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In prison. >> we also received leads about potential witnesses who would be helpful. there was a woman who lived across the street from mr. liuzza, she got a very good look at the perpetrator. ms. kelly and other witnesses who testified they saw a man with a blue steel revolver, 60" tall with close cut hair running past them. kevin freeman was 60" went by the nickname kojak because of his close cut hair. once all the evidence was examined it was clear beyond imagination that kevin freeman, actin...

Food, the jury reached a decision. boy, i was so scared i said what? they did -- what? how? that fast? >> the jury took only 35 minutes to agree on a verdict. >> the jury files back in, whenever a jury comes back, youre looking at every juror trying to look for some hint. and it seems like an eternity, >> and the heart meanwhile now is racing faster and faster and breathing is becoming increasingly challenging. >> this was the most agonizing moment either of us have had in our careers. and in ou...

Quickly find the seasons hottest shows, huh. quickly find the seasons hottest shows, with a handpicked collection all in one place. only from xfinity. the retrial of john thompson lasted only a day and a half. the jury took 35 minutes to return their verdict. >> when the jury come back, the judge asked them, has the jury reached a decision? the jury said, yes, your honor. and then said, will the defendant rise? >> theres incredible tension and nervous energy. and you just dont know, because ju...

Fairly aggressive as well. it was a stated policy in his office to provide the defense the minimum amount of information required by law and nothing more. we talked about the right way to handle this, and rather than hold a big press conference and point the finger at the district attorneys office, we thought the first right step was to go to mr. connick himself. >> connicks reaction initially was that he wanted some time to think about it. we told him he had a matter of two, maybe three hours. ...

>> we had an evidentiary hearing in front of judge quinlan. and quinlan vacated the death sentence but he refused to vacate guilt. >> judge quinlan refused to grant a new trial. >> we were devastated. >> it was wonderful to have john thomson spared from execution, we were still looking at a man in his 30s who was going to be facing the rest of his life in jail. >> so youre going to take the death penalty back and give me a life sentence? i was scared to death even more so now. you tell me im nev...

Grew furious with connick. >> he said he was going to hold a hearing in open court, to try to determine exactly how this had happened. he wanted all the citizens of new orleans to see. >> at the hearing, attorneys questioned the key prosecutors involved with thompsons case, including jim williams, the man with the little electric chair on his desk. a colleague testified that williams was given the blood results, but williams denied it. >> williams story is that he never received it, he never saw...

Nothing more. we talked about the right way to handle this and rather than hold a big press conference and point the finger at the district attorneys office, we thought that the right first step was to go to mr. connick himself. >> connicks reaction initially was that he wanted some time to think about it. we told him he had a matter of two, maybe three hours. weve got an execution date in less than two weeks. we said if you cant agree even with these facts, well take the next step that we think...

>> emhe would hold appearing of open court. he wanted all the citizens of new orleans to see. >> at the hearing they questioned the key prosecutors involved in the case including jim williams, the man with the little electric chair on his desk. a colleague testified that williams was given the blood results but williams denied it. >> williams story is that he never received it. that he never saw it. so at the end of the day, the choices between dishonesty and incompetence. they can either be the...

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