but in his situation he has the law. in south africa there are no jury trials. he has a judge to convince and two assessors which are experts. >> he's playing down this lov lover's quarrel and saying it wasn't a fight. >> yes, i was having feelings of being insecure, of being possessive, of being jealous but it was fleeting. my state of mind at that time was not any intent to kill reeva. i wasn't angry at her. we had a lovely valentine's day together. we celebrated our relationship and our love and those are the facts. that's his argument. >> cross is going to come. it's going to be long and drawn out. we'll see how he holds up. for all of us watching this, maybe the take away lesson is, if you are married or you have a boyfriend or girlfriend next to you at night and you think somebody is in the bathroom, check to make sure it's not the