repaint the prosecution s dark portrait of jason young. so what could defense attorney mike clinkelson do? well, to begin with, he told the jury, he agreed with the prosecution. jason young was not a good husband. he acted at times like an immature jerk. but that does not make him a killer. reporter: the defense was not about to make any more concessions, mind you. that jewelry box in the bedroom, there was dna on it. didn t match either michelle or jason. the suspicious activity at the hotel? there was a fingerprint on that camera and it wasn t jason young s. and there wasn t any forensic evidence that tied jason to the crime scene. there was no blood in his car. there was not a scratch on him. ladies and gentlemen, jason lynn young did not murder his wife. he did not murder their unborn son. and this case has not been solved. reporter: who better to make
the business of criminal defense. and it would take a true artist to repaint the prosecution s dark portrait of jason young. so what could defense attorney mike clinkelson do? well, to begin with, he told the jury, he agreed with the prosecution. jason young was not a good husband. he acted at times like an immature jerk. but that does not make him a killer. reporter: the defense was not about to make any more concessions, mind you. that jewelry box in the bedroom, there was dna on it. didn t match either michelle or jason. the suspicious activity at the hotel? there was a fingerprint on that camera and it wasn t jason young s. and there wasn t any forensic evidence that tied jason to the crime scene. there was no blood in his car. there was not a scratch on him. ladies and gentlemen, jason lynn young did not murder his wife. he did not murder their unborn son.
so what could defense attorney mike clinkelson do? well, to begin with, he told the jury, he agreed with the prosecution. jason young was not a good husband. he acted at times like an immature jerk. but that does not make him a killer. reporter: the defense was not about to make any more concessions, mind you. that jewelry box in the bedroom, there was dna on it. didn t match either michelle or jason. the suspicious activity at the hotel? there was a fingerprint on that camera and it wasn t jason young s. and there wasn t any forensic evidence that tied jason to the crime scene. there was no blood in his car. there was not a scratch on him. ladies and gentlemen, jason lynn young did not murder his wife. he did not murder their unborn son. and this case has not been solved. reporter: who better to make the argument than jason young himself.
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line. president trump is pushing his defense secretary out next week two months earlier than planned. that is the latest from msnbc. now back to dateline. welcome back to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. prosecutors in the jason young murder trial painted a picture of a marriage in pieces. but did a string of affairs mean the husband killed his pregnant wife? it was a question the defense was eager to answer. after five years jason young was about to break his silence and explain what happened the night michelle was killed. here again is keith morrison. what the prosecution didn t tell you reporter: there is an art to the business of criminal defense. and it would take a true artist to repaint the prosecution s dark portrait of jason young. so what could defense attorney