Andrea Canning

Then the jury heard this.

Your Honor, after consulting with our client, the defense rushed.

What did you make of the defense not calling any witnesses?

When you're the defense in trial, everything is on the spot, kind of game day decision.

How's it going and what do we do next?

And you have to calculate the risks.

Not putting on witnesses, is that going to hurt Corey?

Are we leaving them on a high note?

And have we been able to effectively cross-examine everyone in order to get the points we needed to make for her defense through the state's witnesses?

Yes, Your Honor, we may proceed.

To a packed gallery, both sides made their closing arguments.

And with that, the case went to the jury.

So I'm looking at Corey and I said to the lady next to me, I'm like, I said, she's shaking and she goes, she's trembling.

After sitting side by side for three weeks, the jurors tasked with deciding Corey Richen's guilt or innocence began their deliberations.

We spoke with two of them, Mark and Eric.

Out of privacy concerns, they asked us not to use their last names.

Take us into that jury room.

Mark's front row seat in the jury box allowed him to keep close watch on the defense table.

Did you keep an eye on Corey Richens' expressions throughout the trial and how she was reacting to things?

the jurors were also glued to the testimony of key witness Carmen Lauber.