. >> maxwell battle and david stuffed. and according to the winters' attorneys, the lawsuit, assuming justine was found not guilty would give them a better shot at insurance company reimbursement later. >> there's no intent of going for the estate, making that family endure what they've already endured. >> butt optics were awful. >> the timing could have been, who knows, better. >> you'd pick up the newspaper, hear the blogs, hear the radio and what you got was those awful people, they're trying to sue the victims of this crime. >> that's what was portrayed. but the actual intent was not that. at all. >> all rise, district court is now in session. >> misunderstood or not, by the time justine winters' trial started in january of 2011 the tide of public opinion had turned as bitter as a montana winter. the hearts of erin thompson's family, too, had toughened. and justine who showed nun an almost child-like polka dot headband didn't look like a killer facing as much as 200 years behind bars. there she was. she watched investi