The first time what was about to happen, that the judge would declare a mistrial. curt was sitting across. he said, i m not gonna be able to come home tonight, and 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 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
Small law library. christine came in. and they explained to her for the first time what was about to happen, that the judge would declare a mistrial. curt was sitting across. he said, i m not gonna be able to come home tonight, and 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.