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And john bu loogsy and testified at the trial of o. j. simpson. he was about to turn up the heat on a very cold case. >> he's reviewed the evidence and has determined this could not have been an accidental fall. >> in december of 2008 detectives paid one more visit to steven sharp. >> they wouldn't tell me what it was for. i had no idea what this buwas about. it didn't make sense. >> 15 years after that fatal night on the cliff, police were back and steven sharp was in for a shock. after all these years you thought it was done. >> not until they reached behind me and handed me this arrest warr...

>> i did not. i did not. i didn't hurt jodi. i didn't push her. i didn't cause her to die. i didn't kill my wife. we talked to steven sharp where he was held for two years after 2008. he and his wife tina said they paid a high price for something he didn't know. >> our daughter is 2 1/2. we don't have contact visits. >> it's not just a tragedy for jodi, it's a tragedy for john. it's a tragedy for my wife. it's a tragedy for my daughter. and for myself. >> still, he decided not to take the stand in his own defense. but told "dateline" that what he first said years ago about his wife's death w...

Verdict is -- >> guilty. >> guilty. later, jurors said what united them was the testimony of jodi's friend, telling them that jodi was terrified of her husband. >> that possibly she was telling everyone if something happens to me, it's my husband. >> it was another woman in steven's life who also swayed the jury. terry recalling what steven said to her weeks before jodi's death, that his stress would soon be over. >> that was something that pushed me towards what we decided in the end. >> it was the light bulb. >> to them it wasn't jodi who slipped but her husband with that menacing statement....

>> who was not a credible witness. in closing, he insisted this wasn't a murder case, just a sad story about a woman who tumbled drunkenly to her death. >> this case is an accident. nothing more. nothing less. >> soon it would be in the hands of a jury. >> coming up -- >> it was the light bulb. you couldn't help but think oh, that's interesting. >> the jurors speak. what would they decide? >> steven, did you kill your wife jodi? >> the verdict when "dateline". continues.

>> i did not kill jodi. >> what happened on the cliff's edge? >> hello, and welcome to dateline. when police got notice someone had fallen off a cliff they weren't surprised. but even they could not guess it would take almost 20 years to find out what really happened to a woman out on an evening hike with her husband. >> every couple has it, a shared song, a favorite movie or maybe a special place. steven sharp says for him and his wife jodi this was it, two