randy snead has his confession. what you said tonight or this morning to me, is that a true and accurate statement? yes. okay. when rosenfield delivered a clemency petition to virginia governor bob mcdonnell, nirider added volumes of evidence in support. and then, as they waited for an answer out of nowhere, jessica sent a dear mr. rosenfield letter. she admitted to the throat cutting, the stab wounds to the back and absolutely adamant that robert had nothing to do with it whatsoever. so jessica s affidavit was sent off to the governor too. and everybody waited. and waited. and then, on the governor s very last day in office, more than nine years into robert s sentence, a decision. denied.
why would rocky and jessica include a kid like robert? the fugett siblings as the kids at school and the neighborhood knew bullied robert mercilessly and he was terrified of them. surely, he wouldn t help them murder the neighbor lady. yet, rocky fugett was going to tell the court just that. his lawyer advised me that rocky wanted to get a favorable sentencing and wanted to be testifying against robert. so big problems. rosenfield knew from long experience that any jury hearing rocky s testimony and robert s confession would certainly convict. robert would very probably get a life sentence, no parole. robert s only chance at ever getting out of prison was to agree to something called an alfred plea. we told robert that, if you plead guilty under an alfred plea, you admit there is sufficient evidence to prove your guilt but you do not admit that you re guilty.
welcome back. convicted on a false confession, advocates were adamant that s what happened to robert davis. yet still he languished in jail, day after day. then, newfound hope, a new governor was taking office. would he consider the case? or was the young man so many believed innocent destined to spend another decade in jail? here s keith morrison with the conclusion of the interrogation. i ve never been emotional in a presentation as i feel in this case, because i ve grown very close with robert. for years, steve rosenfield made his case for robert davis to legal conferences, to anybody who would listen. robert remained right where he was, in prison. during those same years we tried repeatedly to contact and interview randy snead, the
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what we didn t expect was what happened a few months later. when this british detective spoke to steve rosenfield, and offered to write virginia s governor. adding his support to robert davis clemency petition, a petition now waiting on the desk of a new governor. coming up. i believe that the confession is an unreliable confession. strong words from the chief of police, and from a governor s office. the wait begins. when dateline: extra continues.