you had elizabeth lederer and, of course, robert morgenthau. outlived in terms of their ability to survive a case like this. >> 14 months after the crime was committed, the first of 2 trials in the central park jogger case. >> outside of the courtroom, the atmosphere was pretty intense. there were always protesters. >> you lying devil! bunch of racist dogs and devils down here. >> al sharpton had rallied a lot of people on behalf of the five. >> no justice, no peace. no justice, no peace! >> and there was always a line of people trying to get into the courtroom. >> there were people that wanted us dead. i mean, it became so dangerous that my mother camouflaged me, you know, just so that it could be all right for me to walk around. >> ms. lederer, how do you think it's going? >> i know that elizabeth received death threats, so it was pretty serious. >> those young men admitted to some part, what we call "acting in concert" in the law, of either striking trisha to bring her down to enable the sexual assault, holding an arm or a leg. >> the first