Susan Spencer

Saying that was one big payoff for one small envelope.

Sullivan never takes the stand.

The jury is left with reams of circumstantial evidence and two very unusual witnesses.

So will the words of a convicted felon and his remorseful ex-girlfriend be enough to convict?

At long last, a jury has Jim Sullivan's fate in its hands.

And the prosecutors, too, are more than ready for a verdict.

This is the reason why there is no statute of limitations on murder.

Murder will always go punished.

If he were to walk out of here, how would you feel about it?

But defense attorney Don Samuel thinks he's poked major holes in the prosecution's case.

The jury's verdict comes back in less than five hours.

We, the jury, find the defendant, James Vincent Sullivan, guilty of malice murder.

It's a bittersweet moment for the McClintons and a sweet one for the prosecution.

There's no way to describe what it felt like to look at them.

I looked over my shoulder and locked eyes with them, and it was the best feeling in the world.

Not, of course, for Don Samuel, who thinks the jury just couldn't get past those damning phone calls.

The sentence is still to be decided for Sullivan, life or death.

If there was something else I could do

to Jim or the state could do to Jim that would be worse than the death penalty, I would go for that.

Lita's family is allowed to testify to the suffering that Jim Sullivan has caused.