Craig Melvin

I was a teenager and I, like millions of other folks, for days on end, glued to the television, trying to figure out what happened to these little boys.

So you have your girlfriend at the time following your soon-to-be ex-wife. Right. The night that your boys go missing. Yes.

So you have your girlfriend at the time following your soon-to-be ex-wife. Right. The night that your boys go missing. Yes.

When you had heard that she had failed one of those polygraph tests, what did you chalk that up to?

When you had heard that she had failed one of those polygraph tests, what did you chalk that up to?

This was some sort of mistake, obviously. They've got the wrong person.

This was some sort of mistake, obviously. They've got the wrong person.

That was it?

That was it?

When most people think about Susan Smith, it's manipulative, it's conniving. Some have described her as pure evil.

When most people think about Susan Smith, it's manipulative, it's conniving. Some have described her as pure evil.

You just maintain that it wasn't her affair with the wealthy boyfriend that led to the murders of Michael and Alex.

You just maintain that it wasn't her affair with the wealthy boyfriend that led to the murders of Michael and Alex.

And when you heard that, did you think, oh, well, that might explain this or that might explain that? Or no?

And when you heard that, did you think, oh, well, that might explain this or that might explain that? Or no?

You argued there was another reason that Susan snapped that night, this mounting fear that her private life was about to be exposed. What did she fear was going to come out?

You argued there was another reason that Susan snapped that night, this mounting fear that her private life was about to be exposed. What did she fear was going to come out?

Were you fairly confident that they would convict her?

Were you fairly confident that they would convict her?

How hard was that for you?