they claimed daunte taylor was innocent. >> there's no direct evidence that links daunte taylor to this was a case of classic tunnel vision where from the get-go this seemed to be targeted at dante taylor. everybody thought it has to be dante taylor. and any information that they came across or that they uncovered during their investigation that didn't point to dante taylor basically got swept aside or kept -- or got ignored. >> his attorneys acknowledged to the jury that sarah and dante did meet. but they said it was simply a sexual encounter between two consenting adults and dante left her unharmed. they called a former medical examiner to the stand who testified there was no physical evidence on sarah's body that proved she had been raped. >> there is no evidence that that semen was placed there as part of a forcible compulsion. >> and then an explosive claim. lewis told jurors not only had detectives botched the investigation, but he believed they were unethical. >> you think the police made mistakes from the very beginning. >> mistake is being generous. it was no mistake. it was in