>> he got visits from his family and his daughter is now 2 1/2 years old. and she would bang her hands on the plexiglas and say, open it, daddy, open it. why won't it open? >> billy richardson felt responsible for his client's predicament. >> we did not do as good a job as we were capable of doing. i made up my mind then and there i was going to become the lawyer i was supposed to be. i got off my butt and went to work. >> richardson and his partner quickly filed an appeal to the north carolina supreme court. they had to decide what to emphasize, from mishandling evidence to possible perjury. >> they quickly settled on the photographs. >> that presentation was thought to have riled up the jury and it was pointed at him over and