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Because of that, that it occurred? is that what youre implying? >> reporter: im not implying it, im saying you made money out of the death of your husband. >> i did not make substantial amount of money out of the death of my husband, no. >> reporter: it was now the job of prosecutor david wehmeyer to put together a case for a jury to hear. >> covering up the crime would be her best evidence in terms of trying to convince the jury that her intent at the time of the killing was something along the...

>> reporter: finally, the prosecutor scarlet 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 that 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 of the forensics and we were seeing that for the first time along with the jurors and all of th...

Evidence by the defendant? >> her father was a meticulous record keeper. >> whats to say it wasnt an answering service that picked it up. >> they testified there was no answering machine. >> something changed in december 2010. >> there was new evidence discovered. >> the prosecutor who inherited the case. >> and that new evidence was what we consider a jail house snitch. and he came forward and stated that michael wolf told him he had fabricated the entire story about barbara participating in th...

Michael looking at kathleen with the kind of pride that you just dont fake. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: michael hadnt killed kathleen, the defense argued, a...

>> it became apparent the evidence was not sufficient to bring her case to trial. >> didnt have the goods? >> just wasnt there. wasnt there. >> yet shes the foundation of your theory? >> theres no question about it. >> for the time being bambi was able to put horry county jail in her rear-view mirror. and with it, rick. by now bambi had cut ties with her old boyfriend. >> it sounds like she had your back, rick, and then she didnt. >> yeah. >> what happened? >> jail changes people. you know? >> r...

In general. let me read, people, a little bit about what you write. social media companies once viewed as tools for liberation are now threats to democracy. i think we know that, particularly when we look at what facebook has been battling, right? i wonder if the authors of this report provide any solutions to that, come 2020. >> this is not a solutions oriented report. its forensics. a lot of researchers have made a lot of different suggestions. theyve done a better job at protecting this kind ...

Keep her from talking. kate waring had to die. >> he began to make the choice to join in the scam, to see 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 ...

Window of alexs classroom door, and it haunts me every day that if we would have had ballistic glass in that classroom window door, alex, my little boy would still be alive here today. >> max, you recently had a chance to sit down with the president and the vice president here in washington. what did you tell them, and how did they respond? >> they responded very, very well. i told them that ever since this happened schools are lost. marjory stoneman douglas, whether its santa fe high school, th...

Conviction at all, prosecutors would have to prove to a jury 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 fr...

Didnt want to give julie griffith what she would have needed in a divorce and would have been entitled to. >> keiths daughter-in-law ali griffith, listened to the entirety of the prosecutions case. all she heard were theories. >> they spun a story. and they told a story how they wanted it to go. and they had facts that supported their story. but did not prove it. >> and thats what keiths defense attorney, mark bryant, hammered home for the jury. >> what does no evidence mean? >> they didnt have ...