his office has investigated dozens of other cases. you are looking at the actions of the prosecutor, or the police? both. the biggest part of this problem is not just innocent mistakes, the biggest part of this problem is the abuse of power. in february 2020, krasner s office, together with defense attorneys, did something rarely seen. they filed a joint motion asking the court to vacate ogrod s conviction. it was unbelievable, they came up with 160 stipulations with the defense, things are gone wrong. for nearly 30 years sharon fahy hated ogrod, but after meeting with prosecutors she became furious with the people who put him away and heartsick for the man she now believes is innocent. this is a man you wanted to die, and now you are saying you want him free? yes. once i had all of the facts, in my heart believed we that he is
the wrong man and that he did not do this. sharon and john are now divorced, in large part because of the stress and sadness of barbara jean s murder. what do you make of the fact that the prosecutor, defense, and sharon all believe that walter ogrod is innocent. maybe he is, maybe he isn t. i do not know. but sharon took it upon herself to write a letter to the judge, asking for ogrod s release. i did not want him to die behind bars. but suddenly, that was a real possibility. covid-19 was rapidly spreading inside the prison, and ogrod began showing symptoms. they filed it emergency mode notion demanding that ogrod be taken to an outside hospital. a great judge granted it. but a prison defied the order. rollins called the facility,
agree with that verdict. the judge, immediately declared a mistrial. walter ogrod was not guilty. john fahy lunged at ogrod setting up for a wild confrontation. john lunged himself out of his seat. over the barrier. nearly got his hands around walter s throat. next thing i know, i was being handcuffed. other officers, hands on their guns. john was never charged. and oh god was immediately sent back to jail. to avoid another trial. it took three years, in 1990 ogrod stood trial for a second time. the first trial ended in a hung jury. this time a different prosecutor named julie was in charge and two weeks before trial she dropped a bombshell it comes to the
we need to find out who did this. did it feel like you are lifting the lid on something much bigger? it s even worse than i thought it was. what they were hiding, what they knew. hello and welcome to dateline. four year old barbara jean horn was abducted while playing near her philadelphia home. her body was discovered within hours. police immediately launched a hunt for her killer. but years passed before a suspect confessed. even then, the case was far from over. decades later, an investigation would reveal abuses of power. deep inside philadelphia s legal system. from the homicide unit, to the prosecutor s office. here is lester holt with the investigation! when sharon was 21 years old,
to avoid another trial. it took three years, in 1990 60 god stood trial for a second time. the first trial ended in a hungary. this time a different prosecutor named julie was in charge and two weeks before trial she dropped a bombshell it comes to the review note to say, oh walter was confessed in jail. there is another confession. a jailhouse snitch could come forward to say that he had admitted again he had killed barbara xin. but the story the snitch told went even further, about why oberon committed a crime. the story was that walter had fallen in love with barbara jean s mother, sharon, who had lived across the street. so walter decided that if he murdered barbara jean, the police would blame john for he and when john fay was taken away, sharon would be so upset that he should come to walter and then that would be, it they would fall. of prosecutor or be no argued that this delusional fantasy was the true motive,