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She killed michelle in the heat of passion. michelle, she claimed, was a lying schemer who had been busy stealing what little giselle had left in life -- her family. marc klaas watched from the back of the courtroom and was disgusted. >> i don't think character assassination is a defense. i think that if you're going to defend against the indefensible, you have to find a better way of doing it than to vilify the victim. >> but ford was worried the defense just might work. >> if i come in as a defense lawyer and i say, "we're going to tell you that my client did it, even though the district att...

"i did it." keith morrison: but there was a reason, said the defense. giselle had been provoked-- she killed michelle in the heat of passion. michelle, she claimed, was a lying schemer who had been busy stealing what little giselle had left in life-- her family. marc klaas watched from the back of the courtroom and was disgusted. i don't think character assassination is a defense. i think that if you're going to defend against the indefensible, you have to find a better way of doing it than to vilify the victim. keith morrison: but ford was worried the defense just might work. if i come in as ...

She killed michelle in the heat of passion. michelle, she claimed was a lying schemer who was busy stealing the little giselle had left in life, her family. marc klaas watched from the back of the courtroom and was disgusted. >> i don't think character assassination is a defense. if you are going to defend against the indefensible, you have to find a better way of doing it than to vilify the victim. >> ford was worried. the defense just might work. >> if i come in as a defense lawyer and say we are going to tell you my client did it even though they have the burden of proof, we are going to te...

"i did it." keith morrison: but there was a reason, said the defense. giselle had been provoked-- she killed michelle in the heat of passion. michelle, she claimed, was a lying schemer who had been busy stealing what little giselle had left in life-- her family. marc klaas watched from the back of the courtroom and was disgusted. i don't think character assassination is a defense. i think that if you're going to defend against the indefensible, you have to find a better way of doing it than to vilify the victim. keith morrison: but ford was worried the defense just might work. if i come in as ...

Why'd she sneak into the school? to find michelle's new address, maybe kill her there, said ford. why'd she send those texts from the apple store and the chuck e. cheese? to cover up her crime. but she couldn't hide from the cameras, said the prosecutor, the phone pings, her own electronic trail. and the dna in the car confirmed it. the evidence was overwhelming. just no refuting it, said ford. and so the defense didn't even try. instead, they did something wholly unexpected. a big surprise. giselle admitted she did it. >> so you're putting all of these building blocks together to show that sh...