to be thrown out. the wasn t allowed to suggest that the blood was spilled around the time michelle disappeared. to have forensic scientists get up and speculate and guess at how old blood was based on the color from a photograph is an outrageously unsupported proposition. also out? hearsay testimony from prosecution witnesses who said michele told them that cal threatened her life. we don t think they belong in evidence. it s part of the reason the case was unfair the first time, the second time. but then? the defense attempted to present its evidence about that alternate suspect, stacy stewart. and the judge shut them down. the jury would only be allowed to hear stewart s name, that michele knew him, that kevin tubbs i.d. d him and that he owned a black truck at the time. no more. why? because stacy stewart wasn t on trial and cal harris was. wrong man, his attorneys insisted. cal did not deserve to be on trial. and frankly, michele and her
reporter: but then? then the defense attempted to present its evidence about that alternate suspect, the steelworker. and the judge shut them down. the jury would only be allowed to hear the following fact. the man s name, that michele knew him, that kevin tubbs i.d. d him and that he owned a black truck at the time. no more. why? because it was cal harris on trial. wrong man, his attorneys insisted. cal did not deserve to be on trial. and frankly, michele and her family deserve better. we all want to know what happened to her. it s time to look elsewhere. reporter: there was a new prosecutor this time around. tioga county s kirk martin. he made the same arguments as the previous d.a. saying the evidence pointed to cal harris killing his wife. the trial went on for three months. at the end of april, it finally went to the jury. and four kids and their father suddenly had nothing left to do but wait. we said what we want to do when it s all said and done and over with and the go
it s part of the reason the case was unfair the first time, the second time. reporter: but then? then the defense attempted to present its evidence about that alternate suspect, the steelworker. and the judge shut them down. the jury would only be allowed to hear the following fact. the man s name, that michele knew him, that kevin tubbs i.d. d him and that he owned a black truck at the time. no more. why? because it was cal harris on trial. wrong man, his attorneys insisted. cal did not deserve to be on trial. and frankly, michele and her family deserve better. we all want to know what happened to her. it s time to look elsewhere. reporter: there was a new prosecutor this time around. tioga county s kirk martin. he made the same arguments as the previous d.a. saying the evidence pointed to cal harris killing his wife. the trial went on for three months. at the end of april, it finally went to the jury. and four kids and their father suddenly had nothing left to do but wait. we
second time. reporter: but then? then the defense attempted to present its evidence about that alternate suspect, the steelworker. and the judge shut them down. the jury would only be allowed to hear the following fact. the man s name, that michele knew him, that kevin tubbs i.d. d him and that he owned a black truck at the time. no more. why? because stacy stewart wasn t on trial and cal harris was. wrong man, his attorneys insisted. cal did not deserve to be on trial. and frankly, michele and her family deserve better. we all want to know what happened to her. it s time to look elsewhere. reporter: there was a new