Beyond A Reasonable Doubt Page #10

News 8's Kelly Gertner reports.

The scene was a madhouse today

outside Louisiana State Prison

as CJ Nicholas went from death row

to freedom

in a matter of hours.

As his taxi sped away

from the prison

one could not escape being

struck by three things...

the rise and spectacular fall

of Mark Hunter

who before this afternoon

was destined

to be our next governor

and is now in jail;

the fall and now

possibly spectacular rise

of CJ Nicholas who before this

afternoon was facing execution

and is now free and about

to become a national celebrity;

Doris Ruth Owens...

the young woman

found dead in the park

shown here when she was arrested

for prostitution...

her case is now open again

and will likely remain unsolved.

She will become one

of those statistics,

an unsolved case involving

a relatively unknown young woman.

She was so little.

...felt her grow

you know, cold.

Hey.

You don't have to watch

that thing again.

Turn it off and come back

to bed with me.

I'm so dumb.

I didn't believe you about Hunter.

You were right all along.

I'm so dumb.

Don't torture yourself.

You were the greatest.

You saved me.

Why are you dressed?

She was blackmailing you,

wasn't she?

What?

You know, sometimes you hear

an alarm bell go off in your head.

You don't know what it is

or why it's there.

It's like a radio station

you just can't quite get.

What are you talking about?

I've got to hand it to you.

This was a brilliant plan.

And then I saw this photo.

Bingo, there it is.

That hand.

I mean, who could

really forget that hand?

That's Taieesha's hand.

Taieesha didn't die of an overdose.

There was no Taieesha.

Doris Ruth Owens

was the girl you hired

from Buffalo to be Taieesha.

Your award-winning documentary

was a complete phony.

- Ella...

- She was blackmailing you, wasn't she?

She followed you up here from Buffalo

and she was blackmailing you.

She was going to expose the fact that

your precious career was a total lie.

So you had to stop her.

I love you and you love me.

Everything was a lie.

Your entire career was a lie.

You killed Doris Ruth Owens

because she was threatening

to expose your lie.

You are a lie.

How can I love a lie?

What was I supposed to do?

Just let her bleed me to death?

Ruin my whole life?

What choice did I have?

You tell me.

You're worth more than her?

Just like that?

No. No, it's not like that.

You don't have to do this.

Look, Hunter put 17 people in prison

for crimes they may not have committed.

Are you telling me that she's worth

more than all those people?

She's worth more

than the whole system?

It was a brilliant plan.

You commit the perfect murder,

you expose Hunter,

you win whatever awards you want to,

you get to become a star.

And after you're acquitted they can't try

you again because of double jeopardy.

We can go so far together.

There's just one

little glitch in your plan.

You weren't acquitted.

They declared a mistrial.

So once they make the connection

between you and Owens

they'll have enough

evidence to convict you.

- This doesn't have to happen.

- Oh, yes it does.

Why?

Because it's too late.

Ella, what have you done?

What have you done!?

I really don't have anything more

to say to you.

You know, I just thought

of one more thing:

F*** you.

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