after years of fighting for the mother she knew only through pictures, brittany stork felt she had a een felt to be guilty, and sentenced to life in prison. brittany, she'd always keep her close to her heart. >> shall be on my mind every, day on a keeper with. me >> meanwhile, the man convicted of killing brittany's mother, was now facing a bleak reality. life behind bars. >> you really don't have anything, you just follow orders, if you don't follow, orders either going to the hole or get the shake kicked out of you. >> but russell adkins wasn't given up yet, the public defender said he would take up his case -- basic constitutional right to a fair trial. in the three decades that passed before russell adkins those charged with murder, key witnesses died, memories faded, and mountains of evidence went missing. this unfairly damaged a case, his lawyer said, and meant it russell adkins could not properly defend himself. >> it was a fundamentally unfair trial, because of the 34 year wait. and then they expect mr. russell adkins to be able to defend himself, with all this stuff is gone.