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>> i did not. i did not. i didnt hurt jody. i didnt push her. i didnt cause her to get hurt. i didnt kill my wife. >> we talked to stephen scharf at the bergen county jail where hes been held ever since his arrest in 2008. he and his wife tina say theyve paid a high price for something he didnt do. >> we visited through a plate glass. our daughter is 2 1/2 and has still never been held by her father because we dont have contact visits. >> its not just a tragedy for jody, its a tragedy for john. ...

Anywhere on the rocks. the location of jodys body seemed off to him. way off. >> she was like 30 to 40 feet away to the north. a person falls aught of the cliff, usually they go south. should have been off where i got off the ropes. >> someone else was scratching his head about that night for different reasons. it had to do with stevens behavior while the search was under way. the officer was surprised steven was willing to leave the lookout as rescuers were still looking for her. >> did he give...

Is? >> guilty. >> guilty. later, jurors said what united them was the testimony of jodys friend, telling them that jody was terrified of her husband. >> that possibly she was telling everyone, if something happens to me its my husband. >> and it was another woman in stephens life who also swayed the jury. terri schofield recounting what stephen said to her weeks before jodys death, that his stress would soon be over. >> once i heard that, that was something that pushed me towards what decided in...

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. there was no one thing. i 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 that was the case why would he let her get so close to the edge of a cliff? >> as the husband knowing that your wife was drinking,...

Of.12. that was over the >> a drunken slip and fall argued the defense. to back that up, the lawyer had his own. as high profile as the prosecutions. only he had a totally different take on how shoedy sharp died. >> i would call this an accidental death. in weks version which he demonstrated with of all things, a teddy bear, jody fell off a cliff and onto jagged rocks below causing her mortal wounds. her body then catapulted. >> and out goes the body and into the air.

Friend, telling them that jody was terrified of her husband. >> possibly she was telling everyone if something happens to me it was my husband. >> it was another woman in steven l stevens life that swayed the jury. recounting to her that his stress would soon be over. >> that was something that pushed me towards what we decided in the end. >> it was the light bulb. >> to them it wasnt jody who slipped but her husband with that menacing statement. they believed it wasnt just a fall from the cliff...

Herself. >> the person on the bottom half in both of those is who? >> jody sharp. >> the record keeper of a dating service testified that jodys name was on an application. she even checked off the interest shed like to share with a meat. the attorney offered that as proof of steven and jodys open marriage. but what really wrangalled the defense, what had torn at the heart of steveern sharp was the testimony of her son, jonathan. he had painted his father as a brute and possibly a killer. >> i ne...

A murder case, just a sad story about a woman who tumbled drunkenly to her death. >> this case is an accident, nothing more, nothing less. >> soon it would be in the hands of a jury. >> coming up. >> it was a light bulb. you couldnt help but think, thats interesting. >> the jurors speak. what would they decide? >> steven, did you kill your wife, jody? >> the verdict when "over the edge" continues.

The jury is about to decide the fate of steven sharp. heres cresten johanson with the conclusion of our story. >> 18 years with the night that ended with the death of his wife off a cliff, through it all one thing he wants you to know is this, he would never have laid a hand on his beloved jody, never. steven, did you kill your wife jody? >> i did not kill jody. i did not. >> did you throw her -- >> no, i did not. i did not. i didnt hurt jody. i didnt push her. i didnt cause her to get hurt.

Defense, what had torn at the heart of steven scharf was the testimony of his son, jonathan. >> i remember her showing me her bruises. >> he painted his father as a brute and possibly a killer. >> i never hit jody. it made me sick to my stomach. >> the young man wasnt to be believed said the lawyer. for one thing, when police interviewed jonathan back in 2008, the young man described his dad as a good guy. it was only after detectives told him had dad a had just been arrested that the son turned...