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Senseless and random.

It shook my faith

for a very long time.

Cheyenne Police

spent three months

looking for a motive.

They found none.

With Dwayne's confession,

they were certain

of a conviction.

There were still questions

that needed answering.

I canceled my flight home

and headed to

Cheyenne, Wyoming,

where the hearing

took place years ago.

I think the only

regret I have is...

Is maybe the, uh...

The over-confidence

that we were...

That it was a done thing.

A surefire

win for us.

But I, uh...

I honestly didn't think

that it would go through.

I wouldn't call it arrogant,

but certainly,

it seemed like

an easy case to me.

You wanna take

your feelings out of it,

but we're talking about

a confessed murderer here.

One who showed

no remorse, no regret.

We had murder weapon.

We had fingerprints.

Security footage,

and a population

screaming for justice.

And who wanted him

put away for life.

And at that time, there was

no doubt in my mind we were

gonna do just that.

The fact that

I got the Nelson case

was a surprise.

My first, uh...

Murder trial.

And I knew it was

gonna be a big deal.

Uh...

And it was a big deal.

Dwayne's case was very unique.

Okay?

What you had here was

a classic plea pardon case.

There was no logic

to his motivation.

Absolutely none.

Which set it up

for an insanity plea.

I wanted to change

the location of the trial.

I wanted to, uh...

Make sure that we had

an impartial jury.

He wouldn't stand for it.

The loophole was

brought up to me

almost exactly 24 hours

before we went to the hearing.

So we looked at it.

We looked at it,

we danced around it,

it was a conversation.

And, uh...

And then we looked into

the legalities of it.

Then we ran with it.

Will the defendant

please rise.

Based on Federal and

District Law,

the Constitution and with no

legal precedent to draw from,

I have no choice but to

side with the defense.

Mr. Nelson, you are free to go.

The murder trial

in Cheyenne this morning

has taken yet another

unexpected turn.

During today's

preliminary hearing,

confessed murderer,

Dwayne Nelson,

was acquitted of all charges

due to what can only be

described as

a flaw in the system.

...an unusual case.

And families are

understandably shocked

with the Judge's decision.

Imagine a murderer

being allowed to

walk the streets as a free man.

That's exactly what took

place here today.

I remember there was

absolute confusion

and shock.

All hell broke loose.

Right? It was...

Insanity.

We weren't prepared for that.

I wasn't prepared for that.

This guy should have been

put away for life.

It was so far beyond logic.

So far beyond reason.

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