keith morrison (voiceover): a loving pastor s family instant targets. i heard the first shot go off and said, i love you, mom. i love you, dad. keith morrison (voiceover): they were the only ones who i heard the first shot go survived, and no one knew then how long justice would take off and i said, i love, you i love you dad. they were the only ones who survived. and no one knew then how long justice would take or what it would cost. were you frightened, terrified that they would come back and it up? absolutely. a chilling man hunt, a young survivor, driven to become a state senator. he was very, very passionate. what they ever come out the dark? i always get a little emotional and can t believe it s [inaudible] 30 years later, an answer. the power of forgiveness. this is what my dad and my mom taught me. in his 40s and married again, he started fresh, here in the beach, in malibu. it was time, finally to put it to rest. ali use hollywood to release
they did excellent. they were good. they were both well. stood up under cross-examination? yeah. we tried the case in chief in one day. just we just one witness after another. altogether, the hatch case took three days of the court s time. hatch testified in his own defense. he was convicted, sentenced to death. glen ake s trial in early summer didn t take much longer. but in the courtroom they kept him under heavy guard. ake was volatile, unpredictable. ake was really mean. i mean, he just was a mean person. sheriff lynn stedman testified for two hours about ake s thanksgiving confession. but once again, brooks and leslie were the star witnesses for the prosecution. they both calmly identified glen ake as the man who shot them and murdered their parents. did you watch the children s testimony? yes. brooks was very strong in his testimony. leslie was, too.
hatch s trial. 13-year-old leslie douglass appeared in court for the first time since the shooting that left her and her brother critically wounded and her parents dead. how did those two kids do on the stand? they did excellent. they were good. they were both well. stood up under cross-examination? yeah. we tried the case in chief in one day. just we just one witness after another. altogether, the hatch case took three days of the court s time. hatch testified in his own defense. he was convicted, sentenced to death. glen ache s trial in early summer didn t take much longer. but in the courtroom they kept him under heavy guard. ache was volatile, unpredictable. ache was really mean. i mean, he just was a mean person. sheriff lynn stedman testified for two hours about ache s thanksgiving confession. but once again, brooks and leslie were the star witnesses for the prosecution. they both calmly identified glen ache as the man who shot them