people, the newly discovered evidence. >> by far the most powerful witness at the hearing was chris longeneckeris' alleged rape victim, who had been found living in florida. neil convinced chris that his testimony could save joe's life. >> i wasn't able to do anything for tony because -- and so i figured, if i could help someone else, then i'll do that. >> chris, who is legally blind and was born with a physical disability on the left side of his body, was 22 years old and tony klann's roommate back in 1988. he told the court what happened one evening when he was hanging around with his downstairs neighbor, stoney lewis. >> we went back to his place to hang out and decided to make something to eat, i guess. and he started pressing up against me and crap. and i was like, dude, what the hell are you doing? i told him i wasn't into that. and he was a little bit more threatening. he started pulling my hair and some hands-on stuff. and so that's how that happened. and there was some fear issues there from the fact he had a firearm in his apartment. and the whole time that i was being assaulted i tol