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District court. masses perjury wasnt harmless. >> the make or break witness. if you have reason not to believe him, then you have some lack of confidence in the jury verdict. >> the testimony of a thoroughly discredited perjurier, thats what they said. we would say he is a [ bleep ] liar. >> cleveland also should have disclosed his deal with masse. >> gary masse should have been confronted with the fact that he really did have a deal with the prosecution. in a fair proceeding, a jury should hear...

Grace davies, lee said a suspicious woman had come to her door. she was now certain it was joane masse. the assistant d.a. was in the courthouse but the reaction was not what he expected. >> theyre hustling around saying we cant have this. that was the end of it. >> just as gary masse had requested, the prosecutor turned a blind eye to the alleged crimes. he also moved gary to a new prison under an assumed name. and a reduced sentence? that would be decided at a later date. >> and then gary beca...

Everyone will realize im not guilty of murder and they have noo they are standing on that railroad track in a train of guilt is about to run them right over. >> when the reality of his sentence hit, gary quickly requested a meeting with police. >> gary tells the sheriffs department, i want to talk now if youre willing to listen. he wanted a reduced sentence and he didnt want to be known as being a snitch. he thought he would get a knife in the back. he wanted immunity for his wife. >> why would ...

Nevas house. >> the regulars at the house included gary and joane masse. the day after gloria was arrested, gary finally turn himself in. >> gary was known to use a lot of valium. and he milford with it street drugs including heroin. and he was cattonic. >> he refused to answer questions. but his wife had already confessed for him and implicated gloria. two days later with gunman steven desanlts still on the run, gary and gloria were arraign together in a capital murder case. >> the electric cha...

It seemed inconsequential really. this gals life is involved. >> he said somebody else did it. that was the first time i kind of got any complete picture of it. i was just amazed. >> but the star witness was gary masse. this time, he would testify for gloria. >> gary masse was very upset at the prosecution. he felt he had been misled. >> gary masse said, they promised me no more than 12 years he said, it would be in a federal prison and i would get drug treatment. i got none of that stuff. >> no...

Woman who came to the door. >> grace davies was 80 years old with a bullet in her head. she had five or six times been unable to identify gloria as the woman who came to the door. and i think she finally said, well, it could be. >> despite these struggles, cleland did not call joanne masse to implicate gloria. she was suspected of committing similar robberies with her husband. the case came down to the star witness. gary masse. >> gloria is almost relieved. theyre not going to take the word of a...

Egregious cases i have ever seen. >> judge hawkins overruled the district court. masses perjury wasnt harmless. >> the make or break witness. if you have reason not to believe him, you have some lack of confidence in the jury verdict. >> the testimony of a thoroughly discredited purger or. thats what they said. we would say he is a -- liar. >> cleveland also should have disclosed his deal with masse. >> gary masse should have been confronted that he really did have the deal with the prosecution ...

Cleland did not call joane masse. she was suspected of committeding similar robberies with her husband. the case came down to the star witness. gary masse. >> gloria is almost relieved. theyre not going to take the word of a career criminal over me. that would make no sense. >> the jurors are instructed, they dont to have believe gary masse. and they listen and they found him to be credible. >> masse testified that he met gloria at niva snyders house and she recruited him to rob the davies. >> h...

Masse could be believed, he insisted, because there had been no deal made for his testimony. >> there was no deal. he said it a dozen times. >> the prosecution said masse had not been promised that he would receive any benefit. but he hoped that he would get a benefit. >> mr. masse was hoping if i tell truth, that judge has to give me something. but we never made any kind of deal with him. >> two days later, the jury returned its verdict. guilty of murder in the first degree. gloria was sentence...

Benefit. >> mr. masse was hoping if i tell truth, that judge has to give me something. we never made any kind of deal with him. >> two days later, the jury returned its verdict. guilty of murder in the first degree. gloria was sentenced to 32 to life. >> i just wanted to scream at this jury. are you crazy? how could you do this? how can you possibly believe this? and then they took me away. i lost every single thing that i ever had. but i convinced myself that as long as i could do something to ...