> reporter: at the sentencing this past october, as the prosecutor argued for 124 years, the maximum sentence and no chance at parole because dion hadn't shown any sign of remorse -- >> mr. dion, as the family has pointed out, has never taken responsibility for what he's done. >> and i n

the prosecution's star witness, crystal lowry took the stand and told the jury all the grisly detailsot sex. she testified that she was in class at nursing school when lewis abducted beverly. >> she got a text from aaron lewis saying, look at this or something like that and it was a picture of ms. carter bound in the trunk of the car. she said when she got home, he had brought ms. carter back to the house. >> she told the jury when she got home, beverly was locked into her bathroom. lewis had forgotten beverly's purse with her atm card at the property so he went back to get it. crystal says when he got close to the house, cops were everywhere. one even pulled him over. >> this particular officer stopped the car to just ask questions and put the person on alert. >> the officer couldn't have known that aaron lewis was the man they were looking for. >> ms. carter was still alive and he just didn't know it. >> when lewis returned home, crystal told the jury that's when the couple ran out of options. >> she was in the bathroom with crystal's medication so he knew crystal's name. >> beverly

which way the jury would fall. >> i didn't know if he would get acquitted. victed. i mean, i really felt like it would be a hung jury. >> turns out he was right. after six hours of deliberation, the jury was deadlocked. >> i'm going to declare a mistrial at this time. >> keith would sit in jail for another year as he awaited a second trial. a long time for his family to process the story he told on the stand. >> he left to go to a bar, to go cruising, or something? and then he goes and sits on the riverfront? like, he has never done that before in his entire life. >> so when he stepped down, you thought? your father did this? >> yeah. yeah. i mean, i definitely wasn't saying it out loud. and i wasn't ready to accept it. but i definitely was moving in the direction of the only thing that makes sense at this point is that he committed the crime. >> after months of wrestling with his thoughts, zach decided it was time to send his dad a letter. >> i put in the letter, my opinion was you did it. you know, you took away the last chance that i had of rebuilding a re

>> turns out, that was the same argument his attorney made to the jury. y he asked, would tony kill rob a year after rob had shown him the bed where he had sex with his wife. >> if he didn't kill him right there and then, he wasn't going to kill him at all because that was the time to do it. with his bare hands. >> investigators never seriously considered the possibility that someone else may have wanted rob cantor dead. >> tony was the only suspect. >> another potential suspect was the stranger who had been spotted near the cantor home shortly before the fire. charles johnston was the man that reported him to the police. >> saw an older gentleman, 65 to 70 white male, red cap on, white hair. >> was it someone from the neighborhood. >> no. >> detectives never followed up on that because he only had eyes for tony. >> they just let it slide. let it slide because they got their man. >> on the night of the murder, tony was at home alone watching an indiana jones marathon on tv. as for the late night destruction of all the computer files, he says that was just

it took the jury less than four hours to reach its verdict. >> we the jury find the defendant shawn nelsonof brooke nicole morris. >> what's your feelings of emotion when you hear that word? >> of course, ke can't show emotion in court. >> what's going on inside? >> inside i'm screaming. i'm jumping for joy. >> i was able to give tina gregg a hug. >> this was the moment she had been waiting for. >> yes. i think it was the moment we had all been waiting for. >> for the prosecutor, the case was more about winning a conviction. there's a lesson to be learned. >> for a woman watching this who may be going through a similar situation, what's the message from this story for her? >> get out. get help. get out. don't go back. it's not going to change. >> speak out and don't be afraid. don't be ashamed. you know, it's not your fault that you're being treated this way. you should never be treat thad way. >> the jurors also had the decide smood ice sentence. that's when prosecutor tiffany starr smith asked them to imagine the horror of brooke's last moments. >> i'd ask you to all close your eyes for

we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant guilty of the crime of first-degree murder>> guilty of first-degree murder. a shock ran through the room. ron bamieh who so firmly believed in her innocence looked distraught and jane comforted him. the woman who flat turned down a deal to do six years for involuntary manslaughter, received the mandatory sentence 50 years to life. jane is appealing her conviction. it was a victory for dave's family, yes, but not one to celebrate. >> our faith calls us to forgive and we do. we forgive her. >> but forget? no. not their super man. >> it is very difficult. i miss him every day. i miss him every day. >> i think i will always grieve. i know i will always miss him. he is always a part of me. but it is hard. >> that's all for this edition of date line. i'm craig melvin. thanks for watching. . i'm craig melvin and i'm natalie more alice. and this is date line. >> it is the case that stunned parents everywhere. the dad whose young son died in the car. >> apparently, he forgot the child was in the car seat in the back and went to work. >

simpson case, i think that trial company won the case for them by the jury they picked. u said something so interesting. there is a huge difference between telling the truth and telling the truth effectively. explain that, because i think that is profound. >> here's the thing. i would rather have a weak fact pattern well told then a great fact pattern poorly told. in any case, you've got a universe of 1,000 facts. and out of those 1,000 facts, there is a subset of ten or 12 facts that are going to be outcome determinant. that is what the jury is going that is what the jury is going to resolve this case and you have to figure out what those ten facts are. what the combinations to that lock is, and you need to present that in a clear, concise, compelling way to the jury. and if you do, they are going to bring you home. and if you don't, they won't. >> harvey: why did you seem to favor representing defendants rather than plaintiffs? >> i think we are way too litigious. and so my kind of heart was just in defending the targets. >> harvey: because you think a lot of cases are

always have a hole in my heart. >> reporter: some of the injured gathered at the courthouse for the jury'shich took about four hours of deliberations. >> getting the maximum sentence reflected the severity and atrocities of that crime. >> reporter: the clashes of charlottesville tloou the -- threw the white house in damage control after the president trump faced criticism for his response. >> you look at both sides, think there's blame on both sides. >> reporter: the judge will review the jury's recommendation and hand down a final sentence in march. fields still faces a federal trial for ha c kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," john dickerson talks with tennessee senator bob corker as he prepares to leave congress about why he has continually tangled with the president and whether he plans to run for president himself in 2020. >>> plus a brazilian mother for abducting her own son is breaking her silence. we'll have the first interview. >>> and in a "more perfect union," a library in southern california is looking to get more kids to read with late fees.

the virginia jury will enreco monday for the financing phase.e could spend the rest of his life in prison. >>> two people taken to the hospital after a crash in the district. this is the scene early on southern avenue at pennsylvania avenue. two vehicles weed invo one flipped on the side. no word on the conditions of the victims. >>> a young woman dead after being shot near a popular park in alexandria. a 20 d-year-oldamond moore was found in the street on holmes run parkway yest morning. police do not belive there's a threat to the community. this is the foth homicide of the year in alexandria. >> a lot of headlines on this saturday morning. good morning to you. i'm david culver. i m angie goff. glad you could start off your weekend with us. we want y to tellou how to plan,