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I stabbed her, i broke her neck and smashed her skull in. >> pasco claims his rage erupted because his victim rejected him and they never did have sex. some of the evidence indicated otherwise. >> well, they turned it into a rape trial. they did their tests. and there was a presence of spermatizoa. she was partially nude. >> i heard an inmate off camera yell something. and cephis whole persona changed. what are you looking at, cephis? >> im marking someone. >> why? >> because he just said child ...

course. opening statements are under way as we speak in central pennsylvania. lets get straight to susan candiotti on the ground at the courthouse in pennsylvania. now, you were just in court, susan. what did you see and hear just now? >> reporter: hala, the prosecutors just wrapped up their opening statements, and clearly the most powerful moment we have seen and heard so far involved them showing individual photographs of eight of the ten alleged victims in this case. single shots of...

Because his victim rejected him and they never did have sex. some of the evidence indicated otherwise. >> well, they turned it into a rape trial. they did their tests. and there was a presence of sperm at zoe wa. and she was partially nude. >> suddenly i heard an inmate off camera yell something. [ bleep ] and cephis whole persona changed. what are you looking at, cephis? >> im marking someone. >> why? >> because he just said child molester. break his [ bleep ] neck. total disrespect for anyone ...

Spree that will paralyze the city of atlanta for 26 straight hours. >> he walked calmly over to judge barnes chambers in the old courthouse, took two of judge barnes staff hostage, then took three more people hostage and held them inside of judge barnes office, inside his chambers. >> 9:05 a.m., nichols barges into judge barnes courtroom. he shoots the judge pointblank in the back of the head, and instantly kills him. this is an actual audio tape recording of the tragic shooting. [ gunshot ] [ s...

Only this is serving to do is only making potential victims, potential victims and future victims, from coming forward because theyre afraid theyll have to go to jail because theyre afraid to trial. >> jenna: a 20 year criminal history, thats what this guy on trial for rape, thats how hes described. so why do they need this one teenage girl, and why do they need to keep her in custody? >> well, they need the testimony in order to prove the case, and a rape trial, the victim has the most importan...

Prosecutors trying his rape trial, turned from those lawyers, shot the court reporter. >> court reporter julie brandau dies a few minutes later. >> i was right outside the courtroom. >> ash joshi is the prosecutor in nichols rape trial, one of the attorneys nichols is looking for. hes making his way to the courtroom for nichols trial when hes stopped by the deputies. >> the deputies were all yelling at me to get off the floor. and it was not at all a suggestion. it was a command to get off the f...

And they never did have sex. some of the evidence indicated otherwise. >> well, they turned it into a rape trial. they did their tests. and there was a presence of spermatizoa. she was partially nude. >> suddenly i heard an inmate off camera yell something. and cephis whole persona changed. what are you looking at, cephis? >> im marking someone. >> why? >> because he just said child molester. break his [ bleep ] neck. total disrespect for anyone in a prison. especially for some convict like me t...

In riley county, kansas, on january 7th, 1982, a jury returns a verdict in the rape trial of a young soldier. eddie james lowery is found guilty of rape, burglary and aggravated battery. both the victim and the prosecutor are satisfied. they think eddie lowery should be off the streets. >> it appeared to be a situation where justice was done. >> lowery is sentenced to 13 years to life. hes hauled off to lansing correctional, the states oldest and biggest prison for the worst of the worst. he is ...

>> i was right outside the courtroom. >> ash joshi is the prosecutor in nichols rape trial, one of the attorneys nichols is looking for. hes making his way to the courtroom for nichols trial when hes stopped by the deputies. >> the deputies were all yelling at me to get off the floor. and it was not at all a suggestion. it was a command to get off the floor. >> joshi would later realize just how lucky he was. >> what if i had been in the courtroom and what would nichols have tried to do or done ...

City of atlanta for 26 straight hours. >> he walked calmly over to judge barnes chambers in the old courthouse, took two of judge barnes staff hostage, then took three more people hostage and held them inside of judge barnes office, inside his chambers. >> 9:05 a.m., nichols barges into judge barnes courtroom. he shoots the judge pointblank in the back of the head, and instantly kills him. this is an actual audio tape recording of the tragic shooting. [ gunshot ] [ screaming ] >> he then turned ...