MSNBC Dateline December 18, 2021 09:46:00
We wanted the jury to think that you're going to shoot your wife for this. >> reporter: the attorneys then went on the attack, characterizing the work of investigators as woefully shoddy. >> inconsistent, incompetent, incomplete -- >> reporter: the new deficit thrust was on what investigators did not do. the state criminalist had to ad mist they did not test for gunshot residue on seth techel. >> how many times did you testify that gunshot residue was evidence of the crime? >> a lot. >> but in this case, we can't argue because we don't have it. >> yeah. exactly. we'll never know. >> never know...