During her murder trial this year, Ashley Benefield offered hours of emotional testimony about the abuse she said she suffered at the hands of her estranged husband — and about what happened in the terrifying moments before she fatally shot Doug Benefield in an act she described as self-defense.

But not everyone was convinced by the former ballerina’s apparent tears. 

The assistant state attorney for Florida’s 12th Judicial District, Suzanne O’Donnell, told “Dateline” that,…