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Tv show. youre in the same room as the person who murdered your friend. its crazy. >> it was the strangest mix of emotions. when he walked in from the back room of the courtroom, i wanted to hug him and make him feel better. i felt his humiliation and shame. i wanted to punch him. >> prosecutors said from the start, there was no easy explanation why daniel did what he did. >> why did he pick jessie? was he mad at jessie? no. he wasnt mad at jessie. he picked jessie because she was convenient. >>...

But something went very wrong. i dont know what. >> also randy for the cast member who is now completely cleared. >> just more collateral damage from one persons choices. >> seemed to give the d.a. a slam dunk case, daniel pleaded not guilty. gary was his attorney. >> some people might say there was overwhelming evidence against daniel. why go to trial? >> you go to trial when your client and, in this case, dan, denies having committed a crime. >> whether the defendant is guilty -- >> when danie...

Blodgett. >> months later at the sentencing buck stunned the courtroom when he said this. >> dan, i forgive you, a have every single day since we found out it was you. >> in response to since unbelievable grave daniel looked straight at them and continued to deny his guilt. >> buck, joy, i cant give you the answers youre looking for. i pray for you for all of you and i hope that i believe that some day i will be before a court that will know that my conscious is cleared. i love you and im so sor...

For all of her male friends. he was like, oh, yeah, i didnt think about that. >> now even with dan under arrest for the park attack, they couldnt imagine their friend was capable of murder. >> i was thinking it was a mistake. like, yes, maybe dan did attack this girl in richfield, but no way he could have killed our friend. >> but the detective that just interrogated daniel thought the opposite. did you believe daniel could have killed jessie? >> yes. it was a sense you got, a feeling you got. >...