the state's attorney general says he will do everything he can to keep debra milke behind bars.killing her 4-year-old son could walk free next month. debra milke had her conviction overturned by a federal appeals court after arguing for years that she was the victim of a crooked cop. known locally as death row debbie, milke has been sitting on arizona's death row for nearly 23 years for the murder of her son christopher in phoenix. >> he was my pride and joy. he was so much more brighter than me. and stronger. >> reporter: in december 1989, according to the prosecution, christopher was told he was going to see santa claus at a local mall. two male friends of debra milke drove him instead to a desert where one of them shot the young boy three times in the back of the head, allegedly on her instructions. the two men told police the boy disappeared at the mall. but a day later one of them confessed to police and led them to the boy's body. prosecutors argued the boy was killed to collect on a $5,000 life insurance policy. she has always maintained her innocence, but the key witness

debra milke had her conviction overturned by a federal appeals court after arguing for years that sheictim of a crooked cop. known locally as death row debbie, milke has been sitting on arizona's death row for nearly 23 years. for the murder of her son christopher, in phoenix. >> he was my pride and joy. i mean he was so much more brighter than me. and stronger. >> reporter: in december 1989, according to the prosecution, christopher was told he was going to see santa claus at a local mall. two male friends of debra milke drove him instead to a desert, where one of them shot the young boy three times in the back of the head, allegedly on her instructions. the two men told police the boy disappeared at the mall. but a day later one of them confessed to police and led them to the boy's body. prosecutors argued that the boy was killed to collect on a $5,000 life insurance policy. she has always maintained her innocence. but the key witness, detective armando saldate jr. said she confessed to the plot to him and him alone. >> she then manipulated two other gentlemen to get rid of the chil

here's what i find so interesting, debra milke, whose case was overturned this 84, currently she is onth row, may, in fact, get a new try. ashleigh, it took 23 years to have it overturned. it was turned based on information the defense did not get if regard to the star witness for the prosecution, but 23 years him although the exhibit of correctionings here in arizona says it's 12 years when that automatic appeal starts, to when the execution can take place, it appear, as though in reality, it is much longer. >> jean casarez, beth karas, you are both astounding courtroom lawyers and you are great lawyers. you willb hard at work following this, court will be in session starting at 1:00 eastern. as soon as jodi arias john boehner her testimony or her aloindication, one gets challenged, the other one doesn't. we will bring it to you live. again, we don't know if she will ask the jury to spare her or kill her. it is a bizarre turn that's about to happen in this courtroom. i will be on from 2:00 to 4:00 eastern live here in phoenix, arizona, a death penalty case like very few others i have

two male friends of debra milke drove him instead to a desert, where one of them shot the young boy threeallegedly on her instructions. the two men told police the boy disappeared at the mall, but a day later, one of them confessed to police and led them to the boy's body. prosecutors argued that the boy was killed to collect on a $5,000 life insurance policy. she has always maintained her innocence, but the key witness said she confessed to the plot to him and him alone. >> she then manipulated two other gentlemen to get rid of the child, and they got rid of the child and made up a story that he had gotten lost at a mall. >> reporter: the appeals court said prosecutors should have revealed the detective's history of misconduct which included lying under oath in other cases. because milke's guilty verdict was based largely on the detective's testimony, the appeals court overturned her conviction. >> christine romans reporting. milke could be freed from prison as early as next month. >>> still to come, we remember, of course, the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice. [ female

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