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The local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson, but knew it would be an uphill battle because thompson had never been convicted of a violent crime. that was about to change. >> on december 28, 1984, 19-year-old jay lagard, and his sister who was 16, and their younger brother, who was 12, went to the super dome for a college basketball tournament. after the game as they were getting in the car, an african-american man jumped into the backseat, pulled out a .357 magnum and said im taki...

And thompson with murder. the local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson, but knew it would be an uphill battle because thompson had never been convicted of a violent crime. that was about to change. >> on december 28, 1984, 19-year-old jay lagard, and his sister who was 12 and his brother went to the super dome for a college basketball tournament. after the game as they were getting in the car, an african-american man jumped into the backseat, pulled out a .357 magnum and said im ta...

Around and met him, and they had a fight. jay is pressed with his back against the drivers side door. and manages to kick the carjacker in the face and out of the passenger side door. the carjacker drops the gun and gets away. that crime remained unsolved until pictures of thompson appeared in the paper for the murder of ray liuzza. >> when thompsons photo appeared all three of the lagarde children identified thompson as the attacker. >> thompson went on trial for the carjacking first. prosecuto...

With the gun and jay turned around and met him, and they had a fight. jay is pressed with his back against the drivers side door. and manages to kick the carjacker in the face and out of the passenger side door. the carjacker obviously injured drops the gun and et gets away. that crime remained unsolved until pictures of thompson appeared in the paper for the murder of ray liuzza. >> when thompsons photo appeared all three of the lagarde children identified john thomson as their attacker. >> tho...

>> the police charged freeman and thompson with murder. the local prosecutor wanted the death penalty for thompson, but knew it would be an uphill battle because thompson had never been convicted of a violent crime. that was about to change. >> on december 28, 1984, 19-year-old jay lagard, and his sister, meemy, who was 16, and his brother went to the superdome for a college basketball tournament. after the game as they were getting in the car, an african-american man jumped into the backseat, p...