justin hansen : no.d out. simply put, the statute of limitations had run out. sure prosecutor waymire filed an indictment in 2010, but the name on that indictment was john doe, not justin hansen. justin hansen : you know, they have a statute of limitations set up for a reason. it's not to let people get away with things, it's just because it's-- it's hard to try to prove your innocence after a certain amount of time. like phone records go back seven years. bank statements i think are six or seven years. so, like, you can't even try to go back to try, you know, prove your innocence or to prove things differently. and-- and that's hard. andrea canning : hansen's lawyer argued the john doe indictment should be dismissed and the judge ruled an appellate court could hear that motion before the trial even got underway. a huge victory for justin hansen and a major setback for prosecutor david waymire who knew the john doe indictment was uncharted legal territory. david waymire : although that had been done once