so i was sent back to the county jail to have a new trial. i lost the trial again and they hung on the death penalty. so they decided after about several months not to refile the death penalty. so they sent me back to san quentin. it feel good to get off death row, but it hasn t sunk in yet. you know, it will in time but it hasn t yet. they removed me from death row and put me in the reception center. the reception center is the most disgusting place in san quentin. i don t know how i ended up over there, but they removed my a1a status. which is that mean i was programmed and i receive all the benefits of programming. contact visits, packages, you know, yard. but they put me in reception center status which is zero status. you receive nothing.
did you throw her off the no, i did not. i did not. i didn t hurt jody. i didn t push her. i didn t cause her to get hurt. i didn t kill my wife. we talked to stephen at the bergen county jail where he would held for more than two years after his arrest in 2008. he and his wife, tina, say they ve paid a high price for something he didn t do. we visit through a piece of plate glass. our daughter is 2 and a half and has still never been held by her father because we don t have contact visits. it s not just a tragedy for jody. it s a tragedy for john. it s a tragedy for my wife and for my daughter and for myself. still, heecided not to take the stand in his own defense. but told dateline that what he first said years ago about his wife s death was the truth. i wish it didn t happen. i wish we had gone to the comedy
stephen scharf at the bergen county jail where he was held for more than two years after his arrest in 2008. he and his wife tina say they ve paid a high price for something he didn t do. our daughter is 2 1/2 hen still never held by her father. because we don t have contact visits. it s not just a tragedy for jody. it s a tragedy for john. it s a tragedy for my wife, it s a tragedy for my daughter and for myself. reporter: 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 was the truth. i wish it didn t happen. i wish we had gone to the comedy club. but i didn t i m innocent. reporter: but had the jury gotten that same message? when they walked into that deliberating room for the first time, some jurors in fact planned to vote not guilty.
stephen scharf at the bergen county jail where he was held for more than two years after his arrest in 2008. he and his wife tina say they have paid a high price for something he didn t do. our daughter is two and a half and has never been held by her father because we don t have contact visits. it s not just a tragedy for jody. it s a tragedy for john. it s a tragedy for my wife. for my daughter. and for myself. reporter: 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 was the truth. i wish it didn t happen. wish we had gone to the comedy club. but i i m innocent. reporter: had the jury gotten that same message when they walked into the deliberating room for the first time, some
i did not. i did not. i didn t hurt jody. i didn t push her. i didn t cause her to get hurt. i didn t kill my wife. reporter: we talked to stephen scharf at the bergen county jail where he was held for more than two years after his rest in 2008 he and his wife tina say they have paid a high price for something he didn t do. our daughter is t and a half and has never been held by her father because we don t have contact visits. it s not just a tragedy for jody. it s a tragedy for john. it s a tragedy for my wife. for my daughter. and for myself. reporter: 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 was the truth. i wish it didn t happen. wish we had gone to the comedy club. but i i m innocent.