CNN Death Row Stories July 14, 2014 02:26:00
He'd been caught by enforcement agents posing as drug dealers. >> narrator: it was a golden opportunity for kris's lawyer to call for a mistrial. with a new trial hendon would know the prosecution's arguments ahead of time. without a new trial, the judge replacing mousey could face deciding the death sentence without hearing all the evidence. >> i wanted a mistrial. hendon, to me, my advice isn't to ask for a mistrial. >> he said they would go on with the trial because he felt they had a good jury and he'd made headway. probably the main motivation was he was on a set fee. you're going to have...