and an acquittal on child pornography charges more than a decade ago, his accusers say this is another chance at justice. joining us now, the man whose reporting led to this moment, author of soulless: the case against r. kelly. good to have you on, jim. thanks so much for your time this morning. your reporting broke this, right? helped pave the way to the possibility of justice here. what do you make of this moment now? well, my reporting amplified the voices of dozens of brave young women who did the most difficult thing possible, rip out their soul and trust a fat white journalist rock critic to tell their stories. our first story at the chicago sun-times ran on december 21st, 2000. my partner and i covered the courts, i covered the music world.
we got all excited. asked for the judge to set a hearing. it was december 20th or 21st. we were going to have christmas beyond all christmases. on december 21st, 2000, a new hearing was held. if a new trial were to be granted, elmore could be released on bail and join his family for the holidays after more than 18 years on death row. all rise. judge ernest kinard again presided, the same judge who had stated elmore may well be not guilty. lab corps has indicated in a record that there are no hairs from someone other than dorothy edwards and there were no hairs of anyone of african-american descent. zelenka acknowledged the evidence should have been given to the defense but argued only one of the hairs had sufficient
petitioned to see the hair, it had gone missing. now 16 years later, the hair suddenly turned up. the prosecution has an obligation to turn over to the defense anything which is favorable. in this case, they didn t do it at the time of trial. as it turns out, none of the hairs were negroid at all. they were all caucasian hair, and they did not belong to mr. elmore. and that should be sufficient to warrant a new trial. we got all excited. asked for the judge to set a hearing. it was december 20th or 21st. we were going to have christmas beyond all christmases. on december 21st, 2000, a new hearing was held. if a new trial were to be granted, elmore could be released on bail and join his family for the holidays after more than 18 years on death row. all rise.
we got all excited to ask the judge to set a hearing. it was december 21st. we were going to have christmas beyond all christmases. on december 21st, 2000, a new hearing was held. if a new trial were to be granted, elmore could be released on bail and join his family for the holidays after more than 18 years on death row. judge ernest kinard presided, the same judge who had stated elmore may well be not guilty. lab corps has sent us a report indicating there are hairs from someone other than dorothy edwards and there were no hairs of anyone of african-american descent. he acknowledged the evidence should have been given to the defense but argued only one of the hairs had sufficient dna to read. we do not dispute the
obligation to turn over to the defense anything which is favorable. in this case, they didn t do it at the time of trial. as it turns out, none of the hairs were negroid at all. they were caucasian and they did not belong to mr. elmore. that should be sufficient to warrant a new trial. we got all excited to ask the judge to set a hearing. it was december 21st. we were going to have christmas beyond all christmases. on december 21st, 2000, a new hearing was held. if a new trial were to be granted, elmore could be released on bail and join his family for the holidays after more than 18 years on death row. judge ernest kinard presided, the same judge who had stated elmore may well be not guilty. lab corps has sent us a report indicating there are hairs from someone other than dorothy edwards and there were no hairs of anyone of african-american descent. he acknowledged the evidence should have been given to the