i saw it all. >> nate's codefendant earl hawkins wouldn't stand beside him at the retrial.stead, hawkins would testify against nate as the state's star witness. >> i knew hawkins from the building. he was a tenant in my building that i managed. i looked out for him and his wife and his kid all while they was over there. he truly know i had nothing to do with this, and i have always told him that. >> this was not the first time hawkins cooperated with the law. since leaving death row, he had testified against dozens of fellow el rukns. >> he had testified extensively at the federal trials of the el rukns. he himself had very, very significant credibility problems. he had acknowledged in the federal trials that he would essentially say anything to get himself out of trouble. >> they tried to paint him as a star witness, because he was an el rukn. i watched him get on the stand, and i was trying to make eye contact. because i felt if i could make eye contact, maybe he'll come out and say, i can't do this to him. but he never looked at me. >> hawkins testified that nate had bee