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Journalist, but i knew i was onto something, and i had to keep going. >> tom found clues that jay wolchansky's story may have actually been invented by a fellow inmate, an infamous snitch named john hall. >> john hall's specialty was to take murder cases for which there is no evidence and give the prosecution a conviction. there's this 1997 article in the daily news about john hall, who everybody calls the monsignor because he's heard more confessions than a priest. >> the article said john hall had spoken with police about walter. tom wanted to know why. >> just boggled my mind. the story tha...

Had serious doubts about how walter had landed on death row. >> the key point about the first trial is that walter testified, and it was from hearing walter talk, hearing how he expressed himself that the jury came to the belief that he couldn't have given the confession. and then you say, okay, well, what got him convicted at the second trial? >> this is the second time a jury has been charged with deciding the fate of walter ogrod. the first trial ended in a hung jury. >> in the 1990s, the philadelphia d.a.'s office sought the death penalty more than any other in the country. walter's second...