. >> this is ed sampley.saulted him. >> sometimes just out of the blue it would come up, for whatever reason i'd think about it. >> this was haunting? >> yeah, it was. >> haunting because sampley, one of stoll's alleged victims, says the man never touched him. >> this man was totally innocent. it's hard to understand how i could fabricate a lie like that. >> then there was this young man who has asked not to be identified. he also testified against stoll. >> i knew i was lying, but they told me i had to. >> do you remember how you felt in court saying those things? >> scared. >> scared of what? >> scared of losing my parents. scared of the police. >> forced to lie as young children? exactly what stoll had been saying for years. so with this ammunition, his lawyers applied for a writ of habeas corpus, essentially asking for another day in court to present their new testimony. months passed, the wait seemed interminable. and then finally the decision. motion granted. a judge would rehear the case against stoll.