and i lost all my air. it was terrible. reporter: the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. the vote six guilty, six not. curtis would face another trial. since he couldn t make bail, he d remain in jail, unless a deal? a plea deal? they had offered a second-degree murder plea. but i knew it was a decision not only that i had to make, but we had to make as a family. and i didn t know whether i could put them through another year of what we had already gone through. reporter: that s when one of curtis lawyers turned to
a local celebrity. or at least so infamous, according to his new defense team, that he couldn t get a fair trial in his hometown. a judge agreed. so trial number two was moved from quincy to springfield, illinois all rise. reporter: about two hours away. the defense is going to come up here and try to portray the defendant as a pillar of the community. that s a facade. reporter: david robinson would join ed parkinson for the prosecution. this time cameras were allowed in the courtroom when the trial started in march, 2017. our houses were about 15 feet apart from each other. reporter: as in the first trial, neighbors testified they often heard arguing from the lovelace home. this woman lived next door and says she heard shouting almost every day. essentially for the entire time that we lived there. so six years. as i walked by the house i heard an argument, a loud
dna, we got what you would characterize as a near miss, a familial hit. a near miss, but still enough to get an arrest warrant. the fbi s fugitive task force caught up with andre in tempe, arizona. he wasn t expecting it? no, he was not expecting it. andre also said he didn t do it, didn t kill his wife. but he couldn t make bail, so he sat in a jail cell, even though prosecutor lewin knew the evidence was not as strong as it might be. although andre s inconsistent statements, the bruise on his face, his appearance at the very beach where marie s car was later found all seemed suspicious, they might not be enough for a jury. we have to be able to say is a jury going to be able to look at the evidence we have and prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt, do we take this risk or not.
and i lost all my air it was terrible. the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. six guilty, six not. curtis would face another trial. since he couldn t make bail, he would remain in jail unless, a deal, a plea gill? they offered a second degree murder plea. but i knew it was a decision, not only that i had to make, but we had to make as a family. i did not know whether i could put them through another year of what we had already gone through. that is when one of curtis s lawyers turned to christine. he said that this can all and right now, if kur agrees to take this deal. he said, it would keep him from dying in prison. but he would have to admit responsibility, that is the
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