steve rosenfield. what was your impression of him when you first met him? >> robert was scared to death from the first meeting, and forever. >> and then robert told attorney rosenfield just about what an accused murderer might say. he didn't do it. he didn't stab anybody. he wasn't even there. he only confessed, he said, because he was so scared. >> if you push hard enough to find out whether or not he was telling you the truth. >> i take what the client tells me. and i do an independent evaluation based on what i learn. >> so, he watched the tape of robert's confession. which didn't look right to him. besides -- >> there was no physical evidence at the crime scene to link robert to the crime. >> but just as intriguing was this question. >> why would rocky and jessica include a kid like robert? >> the fuguate siblings bullied robert mercilessly, and he was terrified of them. surely he wouldn't help them murder the neighbor lady. yet rocky was going to tell the court just that. >> his lawyer had advised me that rocky wanted to get a favorable sentencing. and

and steve rosenfield faithfully drove out to visit robert in prison.nowing the only way to get him out was to persuade the virginia governor to issue a pardon. fat chance of that. >> it's a pretty big long shot of getting him out before the 23 years for which he was sentenced. >> and then, two years after robert went to prison, rosenfield opened the mail and found a letter from, of all people, rocky fugett. >> dear, mr. rosenfield, i have some information about robert that i think can be awfully beneficial. you're welcome to come visit me. >> snail mail. rest assured, steve rosenfield's drive to the prison was much quicker. >>> coming up, help is on the way from inside prison walls. and outside. >> this is one of the most intense interrogations that i've ever seen. >> that interrogation would soon be key to the case. >> i can't lie about the evidence. >> he's lying about lying. >> when "dateline extra" continues. sure! it's free for everyone. oh! well that's nice! and checking your score won't hurt your credit. oh! (to dog)i'm so proud of you. well tha

presentation as i feel in this case because i've grown very close with robert. >> for years, steve rosenfieldcase for legal conferences to anybody who would listen and robert remained right where he was in prison. during those same years, we tried repeatedly to contact and interview randy snead, the officer who took robert's confession but close we got was the current chief of police, colonel steve sellers. he wasn't in office when steve was a detective. >> you've talked to him. what's your sense of how he feels? >> i think he acted in the best interest. i think there wasn't a bit of malice in his actions. i think he had a very strong relationship with robert davis. >> but this was interesting. chief sellers did not support snead's interrogation. not at all. >> i will say this. i believe the confession is an unreliable confession. >> what's more -- the chief updated police methods when he took over to help prevent the kind of interrogation that ended up in robert's confession. >> i keep telling your mom i'm going to save you from the ultimate. >> what are things to not be done? >> using terms

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rosenfield, for sheena and all of us here, thanks so much for watching. the tonight show is next. have a great night. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> stevefrom studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- jonah hill, jaden smith, musical guest dua lipa. and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 513, cincinnati! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh! hi, welcome! [ cheers and applause ] welcome! welcome, welcome, welcome. thank you so much for being here. >> audience: jimmy! jimmy! >> jimmy: oh, thank you very much. welcome. [ cheers and applause ] please, welcome to the "tonight show," everybody, this is it. you made it. you're here. [ cheers and applause ] we're going to have fun tonight. here's what people are talking about. of course, it's the big season finale of "the bachelorette." [ screams and applause ] that's right, the final rose has been accepted, and now the happy couple goes off into the sunset, and a hazmat team moves in to clean up the hot tub. and that -- [ laug