FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson speaks in Chicago. On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, attorneys for William Balfour, who is on trial in Chicago and charged in the 2008 murders of the Hudson's mother, brother and nephew, are expected to put on a brief defense after the prosecution rests its weeklong case. Closing arguments are expected Wednesday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011 file photo, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson speaks in Chicago. On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, attorneys for William Balfour, who is on trial in Chicago and charged in the 2008 murders of the Hudson's mother, brother and nephew, are expected to put on a brief defense after the prosecution rests its weeklong case. Closing arguments are expected Wednesday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Department shows William Balfour, who is charged in the murders of the mother, brother and nephew of Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson. On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, attorneys for Balfour are expected to put on a brief defense after the prosecution rests its weeklong case. Closing arguments are expected Wednesday.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
CHICAGO (AP) ? A defense attorney for the man accused of killing relatives of Jennifer Hudson says prosecutors have failed to prove their case.
Public defender Amy Thompson told jurors Thursday that she was "offended" that prosecutors "would ask you to throw your logic away."
Hudson's former brother-in-law, William Balfour, is charged with murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in October 2008 in what prosecutors contend was a fit of rage against his ex-wife.
During their closing argument, prosecutors showed jurors photos of the victims' bloody bodies juxtaposed with pictures of them alive.
Prosecutor Jennifer Bagby also said physical evidence links Balfour to the crime, and that jurors have "overwhelming circumstantial evidence."
She took time to describe what circumstantial evidence, saying it is everything short of a direct witness.
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