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About what happened here, and 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 repercus...

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 pressed smith to tell him about gloria killian. >> i ...

Court and genego now knew he 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 and from coin shop operator virgil fletcher and used to it 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 ...

Knew he 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 was involved. >> cleland had argued that gloria pried information and used to it orchestrate the heist. >> they were able to make it seem as if gloria was the link between virgil research inner and gary masse. and if it wasn't her, how else would this 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 criminal gary lee smith was recruited...

Next sunday. >> on 1989, joe ambrosia was sentenced to die. see how far prosecutors went to get a conviction. meet the witness whose testimony would turn the case upside down and the priest whose unusual background and perseverance became a godsent. >> i was astonished at how far wrong the system can go. >> "death row stories," all new next sunday at 9:00 on cnn after 13 years behind bars, gloria killian would get another day in court. federal judge, gregory hal los, would hear new evidence and determine if she received a good trial. gary lee smith decided to come forward. he testified that ...