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walt is just not a violent person. he s like a gentle giant. he would never hurt anyone. but to john and sharon, walter ogrod was the face of pure evil. what was it like to read those words, to read that confession that he made? heartbreaking. i hated him. it was hardly an open and shut case, walter ogrod had no criminal record. no physical evidence linked him to the crime. he did not resemble the sketch. and was not identified by a single eyewitness. and he immediately recanted his confession. still, in 1993, ogrod stood trial for murder. prosecutors were seeking the death penalty. he let tjat baby lie there and die, and put them in the trash. if that s not intent to kill then
affiliation with the case. we just said, here, take a look at what we got. tell us what barbara jean can tell us about how she died. according to the confession, ogrod hit the little girl over the head with a weight bar. at trial, prosecutors argued those blows were the cause of barbara jean s death. did the science support that? the science did not support it. and she says the original prosecutors should have noted that. we learned that the prosecution actually had evidence from an expert back at the time of trial, that suggested that barbara jean did not die of the injuries to her head, which is what the jury heard. instead, one of the experts said that the likely cause of death was asphyxia. that was just the beginning. her team determined the jury was given false, unreliable, and incomplete evidence. and even worse, prosecutors
there is no justice in a murder. there is no justice. you re never gonna find justice, ever. walter ogrod life does not equal barbara jean s life. but no one was prepared for what happened after the jury announced that it reached a verdict. journalist tom lowenstein, wasn t in the courtroom. but says that the transcript reads like a hollywood drama. the jury came in, and they sat down. the question still remains, what was the the jury had voted unanimously and signed the verdict form, not guilty. walter ogrod was moments away from going home. and the foreman stood up and said, you know, we reached a verdict and literally opened his mouth to start reading it when one jurors said i don t know how i feel about this. then, that juror made a jaw-dropping announcement. he changed his mind. you said that he could not
this? i am like what is going on here? he says he repeated what they wanted him to say, and then signed a confession because he was exhausted and afraid. by the time he was put in a holding cell, he had already recanted, but it was too late. did you realize what had just happened? when i started getting a little more conscious and all, i was like what the hell did i just do? years later, prosecutors claim that ogrod had confessed again to the jailhouse snitch. what was it like to hear in court that you had somehow killed barbara jean to get closer to her mom? i wondered how did they come up with this crap. but it was enough to convince the jury that ogrod was guilty and deserve to die. did you look at the jury? they were stonefaced. they were like yeah, we want to just get rid of you. ogrod was shipped off to death row.
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