>> reed said he was trying to avoid saying something damaging. >> i didn't want to incriminate myself. i didn't want to be questioned about it. i had nothing -- i'm a black man in a small town. i'm not pulling a race card or anything like that, but the nature of the -- it was a small city i lived in. >> almost a year after stacey stites is killed, rodney reed is charged with her rape and murder. to this day he maintains he is innocent. you had nothing to do with this case? >> i had nothing to do with this case, nothing at all. >> rodney's family hires a private attorney to represent him but the legal bills are too much. reed is then appointed two attorneys by the state. during the trial, the defense team points to the possibility of another killer. >> prosecutors say dna evidence will prove rodney reed did it. the defense told the jury there is plenty of reasonable doubt. it could have been stacy's fiancee, a police officer who