toward trial. more than 2,000 miles north across the border, donna waited patiently in canada, bracing for a trial over three decades in the making. this coldest of cold cases. it wasn t cold. it s never cold to me. no. no. then, finally, july 2014, it had taken 35 years to get. la county courtroom department 103. storied attorney robert shapiro versus the da who lined circumstantial cases, john lewin. shapiro already announced this would be his very last criminal case. it was also the very last one of detective jim wallace s long career. he d be testifying as a private citizen, a cop no longer. they all assembled in the very courtroom where robert shapiro