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I dont actually talk. though im smart enough to. im the new sleep number 360 smart bed. lets meet at a sleep number store. steven sharp is not guilty! >> 18 years after the death of his first wife, more than a decade after the investigation first stalled, steven sharp was

Memories fade. evidence is lost. witnesses die. but time can also put evidence in a new light. such was the case in the trial of steven sharp, accused of killing his wife nearly two decades ago. >> there is no statute of limitations on murder. >> the prosecutor promised the evidence would tell a story as simple as it was brutal. a husband determined to avoid a costly divorce lured his wife to the edge of a cliff and forced her off it. >> if he has lied, he is guilty. >> the state marshalled some...

>> but he willingly got into the patrol car. when the officer heard how steven described how jody had fall en -- >> there was no emotion. >> did it occur to you maybe hes in shock? >> no, ive seen people who have lost loved ones and ive never seen anybody act that with ay. >> it was a particular moment that caught his attention. >> he got a drink from the water fountain and looking over his shoulder at me and rubbing his eyes to make it looks like he was crying. >> you thought he was faking tear...

Treacherous spot to recommit to each other, steven said, to kiss and make up. >> and the spot where they went, its 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 his car. a bag filled with items that you would expect for a romantic picnic and one that you would not, a hammer. >> oh, yeah, wine, cheese, crackers, claw hammer. >> did you think that might be a murder weapon? >> yeah, i tho...

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. 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, something potentially far more telling was happening away from the action. >> and i said look, mr. sharp, im your local police department. >> a local officer was told to keep an eye on steven sharp that night as...

>> the doctor has reviewed the evidence and determined that this could not have been an accidental fall. >> in december of 2008, detectives paid one more visit to steven sharp. >> they wouldnt tell me what it was for. i had no idea what this was about. it didnt make sense. >> 16 years after that fatal night on the cliff, police were back. and steven sharp was in for a shock. >> after all these years, you thought it was done. >> >> not until they reached behind and hand me this thing, this arrest...

Turned over to the state years later he said that steven sharp even bothered to collect. >> would it throw fuel on the fire not do it? wow, i know i look guilty because i am guilty, i better not make this claim. >> youre damned if you do, youre damned if you dont. >> the other alleged motive, divorce, was flimsy as well he said. jody and steven had been talking breakup for years. those divorce papers just the latest in an ongoing marital spat. >> the prosecutor paints a picture of someone who, f...

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 stevens life who also swayed the jury. terry schofield recounting what steep said to her week befos be jodys death, that her stress would soon be over. >> that was something that pushed me towards what we decided in the end. >> it was the light bulb. >> to th...

>> my mom was driving and my dad was hitting her with the bottom of his fist. 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 why was the proof that steven had planned to kill jody that night? well, there was the hammer in the picnic bag. but there was also testimony from th...