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Somebody who was just trying to attack the state's case. he was talking like somebody who was trying to figure out what happened, you know, who actually did it. >> announcer: at smitty's trial, prosecutor rick garfield called penny reed, the sole survivor of the murders, to the witness stand. >> i found her to be a very courageous person. she could have just maintained that she did not know who the person was that did these killings. >> announcer: penny testified that she met smitty a few weeks before the murders, and yet her description of the killer to police didn't match smitty's appearance...

>> announcer: with bridgett gone, smitty's alibi looked flimsy and prosecutor rick garfield now turned to the death bed statement of david bostick. >> smitty put himself in the presence of yankee that night. so if he was present with yankee and if bostick was positive that yankee was there, that kills his alibi. >> announcer: with the death penalty hanging in the balance, smitty made a risky move and demanded to take the stand. >> when a defendant testifies in a criminal case, you are hitting the reset button. if the jury believes the defendant, he will walk. if the jury does not believe the d...