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crime," and then they're later charged with that crime. >> correct. >> reporter: as the trial came to an end, diren's friends gathered to support his visiting parents. >> there was a huge group of kids who went to the closing statements. so we went to support them on those last days. we filled up the stands with -- or the -- the seats with i don't know how many kids. >> a tree in front of our house became, essentially, the memorial for -- for diren. and more and more things showed up that -- so we felt more and more loved by missoula than we probably ever have. you know, just because they were trying to show support for us. >> reporter: but jurors had to consider the law and nothing else. here's how the prosecution laid it out. >> the issue in this case, what the defendant believed at the time he shot and killed diren dede. was that belief reasonable? and was the deadly force used necessary? that's your issue. >> jurors went to deliberate.