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>> i learned that he was arrested. i was shocked. i was so confused. i didn't think it was real. >> in the rarefied world of the ivy league, he was the total package. a star student, gifted athlete, wildly popular. >> he's one of the nicest guys ever! >> no one could understand how a weekend visit to his parents house -- >> did you say you heard a shot? >> yes. >> ended in gunfire. >> he's already dead. >> who's already did? >> my husband. >> charlie told officers outside, he was gonna kill my mom, i had to do it. >> yes. >> a brave son protecting his mom. a harrowing story, but was ...

>> yes. >> ended in gunfire. >> he's already dead. >> who's already did? >> my husband. >> charlie told officers outside, he was gonna kill my mom, i had to do it. >> yes. >> a brave son protecting his mom. a harrowing story, but was it true? >> he seated behind a desk? >> yes. >> defenseless really. >> this seems to be an execution. >> was this campus hero actually a cold hard killer? >> defendants is an email to his returning to others, called showtime? >> or was a true something completely different. >> one of the things that was always in question was, was charlie covering up for...

Lack of evidence that the fingerprints were found on the shelves upstairs, but they did indicate that he never shot it. i look at another reporter, i said, what's going on here? >> charlie's lawyers had a glimmer about where this was going. >> it landed in charles's era, i told him, something good's about to happen. >> the assembled price couldn't believe where the judge was headed. >> you're holding your breath and you're going, he's about to dismiss this case, the biggest case we've had in years. a case that jury deliberated on for 50 hours a, second degree murder case. >> assistant prosecut...

Move on to setting a new trial day. >> then he starts talking about the lack of evidence, regarding the possession of the gun, and surely ever having the gun. lack of evidence that the fingerprints were found on the shelves upstairs but that didn't indicate that he ever shot it. i looked at another reported, who i know and i said what's going on? here >> charlie's lawyers had a glimmer about where this was going. >> i leaned in detail easier and i told him, something good is about to happen. >> the assembled press could not believe where the judge was setting. >> you're holding your breath and...

>> the assistant prosecutor saw the train wreck ahead and wasn't at all pleased. he grabbed the mic. >> can i speak? and the judge very quickly said, no, you may not. bill gargen continued to speak. and the judge said i'll put you in handcuffs. never seen that before. behind bill gargen, the prosecutor, not the defendant. >> he was interrupting. he was becoming unhinged. >> the judge did finish his thought. he threw out the entire case against charlie tan, a judicial ruling that meant that the case couldn't be reprosecuted or retried. >> it was a big win for charlie tan. he was ecstatic. >> ou...