In February, 1999, Michael Kane, now running the Grand Jury, wrote to Smit. He told him that his
request to give evidence to the
Grand Jury 'is denied'. At the same time, Kane issued an injunction against Smit. It demanded the
surrender of all his evidence and
sought court permission to 'permanently erase' it.

A shocked Smit once more turned to former DA Bob Russel for advice.

BOB RUSSEL - Once I saw that they had, in fact, gone to court and got an injunction, it really made
me mad. The evidence was
too strong that the Ramsey's didn't do this. And so to see that anybody is trying to really get the
Ramseys indicted when I had
already seen the evidence that showed they probably didn't do it, really bothered me.

NARRATOR - To help him protect Smit, Russel turned to Greg Walta, a man he often faced in court.

GREG WALTA - I was stunned. I frankly had never seen anything like it. The prosecutor's job is to
make sure that a Grand
Jury hears all the evidence - not just some of the evidence. And a prosecutor's job is to protect
evidence - not destroy it. So I
was stunned and I was determined to fight it.

NARRATOR - The two men who had so often faced each other across a court room now forged an
alliance to ensure Smit's
evidence was heard. They won a striking victory. They obtained a court injunction allowing Smit not
only to keep his evidence, and
also to use it in any way he saw fit. Smit was also allowed to testify to the Grand Jury.