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They now faced a decision between murder, manslaughter, or not guilty. after more than six hours, a verdict. on count one -- the murder charge. >> we the jury find the defendant lars eric itzo not guilty. >> reporter: but before anyone in the courtroom had time to react, another verdict. >> guilty of manslaughter. >> reporter: the verdict pleased almost no one. >> no, this can't be. >> reporter: for so many on debbie's side, it was if the jury just let lars off. >> disbelief, anger, beyond words. >> reporter: but lars' family believed prosecutors had it all wrong. >> it was about them winning....

It soon became clear they wanted to hold lars accountable. >> for a term of 15 years. >> 15 years, just a few years shy of the maximum sentence. i spoke with lars at the state penitentiary in texas where he ys hearries a photo in his uniform. >> i kiss her picture every night. >> i ask him to describe once again the morning he shot david. >> i was woken in the middle of the night. >> the story sounded familiar at first. then -- >> i seen the door closing very, very, very slowsly. >> he had seen the door closing slowly. as he had before, lars just added a new detail to the story. moments later ...

When you pull that trigger? >> no, sir. >> reporter: lars testified for two and a half hours, but would it be enough to convince the jury he was innocent? they now faced a decision between murder, manslaughter, or not guilty. after more than six hours, a verdict. on count one -- the murder charge. >> we the jury find the defendant lars eric itzo not guilty. >> reporter: but before anyone in the courtroom had time to react, another verdict. >> guilty of manslaughter. >> reporter: the verdict pleased almost no one. >> no, this can't be. >> reporter: for so many on debbie's side, it was as if the...