Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181223:04:35:00
Details that he was able to begin showing the fallacies and the falsehoods in his case, and i had never done an appeal of a capital case. it was terrifying. >> narrator: lorenzi knew he faced an uphill battle, so he enlisted the help of veteran appeals attorney clive stafford smith. >> i had worked on another capital case where i had needed a favor and tom lorenzi had very kindly helped me out. so when tom got roped into smitty's case, he called me back and i sort of owed him a favor. >> narrator: clive was concerned to learn that hard-line judge frank shea, notorious for fast tracking trials,...