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Guilty of the lesser charge of passion provocation manslaughter. he was sentenced to eight years in prison. prosecutors, friends and family were appalled. >> instead of getting a divorce, you can just kill your wife. i don't think that's a good -- you know, a lesson to learn from this story. >> the jury has to believe that he was indeed provoked. and also, that between the provocation and the murder he had no time to calm down. >> after you already know about the affair, if that's still passion provocation, i just -- i don't think it fit in this case. >> but prosecutors say without the forensi...

And i saw one of the women sort of like shake her head. >> the jury found jonathan nyce guilty of the lesser charge of passion provocation manslaughter. he was sentenced to eight years in prison. prosecutors, friends and family were appalled. >> instead of getting a divorce, you can just kill your wife. i don't think that's a good -- you know, a lesson to learn from this story. >> the jury has to believe that he was indeed provoked. and also, that between the provocation and the murder he had no time to calm down. >> after you already know about the affair, if that's still passion provocation,...

He says as she comes out of the truck, falls, hits her head and that's allegedly what causes the injuries. >> no one believed his version of events. >> i have a separate meeting with someone regarding reduction of bail. >> it was ridiculous. it just made absolutely no sense. >> if this is truly an accident, why would he go to that extent to try to hide evidence from the police. if it was an accident, you could just report it. >> at the trial, the defense team argued that michelle's affair constituted provocation. >> the judge permitted the jury to consider that possibility. >> when the defense...