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Was that chavis had been tried just the week before for this murder. so the prosecutor went into courtroom one and told the jury that chavis committed this crime and took the bat and bludgeoned terry king. and then the prosecutor sealed that verdict. nobody knew what it was except he and the judge. and then they went back into another courtroom for alex and derek a week later and they told that jury that derek and alex had committed this crime. i mean, it was unfathomable that a prosecutor could do that. there were two different theories. you can't convict two people of one act like that on tw...

Judge? >> when i came up with a colleague, ben kunig, we filed a motion for a new trial, a motion to set aside the verdict, actually, and one of the reasons was that chavis had been tried just the week before for this murder. so the prosecutor went into courtroom one and told the jury that chavis committed this crime and took the bat and bludgeoned terry king. and then the prosecutor sealed that verdict. nobody knew what it was except he and the judge. and then they went back into another courtroom for alex and derek a week later and they told that jury that derek and alex had committed this c...

That crime. the judge then threw it out and ordered a new trial or just changed the sentence? >> well, no, what he did was he said he was going to order a new trial. and he ordered us to mediation. which was also a very unique circumstance and a very great idea by judge. we all went into mediation and had to come up with a reasonable compromise. the prosecutor was in a position where he knew the gig was up. although in the court of public opinion, the boys had already been convicted, they were going to get another chance with different lawyers. >> larry: let's all discuss this. alex too. jayne...

Said that he was going to order a new trial. and he ordered us to mediation. which was also a very unique circumstance and a very great idea by judge bell. so we all went into mediation and had to come up with a reasonable compromise. because the prosecutor was in a position where he knew the gig was up. he was going to be back to square one. he didn't want to be at square one. although in the court of public opinion, the boys had already been convicted, they were going to get another chance with different lawyers. and that was going to -- >> larry: let's all discuss this. alex too. jayne, wha...