right in d.a. jerry keen s face. i came into the courtroom thinking that the defendant was going to be sentenced and it ended up being more of my being on trial. who on earth had the power to make this happen? he did. i know that she was there, okay? she was. i know she was. kevin tubbs, a plain spoken farm worker back then was hauling hay. why was he so important? because after six years during witch tubbs swore he barely registered the fuss over the harris case, he picked up the paper, saw the story of cal s conviction and i seen that and, you know, i started like recalling, thinking
best years of my life as a parent and i ll never get those years back. he will also never stand trial for his wife s murder again, exonerated now. and free finally to speak his mind about his terrible 15-year ordeal. from my standpoint personally, one of the greatest hypocrisies in our country is our criminal justice system. there is nothing fair about it. cal did more than just speak out. in august, 2017, his legal team filed a sweeping 26-page federal complaint, claiming malicious prosecution and violations of civil rights. the lawyer representing the county, the county s district attorney s office and its former district attorney, plans to file a motion to dismiss. two others named in the suit have already done so.
but in the eyes of michele s family, it was finally justice. and then then an extraordinary thing happened. my first reaction was, come on. the judge is not going to accept this guy s claim. a new witness with an amazing story and it turned the harris case on its head. coming up as i was going by the harris property, there was a blonde woman out there, looked like she was crying. i know it was her. had someone seen michele? it was the most bizarre story you could have ever told. get ready for trial number two. when dateline continues. find. go to the pharmacy counter for powerful claritin-d. while the leading allergy spray relieves 6 symptoms. claritin-d relieves 8, including sinus congestion and pressure. claritin-d relieves more.
insisted. cal did not deserve to be on trial and frankly michele and her family deserved better. we all want to know what happened to her. it s time to look elsewhere. there was a new prosecutor this time. kirk martin. he made the same arguments as the previous d.a., saying the evidence pointed to cal harris killing his wife. the trial took three months. finally, late april, the jury got it. and the waiting began. michele s family still convinced that cal was guilty. is there a corner of your brain that thinks, god, maybe it was somebody else? not at all. not at all. well, cal and his family hoped the jury had been persuaded otherwise. you know, you have been confident before when you ve gone on trial because you said i didn t do it. i should be acquitted and yet you weren t.
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