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And another deep example, the rich, the moment we have people sitting in jail for life sentences were non-drug offenses or somebody trafficking children and severe cases of sexua sexual -- for him to have acosta accommodated him so much and giving him a lenience sentence, for me is misconduct and goes deeply of the undermining of folks have in the justice system seems to be tilted as brian stevenson says that we have a justice system that treats you better when you are rich rather than poor and ...

Or somebody trafficking children and severe cases of sexual -- for him to have acosta accommodated him so much and giving him a lenience sentence, for me is misconduct and goes deeply of the undermining of folks have in the justice system seems to be tilted as brian stevenson says that we have a justice system that treats you better when you are rich rather than poor and innocent. >> whether it was improper, are you confident this investigation will be fair? >> no, i am not. look, i go against h...

Planes with him, went all over with him. im not saying that bill clinton was involved in any way but hes the one who was really close to him. i cant imagine i ever had much to do with anything. i dont recall ever having anything to do with them. >> laura: looks like they are clearly after this alex acosta labor secretary for the president with effectively deal, any thoughts on that tonight? >> my view is somebody charged with the things he is charged with, you throw the maximum penalty at him. i...

Im not saying that bill clinton was involved in any way but hes the one who was really close to him. o i cant imagine i ever had much to do with anything. i dont recall ever having anything to do with them. >> laura: looks like they are clearly after this alex acosta labor secretary for thee president, with that plea deal any thoughts on that tonight? >> my view is somebody charged with the things he is charged with, you throw the maximum penalty at him. i dont know what he decided as u.s. attor...

Before he asked them a single question. and when he finally did -- >> so did you -- do you guys know how she was killed? >> uh, yeah, we do. >> reporter: larry noticed a telling statement. >> thought you were never going to ask. >> well, i didnt want --cause i dont want memories to come back, you know? >> well, thats an interesting statement, "i dont want memories to come back." what memories does he have that he doesnt want to remember? if hes innocent, he has memories of cathy, good times, wha...

Better if you are rich and guilty than poor and innocent. thats a crisis we need to address. >> it is an incredible moment that hits on the point they are talking about his own conviction and what the police officer said to him when faced with the possibility he didnt do the thing he was accused of doing. take a listen. >> i went in for the first time and he said you want to know why we are arresting you? he said you robbed a restaurant and you killed someone. i said you got the wrong person. i ...

We is seen some leveling of the prison population. there is a movement. there is bipartisan support for bringing them down, but we have so much work to do. we are a good nation with the highest rate of incarceration in the world. we treat them as criminals instead of seeing it as a health problem and what we dont realize is criminals are driven by states. the congress cant fix this problem. it has to be done state by state by state and a lot of states have done nothing to reform their system. we...

Have known it, because sarah probably would have called and yelled at me about something that my son was doing that wasnt nice to her. >> but none of that mattered now. the jury had spoken and the defense lawyer still couldnt get over the guilty verdict. >> it was awful. this is -- was on my shoulders, was my duty to my client to get a proper verdict and i failed. >> ryan had become more than a client to him. >> i absolutely believed him. i had him to my home, i had him around my wife and my kid...

Jury would ultimately find him not guilty. how have you been so sure through this process? i know you talk to the family every night. >> i have spoken to the counsel on a regular basis. and have some really brilliant attorneys there. what makes it really simple is when you didnt commit the crime. ive been able to see the videos, to see the pictures, to reach out to friends who could contact the iraqi general when ncis would not. we talk about a band of brothers and thats what it means. if i were...

To find bonnies killer. >> bonnies mother continues her own crusade. >> then after more than a decade of searching, a phone call. >> they got information there was a match. >> can we get a conviction on just the dna? >> and there was something else, something about bonnie herself. >> it was almost like she knew something. >> good evening and welcome to "dateline." we often see headlines about dna evidence exonerating the innocent. it seems we hear less about how dna is used to track down the gui...