Beth Shelburne

He wants to examine Yolanda's testimony and competency as a witness.

The transcript from this hearing is extraordinary, so we asked actors to read for Judge Alfred Bayhackle and Yolanda Chambers.

Richard Jaffe agreed to read his own words.

The hearing begins.

Yolanda takes the stand and is sworn in.

Richard Jaffe starts by asking her why she keeps changing her story.

No, sir.

At this point in time, Yolanda has testified in front of the grand jury and at multiple pretrial hearings.

She has also missed one important court date.

Judge Bayhackle questions her directly.

The one that they had last Monday, I don't know which.

Later, Jaffe questions her about what happened when detectives stopped the tape recorder during interviews.

Whatever they wanted me to say, I would say it.

At the hearing, Jaffe argues that Yolanda's testimony should have put an end to the state's case.

But after the hearing is over, Judge Alfred Bayhackle makes his decision.

He chooses not to accept Yolanda's recantation and denies the motion to dismiss the charges.

The case moves forward as if this hearing never happened.

More than 25 years after this hearing, Detective Tony Richardson and I discussed this moment when Yolanda said under oath

that police pressured her to change her story.

Well, where does that leave the truth?