ray blanton had trashed lamar alexander. he called him a choir boy and did his best to keep lamar alexander from winning, but lamar alexander won. and after that 1978 election, ray blanton is on his way out. but he's in his lame duck period, right? so he knows he's not going to be governor for long but he's there for a little while until the inauguration, until lamar alexander comes in. and in that lame duck period, stuff starts to go really haywire. blanton gets hauled in before a federal grand jury to testify in an fbi investigation into whether or not his administration was offering pardons for state prisoners -- get out of jail free cards -- in exchange for cash bribes. blanton himself, the governor himself, got hauled in to testify in front of the grand jury in that investigation. three of blanton's staffers, including his chief counsel, got hit with felony charges in that investigation for selling pardons in exchange for cash. and this all happens after the election, after blanton knows he's leaving office, right? when

. >> jeff blanton is a special agent for the fbi.investigated brook's case and said she was instructed to go inside and get $350,000 or else. >> she's been told by the two guys if the police are called there will be a shoot-out, that she and the child will be in the middle of it. >> a frantic brook screamed that she needed the vault open because her 3-year-old son was being held hostage outside. that's when brook's day got even worse. >> she finds her boss in the bank. and says, two men have carson with guns i need to get into the vault. her boss refuses to open the vault. >> we can be judgmental in that kind of circumstance. >> right. >> but masked men have her child outside the door. >> brook lyons' response was singular. she pointed at her and said, you just killed us. >> the credit union security cameras caught the excruciating moments brook was desperately running around looking for help. >> she runs out of the bank, opens the passenger side book door of her car. throws the bag in there, drapes over carson and begs them not to s