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>> everybody knows that she wasn't terrified of her. sarah had as much say as elisa had in the whole situation. >> but at her trial, sarah, the daughter of those devout christians sat quietly at the defense table, the wide-eyed innocent. elisa wasn't around to be cross-examined. so her videotaped confession didn't get played for the jury. and with no dna, no prints, no trace evidence, no living eyewitnesses, the case against sarah was entirely circumstantial. >> first degree, yeah. >> but would the jury see it the way he did? after four days of deliberations the jury found sarah dutra guilty o...

>> everybody knows she wasn't terrified of her. sarah had as much say as elisa had in the whole situation. >> until trial sarah sat wide-eyed and innocent. elisa wasn't around to be cross examined. her videotaped confession didn't get played for the jury. with no dna, no prints, no trace evidence, no living eyewitnesses the case against sarah was entirely circumstantial. first degree murder. >> first degree, yeah. >> but would the jury see it the way he did? after four days of deliberations the jury found sarah dutra guilty of voluntary manslaughter and accessory to murder, not first degree mu...

Or my side is right. i want you to address the facts critically. because the facts will show you more than one outcome. josh mankiewicz: among the possible conclusions that montoya suggested might be drawn from the known facts in the case was that russel douglas had shot himself. matt montoya: did anyone request that you test or preserve his hands for possible gunshot residue? no. we do preserve things for trace evidence, but that's why the sheet was used inside of the body bag. ok, so no one tested his hands for gunshot residue. forensic analyst: not to my knowledge. [music playing] josh mank...

As for the idea that sarah was an innocent child and elisa's puppet, that was nonsense said ginger. >> everybody knows she wasn't terrified of her. sarah had as much say. >> at sarah sat wide-eyed and innocent. her videotaped confession didn't get played for the jury. with no dna, no prints, no trace evidence, no living eyewitnesses the case against sarah was entirely circumstantial. first degree murder. >> first degree, yeah. >> but would the jury see it the way he did? after four days of deliberations the jury found sarah dutra guilty of voluntary manslaughter and accessory to murder, not fi...

Ginger. >> everybody knows she wasn't terrified of her. sarah had as much say. >> until trial sarah sat wide-eyed and innocent. her videotaped confession didn't get played for the jury. with no dna, no prints, no trace evidence, no living eyewitnesses the case against sarah was entirely circumstantial. first degree murder. >> first degree, yeah. >> but would the jury see it the way he did? after four days of deliberations the jury found sarah dutra guilty of voluntary manslaughter and accessory to murder, not first degree murder. >> had not she been a young attractive tall blonde whose parents...