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>> he was butchered and murdered. >> many people proclaim their innocence. in this case, there are a number of things that stink. >> this man is remorseless. >> he needs to pay for it with his life. >> the electric chair flashed in front of my eyes. >> get a conviction at all costs. let the truth fall where it may. >> december 9th, 1981, little broke the afternoon quiet in the sacramento's rosemont neighborhood. then, at this modest home on rosewood avenue, there was a knock on the door. ann davies was in the kitchen. his wife grace checked out the window and opened the door for a repairman. >...

>> there's aid body on the water. >> he was butchered and murdered. >> many people proclaim their innocence. >> in this case there are a number of things that stink. >> 24 is man is remorseless. >> the electric chair flashed in front of my eyes. >> get a conviction at all costs. >> december 9th, 1981. little broke the afternoon quiet in sacramento's rosemont neighborhood. then at this modest home on rosewood avenue there was a knock on the door ed davies was in the kitchen. his wife grace checked out the window and opened it for a repairman. >> he said, man, we got some kind of report about yo...

>> the electric chair flashed in front of my eyes. >> get a conviction at all costs. let the truth fall where it may. >> december 9th, 1981. little broke the afternoon quiet in sacramento's rosemont neighborhood. then at this modest home on rosewood avenue there was a knock on the door. ed davies was in the kitchen. his wife grace checked out the wind over and opened the door for a repairman. >> he said, ma'am, we got a report about your phone. and we would like to look into it. and she said, okay, well, come on in. >> he went to the telephone and then turned around and pointed a gun at she an...

Civil rights case. it's the organization that gave us thurgood marshall. he argued two voting rights cases in front of the supreme court, and despite all of that, republican senator pat toomey of pennsylvania vowed to defeat his nomination, and he did, getting those seven democrats to go along, including chris kuhn, and heidi hide who sent out a memo saying, if there's one thing we should be able to agree on, it's that every american deserves the right to vote. it's one of the most basic rights but a right that's now under attack. civil rights. so why did they beat this nominee? >> it was 355 ...