robert jolley, smoot's fifth attorney, believed the state's case was weak for one simple reason. >> i- did very thorough investigations of anyone other than mr. smoot. and even his investigation wasn't very thorough. >> reporter: jolley told the jury just how little that investigation had uncovered. >> there are no fingerprints there's no gunshot residue test, there's no dna test, there's absolutely no evidence that links mr. smoot to roane county on that evening. >> reporter: the defense sought to prove that the evidence the state did have wasn't actually incriminating. like the missing gun that shawn owned. yes, it was the same caliber as the murder weapon. but -- >> there are however many million of people in this country who own guns. and this was a very common weapon. >> reporter: the defense also argued that the ballistics report linking shell casings from the crime scene to a bullet at smoot's home had no actual scnce behind it. >> there's no scientific evidence othat or any standard that show that, is there? >> there's not currently a standard that shows that every firearm mak

and david jolley is a republican who represented florida's 13th district until last year. so? is there anything you want to announce right now? >> not quite. not quite. no. we haven't made a final decision but what i will tell you, dave and i spent about the last year touring the country, talking about the structural problems in politics, why things aren't working. you make the point that it is not that there is a bunch of bad people or lazy people. there are structuralapart. we have been encouraged guy great measure by a lot of people recently to consider running on a bipartisan ticket making the point that a democrat and republican can come together to solve problems and have solutions that will actually last instead of one administration overturning what the administration just did before it. >> what is stopping you. >> loo, organizing a statewide run in the third largest state is significant. you asked a very important question. a lot of times people conflate bipartisanship with ideology. we are talking about a ticket where everybody has a voice, if you are progressive, co

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