Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180128:09:24:00
>> reporter: adkin's defense attorney neil mcelroy couldn't agree more. >> my first instinct when i got the case was, "it's a 1982 case, there must've been a dna hit. something has been discovered, some dna match." and of course, there was nothing. >> reporter: a point he emphasized in his opening argument at russell adkins' trial. >> law enforcement lost or destroyed several pieces of evidence. >> reporter: neil mcelroy and his partner, ronnie wingate, drilled into the prosecution witnesses, challenging their 30-year-old memories. >> but you didn't remember where it was found? >> no, i couldn...