stephen hatch was tried first, at the canadian county courthouse. >> hatch was the follower, he's theer crime. he's the one who created the second crime. >> the state of oklahoma look to have an ironclad case against him. most important, of course, the harrowing stories of the eyewitnesses and survivors. and the thanksgiving statements, those confessions. the state also had ballistic evidence linking linking them to the murders, and the testimony of their traveling companion on the run. they testified that he told her about killing the douglas family . >> we had to surviving witnesses. we were able to identify them, we somewhat kept it simple. >> simple? for the judge hearing the case, maybe, but certainly not for those surviving witnesses. brooks had already testified once in the preliminary hearing. both he and his sister would have to relive it all for the trial. 13-year-old leslie douglas came to the trial. >> how did the kids do on the stand? >> they both did well. >> they stood up. so we tried them in one day. one witness after another. >> the hedge case took three days of the c