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Cards was going to collapse in trial. >> reporter: in october, 2016, more than two years after the death of his son, ross harris went on trial for murder. >> death. deception. and a double life. >> reporter: chuck boring, the lead prosecutor, told the jury why ross' story had never added up. that chick-fil-a video showed cooper wide awake. that drive that was too short to forget a toddler. the car seat was just inches behind ross. and at ross' office there was a photo of cooper and a gift from cooper. he even sent a text to leanna in the afternoon about cooper. when you getting my buddy, it sa...

>> because she believes 100% that it was not intentional. >> reporter: so there she was in court, not condemning ross, but defending him. >> tell these folks a little about cooper. >> cooper was the sweetest little boy. he had so much life in him. he was everything to me. >> reporter: and everything to ross, too, she testified, as the jury watched family videos of father and son. >> what are we looking at there, leanna? >> that's just them in the bed. and that's just kind of a little game that they would play. >> reporter: leanna said ross was the kind of dad who always played at the park. >> ...

>> reporter: having seen the appeal, vic reynolds, the top prosecutor in cobb county believes it won't change the outcome. >> i have complete confidence in the jury's verdict, complete confidence in the evidence that was presented, and i believe when the day comes, this verdict will, in fact, be affirmed. >> reporter: but ross harris' supporters say there is another tragedy in all this. they believe his conviction will make things worse for parents who make similar, terrible mistakes. >> this sets the precedent that anyone that does this is a monster. and that's just not the case. this really ...

Left him in the car. >> reporter: it made sense because she knew ross so well. he could be forgetful. and when she saw the video of him with police, she recognized that ross, too. >> this morning we woke up -- >> reporter: the overly-social guy just chatting away. >> he just would talk to everybody, very outgoing, very vocal. he didn't -- he never met a stranger. >> reporter: but leanna also told the jury how ross looked when she first saw him at the police station. she says he was in terrible pain. >> it was very difficult to see him like that. >> reporter: this was the true face of ross' gri...