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Returning now to mystery on the mississippi. Curtis lovelace had seen plenty of Interrogation Videos during his career as a former prosecutor. In the summer of 2014, for the first time in his life, curtis was the one in the hot seat. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You are a lawyer and the Number 1 rule is you dont talk to the police without having a lawyer present. But you talk. I wanted to answer their questions. I tho...

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And i lost all my air. it was terrible. >> reporter: the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. the vote six guilty, six not. curtis would face another trial. since he couldnt make bail, hed remain in jail, unless -- >> a deal? a plea deal? >> they had offered a second-degree murder plea. but i knew it was a decision not only that i had to make, but we had to make as a family. and i didnt know whether i could put them through another year of what we had already gone through. >> reporter: thats when one...

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Small law library. >> christine came in. and they explained to her for the first time what was about to happen, that the judge would declare a mistrial. >> curt was sitting across. he said, "im not gonna be able to come home tonight," and -- and i lost all my air. it was terrible. >> reporter: the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. the vote, six guilty, six not. curtis would face another trial. since he couldnt make bail, hed remain in jail, unless -- >> a deal? a plea deal? >> they had offered a s...

Happen, that the judge would declare a mistrial. >> curt was sitting across. he said, "im not gonna be able to come home tonight," and -- and i lost all my air. it was terrible. >> reporter: the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. the vote six guilty, six not. curtis would face another trial. since he couldnt make bail, hed remain in jail, unless -- >> a deal? a plea deal? >> they had offered a second-degree murder plea. but i knew it was a decision not only that i had to make, but we had to make as...

He said, "im not gonna be able to come home tonight," and -- and i lost all my air. it was terrible. >> reporter: the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. the vote six guilty, six not. curtis would face another trial. since he couldnt make bail, hed remain in jail, unless -- >> a deal? a plea deal? >> they had offered a second-degree murder plea. but i knew it was a decision not only that i had to make, but we had to make as a family. and i didnt know whether i could put them through another year of ...

The first time what was about to happen, that the judge would declare a mistrial. >> curt was sitting across. he said, "im not gonna be able to come home tonight," and -- and i lost all my air. it was terrible. >> reporter: the jury was hopelessly deadlocked. the vote six guilty, six not. curtis would face another trial. since he couldnt make bail, hed remain in jail, unless -- >> a deal? a plea deal? >> they had offered a second-degree murder plea. but i knew it was a decision not only that i h...

Declare a mistrial. >> curt was sitting across. he said, "im not gonna be able to come home tonight," and -- and i lost all my air. it was terrible. >> jon loevy is not a criminal lawyer. hes a civil rights attorney by practice who also does pro bono work with the exoneration project. its aim: overturn wrongful convictions. >> a deal? a plea deal? >> they had offered a second-degree murder plea. but i knew it was a decision not

Hes in a lot of confusion. hes hurting right now about his brother right now. tomorrow is his birthday, jerrys birthday. >> your son who was murdered? >> yes, yes. >> goodwins lawyers acknowledge their client shot 20-year-old dwayne rimm who later died from his wound. they had hoped to reach a plea bargain for manslaughter but prosecutors would only accept a murder plea. in ohio, a murder conviction requires precalculation or the intent to murder, and the defense set out to prove that it did not...