judge to rule whether or not elmore deserved a new trial. the decision would take four months to come down. we presented all this great evidence. we re very excited. we re stoked. then comes the judge s order and the cover letter said edward lee elmore may well not be guilty, but that will be for an appellate court to find. judge kinard had left elmore s fate up to other judges to decide. i became literally hysterical, completely sobbing. running, i threw it at john blume. what the hell is the matter with you? john blume had assigned elmore s case to diana as an intern. i was stunned. i had really expected that he would grant relief because they had presented a compelling case of mr. elmore s innocence. diana was discovering that proving mr. elmore s innocence was not enough. to get a new trial, elmore s team would have to prove that elmore s constitutional rights had been violated. a person can be innocent but as long as they get a fair
samples and placed him in the county jailhouse. even elmore s public defender had doubts about his innocence. many people will proclaim constantly about their innocence. and i cannot remember mr. elmore vociferously proclaiming his innocence. and i got the feeling there might be something for him to hide. elmore ecase came to trial 82 days after his arrest. prosecutors said that dorothy had been killed on saturday night when elmore was alone and had no alibi. you want to find out whether or not mr. elmore had any alibis. we found none. mr. elmore was not cooperative. police found small spots of blood on elmore s pants and shoes. back in the 80s dna analysis
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 gilliam new bishop spearman. and before the hearing, gilliam told spearman the truth. james gilliam and i go back i guess all our life. one night he called me and he told me i lied and my conscience
lord i ve started to walk in the light will you trust god no matter how bad it looks. it s not bad as it seems because god is still in control. bishop emmanuel spearman was pastor to edward lee elmore, the man accused of murdering dr. dorothy edwards. i have come to know edward in the late 70s. i pastored his home church. and his mother and i were best of friends. they didn t have a whole lot. one of 11 siblings, elmore s father was killed by a hit-and-run driver when elmore was 2. he grew up in dire poverty.
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