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Command was a little bit concerned. >> reviewing a closed case was unusual, but his bosses at the illinois state police worried that newly-focused media attention might cause problems. >> my initial thought was of course they got the right guys. the illinois police don't make mistakes. we don't put innocent people in prison. but i will never forget the day i walked in and looked at the file sitting there and i had not even turned the first page when i got a phone call from the sergeant who was the case agent, and he blurted out, please don't ruin my reputation. i'm not a dirty cop. so it was a...

On that case and the command was a little concerned. >> reviewing a closed case was unusual, but his bosses at the illinois state police worried that newly focused media attention might cause problems. >> my initial thought was, of course we got the right guy. we don't put innocent men into prison. i'll never forget the day i walked in and looked at the file and i had not even turned the first page when i got a phone call from the case agent in the rhoads' homicide. he blurted out, please don't ruin my reputation. i'm not a dirty cop. so it was a definite red flag to me. >> callahan began by g...

Violent enterprise bureau. and next to her is tara linech. i'm also joined today by first deputy police commissioner ben tucker. who is going to say some words here, as well. we're also joined by chief thomas pritel of the nypd crime controlled bureau. and we're joined by fbi special agent richard frankel who is in charge of the criminal division here in the new york office of the fbi. we're also here with the case agent, the detective who led the way for the nypd. detective jarrett. now, i'm going to leave it up to deputy police commissioner tucker to introduce other members from the nypd. bu...

Mandatory that special prosecutors be brought in. >> it's an idea that may have come. people don't understand how closely police and prosecutors work together. >> explain that to us. >> when i was an assistant u.s. attorney. i couldn't do anything by myself. i couldn't investigate crimes. i needed partners in the fbi, dea. that's how federal prosecutors work. you have a case agent. you're peers. you are equals. you work together every day to build cases. that's how prosecutors work. in new york city the d.a.s work with the new york city police. that's a good thing. but when you have a possible...

>> okay. what was -- what would you say was the primary piece of evidence that caused you to move from willfulness to negligence? >> the primary was -- is how it's worded. and it was -- the medical examiner's report came back and he came back and said it was hyper they weria. before we were going with dehydration, lack of sustenance. the child did die from the neglect of being left in that car seat. >> and that was -- that was whiwhy the decision was made to get a warrant for second degree. >> yes, sir. >> you are the case agent, right? >> that is correct. >> okay. so you -- you pretty much kn...