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Friend, telling them that jody was terrified of her husband. >> possibly she was telling everyone if something happens to me it was my husband. >> it was another woman in steven l steven's life that swayed the jury. recounting to her that his stress would soon be over. >> that was something that pushed me towards what we decided in the end. >> it was the light bulb. >> to them it wasn't jody who slipped but her husband with that menacing statement. they believed it wasn't just a fall from the cliffs. it was a cold-blooded execution. steven sharp was sentenced to life in prison. he says the jur...

Herself. >> the person on the bottom half in both of those is who? >> jody sharp. >> the record keeper of a dating service testified that jody's name was on an application. she even checked off the interest she'd like to share with a meat. the attorney offered that as proof of steven and jody's open marriage. but what really wrangalled the defense, what had torn at the heart of steveern sharp was the testimony of her son, jonathan. he had painted his father as a brute and possibly a killer. >> i never hit jody. it made me sick to my stomach. >> the young man wasn't to be believed, said the law...

A murder case, just a sad story about a woman who tumbled drunkenly to her death. >> this case is an accident, nothing more, nothing less. >> soon it would be in the hands of a jury. >> coming up. >> it was a light bulb. you couldn't help but think, that's interesting. >> the jurors speak. what would they decide? >> steven, did you kill your wife, jody? >> the verdict when "over the edge" continues.

The jury is about to decide the fate of steven sharp. here's cresten johanson with the conclusion of our story. >> 18 years with the night that ended with the death of his wife off a cliff, through it all one thing he wants you to know is this, he would never have laid a hand on his beloved jody, never. steven, did you kill your wife jody? >> i did not kill jody. i did not. >> did you throw her -- >> no, i did not. i did not. i didn't hurt jody. i didn't push her. i didn't cause her to get hurt.

Defense, what had torn at the heart of steven scharf was the testimony of his son, jonathan. >> i remember her showing me her bruises. >> he painted his father as a brute and possibly a killer. >> i never hit jody. it made me sick to my stomach. >> the young man wasn't to be believed said the lawyer. for one thing, when police interviewed jonathan back in 2008, the young man described his dad as a good guy. it was only after detectives told him had dad a had just been arrested that the son turned on his father. >> before you found out that your dad was arrested, did you lie? >> yes. >> and did...