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During this time frame. and then make sure that you have plenty of supplies. when the stores are open. and things like that. make sure that you are stocking up. just in case that we have something bigger than we had today. and its, you know, stuff starts crumbling and the stores cant get back open we need to make sure, and if we cant get to you right away, you have to be able to take care of yourself for a period of time. so i know that we all preach that we need to be prepared and i know its di...

That would call the heart of the case into question, and no one, not even michael peterson, could have seen it coming. coming up, dramatic revelations about the scientific evidence against peterson. did the blood expert manipulate one of his experiments? >> his assistant does little jig. >> reporter: a happy end zone dance? >> exactly. (announcer) important message for women and men ages 50 to 85. right now, in areas like yours, people have already called about life insurance through the colon...

He makes things up as he goes to suit the situation. >> reporter: when the case went to the jury, three days passed without a verdict. finally on day four -- >> they came out and one of them said, you know, "we have a verdict." your heart stops. >> reporter: a hush, then, the clerk began to read -- >> we the twelve members of the jury, unanimously find the defendant to be guilty of first-degree murder. >> its guilty. and i just -- >> as soon as we heard the first juror say, "guilty" i was just w...

Surreal beyond surreal? i dont know. >> reporter: reporter julia sims covered the proceedings in court. >> every single day of that trial the courtroom was packed, and not packed with just media, and not packed with just lawyers, but people off the street. people took vacation to come in and watch that trial. >> reporter: and michael peterson didnt shy away from all the attention. in fact, he allowed a documentary crew to film him every step of the way. but the only audience that mattered was th...

Investigations, not going to talk about publicly. >> lets go back to the crowdsourcing and the crowd. why would the world who i recall a special clearance, talk to anybody in the government, outside the government, why would he have to rely on a contractor which obviously was behind the anti-trump dossier? why would they be used as a key source here in determining what the russians do? >> not only did they do the forensics, but they also provided redacted materials which they decided are up to b...

>> yeah. it was that photograph. and his own words he had texted that photograph that trophy with captions like got my hunting skills on. got my knife skills on. the prosecution said that was enough to prosecute. there were no forensics in the case. the alleged crime scene was a battlefield. inaccessible. there was no body no autopsy. forensic pathologist took want stand and said i cant tell you what the cause of death was. the defense kept saying that no body, no forensics no science. no case. ...

Did that on one of the counts. we train these guy tuesday be great fighters, go and do terrible things and then we sometimes treat them unfairly. its interesting, where do you draw the line and also how do prosecute a case like this? that was a great problem for the prosecutionists. there were no forensics, no body, an autopsy. and that was an uphill battle. it was all about those the eyewitness testimony and the jury believed those s.e.a.l.s who said gallagher didnt do it. no rapino, no probl...

A forensic pathologist said i cant tell you what the cause of death was. and one line that the defense kept on pushing, they kept on saying that no body, no forensics, no science, no case. eddie gallagher didnt testify. he came out here, he doesnt want to talk until after sentencing. he was asked what the next few days look like for him, and he said they look like freedom. his wife who was a little more talkative, she said this is finally vindication after she says being terrorized by the same g...

Like got this one with my hunting knife and got my knife skills on. a jury of 7 military men found him not guilty. light now theres a sentencing hearing going onto find out what actual sentence he will get for that charge. the maximum is four months and hes already served more than that. the defense said this was never a case about murder. this was a case about mutiny. they alleged these seals who turned eddie gallagher in just didnt like him. didnt like his leadership style and so made all of t...

So i was really, really stressed out about that. >> how hard is it for you to be here today? >> very. >> do you want to believe that your dad is responsible for your mothers disappearance? >> do i want to believe it? >> yes. >> no. >> lets assume that your dad, in fact, did kill your mom. would you want to see him punished for it? >> no, not particularly. >> prosecutor lewin knew the ambivalence of these family members did not help his case. but -- >> in the end, my job isnt to make sure that th...