and she was crying, and she said, i have to fight for this. mind you, by then jane had some powerful moral support from her old friend, helen. she rose that night. she rose that night. and became a very strong powerful woman and defended the life of her son. and then at last, in january 2016, jane laut went on trial for murder. her friend, helen, sitting right behind her. do you think she will go to jail? i don t. i absolutely do not. you believe the jury will believe her story? i do. and see it as a case of self-defense? i do, i do, i believe that. i sincerely believe her. and i don t say that about many people. i sincerely believe her. do you usually get this personally invested in a case? i am always invested in my cases, yes. but do i care as much about clients like i do about jane? no, i would be lying if i said
but once the police discovered chains lie, said danier, the mine was made up that she was a cold, calculated killer. and when police found those close shot in the laundry room fanny said, they believe that must be jane s attempt to hide evidence of a crime. those clothes when tested only had a tiny fragment of gunshot residue. and police never bothered to test the pajamas jane was wearing when they showed up. but danier did. and the tests were revealed that the pajamas were covered in gunshot residue, proving he says, that jane was wearing those pajamas when she fires. again still supports her story? it all supports it. and the claim that she s got up to wash her hands before residue test? that never happened. that was just the police
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nearly 2000 evacuees made the treacherous escape to saudi arabia on saturday. i m jessica layton. now, let s go back to dateline. back to dateline welcome back. i m craig melvin. dave laut was murdered outside his home and then police found the gun that killed him inside, calling the story the wife told the detectives in a question. what s she told him next would send the investigation hurling in a whole new direction. a stunning allegation points to another explanation for dave s death. here again is keith morrison with the hometown hero and the homecoming queen. sweet jane laut, now accused murderer. now dave was dead,
helps prove says danier, this wasn t murder, it was self-defense. fight for your life reasonably. you have to conclude reasonably that you can use full force. and now looking back, said jane s childhood friend, helen, things began to make sense. we saw her less and less. more than two decades passed. helen had a long career as a social worker and gradually lost touch with jane. i would always send her christmas cards if they call me whatever, and i would never hear from her. and then helen heard about dave s death. everybody was pointing to jane and like a light bulb went off and i thought, oh my god, she was a battered wife. you didn t get it, you didn t see it.