they faced off against what the papers were calling a million-dollar defense dream team hired by denny s father. the lead defense attorney was david chesnau from las vegas. the police rushed to denny and ignored everything else. the girl s mother was called to the stand but not videoed. those were her favorite pants. it all came down to the contents of the trash bag found beneath the window. of all the dna tests run on hannah s clothing spotted with blood, only one came back to denny, a small semen stain on the girl s underwear. hardly proof of a crime, said denny s lawyer. they re kids. they re fooling around. that doesn t mean he raped her. the case went to the jury. and in the midst of deliberations came a stunning turn. the judge, quite unexpectedly, walked into the jury room and declared a mistrial. she said she took that drastic measure because she was getting a report that one of the jurors was talking about a lie detector test not in evidence, a lie detector test br
nor was there a trace of denny in or around hannah s car. despite the ambiguous evidence, in october 2000, 20-year-old denny ross stood trial for the rape and murder of hannah hill. he pleaded not guilty and faced the death penalty if convicted. he beat her into submission so he could rape her. two young prosecutors argued their theory of the case, that inside that apartment denny had raped and killed hannah. they faced off with what the papers were calling a million-dollar defense dream team hired by denny s father. the lead attorney was david chesnau from las vegas. the girl s mother was called to the stand but not videoed. those were her favorite pants. it all came down to the contents of the trash bag found beneath the window. of all the tests run on the
raped and killed hannah. they faced off with what the papers were calling a million-dollar defense dream team hired by denny s father. the lead attorney was david chesnau from las vegas. the girl s mother was called to the stand but not videoed. those were her favorite pants. it all came down to the contents of the trash bag found beneath the window. of all the tests run on the clothing spotted with blood, only one came back to denny, a small semen stain on the girl s underwear. hardly proof of a crime, said denny s lawyer. they re kids. they re fooling around. that doesn t mean he raped her. the case went to the jury. and in the midst of deliberations came a stunning turn. the judge, quite unexpectedly, walked into the jury room and declared a mistrial. she said she took that drastic measure because she was getting a report that one of the jurors was talking about a lie detector
two young prosecutors argued their theory of the case, that inside that apartment denny had raped and killed hannah. they faced off with what the papers were calling a million-dollar defense dream team hired by denny s father. the lead attorney was david chesnau from las vegas. the girl s mother was called to the stand but not videoed. those were her favorite pants. it all came down to the contents of the trash bag found beneath the window. of all the tests run on the clothing spotted with blood, only one came back to denny, a small semen stain on the girl s underwear. hardly proof of a crime, said denny s lawyer. they re kids. they re fooling around. that doesn t mean he raped her. the case went to the jury. and in the midst of deliberations came a stunning turn. the judge, quite unexpectedly, walked into the jury room and declared a mistrial.
their theory of the case, that inside that apartment denny had raped and killed hannah. they faced off with what the papers were calling a million-dollar defense dream team hired by denny s father. the lead attorney was david chesnau from las vegas. the girl s mother was called to the stand but not videoed. those were her favorite pants. it all came down to the contents of the trash bag found beneath the window. of all the tests run on the clothing spotted with blood, only one came back to denny, a small semen stain on the girl s underwear. hardly proof of a crime, said denny s lawyer. they re kids. they re fooling around. that doesn t mean he raped her. the case went to the jury. and in the midst of deliberations came a stunning turn. the judge, quite unexpectedly, walked into the jury room and declared a mistrial. she said she took that drastic