it was a deadlock. the judge declared a mistrial. chris hall walked out of court with his family, free but not quite in the clear. and nothing at all like a victory for the hall daughters. what was it like to get that hung jury? what did you think then? this was tragic. that was devastating to us. you expected a not guilty verdict? oh, yeah. not a doubt. deputy d.a. burke strunsky was devastated too and determined to retry the case. but first he sent his investigator on a mission to explore the life and marriage of chris hall. and what do you know? in idaho where hall had been a disgraced police chief, the investigator uncovered a startling accusation. chris was a great, great con man. former los angeles police officer jerry winkle is a county commissioner up in idaho now. but, once upon a time, he was chris hall s friend. that is, before a night of poker and booze when he said hall made a disturbing revelation, that he d shot himself in the leg when he was a cop in order
a brand new panel. jurors testified of the injuries of christie s head and heard lyndsey s 911 call. christie s co-worker testified for the prosecution and jerry winkle traveled from idaho to tell jury of what he thought of chris hall. i was ashamed to admit that he was once a police officer. that s when well known attorneys were at the scene. they came out swinging. that story of christie s affair, pre for example there is a shadow hanging overall of this stuff. she was having a little affair, a boyfriend? if the husband knew about it
hung jury? that was devastating to us. you expected a not guilty verdict, not a doubt. deputy da, burke strutsky was determined to retry the case. first, he set his investigators to explore the life and marriage of chris hall and what do you know? in idaho where hall has been a disgraceful police chief, the investigators created a startling accusation. chris was a great con man. jerry winkle is a county commissioner of idaho now. once upon a time he was chris hall s friend. he said hall made a disturbing revelation that he shocked shocked shot himself in the leg in order to get medical
jurors heard medical experts testify about the jir injuries the head. and lindsey s 911 call. the co-workers testified for the prosecution. and jerry winkle traveled from idaho to tell jurors what he thought of chris hall. i was ashamed to admit that he was once a police officer. but if the prosecution upped the game in the year before the two trials, so had the defense and well-known attorney steve harmon and paul gretch entered the scene and came out swinging. the story of the affair, for example? there s a shadow hanging over all of this stuff. very human sort of shadow which is that she was having a little affair. right? had a boyfriend. yes. if the husband knew about it but the wife never, ever mentions it and tells the husband.
verdict? oh yes. not a doubt. deputy d.a. was disappointed, too, and determined to retry the case. first he sent the investigator on a mission to explore the life and marriage of chris hall. and what do you know? in idaho, where hall had been a disgraced police chief, the investigator uncovered a startling accusation. chris was a great, great con man. former los angeles police officer jerry winkle is a county commissioner up in idaho now. but once upon a time he was chris hall s friend. that is, before a night of poker and booze when he said hall made a disturbing revelation that he d shot himself in the leg when he was a cop in order to get medical retirement benefits. chris had been drinking beer. and he came right out and told me that. he had shot himself.