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Somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet. and on and on and on. >> reporter: according to moffat, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger than it was. >> they used the theme of distance to argue that mr. truman was lying about where he said his wife was when he heard what turned out to be this fatal shot. >> reporter: at trial, the prosecution argued, to believe conrad, youd have to believe heidy sho...

And its pretty small. >> it is. its really small. we immediately started measuring, and we knew right away that there was a big problem with their diagrams and the measurements. >> reporter: the problem? all those measurements were off. >> instead of 139 inches, somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet. and on and on and on. >> reporter: according to moffat, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger th...

But one detail in particular kept gnawing at her. it had to do with the diagrams used by the state depicting the area where heidys body was found. >> i remember thinking, well, thats strange. thats -- that couldnt be right. >> post-verdict, colette shared her concerns with conrads new attorneys, mark moffat and ann taliaferro. they decided to visit the truman home to see for themselves if the states diagrams were accurate. we later made that same trip with moffat who showed us what they discover...

Interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet and on and on and on. >> according to moffitt, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger than it was. >> they used the theme of distance to argue that mr. truman was lying about where he said his wife was when he heard what turned out to be this fatal shot. >> at trial the prosecution argued to believe conrad youd have to believe heidi shot herself in the bathroom and then walked 12 feet before...

With moffat who showed us what they discovered. this is the area in question, and its pretty small. >> it is. its really small. we immediately started measuring, and we knew right away that there was a big problem with their diagrams and the measurements. >> reporter: the problem? all those measurements were off. >> instead of 139 inches, somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet. and on and on and on. >> reporter: according to moffat, those flawe...

This is the area in question, and its pretty small. >> it is. its really small. we immediately started measuring, and we knew right away that there was a big problem with their diagrams and the measurements. >> reporter: the problem? all those measurements were off. >> instead of 139 inches, somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet. and on and on and on. >> reporter: according to moffat, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made t...

They discovered. >> this is the area in question? and its pretty small? >> it is, its really small. we immediately started measuring. we knew right away that there was a billing problem with the diagrams and the measurements. >> the problem, all those measurements were off. >> instead of 139 inches. somebody took the figure 139 and excerpted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet and on and on and on. >> according to moffett, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the h...

We later made that same trip with moffett who showed us what they discovered. >> this is the area in question? and its pretty small? >> it is, its really small. we immediately started measuring. we knew right away that there was a billing problem with the diagrams and the measurements. >> the problem, all those measurements were off. >> instead of 139 inches. somebody took the figure 139 and excerpted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet and on and on and on. >> according to moffett, th...

And its pretty small. >> it is. its really small. we immediately started measuring, and we knew right away that there was a big problem with their diagrams and the measurements. >> reporter: the problem? all those measurements were off. >> instead of 139 inches, somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet. and on and on and on. >> reporter: according to moffat, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger th...

Are asian in silicon valley. thats not true. 22.2% of professionals and 13.9% of executives. very few white men are 149% more likely to be in executive. and 260% more likely than asian women to be an executive. so there is no takeover by asian -- asian-americans or from southeast asia in silicon valley. >> thats correct. and keep in mind, the blue collar workers in ohio and wisconsin are not losing foreign jobs to computer scientists from foreign countries. these tech companies need these positi...