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On a notepad that you had gone to jiffy stop at the time of the murder. and you're being questioned by detectives and you had an alibi. did you tell them about it? he said, no. i said, why not? and then he said, you know, i don't know why i didn't tell them that. >> i didn't even think about it as far as being an alibi. i never even thought about the notebook during trial. never even dawned on me. >> the blood seeped from my head. i felt cold. someone is questioning you and you have an alibi for where you were at the time of a murder somewhere and you don't tell authorities that alibi. that's ...

At that time he had been on death row about 16 years. that's a long time to be cooped up in a walk-in closet. when i walked into the room it was almost like seeing some old friend. he was so happy to see me. >> i believe it was on father's day he showed up here. and i thought we had a good conversation. ate a hamburger, had a soda. we talked about the case and this and that. >> i asked him about the three girls and he said that never happened. it was all a lie. well, i don't know those girls but i didn't believe him when he said that. because if one said it, maybe it's a lie. but all three, in...

>> despite the community uproar, police chief mike brady who had hired and mentored duckett held fast in his belief that investigators were focusing on the wrong man. >> my confidence in him hadn't been shaken. i was of the opinion that the truth is going to come out. he is going to be exonerated as a suspect. we're going on get to business and find out who murdered this child. >> last time i seen her she turned the corner and was headed home. >> do you want to know something? >> yes, sir. >> you're not telling me the truth. >> yes, sir. >> no, you're not. >> james duckett was arrested and cha...

>> gwen testified against duckett and was let out of jail having served less than six months of a two-year sentence. but a year after james duckett was sentenced to death, gurley recanted her original testimony and said she never actually saw duckett with tremendous is a mcabee. in a sworn affidavit, she claimed she had been induced into it by investigator rocky harris. >> rocky harris took me in and out of the jail. they asked a lot of questions, a lot of questions. >> the best i recall, i never offered her any deal whatsoever. >> after learning that gwen gurley had recanted her testimony, ma...

And rod sterling is the governor. you never just say, it can't be because often it is. >> with frank's help in 2003, edna buchanan wrote three front page stories for the "miami herald" about duckett's possible innocence. >> she started writing the stories and i started getting all these media requests. i mean, from tvs and newspapers and "48 hours" and "primetime live." they were just flooding in my cell. >> as publicity grew around duckett's case, marshall frank was finally able to convince beth wells to show him a key piece of evidence. >> i wanted to see a copy of the notepad that duckett t...