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The death penalty. >> it didnt look too good for kris. the lead detective said he denied ever being in room 1215, while his fingerprints were all over the place. that was a lie. kris denied having a gun, he clearly did have a nine mm pistol. the investigator said that was the type of weapon used. according to kris, derek had stolen $441,000, just embezzled it. so kris had a motive. he clearly hated the moo youngs, and finally, the star witness was nevill butler. >> kriss case went to trial. in c...

Looking to see where the evidence takes me and it didnt add up. the deeper i got into the investigation it began to dawn on me that kris was innocent. >> he was very, very loyal to kris and he carried on after the case was over even though he was not being paid or anything. >> ron and clive noticed discrepancies in the prosecutions story about the murders and sat out to look for answers. >> i demanded to see the files of the prosecutor and the police, and as im going through it im sitting there ...

Never took a sworn statement during the interrogation to document that fact. and the lie detector test kris took later that evening would support chris version of events. >> they had one of the top polygraph examiners do the test. >> despite having numerous alibi witnesses, kris was booked and held without bail. it would be a year before he got his day in court. >> put it this way, i went from living like a prince to an animal. >> on the eve of trial, kris and his investigator, ron patillo, felt...

The case. he was a young lawyer who made a name for himself fighting death penalty cases on a pro bono cases. >> by the time i had gotten there, the u.s. supreme court had sent this back down, my first thought was how did i get myself into this. >> despite his reluctance, clive decided to meet the man who was presumed guilty. >> i dont decide first if theyre guilty or not. they dont trust you. he insisted on giving me a lecture about the fact that he didnt do it. and i found that quite convincin...