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Announced in court, john bradley contacted barry scheck to discuss terms of michaels release. >> i received an e-mail from john raley about a month before telling me that my father was innocent and that there would be new evidence exonerating him and he would probably get out of jail. i was almost rude in my response. i shut the door. i didnt want anything to disrupt the life that i had. i felt like life was finally normal. i had a wife. i had a baby on the way. there was no room in my life for ...

And a paralegal in our office kay canaby who was on the internet found the austin cold cases, a woman bludgeoned to death and checked the location, and it was a block from where norwood was living at the time. the womans name was debra jan baker, and she was killed a couple years after christine. exactly the same way bludgeoned to death in her bed. a few days after the hit on debra jan baker with norwoods hair at that murder scene was announced in court, john bradley contacted barry scheck to di...

Ting in 1988. my colleague peter neufeld and i became expert in dna testing and immediately realized that it had the potential to exonerate the wrongfully convicted as well as find people who really committed the crimes. >> the truth is that barry and i had been talking about michael morton since the innocence project opened its doors in 1992. >> and bill was one of those people who commands enormous respect amongst his peers, across texas, and across the country. when he looks you in the eye ki...

Wrongfully convicted as well as find people who really committed the crimes. the truth is that barry and i had been talking about michael morton since the innocent project opened its doors in 1992. >> and bill was one of those people who commands enormous respect among his peers, in texas and across the country. and when he looks you in the eye, you know kind of like that sam elliott character, you know, from "the big labowski" or something and says i think michael morton is innocent. i feel ter...

Independent, nonprofit entity starting in 1988. my colleague peter neufeld and i became expert in dna testing and immediately realized that it had the potential to exonerate the wrongfully convicted as well as find people who really committed the crimes. the truth is that barry and i had been talking about michael morton since the innocent project opened its doors in 1992. >> and bill was one of those people who commands enormous respect among his peers, in texas and across the country. and when...

Thats a false confession case like hes seen dozens of them. i had no idea what a false confession case was. >> scheck tells clark that of the more than 270 people hes proven innocent, 25% made a false confession to a crime. >> innocent people, you know, can be intimidated. their will can be overborne, and they can be brought to falsely confess to a crime. you know, this has happened to soldiers. its happened to all kinds of people from ordinary walks of life. >> from what clark is telling him ab...

Long. it was a very -- i think thats one of the first times i ever really cried hard. >> scheck and clark tell lowery not to celebrate yet. the evidence has been sitting in an unrefrigerated vault for 20 years. time, heat, bacteria, any one of them might have destroyed the dna and with it lowerys hopes for clearing his name. the innocence project makes the decision to send the rape evidence to a lab outside of san francisco. dr. edward blake is known for his skill in teasing dna from even the ol...

Hair at that murder scene, was announced in court, john bradley contacted barry scheck to discuss terms of michaels release. >> i received an e-mail from john raley about a month before, telling me that my father was innocent and that there would be new evidence exonerating him, and he would probably get out of jail. i was almost rude in my response. i was -- i shut the door. i didnt want anything to disrupt the life that i had. i felt like life was finally normal. i had a wife, i had a baby on ...

Independent non-profit entity starting in 1988. my colleague peter neufeld and i became expert in dna testing and immediately realized that it had the potential to exonerate the wrongfully convicted as well as find people who really committed the crimes. >> the truth is that barry and i had been talking about michael morton since the innocence project opened its doors in 1992. >> and bill was one of those people who commands enormous respect amongst his peers, across texas, and across the countr...

From my trial, get it dna tested, this would prove my innocence. >> lowery reaches out to barry clark, a kansas lawyer who once worked with his first trial attorney back in 1981. >> i remember you telling me that youd been hiding this thing for years. remember that? >> yeah. >> listening to him tell his story, you know, intuitively, i think, this guy is telling me the truth. and then when you think about the fact that if that evidence is tested and it confirms his guilt, all these doing is blowi...