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Cut corners. and i put the right person in prison. and so what if things were a little messy. and meanwhile, we're finding out 10, 15, 25, 30 years later, the corners that were cut are so vital to the interest of a fair trial that the jury didn't have all the accurate information, key information to convict somebody. >> despite questionable behavior by the o.c. d.a.'s office, kenneth clair remained on death row. but in 2007 dna was finally run in the case and the result would point to someone other than kenneth clair.

Clair's girlfriend, a woman named pauline flores, gave police the break they needed. >> pauline indicated that on the night of the murder she met with kenneth clair. he had blood on one of his hands. he had a bag with property in it. not only does she give that statement but she agreed to wear a wire to do a covert recording of a conversation that she might have with him. >> two weeks later pauline flores confronted kenneth clair about linda rodgers' murder. >> i want to know what the [ muted ] happened. you murder some girl, come out with mother m[ muted ] speakers with jewelry. that's mother...

Only staying for 10 to 15 minutes. >> linda rodgers called her mother up about a week before she was murdered and she said, i don't think i'm going to live to see my next birthday. why would she call her mom and tell her mom that? if she didn't know what was going on. she was in fear of her life. >> if the hessling home had been a drug house, then there would have been countless other suspects with a motive for linda's murder. scott moxley, an investigative reporter for the o.c. weekly, has written about clair's case. >> i mean, the house should be a narcotics trading house. it's in the middle...