she wrote this letter to clark brewster, the mother, teri al sander is supposed to be joining us fromctional center in oklahoma, we are trying to get that connection. were you surprised you got that letter? >> i had never met the family before so the letter came out of the blue, but we from time to time do get letters from people incarcerated requesting help for themselves or their family. when i read the letter it was so compelling and poignant it really did speak to this young man. >> it was an emotional letter. what was her reaction? was it the letter said okay i'm going to take on his case? >> no, it was the letter that caused us to go and speak with this young man. we spent parts of three days speaking with him before we made a very careful decision to accept his representation. >> as you know, he and his partner are facing three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of intent to kill and five counts of malicious harassment, which in the state of oklahoma, i don't need to tell you this, equivalent to a hate crime charge. the big issue here is, is your client racist? did he go