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Thinking of her too. after all these years. they had a new prosecutor. and he was eager to revisit old case files. among them, an unexplained death here on the cliffs. so many years ago. the death of jodi. >> there's this renewed push. since 2002. to look into the cold cases. >> reporter: he covered the trial for the record noup in new jersey. on one hand he says it didn't seem the prosecutor had any reason to pursue the cold case. >> in terms of hard evidence. it had nothing new. >> reporter: the prosecutor did have someone new. a famous name to join the investigation into the death. doctor m...

Looking at that couple perched high on the cliffs on a summer night? steven's new wife says the prosecution has it all wrong. >> my husband is not capable. that is not the man he is. my husband is sweet, kind, loving. considerate. >> the prosecutor -- >> reporter: the defense was ready to show how steven far from villain. was the real victim in the story. coming up. >> they destroyed the crime scene area. >> new questions about the evidence and was there another reason why a son might implicate his dad? >> who's the money go to? >> it goes to me. >> when over the edge continues. (beep) bill ...

>> reporter: sometimes it hurts a case. memories fade. evidence is lost. witnesses die. but time can also put evidence in a new light. such was the case in the trial of steven. accuse of killing his wife nearly two decades ago. >> there is no statute of limitation on murder. >> reporter: the prosecutor promised the evidence would tell a story as simple as it was brutal. a husband determined to avoid a costly divorce. lured his wife to the edge of a cliff and forced her off it. >> if he has lie, he is guilty. >> reporter: the state marshalled familiar facts to tell the story. starting with the ...

Friend, telling them that jody was terrified of her husband. >> possibly she was telling everyone if something happens to me it was my husband. >> it was another woman in steven l steven's life that swayed the jury. recounting to her 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 jody who slipped but her husband with that menacing statement. they believed it wasn't just a fall from the cliffs. it was a cold-blooded execution. steven sharp was sentenced to life in prison. he says the jur...

Once they let people fly again, the lawmakers could fly again safely and on time, all of the urgency went away and it's really quite disappointing and quite tragic. >> sam, give us the cliffs note version anecdotedly of something you've seen in your reporting thus far that people who haven't read your work would understand. >> oh, god, there's so much of it. public defenders, for instances are one of these things no one really knows about. public defenders play a huge role. public defenders are going without investigators are for their defense work. can you imagine a lawyer without an investig...