. >> her parents hired michael guisti. looked at michelle's family, to a large extent i saw my family. i saw a working class family who fiercely defended their child. she was a young, ambitious mba student who was nothing but bright-eyed and optimistic. >> and was facing life in prison? >> for no reason. no reason. >> so, this is the case you go to law school for. >> this is the reason we become a lawyer. >> michelle's mom and dad showed guisti the computer research they had done on the emails at the heart of the case. michael hadley was convinced they found something crucial. >> why are michelle's digital fingerprints on this? >> they're not. there are no digital fingerprints whatsoever. >> it looks like it's coming from michelle. >> it looks like someone is making it look like it's coming from michelle. that is for sure. >> they spreadsheet showed something credit mandating emails were sent what michelle could prove that she was in the classroom at chapman university. >> here's michelle at school, and. janet here emails