Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20181223:04:28:00
>> they was trying to kill me. i had a paid attorney at that time. as far as i know, he never did any investigating. after the prosecution finished their case, my lawyer rested. >> i don't think the defense presented any evidence to show that smitty was innocent of the crime. nothing. >> narrator: the trial lasted less than two days and the jury quickly returned with a verdict. guilty. the sentence, death. >> the judge, i have to pronounce this three times, you are to die, die, die in the louisiana electric chair. one of my club brothers said, "if you want truth, go to a whore house. if you wa...
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