in order to get a new trial for edward lee elmore, diana needed to find grounds to appeal when she finally read what elmore said in the original trial, she felt more determined than ever to fight back. i started reading eddie s testimony and it got me, yeah. and the more it went along, the more it got me. i remember when he was cross examined, because for a long time, edward didn t say anything or testify. he just sat there as if, why am i here? why i am a going through this? you want this court to believe you re always this quiet, don t you? well, sir, you asked me something, i answered. you want them to believe you re real quiet and polite. yes, sir, no, sir. isn t that right? no, sir. edward didn t understand what he was talking about. he didn t understand how to defend himself or what to say. why did you hit her with this ashtray? i didn t hit her with it.
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and i said, in fact, there is. he goes free at the bond hearing, and he is going to continue to say the truth he said all of these years, i m innocent. and the prosecutor said, okay. but the plea required that elmore say in open court that the state could likely prove their charges against him at a trial. it wasn t the exoneration they were hoping for, but it would mean freedom. new tonight, he was once on death row. now he is a free man. after 30 years, edward elmore was released from prison today. oh, thank the lord. give me a minute. i m a little overwhelmed right now. just so excited, i couldn t hardly speak. locked up all them years something i didn t do, and comes along, she believed in me.
dorothy edwards was found dead in her closet. the brutality of the crime scene, the blood, the way the body was and the stab wounds postmortem, it was just totally unbelievable. dorothy s body had 52 wounds, 11 broken ribs and abrasions on her vagina. the state forensic team gathered what evidence was inside the home. hair samples were found on the bed. blood at various places. outside there were some fingerprints. a crime scene wiped clean of fingerprints, police believe the killer made a mistake, a thumbprint found on the back door. dorothy s neighbor james holloway told police that edward lee elmore, a 23-year-old handyman worked for dorothy from time to time. although elmore had never been convicted of a felony, police matched his fingerprints from other misdemeanor arrests and issued a warrant to bring him
by 1995, diana was ready to present evidence pointing to edward elmore s innocence to a state court in south carolina. the goal was to get a new trial for elmore. diana would be joined by chris jensen for what would be her first hearing as a lawyer. she was very fierce. she had not the slightest doubt about eddie elmore s innocence. she was determined to make sure that i did my job. the state was represented by donald zelenka, who reportedly once argued that women who had abortions in the third trimester could be executed for murder. and elmore s fate would be decided by judge ernest kinard. one of the first witnesses called was james gilliam, the inmate who said elmore confessed to him in jail. but in the small town of greenwood, both elmore and
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