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Gay. april 26th, 2000, vermont becomes the first state to legalize civil unions between same-sex couples. and four years later, on may 17, 2004, the first legal same-sex marriage in the country takes place in massachusetts. in 2015, the fight for marriage equality makes it all the way to the u.s. supreme court. and on june 26th, the justices hand down a landmark verdict. >> the ruling today that same-sex marriage is a nationwide constitutional right, this is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time. >> reporter: the 5-4 decision makes marriage equality the law of the land with the u...

But prosecutor larry crouch heard disquieting reports from his investigators. >> they started surveilling our office, the police offices, eventually starts driving by an investigator's home. it was getting pretty concerning out there. >> time to move. on may 29, 2008, dave hawk was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and a special circumstance murder for financial gain. he pleaded not guilty. when the trial finally began more than a year later dave faced murder and the earlier embezzlement charges together. prosecutor larry crouch offered the jury this theory, that dave snuck out of ...

Lawyer, was surprised at how polished and well-crafted these briefs being filed by the paula jones lawyers were. >> i'm sure they're very good attorneys. they're not appellate or supreme court attorneys. after the case was argued, we're out in the hallway. all of the supreme court reporters are saying, "those guys did not write that brief." [ laughs ] >> little did they know that, behind the scenes, there were these elves, who could be very damaging to the president. >> paula jones needed the elves because no one who was at a good law firm would ever take a case against bill clinton. accuse a ...

Vi has savonarola excommunicated. >> excommunication is a powerful tool which makes people nervous about coming to hear savonarola talk. they may believe in him, but the pope still runs the show and this guy is going to hell if he's been excommunicated. >> he was destroyed is by his defiance of the pope. >> narrator: for his transgressions, the pope supporters demand the heretic die. on may 23, 1498, girolamo savonarola is pulled into florence's central square and burned at the stake. >> they let him burn until nothing is left. >> narrator: in august of 1503, after creating a diplomatic empire...

Now it was may, 2008, nearly two years after debbie's disappearance. her body still hadn't been found and there was no new evidence tying dave to her murder. but prosecutor larry crouch heard disquieting reports from his investigators. >> they started surveilling our office, the police offices, eventually starts driving by an investigator's home. it was getting pretty concerning out there. >> time to move. on may 29, 2008, dave hawk was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and a special circumstance murder for financial gain. he pleaded not guilty. when the trial finally began more th...