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Crime. >> scott moxley, along with c.j. ford, believed the case against kenneth clair was full of holes, and they soon came to believe that the most damning evidence against clair had been bought and paid for by the orange county d.a.s office. to give than to receive.ter some may disagree. others wont believe it. and some just wont have the words. join t-mobile and get the samsung galaxy s9 free. right? but hurry offer ends soon. ♪ our because of smoking.ital. but we still had to have a cigare...

>> i was 17 when they sent me to angola. first time i was ever arrested. then i took $12. and they sent me there to angola. thats a nightmare in itself, there. but when i got out of angola, i wasnt the same. >> after prison, clair went to california, but his troubles with the law continued. >> i wasnt the same. but man, you go back and look at my arrest record, my arrest record is a joke. the crimes that i may have, the crimes that i have, it wasnt, it wasnt violent. its petty stuff. im not a vi...

Going to visits, just that daily routine there. then i was believing in the system, thinking that you know, eventually the case is going to be overturned because i know i didnt do this. >> in 2004, after nearly two decades of failed appeals, a friend of clairs hired private investigator c.j. ford. c.j. went to death row to meet kenneth clair face to face. >> when i first met kenneth clair, he was angry. he thought that he had been betrayed and nobody was helping him with his case. i do wrongful ...

Make me mad. >> they told me that if im lying about it theyre going to throw my ass in jail for accessory to murder. >> what you fail to realize, how the mother [ muted ] police proved i was there. aint no [ muted ] body seen me go in there and leave out of there. thats what im saying. >> kenneth clair was charged with murder. shortly after his arrest the case against clair got even stronger. >> we were reading a newspaper and clairs picture was in there. >> my mom goes do you see anybody that l...

Caught pauline at a very vulnerable point in her life and they used her. they gave her a story to tell, and she did her best to follow that script. >> scott sanders has investigated corruption in the o.c. d.a.s office for years and believes both peggy and pauline were manipulated in clairs case. >> what i saw that was important was how particularly they were treating a couple of the critical witnesses in the case. you look at pauline floress case, the warrant got taken care of. and somehow mike ...

There. >> most burglars, their objective is to go in and retrieve property without encountering anyone. >> roberta harding joined clairs defense in 1990. >> why would you go back to the place you were just released from prison for being arrested for burglarizing it earlier? he might as well have just left his i.d. card or something. >> clair was released from jail for the burglary just hours before the murder. c.j. believes police targeted clair from the start. >> they had their radar on him all...

Traumatized that she did not want to come to california and testify. she didnt want to be put through the ordeal of being on the witness stand looking at her rapist. for him to say that hes not a violent person is ridiculous. >> two months before linda rogers murder, a man tried to intervene in an argument between clair and his then girlfriend, pauline flores. clair allegedly slashed the man in the chest with a bayonet. >> pauline said straight out, im scared of him. im scared hes going to hurt ...

Explanation consistent with innocence. its very clear hes the killer. >> clairs defense argued that no physical evidence tied him to the murder. but clairs own words were impossible to discount. on july 28th, 1987 the jury found kenneth clair guilty. he was sentenced to death and sent to san quentin to spend his remaining days. despite a seemingly clear-cut case, kenneth clair has always maintained his innocence. >> anybody and everybody who has looked at this race one of the things they ask me ...