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And john rams' attorney, timothy flaherty, made sure jurors knew it. >> there had to be a question in his mind. they believe todd reine is the person who paid john rams to do this, and yet he is sitting in this courtroom. how is that? >> that was the most compelling argument i made in the trial. john rams, where is todd reine? sitting in the gallery, not at counsel table. why isn't he charged? the man with motive, opportunity, means. why didn't they charge him? >> why didn't they ever charge reine? >> a better question for michael o'keefe. >> cape cod district attorney michael o'keefe declined...

Extensive criminal record from assault to manslaughter. did he ever tell you why he wanted you to burglarize shirley's home? >> he wanted the documents. the sex tapes. >> he wanted shirley and melvin's newly signed will and trust documents and several tapes rumored to exist which allegedly show his stepmom performing sexual acts with other men. >> when he approached me, he had the plan drawn out. he said the $10,000 is in the drawer. the sex tapes over there under the tv. the safe is there. in the safe is the documents with the will and testament. >> did you feel look you had a choice? >> you ...

Jr., was never implicated, todd, john rams, and an accomplice were all convicted of the theft and sent to prison in september 2007. which allowed investigators a unique opportunity to build shirley's murder case while their two main suspects were locked up. >> they definitely were trying to get john rams to flip. they went to john rams several times trying to get him to talk. >> and talk he did. between 2005 and 2011, john rams willingly spoke to police at least seven times. >> he said, "i didn't do it but --" todd reine wanted her dead. >> despite his repeated denials, in december 2011, john ...

>> the question is, did he follow through with it? >> never once did i say, "yeah, i will solidly do this for you." never once did i tell him "yes, i will do this." >> the district attorney's office wasn't buying john's story, and were betting the jury wouldn't either. >> the prosecution's story was pretty clear. that john rams had been hired to do this job and todd reine had hired him to do it. >> but the forensics told a very different story. >> there was no fiber, fingerprint, dna, trace, ballistics, foot impression evidence against john rams, none whatsoever. >> the one fingerprint that wa...

They're just trying to scare you. little did i know. >> little did loretta know that according to john rams, a plan to kill shirley was already being hatched. did he tell you that he wanted to kill shirley reine? >> he had a plan and everything. he wanted me to shoot shirley. go in her house and shoot her for him. >> john insists that he never agreed to do it. but that todd was determined to make it happen with or without him. >> he said he wanted it to look like a mob hit. i am just listening to this guy. >> did you warn authorities after talking to todd? >> yeah, absolutely i did. >> two yea...