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. rosenfield, devastated, drove to
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. before people invite something new into their homes, they want to know who you are. we re almond breeze. and we only use california-grown blue diamond almonds in our almondmilk. cared for by our family of almond growers. blue diamond almond breeze. the best almonds make the best almondmilk.
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 was going 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. it meant accepting a 23-year
picking breitbart executive steve bannon has his senior counselor. now back to dateline extra. welcome back to dateline extra. i m tamron hall. despite his confession, robert davis later insisted he was an innocent man. it s not the first time an inmate would make this claim, but robert was about to get help proving it. would it be enough to persuade a governor? continuing with the interrogation, here s keith morrison. attorney steve rosenfield was in for a big surprise when he arrived at rocky fugett s prison. it was shocking. it certainly was. rocky wanted to sign a sworn affidavit saying robert davis was innocent, had nothing to do with the murders. that was pretty powerful for him to do that, considering his circumstances. nothing to gain. but rocky s admission wasn t enough to undo robert s confession. and then seven years into robert s prison sentence, rosenfield answered a phone call. and there she was. laura nirider of northwestern university s innocence proje
two years after robert went to prison, rosenfield opened the mail and found a letter from, of all people, rocky fugett. dr. mr. rosenfield, i have some information about robert that i think can be awfully beneficial. you re welcome to come visit me. snail mail. rest assured, steve rosenfield s drive to the prison was much quicker. coming up hope is on the way from this is one of the most intense interrogations that i ve ever seen. that interrogation would soon be key to the case. i can t lie about the evidence. he s lying about lying. when dateline extra continues. for adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, including those with an abnormal alk or egfr gene who ve tried an fda-approved targeted therapy, who wouldn t want a chance for another.? who d say no to a.? who wouldn t want a chance to live longer.