>> joe and his lawyers believed that at the very least the withheld evidence provided reasonable doubt the crime could have happened differently than the state presented at trial. in july 2004 joe's team went before judge o'malley to obtain a new trial. >> we put up all our witnesses. the newly discovered people, the newly discovered evidence. >> by far the most powerful witness at the hearing was chris longenecker, stoney lewis's alleged rape victim, who had been found living in florida. neil convinced chris that his testimony could save joe's life. >> i wasn't able to do anything for tony because -- and so i figured, if i could help someone else, then i'll do that. >> chris, who is legally blind