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>> he still feels like they're saying he's a murderer. brian had even seen in the paper that they were callin'him a crazy and deranged neighbor. it just devastated him. >> that summer, brian tate tumbled into a downward spiral and never recovered. he died in september 2012, just four months after lisa's murder. the coroner would think it was heart. >> yes. >> what's the family think it was? >> we think it was heart. a broken heart. >> and now prosecutors andy prosser and scott brown -- from the state's attorney general's office -- worried that a jury might think the deranged, deceased, neighbo...

Squeezed andy's arm, and i said "i'll take this. " >> to stand up here and suggest that anyone in the courtroom is trying or attempting to intentionally influence the jury is absolute nonsense. >> the courtroom started to settle down and clear. but seth remained at the defense table, his former father-in-law coiled behind him, ready to pounce. >> i was just praying, "please just let me stand here." >> for more than a minute, glaring, burning a hole in seth's back. if looks could kill. >> there's just kind of an urge to move forward. >> to jump the rail? >> yeah. god, please don't make me do th...

>> the motion for a mistrial is granted. >> the judge declared a mistrial because of a hung jury. hung jury? punch to the gut, andy? you ever have one? >> well, i never had one in almost 30 years. >> prosecutors immediately decided to retry the case. the vote had been ten to two for conviction. >> of course we're disappointed in what happened. >> the caldwells had lost a daughter and sister and, now, they couldn't even get the closure they desperately wanted. and they'd have to do it all over again. >> it's hard to know that you're gonna have to endure another one. >> a trial date was set for ...

>> but the judge wasn't ready to give up. he told the jurors to keep trying. emotions in the open courtroom were raw, especially on the caldwell side. the jury couldn't help but hear it. >> presley and i were crying. we weren't crying uncontrollably or anything. but you could hear us sniffling a little. >> as the jury filed out, defense attorney steve gardner rose, to scold the spectators. stop the over-the-top outbursts, he said, or he'd demand a mistrial in fairness to his client. >> i do not desire this jury to be influenced by the public. >> now, it was the prosecutors turn to seethe. >> t...