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Four voted guilty. judge stephens declared a mistrial. was serious consideration given to dropping the case? >> i think there was serious consideration as to is there more we can do. >> reporter: so the prosecutors decided they would try again. but this time with the one thing they didnt have the first time. jasons own story. the second trial began in february 2012. this time howard cummings led the prosecution, hoping to use jasons own words to convict him. >> put your left hand on the bible, r...

>> reporter: was there any other tampering done? >> the door that was adjacent to where the camera was located, that door also had been propped open that night. >> how do you know that? >> the gentleman working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. >> well, then they plugged the camera back in, so its now working again. and at about 6:35 that morning suddenly that camera is pointing straight at the ceiling. >> same camera? >> same ca...

>> the door that was adjacent to where the camera was located, that door also had been propped open that night. >> how do you know that? >> the gentleman working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. >> well, then they plugged the camera back in, so its now working again. and at about 6:35 that morning suddenly that camera is pointing straight at the ceiling. >> same camera? >> same camera. and its tampered with yet again. >> reporte...

And courtroom 3c was still. >> it appears that they are hopelessly deadlocked at this point. >> reporter: eight jurors had voted for acquittal. four voted guilty. judge stephens declared a mistrial. was serious consideration given to dropping the case? >> i think there was serious consideration as to is there more we can do. >> reporter: so the prosecutors decided they would try again. but this time with the one thing they didnt have the first time. jasons own story. the second trial began in fe...

>> reporter: but first prosecutors called that night clerk at the gas station, gracie, who remembered jason complaining about the locked pumps. >> when he came in to pay, he started cussing and raising cain. >> what time did this happen? >> that was about 5:00, 5:30 in the morning. the time jason said he was at the hotel. >> call your next witness. >> reporter: then prosecutors had new witnesses and new testimony. they wanted jurors to hear about cassidy, whose bloody footprints they contended m...

Tampering done? >> the door that was adjacent to where the camera was located, that door also had been propped open that night. >> how do you know that? >> the gentleman working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. >> well, then they plugged the camera back in, so its now working again. and at about 6:35 that morning suddenly that camera is pointing straight at the ceiling. >> same camera? >> same camera. and its tampered with yet a...

>> the door that was adjacent to where the camera was located, that door also had been propped open that night. >> how do you know that? >> the gentleman working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. >> well, then they plugged the camera back in, so its now working again. and at about 6:35 that morning suddenly that camera is pointing straight at the ceiling. >> same camera? >> same camera. and its tampered with yet again. >> reporte...

>> reporter: but first prosecutors called that night clerk at the gas station, gracie, who remembered jason complaining about the locked pumps. >> when he came in to pay, he started cussing and raising cain. >> what time did this happen? >> that was about 5:00, 5:30 in the morning. the time jason said he was at the hotel. >> call your next witness. >> reporter: then prosecutors had new witnesses and new testimony. they wanted jurors to hear about cassidy, whose bloody footprints they contended m...

Gracie, who remembered jason complaining about the locked pumps. >> when he came in to pay, he started cussing and raising cain. >> what time did this happen? >> that was about 5:00, 5:30 in the morning. the time jason said he was at the hotel. >> call your next witness. >> reporter: then prosecutors had new witnesses and new testimony. they wanted jurors to hear about cassidy, whose bloody footprints they contended made her a silent witness to murder. >> when i got to cassidy, i said what are y...

>> reporter: was there any other tampering done? >> the door that was adjacent to where the camera was located, that door also had been propped open that night. >> how do you know that? >> the gentleman working as the clerk that night found a rock that had been placed in the door to keep the door from closing. >> well, then they plugged the camera back in, so its now working again. and at about 6:35 that morning suddenly that camera is pointing straight at the ceiling. >> same camera? >> same ca...