Daniel Harris, 58, took off his glasses, sobbed and put his head on the table in front of him when he heard the jury's "not guilty" verdict on the two charges against him--murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime--Thursday afternoon around 5:20.

"Oh, God," said an emotional Harris softly as he sobbed in his hands and then side-hugged his defense lawyer Rhett Burney.

"I love my wife. I never would hurt her," Harris then said as he hobbled out the courtroom on his cane. "I ain't seen my kinds in so long."

"There is justice after all. I haven't seen (my children) in three years almost," he later said.

The verdict wraps up a nearly week-long case and nearly three-year answer to Harris' Jan. 8, 2007 shooting of his estranged wife Sharon Harris at Daniel Harris' home.

The afternoon of the shooting, Daniel Harris went to the Sheriff’s Office with his brother, informing officials of the situation.

Deputies then found Sharon Harris at Daniel Harris’ home lying on the kitchen floor with gun shots to her leg, side and head.

Daniel Harris says the death was a result of his self-defense.

"I mean, you know, the jury heard the evidence..." said Eighth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Jerry Peace after the trial. "...I respect their decision because that's how our system is set up...I may not always agree with their decision, but I respect their decision."

See Friday's Observer for more on the Harris murder trial.