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tells me that he hadn't made it and i was like, no, he did. just go check. they come back and tell me, miss hall, he did not make it. [crying] >> two women racing down a texas highway. >> she saw me make a u-turn. >> bonnie, the mistress in one lane. >> i looked in my rearview mirror and it was francis. >> francis, the wife and the other. >> i gave her the middle finger. >> the middle finger? >> right. i start following her. i say what the hell. she breaks, and i break, and -- >> he's pronounced dead at the hospital. >> two women in love with one man, hating each other. >> you are ge...

Defendant was immediately provoked to a degree of anger that would make an ordinary person incapable of cool reflection. the defense told the jury sudden passion gripped francis when she spotted bill and bonnie on the road. >> she's seen a woman who's tried to run her life for the past month. >> the stakes were enormous. a finding of sudden passion could drastically reduce frances's sentence, from possible life in prison to a maximum of 20 years. and a minimum of just to. relatives of francis, and bill hall, begged the jury to be lenient. >> if there's any way that you can find in your heart t...

Cool reflection. the defense told the jury, sudden passion gripped frances when she spotted bill and bonnie on the road. >> she sees this woman who has not let up and tried to ruin her life for the last month. >> the stakes were enormous. a finding of sudden passion could drastically reduce frances'sentence, from possible life in prison to a maximum of 20 years and a minimum of just 2. relatives of frances and bill hall begged the jury to be lenient. >> if there's any way that you can find in your heart to give her a lighter sentence, i'm begging you. >> and then, for the first time, the jury ...

I was like, i can't do this. >> reporter: but things weren't over yet for frances. there was still a second phase of trial -- sentencing. texas law allows the defendant to be sentenced by either the judge or the jury. frances chose the jury, the same one that found her guilty. four days after the verdict, the players returned to the courtroom for the final act of this real-life soap opera. the defense believed it had found a secret weapon in the texas criminal code. >> we said, this caveat, this was written for frances hall, if anyone, ever. >> reporter: the law calls it sudden passion. essent...

Life behind bars. >> yes, i was. i didn't want to be there. i wanted to go home to bill. i was like, i can't do this. >> reporter: but things weren't over yet for frances. there was still a second phase of trial -- sentencing. texas law allows the defendant to be sentenced by either the judge or the jury. frances chose the jury, the same one that found her guilty. four days after the verdict, the players returned to the courtroom for the final act of this real-life soap opera. the defense believed it had found a secret weapon in the texas criminal code. >> we said, this caveat, this was writte...