outright admitted he pulled the trigger that killed lucy johnson. rely believe his years. >> he said that mike mead told him that he didn't mean to shoot her the first time. that he just shot at her to scare her and it hit her. and it freaked him out so bad because she was jerking around and that he went and shot her again in the back of the head. >> reporter: the prosecution ran with that. >> she reached out to him and said, "oh, my god. you shot me. mike, please don't let me die." >> reporter: powerful, huh? but there is a problem. that star witnes, he has a bit of a credibility issue. you see, he is a convicted child rapist who says mead told him all this while both were locked up together for a short time in county jail. >> i've never confessed to a cop. i've never confessed to my lawyers. i've never confessed to anybody because i'm not going to confess to something i didn't do. but i'm going to confide in a guy who raped a girl. >> reporter: as the prosecution closes its case, is the deck stacked against mike mead, or is it a house of cards? nex