. >>> in 1987, randy steidl was sent to death row for the murders of dyke and karen rhoads. while preparing randy's appeals, the defense hired investigator bill clutter to help with the case. >> the first time i met randy, he was going into what they call the condemned unit and having a prisoner who's shackled and brought in front of you. i mean the reality of that really hits you. >> you know, i was pretty distraught, angry at the system. my hopes were dashed. >> attorney mike met nick, a death penalty specialist, handled randy's appeals. >> randy was assigned an execution date, but it's incredibly long process to get from point a to point b. >> mike metnick and bill clutter come to see me, laid out the case, told me it's going to be an uphill battle. but they believed in me. >> in the year 2000, the illinois state police who investigated the rhoads' murders promoted veteran officer michael callahan to commander of investigations. it was his dream job. >> police officers or their integrity or what they did was never questioned. whatever they said or they did, you believed i