blew and for no reason. reporter: the loving husband who cried his way through romantic movies an assassin? impossible. it was impossible said bianca. he had an ally buy. he was in the hoft loft. i was there. reporter: he was in bed with her. he was a foot from me. there s no room for that. reporter: this surely had to be a colossal misunderstanding. bianca sought support from her neighbors including david novak, her only friend with intimate knowledge of the legal system. he comforted you? he was brilliant, yeah. he would ask me how everything was going and what was happening with christopher and whether our attorneys were doing the job they were supposed to. reporter: she told him
he had an ally buy. he was in the hoft loft. i was there. reporter: he was in bed with her. he was a foot from me. there s no room for that. reporter: this surely had to be a colossal misunderstanding. bianca sought support from her neighbors including david novak, her only friend with intimate knowledge of the legal system. he comforted you? he was brilliant, yeah. he would ask me how everything was going and what was happening with christopher and whether our attorneys were doing the job they were supposed to. reporter: she told him everything, she said. and he assured her the mistake would soon be rectified.
great to see you, kate. turns to an msnbc exclusive, the story of a man recently freed from death row, alfred dwayne brown was released from a prison last summer after spending a decade on death row for a crime he said he didn t commit. craig melvin has been following this story for us. he spent time with him last night. walk us through this story. good afternoon to you. so brown was convicted in 20 05, a high profile case, the killing of a houston police officer named charles clark along with a cashier. here s the thing, no forensic evidence, no surveillance footage, nothing like that. he said he was at his girlfriend s apartment and actually called to check on her when he saw the coverage of the killings on television. proof of that phone call, a phone call made from a landline, proof of that could have been an ally buy. problem was no one could find a record of the call back then and
then? shorter than yours. the defense introduced this photo showing velazquez with short hair just one month before the crime. and the defense made another argument, velazquez had an ally buy. the minute that they spoke about that day, january 27th, it stuck out like a sore thumb. that was the day before my father s birthday. his father had passed away six months earlier. if you can see on the tombstone, january 28th is his birthday. so this would be the first time that my father s birthday would come around, and we wouldn t spend it with him. and that s why velazquez, who testified in his own defense, says he remembers being on the phone with his mother that day. that was the day when i spoke about going to the cemetery to see my father s grave. this phone bill shows a 74-minute phone call from maria s home to her son s apartment in the bronx exactly when the crime was unfolding in harlem.