illam, correct? yes, i told him that i was very scared. i told him that i had to defend myself against illam. cindy s testimony appeared to be a powerful performance, but there was one person not impressed. lead prosecutor, abbe rifkin. what was your impression of her testimony at the stand-your-ground hearing? that she was an actress and she was putting on an act. and the act began with that 9-1-1 call. was that the real cindy? not a chance, said prosecutor rifkin. the real cindy was the one on that friskey tape, speaking freely when she thought nobody else was listening. and during cross examination, prosecutors said police were never as suspicious of nissim as cindy claimed they were. instead, they said, it was she who pushed him as the number one suspect. at the time, you were telling the police to
call, waiting for a break. nothing was coming in. then, one month later, another shooting. the victim? the dead man s partner. and no question this time who the killer was. i panicked because i thought he was reaching for his gun and that s when i shot. was it self-defense? the lead detective kept telling us, everyone s life is in danger. or was it something else? it s a lousy excuse to kill somebody. what secrets were stored on this tape? when he come out, i was ready. villain? i just couldn t believe what i heard. or victim? hug your family. kiss your children. you don t know when you re going to lose them. hello, and welcome to dateline.
nissim as a suspect in orlando s murder. at the time, he was the person the police was investigating and the only suspect in my husband s murder. and as for that dea undercover tape, which so faithfully recorded what she told friskey, about planning in vengeance, an eye for an eye. this is me telling him how i felt. my embellishment on the story. it was all pure theater, she said. she was trying to impress friskey, not confess to him. i made myself to look tougher than i was because i why d you do that? because i m a single mom, living in a man s world. so, i wanted to sound like i m tough. you can t mess with me. cindy asked the judge to look to one statement on that tape that was all true and consistent with the fear cindy showed on the 9-1-1 call. you told friskey that you had to defend yourself against