Jane Laut

It felt almost a relief that it would be over.

Marjorie Hernandez, a reporter for the Ventura County Star and a consultant for 48 Hours, says all eyes in the courtroom were on Jane.

It took two days as Bamye walked Jane through a harrowing tale of abuse and even sexual assault at the hands of her husband.

Which explains, says Jane, why she felt she had to kill her husband on that August night.

He pushed me up against...

the door jam and it was just like yelling in my face telling me how much he's sick of us and then he was gonna blow michael's head off when the prosecutor finally stood up to question jane the first thing he wanted to know was why jane didn't ever call out for help did anyone hear anyone screaming yelling nothing the only thing that was heard were gunshots by several of the neighbors

You can understand people wonder why you didn't scream for help if he's trying to kill you.

I never scream.

Ramin Manoui pressed Jane on why she can't recall the actual shooting.

You don't remember anything?

Is it just a blank?

Yeah, it is.

I mean, I don't.

I remember the first shot.

Do you remember pulling the trigger on the first shot?

But, I mean, it takes more than that.

You have to pull a trigger and pull the hammer back.

I mean, it takes a real effort to shoot that gun.

I don't remember that.

I mean, I block it out.