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>> this is the first time wayne williams has talked on tv in at least a decade. why do you think you were convicted? >> fear. >> what do you mean? >> atlanta, at the time, was in a panic. they wanted any suspect that they could find. and let's just be honest. it had to be a black person, because if it had been a white suspect, atlanta probably would have gone up in flames. it came very close to that. >> do you think you'll ever be free? >> no doubt it's not a matter of if to me. it's a matter of when. >> some 30 years after wayne williams' trial and conviction, there is still debat...

atlanta georgia. in all, more than two dozen victims. most of them strangled. by may, 1981, the police and f.b.i. were hiding in the brush beside and below theiver bridges. this was toe be the last niekt. almost the last hour. >> i heard the splash. >> reporter: bob campbell, a police recruit, jumped to his feet. >> i was really startled. it sounded like a body entering water. >> he looked up at the bridge. >> and i saw brake lights of a car. i saw red lights. the car started slowly moving away from me across the bridge. >> reporter: campbell radioed the other team members up above h...

this was to be the last night, almost the last hour. >> i heard the splash. >> bob campbell, a police recruit, jumped to his feet down beside the chattahoochee river. >> i was really startled. it sounded like a body entering the water. >> he looked up at the bridge. >> and i saw brake lights of a car coming. i saw red lights. the car started slowly moving away from me across the bridge. >> campbell radioed the other team members up above him. >> i asked, did a car stop on the bridge? because i couldn't believe what i saw. and each person told me they didn't see it. >> then a policema...

the best that i could describe was a ski rope type. the woven type and it was my guess about 24 inches long. >> no. >> williams denies there was any such cord. >> because if that rope had been in the station wagon that night, i'm sure they would have taken it. >> the fact that i didn't confiscate it didn't make it go away. >> the nylon cord would never be seen again. >> could have been the murder weapon as far as i know. >> fbi supervisors decided to let wayne williams go that night. >> we didn't have a body. secondly, there was no who saw wayne williams outside of his car. there w...

What here, now there are five women involved in the suits and the fact that they are being so public about this, might even encourage other people to come forward and file a claim? >> great question. the case isn't going to be tried in public opinion, it's going to be tried in court. in court you can't say, i was sexually harassed and she was too and she was too, that's hearsay. you can necessarily say, there are other lawsuits filed, too. that's also hearsay. that won't come in. but pattern evidence may come in if they can establish that he has a pattern of conduct without using hearsay. that...