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News. >> the court officer who knows us very well, he sort of just came in very gently and he says, "hey folks -- we have a verdict." and immediately upon that moment, hearing that, my heart starts racing. >> i walked back with cara to the courthouse and she was breathing, you know, really deep breathing. i said, "cara, it's going to be okay." >> the defendant would please rise -- >> reporter: inside the court, a verdict read by the foreman, off camera. >> she's guilty of murder in the first degree. >> reporter: guilty of murder one. the most severe charge. cara broke down. her friends and fam...

Moved into a basement apartment near little italy. >> he lived in the coventry area which at the time was something a lot of 20-somethings did. they were blue-collar workers and they partied a lot. >> i was not an angel. i drank. i drank like a fish. >> right across the street from where i was living was a bar called the saloon. and i was in there throwing darts one day and ed espinoza, the foreman for mike keenan, came in and threw out a general question, who needs a job? and he hired me as a landscaper plus home repair work. i started work the next day, september 1st. september 26th, i'm sit...

I drank like a fish. right across the street from where i was living was a bar called the saloon. and i was in there throwing darts one day and ed espinoza, the foreman for mike keenan, came in and threw out a general question, who needs a job? and he hired me as a landscaper plus home repair work. i started work the next day, september 1st. september 26th, i'm sitting in jail. >> in contrast to joe's story, neil discovered that the man who put joe on death row, eddie espinoza, had a very checkered past. >> eddie espinoza was someone who in court admitted that he was an alcoholic. also a drug ...

I loved it. >> joe worked his way up to sergeant and was honorably discharged. but when he returned to the distressed economy of 1980s rust belt cleveland, joe couldn't find work. >> he thought he was a certified mechanic. i don't know what certification is in the military. but people were telling him, you're not a certified mechanic. >> in the spring of 1988, joe moved into a basement apartment near little italy. >> he lived in the coventry area which at the time was something a lot of 20-somethings did. they were blue-collar workers and they partied a lot. >> i was not an angel. i drank. i d...

Called the saloon. and i was in there throwing darts one day and ed espinoza, the foreman for mike keenan, came in and threw out a general question, who needs a job? and he hired me as a landscaper plus home repair work. i started work the next day, september 1st. september 26th, i'm sitting in jail. >> in contrast to joe's story, neil discovered that the man who put joe on death row, eddie espinoza, had a very checkered past. >> eddie espinoza was someone who in court admitted that he was an alcoholic. also a drug abuser, a welfare he was someone who was known to drink a 12-pack of beer, woul...