CHICAGO - Jurors have asked to re-watch video footage shown during the trial of the man charged with murdering Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.

Judge Charles Burns granted the jury's written request Friday, on the third day of deliberations. He indicated he'd send jurors videos of the post-arrest interrogation of Hudson's former brother-in-law, William Balfour, and surveillance footage of Balfour's car.

Prosecutors say Balfour was estranged from Hudson's sister, Julia Hudson, at the time of the October 2008 slayings and that he killed the three because she refused to take him back.

Defence attorneys argue there is little evidence tying Balfour to the killings.

Balfour is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and would face a mandatory life prison term if convicted.