aggravated assault. >> the prosecutor pat caffey, kansas versus lowery, seems like an open-and-shut case. >> he never denied that he made the confession. there wasn't a situation where he said, no, i didn't really confess. this was -- he never said that. i thought it was a solid confession and that he was guilty. >> but almost immediately, eddie lowery hires an attorney and recants the confession. >> he really didn't realize at that point the consequences of admitting to a crime that he didn't commit. i know that might sound really strange to people and particularly a jury. my opinion is that a jury has a real obstacle to overcome when a person admits to a crime and then later recants and said, no, i didn't, didn't do that. >> the trial begins on november 19th, 1981. though lowery's confession is