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Richard Schlesinger (48 Hours Correspondent)

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426 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

At some point, Mr. Winger shoots Roger Harrington in the head.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

I believe that Donna was in the bedroom because she didn't want to be around Roger.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

She comes running out of the bedroom to see what had happened.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

Mark Winger picks up a hammer.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

He strikes her several times.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

Untangling the evidence in this seven-year-old case was a huge job for the jurors.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

Three of them sat down to talk to us.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

The defense told them that unlike Winger, who was successful and a respected member of the community, Roger Harrington had a troubled, violent past.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

The defense also pointed out that at the time of the murder in 1995, detectives had the Polaroids, they had the note in the car.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

In fact, they had all the same evidence that they now found so incriminating against Winger.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

Deanne Schultz, who was given immunity, provided the only new evidence, testimony that Winger had talked about killing his wife.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

But she had attempted suicide four times and had undergone electroshock therapy.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

The defense called her unreliable.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

Roger Harrington killed my wife.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

The jurors knew what was at stake.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

By now, Winger and his new wife had four children, including the baby he and Donna adopted.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

But Roger Harrington's family was looking for justice.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

Were you sure that your son didn't do it?

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

Oh, I know he didn't do it.

48 Hours
Invitation to a Murder

No matter what the decision was, one family would feel more pain.