details. dad changing his shirt. the white bottle of what could have been bleach. >> you're saying that the -- the cops in this case are seeding the story? they're coaching the kids? >> i absolutely think that they were asking leading questions that were leading them to conclusions that they didn't originally have. >> jarod's attorney was confident the jurors would understand the facts if they heard from jarod directly. >> i knew that he was going to make a good witness, most particularly because he was well spoken. >> you took the stand. always risky. rarely advised, but you did it. >> there was no question. >> why? why'd you take the stand? >> i'd been waiting six years to be able to stand up in front of a jury and stand up in front of a judge and say, "i didn't do this. " >> but it exposes you to aggressive cross-examination by the prosecutor. >> it does, and that was rough. it seemed like he was doing everything in his power to kind of get a rise out of me. >> provoke you so the jury could -- >> exactly. show the jury the monster. >> jarod faced the prosecutor's questions for more than a dozen hours over three days.