. >> judge mike mccuskey could oversee the case. a veteran of the bench, mccuskey had never granted a petition for a new trial. >> you'd think year after year, is somebody going to come with a case that you can look at and say, this case was decided wrongly? you always wonder if 100% of all of your cases are going one way, are you looking at them correctly? >> fortunately, randy got the fresh eyes of a federal judge that was not connected to the prosecution in paris, illinois, was not beholden to the cops in paris. >> you've got witnesses that supposedly came off the street and are up watching a horrible murder, and they don't see each other. that is just unheard of. >> you have a federal judge that's saying that there was evidence favorable to randy steidl's case that was never disclosed by the prosecution. these are the same things i had been telling the state police for three years now. >> on june 17th, 2003, i entered the following order. petitioner's conviction is here by vacated. the state shall have 120 days from the date of