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Thanks to him, i don't believe that anybody has the right to take another life. >> the whole idea angers me so much that i see this stuff happen with people. that's why i got to keep on working on kenneth clair's case. this case has to be an example for all the other kenneth clairs. >> it was an air-tight case. you're just chasing rainbows if you're thinking that you're going to find innocence here. >> whether he's guilty or innocence, i lean toward he's probably innocent, but honestly i don't know. it's not an issue for me. the issue for me and my coverage is did he get a fair trial, and i ag...

Let me ask you a question, do you think i did this? on this episode of "death row stories" -- >> she'd been strangled and stabbed. >> a babysitter is found brutally murdered. >> this murder was about as violent as you can get. >> and a secret recording -- >> you murdered a girl. >> you won't tell them. >> leads to a swift death sentence. >> he had blood on his hands. there is no innocent explanation. >> but allegations of corruption -- >> it was someone else's dna left there, and they're hiding who it is. >> -- raise serious questions. >> i didn't do this murder. i'm not guilty. >> there's a...

Explanation consistent with innocence. it's very clear he's the killer. >> clair's defense argued that no physical evidence tied him to the murder. but clair's own words were impossible to discount. on july 28th, 1987 the jury found kenneth clair guilty. he was sentenced to death and sent to san quentin to spend his remaining days. despite a seemingly clear-cut case, kenneth clair has always maintained his innocence. >> anybody and everybody who has looked at this race one of the things they ask me is why are you locked up? why are you still locked up? since 1985 i've been stating that i'm inn...

Cut corners. and i put the right person in prison. and so what if things were a little messy. and meanwhile, we're finding out 10, 15, 25, 30 years later, the corners that were cut are so vital to the interest of a fair trial that the jury didn't have all the accurate information, key information to convict somebody. >> despite questionable behavior by the o.c. d.a.'s office, kenneth clair remained on death row. but in 2007 dna was finally run in the case and the result would point to someone other than kenneth clair.

Only staying for 10 to 15 minutes. >> linda rodgers called her mother up about a week before she was murdered and she said, i don't think i'm going to live to see my next birthday. why would she call her mom and tell her mom that? if she didn't know what was going on. she was in fear of her life. >> if the hessling home had been a drug house, then there would have been countless other suspects with a motive for linda's murder. scott moxley, an investigative reporter for the o.c. weekly, has written about clair's case. >> i mean, the house should be a narcotics trading house. it's in the middle...