Seeing Lee Enter News Today

>> reporter: lees defense attorney also thinks about deborah reeces family and all they have been through but -- >> i dont think someone wants the wrong people killed in your name. >> reporter: thaiss not justice? >> thats not justice at all and it is a shame that they were told that it would be. >> reporter: martin savidge, cnn, little rock, arkansas. it was once the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis here in the u.s. but tonight 15,000 fans will watch playoff basketball from inside madison ...

Strangled and clubbed to get in her home outside little rock. prosecutors in the case relied on eyewitnesses who testified seeing lee enter and leave the house the day of the crime. even after the excuse lees family continued to investigate with the aclu and the innocence project. recently they were able to gain access to crucial evidence including the murder weapon and did something that had nevada been done before. tested the for dna. what they found confirmed their fears. there was dna. but i...

Ongoing investigation. why didnt lees attorney get the dna testing? did you ask for dna testing? >> we did. we asked for dna testing and with the innocence project. and it was denied. >> reporter: the judge wright among those that denied the request saying witnesses and other evidence tied lee to the murder and in his mind dna wasnt likely to make any difference. >> the judicial standard of review is whether or not it was likely to and my decision was that it wasnt likely to change the verdict. ...