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Club, but im innocent. >> but had the jury gotten the same message? when they walked into that deliberating room for the first time, some jurors, in fact, planned to vote not guilty. >> there wasnt enough evidence for me. thats what it was. >> others were thinking guilty. >> it was several things. it was no one thing that had made up my mind. >> the jurors went back and forth over the evidence. and heres what they came to believe. that jody was likely drunk and that her husband knew it. and if t...

Everywhere. she did not. >> there were no visible injuries on the back of mrs. scharfs body. >> but why would stephen have killed his wife? the biggest reason the prosecutor argued was that stephen did not want a divorce. he didnt want a custody fight and he didnt want to split assets with jody. and there was yet another motive for stephen, said the prosecutor. a potential payout. >> usaa life insurance company. >> an insurance representative testified about a $500,000 policy taken out against j...

Been cheating on her. >> she couldnt prove anything but women called the house and sometimes theyd call and hang up on her. >> in fact, lynam learned jody had served her husband divorce papers on september 8th, 1992. less than two weeks later, she was dead at the base of the palisades. the timing made them even more eager to talk to the widower scharf. >> there was a sit-down with mr. scharf. hes consented to talk. right? >> yes. >> two days after his wifes death stephen scharf was freely answer...

Childhood. like the afternoon he sat cowering in the backseat of a car watching his mother suffer. >> my mom was driving and my dad just hitting her with the bottom of his fists and i was like begging him to stop doing it. >> he also remembered the last day of his mothers life. he was 10 and said his mother told his father that she didnt want to go out with him alone. >> she said, if i wanted to go out with you i wouldnt be divorcing you. >> but where was the proof that stephen had planned to ki...

Push or throw jody off that cliff so detectives asked stephen scharf the obvious, what was a hammer doing in that picnic bag? >> well, he told us he fixed a drawer in his kitchen with the hammer and he just forgot to put it back in the garage. he put it in the bag with the picnic items. it was just convenient. it was a convenient excuse for having that hammer. >>: detectives asked if they could check out the drawer and the rest of stevens house that night. he agreed. but as it turned out, someth...

Supposedly odd demeanor for themselves. why didnt you? >> not in interrogation. he wasnt in custody. i dont know. >> the defense attorney also argued that police misinterpreted what his client said in his home just hours later. >> my client never said this wasnt an accident. >> as for that hammer police thought was a weapon -- >> the hammer was examined by the forensic experts. there was nothing found on that hammer. >> and the defense attorney pressed the medical examiner on her flip-flop. unde...

Romantic if treacherous spot to recommit to each other, steven said, to kiss and make up. >> and the spot where they went is not a spot where you would go to reconcile with anybody. >> detectives werent buying the story for another reason, they had found something suspicious inside scharfs car, a bag filled with items youd expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not, a hammer. >> you have your wine, cheese, crackers, opener, claw hammer. i mean, red flags are goldstone up. they reached th...

He wasnt in custody. i dont know. >> the defense attorney also argued the defense attorney msad in his home. >> my client never said it was an accident. >> and as for that hammer. >> the hammer was examined by forensic experts. there was nothing found on that hammer. >> and the defense attorney pressed the medical examiner on her flip-flop. undetermined manner of death in 93. now it was a homicide. really? >> are you trying to say that youre learning from your mistakes on this case? >> crow may ...

>> and she was okay with it. >> she was okay with it, yeah. >> they came to this romantic yet treacherous spot to reconnect and kiss and make-up. >> and the spot where they went, its not a spot you would go to reconcile with anybody. >> detectives werent buyic the story for another reason. they had found something suspicious inside scharfs car. a bag for items you mind expect for a romantic picnic and one you would not, a hammer. >> wine, cheese, claw hammer. if red flags are going up, they reac...

Like the afternoon he sat cowering in the back seat of a car watching his mother suffer. >> my mom was driving and my dad was just hitting her with the bottom of his fist. and i was just, like, begging him to stop doing it. >> he also remembered the last day of his mothers life. he was 10 and said his mother told his father that she didnt want to go out with him alone. >> she said if i wanted to go out with you, i wouldnt be divorcing you. >> but where was the proof that stephen had planned to k...