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Seven plus hours or merely a tragic accident brought on by a frazzled father to the point of forgetfulness? >> prosecutors in the high-profile case want justin har harris to stand trial for murder and child cruelty. >> want to bring in victor blackwell at the courthouse outside atlanta. also here legal view anchor ashleigh banfield joining us on set. what is expected to happen today? >> well, you know, there are already people waiting outside the courtroom hoping to hear what this additional inf...

Extended family members, and the picture that came together was ugly. >> he was a pretty prolific pedophile. he definitely had a fetish for 9 to 15-year-old girls. he got away with a lot of it, and that was really surprising. >> by the end of 2007, mac and jen also had the stories from cindys girlfriends that cindy had planned to meet art ream at the dairy queen the sunday that she disappeared. they had the old "have you seen me" picture of cindy recovered from the box in his carpet warehouse. b...

On our wall. the fbi reports agents packing a lot of fire power rescued him last light in atlanta. his family says he disappeared saturday in this home in ware forest north carolina, more than 400 miles from where the fbi agents found him. the individualnapping may be related to his towers work as a prosecutor. what is the connection with the victims daughter? >> the victim, frank jansen, has a daughter who is a assistant d.a. in north carolina. she successfully prosecuted a violent habitual fel...

Be out on bail. >> gloria was eligible for bail but there were objections from the new prosecutor on her case, an assistant d.a. named kit cleland. >> kit cleland was far more emotional than the first prosecutor. he was just angry and very sarcastic. you know, shes a murderer, shes a killer. shes going to run, and cleland seemed to feel that he was the avenging angel of god. >> the judge didnt buy it. >> look. did you pull her off an international flight? did you catch her running down the road?...

Like grace davies, lee said a suspicious woman had come to her door. she was now certain it was joanne masse. the assistant d.a. was in the courthouse but his reaction was not what he expected. >> they hustled around the courthouse. they said, we cant have this. that was the end of it. >> just as gary masse had requested, the prosecutor turned a blind eye to joannes alleged crimes. he also moved gary to a new prison under an assumed name. and a reduced sentence? that would be decided at a later ...

Grace davies, lee said a suspicious woman had come to her door. she was now certain it was joane masse. the assistant d.a. was in the courthouse but the reaction was not what he expected. >> theyre hustling around saying we cant have this. that was the end of it. >> just as gary masse had requested, the prosecutor turned a blind eye to the alleged crimes. he also moved gary to a new prison under an assumed name. and a reduced sentence? that would be decided at a later date. >> and then gary beca...

California supreme court ruling changed everything. people charged as accomplices to murder could no longer face execution. >> the death penalty is off the table. and that was that. >> and since she doesnt get the death penalty, she is allowed to be out on bail. >> gloria was eligible for bail but there were objections from the new prosecutor on her case. an assistant d.a. named kit cleland. >> kit cleland was far more emotional than the first prosecutor. he was just angry and very sarcastic. yo...

Penalty, she is allowed to be out on bail. >> gloria was eligible for bail but there were objections from the new prosecutor on the case. an assistant d.a. named kit cleland. >> kit was far more emotional than the first prosecutor. he was angry and very sarcastic. she is a murderer, shes going to run. and he seemed to feel he was the avenging angel of god. >> the judge didnt buy it. >> look. did you pull her off an international flight? did you catch her running down the road? no. not exactly. a...

Lee spotted joanne masse and rushed to find a court officer. >> she said, i just solved my case. theyre the people right there, and she pointed to gary and his wife. >> lee had also been the victim of a home invasion, and just like grace davies, lee said a suspicious woman had come to her door. she was now certain it was joanne masse. the assistant d.a. was in the courthouse but his reaction was not what he expected. >> they hustled around the courthouse. they said, we cant have this. that was t...

You know, another person giving an example before you comment on the fairness part of this, another person sentenced who was commuted today was wendell smith. 17 years old at the time of arrest. recruited by adults. his first conviction he was sentenced to life in prison. life in prison for a non-violent drug offense. his first. even the judge in this case, governor, criticized the mandatory laws that required this sentence. >> well, theres no question youre right. i speak not only as a governor...