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Jury. he took the stand in his own defense. >> the attitude was, look, youve got to get up here and talk to these people. >> how do you remember him on the stand? >> i think he was calm. i think he answered the questions as best he could, very simply, i think very completely. we felt that we had made a showing that the state had not met their burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> mike pannel had waited four long years to get justice for his sister. but now he wasnt sure what the jury wou...

His own statement. the detective said the suspect knew the charade was over. >> he put his face in his hand, he literally covered his face for two or three minutes. tim ultimately looked up at us and the car salesman guy that we knew as tim perminter completely left the room. >> what did you see in his eyes, in his face? >> the first thing i thought was satan just walked in the room. >> coming up. >> i knew i was innocent. >> was he? >> juries like to see forensics. >> right. >> dna the blood sa...

And romantic rival kay parsons. and theyd hired a pair of veteran attorneys to prepare a vigorous defense. >> it was a tough situation. >> reporter: brothers vic and jacque hawk saw a prosecution case full of titillating soapy drama. but when they started looking at the actual evidence, they were unimpressed. no forensics linked their clients to the murder. >> when you think about it, there were -- they did all kinds of, um, csi type of testing within the house. nothing connected either becky se...

Away, in brentwood, california, nicole brown simpson and ron goldman were savagely murdered. it would be the start of a california media circus that would rival the one to come in washington, d.c. two weeks later, on june 30, 1994, robert fiske issued his two reports. the first concluded that no evidence was found to show obstruction of justice related to the madison guaranty inquiry. the second determined that vincent foster had, indeed, committed suicide in fort marcy park on july 20, 1993. th...

Kate waring had to die. >> he began to make the choice to join in the scam to rip off kate waring. >> finally, the prosecutor scarlett wilson, felt ready. and almost a year to the day after kate was found she launched the trial of ethan mack. the sole defendant in the courtroom. heather having taken the plea agreement. the warings tried to prepare themselves, though what they saw defied preparation. >> we had to see images and see what it was like when they found her and then go through all the ...

It didnt go well. >> the blow came to me when he said what am i getting in return, what will my sentence be reduced to. >> thou, the state reassessed its options. >> i think with any case youre taking a 50/50 chance. its the lack of forensics, the lack of physical evidence that the jury wants to see, but most importantly again the fact you have a codefendant whos giving the testimony which was the foundation of this precaution cushion who wanted something in return. >> the people who conducted t...

Michael looking at kathleen with the kind of pride that you just dont fake. >> under cross-examination, even brad the escort said peterson had told him how much he loved his wife. >> in his e-mails unlike most of my clients he indicated that he had a great relationship. most clients dont want to say anything about the relationship. he indicated he had a warm relationship with his wife and nothing would ever destroy that. >> michael hadnt killed kathleen, the defense argued, and he certainly didn...

Beyond a reasonable doubt that ellen snyder planned mike snyders murder and with no crime scene and it will until the way of forensics, that was going to be hard to prove. >> in her view, it was self defense, but maybe she was guilty of manslaughter, second-degree murder. but you couldnt prosecute her for either of those offenses. >> thats correct. the statute of limitations here in new mexico on a state case like this prohibited us from going forward on any of those lesser types of offenses. >>...

>> michael peterson was the last person known to have see his friend, elizabeth, alive, just like his wife, kathleen. it was the bow that wrapped up the states case. >> do you really believe that lightning strikes twice in the same place? do you? >> so there was the prosecutions case for conviction, blood evidence, a staged scene, and the trigger, the violent confrontation between husband and wife that resulted when a secret appetite for men was exposed. >> the states case lasted more than two m...