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>> no, she didn't. >> she, you know, denied saying something that could be played on tape. >> right. yeah, janelle talks a lot. and you know, as a defense attorney, that often doesn't work out very well. >> reporter: janelle was never charged in the case. >> why wasn't janelle charged in this? >> in her statement to the officers, she wanted to catch the burglars. she wanted to identify them. >> reporter: prosecutors say they had no evidence that janelle knew her husband was going to harm someone. so what exactly was markus kaarma thinking? prosecutors brought in two witnesses to support the ar...

>> no, she didn't. >> she, you know, denied saying something that could be played on tape. >> right. yeah, janelle talks a lot. and you know, as a defense attorney, that often doesn't work out very well. >> janelle was never charged in the case. >> why wasn't janelle charged in this? >> in her statement to the officers, she wanted to catch the burglars. she wanted to identify them. >> prosecutors say they had no evidence that janelle knew her husband was going to harm someone. so what exactly was markus kaarma thinking? prosecutors brought in two witnesses to support the argument that the shoo...

>> reporter: the defense said kaarma felt threatened in his home and was within his legal rights to shoot under something called the castle doctrine. >> the legislature has made decisions that it should be easier to protect yourself within your house. you may or may not like the castle doctrine. i never asked you to like the law, and the judge doesn't either, but he says you have to follow the law. >> reporter: defense attorney ryan insisted that markus karma was guilty of nothing more than protecting his family. >> this is your house. you defend it within your house as you choose to defend it...

>> reporter: the defense said kaarma felt threatened in his home and was within his legal rights to shoot under something called the castle doctrine. >> the legislature has made decisions that it should be easier to protect yourself within your house. you may or may not like the castle doctrine. i never asked you to like the law, and the judge doesn't either, but he says you have to follow the law. >> reporter: defense attorney ryan insisted that markus karma was guilty of nothing more than protecting his family. >> this is your house. you defend it within your house as you choose to defend it...

Rights to shoot under something called the castle doctrine. >> the legislature has made decisions that it should be easier to protect yourself within your house. you may or may not like the castle doctrine. i never asked you to like the law, and the judge doesn't either, but he says you have to follow the law. >> reporter: defense attorney ryan insisted that markus karma was guilty of nothing more than protecting his family. >> this is your house. you defend it within your house as you choose to defend it. >> reporter: by the time the defense rested, those closest to diren dede thought that ma...