Adam Kaufman, back in the same courtroom a day after a jury set him free, spoke exclusively to NBC 6 about being acquitted of the second-degree murder of his wife.
"I'm thinking a lot about Lina, a lot about Lina," he said.
Jurors in the dramatic and compelling trial into the death Lina Kaufman, who died five years ago, decided Tuesday they believed that Lina Kaufman died of a heart ailment.
NBC 6 asked Kaufman how he feels that the community may believe his acquittal was the result of the money he had to hire good lawyers and expert witnesses.
"Everybody's entitled to their opinion," he said. "What did they expect me to do? To sit back and not hire an attorney, not get experts to find out what happened?"
Kaufman, though not angry, did believe there was a “flawed investigation” and “flawed prosecution.”
But Kaufman said the silver lining of the grueling trial process was that his forensic experts discovered what really happened to his wife.
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"It's hard to sit there and not want to stand up and say, ‘I'm innocent,’ get up and yell, ‘This is not what happened,’ but you have to maintain your composure, and it's important that the jury see that you're level-headed," he told NBC 6.
Kaufman also said he’s not worried about his reputation.
"I'm not worried about that at all," he said. "I'm not ashamed of anything, I have no regrets, I'm not running."
Now he wants to focus on raising his young son and daughter who will grow up without really knowing their mother.
"My daughter Haley is the spitting image of her mother, same mannerisms same way about her, so I believe her soul and her heart is in Haley," he said.
He’s also glad to have had his wife by his side, in spirit.
"It's odd, but you feel the presence,” he said. “I just felt that she was there in spirit."
