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Theres 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 sacramentos 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 your phone and would like to lo...

The lawman was arrested more than four years ago.

Must do more than cast doubt on the prosecution's case. >> you've got to present an alternative explanation about how this could have occurred if gloria wasn't involved. >> cleland had argued that gloria pried information from coin shop operator virgil fletcher and used it to orchestrate the heist. >> they were able to make it seem as if gloria was the link between virgil fletcher and gary masse. and if it wasn't her, how else was this going to happen? >> well, gary lee smith was the missing piece. >> the people i dealt with, a few other folks and that sort of thing. >> small time sacramento c...

They were filtering out information that was inconsistent with that which happens all the time. >> they took the information and then that's the last i heard of it. >> for smith's story to help gloria, genego would need to find and convince him to testify in open court. all for a woman he had never met. >> gary lee smith had completely turned his life around and really had no reason to come forward and admit that he was a criminal 20 years ago. >> he asked me if i would come in and testify at her hearing. and i thought, my gosh. i certainly don't want any repercussions or anything. ♪ [ male ...

Davies would resist. >> what happens if this guy doesn't agree to this? because i mean he's not going to want anybody coming in and taking his stuff. well, we'll just shoot him. i certainly knew that i didn't want to be involved in anything like that. the davies are innocent people. they could have been my grandparents. it just wasn't right. >> before gloria's trial, smith approached prosecutor cleland and told them he had been recruited by a man name bob hoard. hoard, a convicted felon was neva's son and had connections to virgil fletcher. but cleland never arrested bob hoard. instead he pres...