Recently we covered the story of Stephen Lawrence, convicted for the murder of his father in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison for a crime he says he's innocent of. 

Now it's time to catch up with the man they call 'the voice of reason' Michael Leonard. Mike is an attorney from Chicago Illinois had has decades of trial experience as a defense attorney and wealth of knowledge in the US legal system. 

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In 1992 Willard Lawrence a grocery store tycoon worth millions would die in a house fire in his home at Gun Lake in Michigan. Later that same year his son Stephen Lawrence would be arrested, tried and convicted for the crime.

Stephen has always maintained he is innocent of this crime and says he was setup by his brother Don with the help of a private investigator by the name of Jerry Mattioli.

Steve's then wife Candy would also be charged with the crime but would be acquitted at her trial over a year after Steve had been found guilty.

This is the story of Stephen Lawrence as told by him from the Michigan Department of Corrections.

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