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I'm Andrea Canning.

It's April 9th, and here's what's on our docket.

In Hawaii, a verdict is in for the anesthesiologist accused of attempting to murder his wife on a birthday hike.

We may have the verdict right now.

The jury is in the room, and the judge, you see them talking to the jury

right now. In Dateline Roundup, courtroom confusion in the case of murder dad and Microsoft

designer Jared Breidigan. And our first glimpse at DNA evidence prosecutors plan to use against

a former police officer accused of murdering pregnant teacher's aide Sandra Birchmore.

The state made it very clear this week. Their stance is that the evidence has only gotten

stronger since he was first charged. Plus, we'll talk to a veteran trial lawyer about the two

words jurors need to bear in mind before reaching their verdict. Reasonable doubt.

As a prosecutor, I think every closing I sat through, I often thought, man, how are we going

to meet this?

But before all that, we're off to Long Island for what appears to be the final chapter in the saga

of the Gilgo Beach serial killer.

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