Lester Holt

They took up practically half the courtroom.

On the other side, you have Rashawn Jones.

He's sitting at the defense table flanked by his team of attorneys.

So did we learn anything from the opening remarks as to where this goes?

Well, prosecution basically said to the jury, all the evidence is pointing to one man, and that man is Rashawn Jones.

As for the defense, they said investigators had a chance to arrest Rashawn Jones years ago, but that the state attorney's office refused to indict, basically because they felt they didn't have sufficient evidence.

And the defense is asking, what new evidence do they possibly have to justify that their client is sitting in a courtroom?

Yeah, the thing that has always struck me about this case is the passage of time.

You talked about years ago.

That has to be so hard on the families.

Yeah, it is.

This is a really tough case.

It's been 20 long years since his murder and no closure.

And that waiting game has been excruciating.

Yeah.

All right, Jay, we're going to check back in as testimony gets underway.

Thank you for being on.

Thank you, Lester.

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