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I didnt. >> 11-year-old was killed. thats tragic. murder should never have happened. but you dont have a smoking gun. you dont have what a lot of people demand in a case. >> from a legal point of view, he really should never have been convicted. its a good thing that he was because there would probably be other dead kids out there. >> you know, im not a fry em all, fry em sooner, that sort of thing. i feel the weight of the state deciding to take someones life. but if the death penalty is approp...

Beth wells to show him a key piece of evidence. >> i wanted to see a copy of the note pad that duckett told me about. >> according to the defense, ducketts police notebook from the night of murder contained his alibi. >> the notebook should have been in the trial record. and it is not. the jury never sees it. and when you see it, when you look at it, you go, theres evidence right here. >> beth faxed me companies of those pages. i looked at them. and that began to give me some doubts. i could be ...

Lime green bag with a stuffed animal inside the night she disappeared. >> i got call one day from ducketts wife out of the blue, and she said, mr. hurm, i think jimmy may have had something to do with that case. i say why do you say that? because i remember him coming home with a bag with a little stuffed animal, and she said the reason i remember it is i was mad at him because we had two boys, and i said why wouldnt you bring two toys, because you know theyll fight over it. i get goose bumps th...

When i walked into the room it was like seeing some old friend. he was so happy to see me. >> i believe it was on fathers day he showed up here. and i thought we had a good conversation. ate a hamburger, had a conversation, we talked about the case, this and that will. >> i asked him about the three girls and he said that never happened. it was all a lie. well, i dont know those girls but i didnt believe him when he said that. because if one said it, its a lie. if all three said it independently...

Time to be cooped up in a closet. but when i walked in, he was so happy to see me. >> i believe it was on fathers day he showed up here. and i thought we had a good conversation. you know, we ate a hamburger, had a soda, we talked about the case, this and that. >> i asked him about the three girls, he said that never happened. it was all a lie. well, i dont know those girls, but i didnt believe him when he said that because if one said it, maybe it is a lie. but all three independently of each o...

In the dark, alone with a monster. >> hurm called an eyewitness glen gurly to the stand. he testified that she saw teresa talking to duckett. moments later she saw duckett leave the scene with a small person in his police car. >> were you able to see the car? >> yes. >> were you able to see inside the car? >> yes. >> how many people did you see? >> two. >> prosecutors also called three women who each testified that officer duckett had made sexual advances while he was on duty. >> they were all a...

Detectives and you had an alibi. did you tell them about it? he said no. he said why not? and then he said, you know, i dont know why i didnt tell them that. >> i didnt even think about it as far as being an alibi. i never even thought about the notebook during trial. never even dawned on me. >> the blood seeped from my head. i felt cold. someone is questioning you and you have an alibi for where you were at the time of a murder somewhere and you dont tell authorities that alibi. thats for a rea...

Cell. >> as publicity grew around ducketts case, marshal frank was finally able to convince beth wells to show him a key piece of evidence. >> i wanted to see a copy of the note pad that duckett told me about. >> according to the defense, ducketts police notebook from the night of the murder contained his alibi. >> the notebook should have been in the trial record and it is not. the jury never sees it. and when you see it, you look at it. you go there is evidence right here. >> beth faxed me cop...

Myself i wouldnt do, i said im going to look more into this. im not a bleeding heart. i dont fall for people saying im not guilty. i put a lot of people in jail for murder. i dont think i was ever wrong. so i pull out all the files. i read every report. when i started assembling all the evidence, it is like a mosaic. you get a little piece of this time, a piece of that tile, you get a picture. the picture was innocent. our clients need a lot of attention. theres unlimited talk and text. were wor...

And mentored duckett held fast in his belief that investigators were focusing on the wrong man. >> my confidence in him had not been shaken. i was of the opinion that the truth was going to come out and he is going to be exonerated as a suspect. were going to get to business and find out who murdered this child. >> last time i seen her she turned the corner and was headed home. >> you want to know something? youre not telling me the truth. >> yes, sir. >> no, youre not, james. >> james duckett w...