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disappointment for ryan. no new trial. his conviction will stand. it broke me, in a way, because i allowed myself to get hopeful. reporter: but ryan s father does not accept defeat. and out of the blue he s found a new ally. i like target shooting. i find it relaxing. reporter: kathleen zellner doesn t even live in missouri. she s a high-profile attorney in chicago who also saw the 48 hours report. a case like this to me is just consuming. reporter: she agrees to take ryan s case pro bono, but she s worried. my big concern is that i came into the case so late, i m not sure that the case is salvageable. reporter: wait a minute, kathleen. you say you truly believe ryan ferguson had nothing to do with this murder, that he s completely innocent. but you re not absolutely sure you can get him out? right, because the case has just progressed procedurally so far. reporter: zellner believes the entire case was based on a faulty premise. the police came up with