what happened? >> reporter: i tell you, anderson you're right. for the very first time we hear from the defense that the $40 million contract player for the new england patriots they describe now this is their words, a 23-year-old kid who witnesses something committed by somebody he knew. that tortured language implying he's blaming it on the two other people who were with him that night at the crime scene. but we also heard something for the very first time from the prosecutors in this case. going so far as to say that aaron hernandez was actually the trigger man. now it's up to the jury to sift through ten weeks of evidence. >> hear ye. hear ye. >> reporter: each day, a traditional call to order after 135 witnesses stretching over nearly 11 weeks, a jury will now decide the fate of former new england patriots star aaron hernandez. >> the commonwealth is going to