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And the only reason i picked him out of that crowd was i heard through the grapevine that his brothers car was used. >> what are you telling me this now for? what do you think this is going to accomplish now? >> nothing. im just trying to come clean, i mean. >> reporter: now, that was a bombshell. livers own attorney had never been told by authorities that hed recanted his confession. so basically from the official story, his recantation simply disappeared? >> right. >> reporter: the cass county...

In? why would i make mistakes that point the finger at me. >> reporter: a federal jury in omaha heard the case and took just a few hours to acquit kofoed of all counts. but the state of nebraska wasnt satisfied. appointed a special prosecutor and charged kofoed with evidence tampering. and this time, after a week-long trial before a cass county judge on what one headline called "a dark day for law enforcement" kofoed was found guilty. >> you understand what you were convicted of? >> yes, your ho...

Nick sampson struggled with the bitterness the long jail-bound nightmare had planted in his soul while the children of wane and sharmon stock tried to make sense of the release of the man they had been told had killed their parents. >> its a difficult situation. none of us are attorneys. none of us are in law enforcement. and youre just sitting there trying to take it all in, trying to figure out, okay, how does this work? why does this happen? >> reporter: hadnt their cousin matt livers confess...

Swiped under the dashboard of the car. a second search of the car, by the way. the first by an officer under kofoed turned up nothing. this was blood from the murder victim, wayne stock. how would it get there? it was the fbi that started asking that question. not of livers or sampson. the fbis investigation was aimed at the local investigators who handled the case. in fact, at csi chief david kofoed himself. and after months of digging, the fbi concluded that kofoed must have planted that swipe...

They had arrested 28-year-old matt livers. hed confessed. and hed named an accomplice, his cousin, 22-year-old nick sampson. so the cass county sheriffs department called in the press and announced that one of the most shocking crimes in this part of nebraska in decades was solved. >> people ask us is this closure on the case. its not. its another chapter, turning a page. still re -- still a lot of work to be done. >> reporter: though he was right, the sheriff had no clue just how much work ther...

Jessica reed, on the evil of easter night. >> two people are dead because of me. its a virtual given in legal circles when it comes to cutting a deal for a lighter prison sentence, the first criminal to the court house wins. in cass county, nebraska, the first to the courthouse was accused killer jessica reid. jessica agreed to plead guilty to second degree murder charges in exchange for testimony against her accomplice greg fester. when it came to him, it seemed prosecutors were certain to se...

Of jessica reid and greg fester to inch their way over to the defense attorneys. but when they finally did? more surprises. like this comment during the interrogation of jessica reid. >> i know there was nobody else there. it was just me and greg. thats what happened. i am not kidding. and if no one believes me, then i really want to go back to my cell. >> reporter: there were, she said, no other killers. just her, just greg. and that whole story about meeting nick sampson at bulldogs bar? she m...

Investigated and the only result is that she might be intimidated or others intimidated. david: the fact is that the case wasnt closed when the obama administration left town, that it was reopened again and the justice department, mr. sessions, the head of the attorney general of the u.s. says theres no excuse for this conduct, hundreds of organizations were affected by these actions, they deserve an apology, but she is afraid, as david said, of retribution. she says, her lawyers say public diss...

And a company like amazon, i think theyll do a better job than the government trying to reinvent the wheel. david: john, dont you think that amazon is so imbued in the private sector? they have so well thrived in the private sector, theyre not going to be infected in your eyes by the government service? >> i disagree, long ago, blackberry was seen as impregnable and it became too needful to survive government spending, that distorts businesses and why would amazon go-- >> is that a danger, mike?...

The scale. david: and particularly the irs we pay a personal check to every year. david, the justice department admitted now that the irs did target conservative groups, there is apparently a fine being paid out to some of the groups, and now, they say that lerner actually failed to tell her superiors that this was going on. so, dont we deserve to see the details of her testimony? >> you may want to see the testimony. it might bring curiosity, you know, satisfy that, but the fact remains, a demo...