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. all right, take a look here. fishermen out trolling for red snapper. all right, and this aint red snapper. this is off the gulf coast of florida. they spotted a great white shark, full scene captured by an underwater gopro cam. circled the boat for about a half hour, then swam away, all good. perhaps it was lured by the snapper bait, but it was too smart to fall for that. old trick. dont know if they wanted to catch the sucker anyway. interesting scene, but everyone all safe, safely in their...

Bumper, as i understand it. >> 22 inch chrome rims is what it looks like. >> chrome rims on the wheels. and the deputy deputy and the dog are both injured. lucas, i understand broke some teeth? >> broke some teeth. damaged his shoulder and also apparently was holding on while they were trying to drive off. so he had some brush burns down on his side as well. >> wow. hope they catch those guys. i hope the bite marks help you guys catch him. thats a terrific story. congratulations to your deputy a...

Checking codis is likely to find a person if they committed a crime before. >> the specific evidence is fascinating because its unique for its kind. what do you mean by that? >> dna evidence is circumstantial in its nature and we have been collecting from bite marks for about 20 years at least. they yield surprisingly good samples. people have been swabbing food like cheese even with the high bacteria content with a sample. these records are only going to increase with the supreme court ruling t...

You not only leave bite marks but you leave your saliva which is very rich in dna and is a great way to track somebody. its like a fingerprint. all you need to do is have an individual whos already a convicted felon and by searching the data base you have a hit and thats what really broke everything in this case. >> yeah. to that end, and that piece of pizza, that seemed to be the linchpin in starting the tracking and now the capture of this lead suspect, there is an attorney who is now putting ...

Pizza, eat, figure out what the next step is going to be. and obviously he was careless but its greed, evil and also i think, in some way related to a disgruntled employee. he has inside knowledge of this family from his work or company. >> how does this pizza crust dna thing work? >> people that burglarize homes, make mistakes silly mistakes. it may be their blood on a broken piece of glass, the saliva that is deposited on food that they eat, in this case pizza crust. the fact of the matter is ...

Its sort of amazing youre working together. >> were working together because we went to them. when there were three quick xon raise in rapid succession a few years ago in washington involving three different analyst who is testified about hair matches, we looked at the transcripts, and in every single case they grossly exaggerated the probative value of the evidence. >> so you went to the fbi and said you have a problem here? >> yes, and they acknowledged the problem, to their credit. they said ...

Its sort of amazing youre working together. >> were working together, because we went to them. when there were three quick xon raise in rapid succession a few years ago in washington involving three different analyst who is testified about hair matches, we looked at the transcripts, and in every single case they grossly exaggerated the probative value of the evidence. >> so you went to the fbi and said you have a problem here? >> yes, and they acknowledged the problem, to their credit. they said...

In. and then the courts or upholding the value of finality dont let defendants off of cases come back in to challenge their old bad testimony after conviction so they are in a way in a trap. the federal government the last several years created a commission to try and develop better scientific testimony standards, better scientific research underpinning. bite marks, hair even comparing bullets tracing but bullets to guns which is another heavily used forensic technique. but at this point even th...

Reversed. a lot of these convictions relied only in part on these hair comparisons. the forensic science was only one piece of the evidence. but you are absolutely right that scientific evidence presented to a jury and ive seen it done as a prosecutor relied on it myself the jury reacts with credibility. the heads nod, the eyes open. and so it can have great impact beyond the specific point that its used to prove. so i think there has to be an examination of all of this kind of forensic evidence...

You get. inside youll find little triangular pieces with bite marks on the beaches out to sea. almost like these little bits. yes. >> so break it down, mechanics will crush them and then fish do their fair share. >> reducing the big bottles to smaller pieces. >> what is the reason theyre chewing on it? >> the plastic itself looks like their food source or a biofilm on there. >> once something hits the ocean, how far can it go? >> it can go anywhere. the plastic doesnt always cross the equator. t...