A Denver jury began deliberations just moments ago in the Willie
Clark witness-murder trial.  They must decide whether he is
guilty of the Dec. 6, 2006 fatal shooting of Kalonniann Clark
(no relation).  Kalonniann Clark was just days away from
testifying against gang leader Brian Hicks in a attempted murder
case when two masked men kicked in her door, chased her outside
and shot her in the head.  Prosecutors say Clark was trying to
gain status within Hicks' gang and he agreed to hire someone to
kill her and help with the homicide so that his "boss man's"
criminal case could disappear.  Several of his fellow associates
and gang members came forward to testify against him in exchange
for deals with the government on their federal drug cases and
other crimes.  Authorities also taped slang-filled phone calls
between Hicks and Clark that detectives interpreted to be about
planning the homicide.  But Willie Clark contends he was at his
cousin's house at the time of the murder and that his former
associates would sa