receiving death threats, javad had decided to testify in court against the accused killer. >> he felt like it was the right thing to do because he saw his best friend get shot down in cold blood. >> javad was murdered five days before the trial was set to begin. >> months later, sir mario owens and robert ray, who'd both been implicated in the barbecue shooting, were indicted for javad and vivian's murders. >> this case becomes one of the biggest cases in colorado, and a prosecution in this case also in arapaho county, they seek the death penalty. >> i think it's pretty clear why we sought death in the cases of sir mario owens and robert ray. listen, they murdered a witness to a murder. it's not just its own killing. it's an attack on the entire criminal justice system. >> they had killed before. so the thought was, what do you give them? do you give them more time? more life on top of life?