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Was going to have to fight that power in a whole new way because -- remember jared fuhriman, the detective who befriended chris tapp in a previous position as school resources officer? >> the fellow who got that confession has gone on to become the mayor of the town. >> true. >> did that have anything to do with it as far as you can tell? >> people have got to protect their story without looking any deeper and saying, is this really accurate? >> so have the idaho falls police taken a false confession, put the wrong man in prison, and failed to find the real killer? >> no. >> just not true, sai...

>> reporter: in 1996, 19-year-old stacy stites was found dead on the side of a road in bastrop, texas. she was bruised and strangled with a belt. she was raped and murdered just after 3:00 in the morning. on her way to work at a grocery store. for months, the prime suspect was her fiancee, a police officer named jimmy finnell until dna pointed to another man she knew. tests confirmed rodney reed's seemen was found inside stites. a jury convicted him and he was sent to death row. >> it almost reads like a book. hopefully we don't execute the wrong man for this murder. >> reporter: his attorney ...

Understand they've got the wrong man. >> are you optimistic you can change course here, and what makes you so sure -- what makes you believe him? >> it's not about believing rodney reed, although he has been consistent throughout. it's really about looking at the facts of this case. when you look at the scientific evidence it both exonerates rod no reed and puts the time of death at a time that jimmy finel testified he was alone with stacey in the apartment. when you look at the witnesses that continue to come out, some people say they're not credible. but look who they are. they are police of...

The morning. on her way to work at a grocery store. for months the prime suspect was her fiance, a police officer named jimmy finel until dna evidence pointed to another man she knew. a year later tests confirmed rodney reid's semen was found inside her. a jury convicted read sent him to death row, but the saga was just the beginning. >> it almost reads like a book. hopefully we don't execute the wrong man for the murder. >> reporter: they say they were engaged in a consensual affair and finel found out about it. reid talked about this in an interview. >> prior to her death he found out that h...

Get up and speculate and guess at how old the blood was based on the color from from a fr photograph is unsupported proposition. >> reporter: and out was evidence that cal threatened michel michelle's life. then the defense attempted to present its evidence about that alternate suspect, stacy stewart. and the judge shut them down. the jury would only be allowed to hear stewart's name, that michelle knew him, that kevin tubbs had i.d.'d him, and that he owned a black truck at the time. no more. why? because stacy stewart wasn't on trial. cal harris was. the wrong man, his attorneys insisted. >>...