latest legal part in an ongoing legal spat. the prosecutor paints a picture of someone who is furious about this. no one person ever indicated that my client was furious over this divorce. they had talked about divorce for years. maybe she was, you know, saying one thing and not following through. though it is true steven sharp did not want a divorce. he says he wanted to give the marriage another chance. and as for that former girlfriend, she recanted steven s statement just before the death. just give me until the end of september and a lot of the stress will be gone. the defense attorney says that was steven s clumsy way of trying to dump his girlfriends. and speaking of which, he added, those other women did not bother jody at all. she was seeing other people
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 steven s 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 wasn t jody who slipped but her husband with that menacing statement. they believed it wasn t just a fall from the cliffs. it was a cold-blooded execution. steven sharp was sentenced to life in prison. he says the jurors condemned him not on the facts but for his and jody s tumultuous open marriage. so you think this was a moral judgment on the part of jurors? yes. and i suppose some people would
the jury is about to decide the fate of steven sharp. here s 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 didn t hurt jody. i didn t push her. i didn t cause her to get hurt.
magical place for years, ever since they were newlyweds in a starter apartment in new jersey. up here, the air was fresh, and the views seemed limitless. it s sort of framed by trees, you could look down to the right and see the view of george washington bridge. what they couldn t see from here, of course. had they caught even a glimpse of what was to come surely they would abandoned this place forever? steven and jodi met in the late 70s in georgia. a book worm who loved the civil war. she taught history. there s was a meeting first of minds. how would you describe those first years? were they loving, were they exciting? we were in love.
away from us to the north. a person falls off the cliff, usually they re going to go south or right down. they should have been right down where i got off the ropes. someone else was scratching his head about that night for different reasons. it had to do with steven s behavior while the search was underway. officer walter siri was surprised steven was willing to leave the lookout as rescuers were still looking for jodi. did he give any indication, i don t want to leave, my wife could still be alive down there? no, not at all. he couldn t believe how willingly steven sharp got into his patrol car. if it was my wife, girlfriend, they would have had to pry me away from the scene. he willingly got into your patrol car? without a word said. stranger still, was how calm the husband seemed. when the officer heard steven describe how his wife had fallen, he made a mental note. there was no emotion in it,