for my arrest for capital murder. i couldn't believe it. i thought, well, i'll go up there and get this all cleared up and go home, you know? i had nothing to hide. i mean, i knew i hadn't done anything. >> the case goes to trial in july of 1987. the state presents its strongest evidence. the so-called pour patterns. prosecutors argue that the patterns indicate the fire started within feet of where willis claims to have been sleeping. >> his story was that he was asleep on the couch. where the pour pattern stuff was, where the hottest flames and stuff were in the house, if he had been on the couch, he probably would not have been able to get out himself. >> prosecutors also play up to the jury the fact that willis seems cold and remorseless throughout the two-week trial. >> i sat there through my trial just emotionless, in a daze. i didn't have any idea what all had went wrong. >> willis' court-appointed