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>> the cold steel of a .38 can fire a bullet at 1,000 feet per second. the speed of justice is not nearly as fast. crystal taylor was killed september 25th, 201. ten years later, her unsolved murder was still an open case. detectives believed skyler moore aka c-styles was the person who shot her. but they didn't have enough evidence to try him. and they thought the father of crystal's unborn child, derek smyer, might have been involved as well. but there was no evidence linking him to c-styles. except for one thing. now they were at a northern california prison sitting right across from c-stil...

>> i was afraid opening doors in the morning. like, there's a blind spot when i first walk out. i'm literally looking out like this every morning. >> you all looking over your shoulders? >> oh yeah. really bad. it was almost a post traumatic stress syndrome kind of thing. just nervous all the time. >> with skyler moore, aka c-styles, charged in the murder, there was some sense of relief. turn >> to know that this guy was off the streets with some comfort. because he was the one that could show up and kill anybody. >> even so, the sisters were still afraid of facing him at the preliminary heari...

And we had hoped that, you know, whatever mistakes were made from the first trial, they'd learn from them and prepare for them and do better. >> two big differences this time around. first, skyler moore aka c-styles was on trial along with derek. although each defendant had his own jury. and second, derek's jury would not see c-styles' disputed videotaped confession. it was ruled inadmissible. so prosecutors focused on derek's motive. here was a man, they told the jury, who'd do almost anything to avoid paying child support. >> crystal and her five-month unborn son were killed with one gunshot...

It took police ten years to arrest derek smyer for the murder of crystal taylor. it took another five years to bring him to trial. and detective robbie williams knew the case wasn't airtight. >> juries like dna. >> dna, blood trail. in this case, a money transfer. in this case, the lack of cell phone records attaching the two defendants together. >> the only thing connecting derek to the murder was the confession of the triggerman skyler moore aka c-styles. but there was no guarantee the jury would take the word of a gang banger over the word of the clean cut derek smyer.

Served. you feeling any better about the beginning of the second trial than you were at the beginning of the first trial? >> i did. i think because we kind of knew what to expect, we knew what they were going to say, we knew what we had. >> and what you didn't have. >> right. and we had hoped that, you know, whatever mistakes were made from the first trial they'd learn from them and prepared for them and do better. >> reporter: two big differences this time around. first, skyler moore, aka c-styles, was on trial along with derek. although each defendant had his own jury. and second, derek's ju...