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>> a witness says that they see a white toyota that outside of the house with a stocky male getting into the white toe owe that. so if it was al berto, he could be at the scene. >> bligs also found evidence that seechled to link him to butch caseys house. >> the finger prints were never, ever tied to seth. when a ring con gets arrested, hes wearing sneakers that are matched to the crime scene vmts.

I was young. i was scared. i had no clue. >> i was dealing with a situation where my witnesses are changing their test moanny. with the jury unable to break their deadlock, a mistrial was planned. but this time, pablo and seth were tried separately. finally,on november 22th, 18999, the second jury reached a virkt. >> when they came back and said guilty, i just stood there.

>> later that night, seth walked away from prison a free man. seths case brought up serious questions about the use of video as evidence in murder in the third degreer trials. video is not 100 per cent. sometimes it can create more issues than anyone would guess. >> and the video is powerful for the emotions it wrenches in you. but it doesnt always tell the whole story. >> the video is the truth. it is whand. but its everything else that was the story.

Committed this crime. they gave me three death sentences, two life sentences and a 15-year sentence. and then they close that door wliend you and its, like,sdavm,is this is real, now. there is for real. im not supposed to die like this. >> ive heard people say the death penalty is not a deterr t deterrent. its not meant to be. it else called justice. >> from the time of his arrest through years of trials, one of seths childhood friends had been following this case from afar. after seth was sente...

There was a triple homicide on video. theres your guy. this case is closed. were just going through the motions. >> we were left with the video looks like seth. it was an uphill battle the whole way. >> ibar and panavar were tried together beginning on june 23rd, 1997. >> prosecutors played the 22 minute video for the first time. >> your guts were wrenching. the courtroom was silent. theres people crying by the end of that video. >> you know, it was evidence, on

Convinced and approached it much differently. >> we embraced the video and didnt run from it. >> we decided to make the video our ally. it had a giant board with the picture of the intruder and just put it next to him and said this is not this guy. >> ourp defense was its a case of mistaken identity. you definitely have the wrong person. we also argued how law enforcement manipulated, trick and pressured people. >> the defense presented documents who used the last name pent lover to finger seth....

In 200 6, sam god word from his co cormer defendant. >> les, like, your po has been granted. con gralt eyelations, yu eve got another chance at lifer. but for seths lawyers who spent more time arguing seths case, the prospect of a third trial was daunting.