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On two pieces of jonbenet's clothing. this led to one of the most controversial moments in this sensational case. a letter of apology to the ramseys from the boulder da. >> to come out and say we definitely conclude that these folks can be exonerated is an inaccurate portrayal of the evidence. >> current boulder d.a. stan garnett says an apology to the ramseys was inappropriate. >> it created the impression that the evidence in the case is much clearer than it is. the evidence is very compromised. >> after a dozen years of being suspects, the entire ramsey family was officially cleared. >> peo...

Day. >> for this grand jury to spend two years and look at a mountain of solid evidence and not indict thayne smika, something was wrong. >> a few months after the grand jury, we got some documents back from the boulder d.a.'s office. i started to go through those and i came upon an agreement that had been signed by the then d.a., and the lawyer that was representing thayne smika, they agreed in advance that there would be no indictment. this represented to me an abuse of the grand jury system. that's not the way the system is supposed to work. >> we were left with the pretty empty feeling tha...

Grief turned into anger that day. >> for this grand jury to spend two years and look at a mountain of solid evidence and not indict thayne smika, something was wrong. >> a few months after the grand jury, we got some documents back from the boulder d.a.'s office. i started to go through those and i came upon an agreement that had been signed by the then d.a., and the lawyer that was representing thayne smika. they agreed in advance that there would be no indictment. this represented to me an abuse of the grand jury system. that's not the way the system is supposed to work. >> we were left with...

Absolute, complete mystification. grief turned into anger that day. >> for this grand jury to spend two years and look at a mountain of solid evidence and not indict thayne smika, something was wrong. >> a few months after the grand jury, we got some documents back from the boulder d.a.'s office. i started to go through those and i came upon an agreement that had been signed by the then d.a., and the lawyer that was representing thayne smika. they agreed in advance that there would be no indictment. this represented to me an abuse of the grand jury system. that's not the way the system is supp...

View? >> well, you could almost word it -- in a way, you could almost argue the indictment is irrelevant even after the dna issue in that the charge that is specified in the indictment, child abuse involved in death had a three-year statute of limitations that would've expired in 2002. so nobody is going to jail based on these indictments. however, reference the 2008 exoneration by then d.a. mary lacy. that is viewed by many prosecutors, particularly those that i've talked to in colorado somewhat as scams. they say the business of the prosecutor is not clearing people but charging people and i...