swagger that he and his team had. i think they felt not unreasonably that they could win it. >> and sure enough, stephen's highly regarded macon attorneys had already accused the state of getting evidence from improper search warrants. >> i think there were eight or nine searches of stephen's apartment. >> and lauren's underwear and the apartment keys and the hacksaw packaging, all of that evidence that attorney said should be thrown out. do you believe the prosecution was particularly worried about your challenges? >> yes, i did think they were. >> this though defense attorney had known and admired lauren. >> i was her teacher in a transition course from law school into practice. >> in fact he told stephen before joining his team stephen was all right with it. any way, that's why hoag knew lauren herself was opposed to the death penalty. so he took it as a victory lap