up until that moment. >> reporter: they placed him around emma's house. >> he placed himself in maryville had clearly told a lie about where he was? >> yes. >> the picture that we painted of riley gaul was a deceiver. somebody that was phony that -- i mean, you couldn't get the truth out of him if you tried. >> reporter: but on the first day of trial, riley's defense attorney wesley stone up-ended the state's case with an unexpected admission. riley was there, did fire the gun, but it was not murder. >> that was a fairly stunning claim. >> reporter: from the gallery, veteran crime reporter jamie satterfield saw jaws drop. >> what he said was that riley never intended to kill her. and in fact, assumed he would not kill her if he shot through a wall. >> we'll ask you to find mr. gaul guilty of reckless homicide. >> reporter: not premeditated murder? >> right. >> in tennessee, that's two to four years in the -- >> reporter: wow. >> penitentiary. >> reporter: that would be a huge difference -- >> yeah. >> reporter: all of the states' preparation went out the window. >> the case went from a wh

office and joins us now live from maryville tennessee via skype thanks so much your time so we've got a lot of netflix nominations is this likely to be a one time only thing just for 2021 or is this a new era for the oscars. thank you 21 is good most unprecedented at times because and that and the fact that most of the major movie chains were either partially or totally closed so the amount of streaming films that qualified and are being considered for this picture and all the other awards it will continue but not in this kind of volume this this was really an extraordinary set of circumstances that allow. ok what do you make of the nominations this year in general but also i'm thinking about the diversity in terms of race and in terms of gender. well again just to just to salute my students' vote clearly. directed no madeleine and shouting who directed here's just some of what messiah both entered n.y.u. graduate film school in 2007 it's a very small program it's only 35 certain sort of i just want to say how proud i am their combined 12 nominations. it's a unique year in that the ma