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>> in september, judge david burnett, who preside over both trials ruled he would not hear any new evidence in the case. so damien echols is now appealing his case to the arkansas supreme court, which has previously upheld the conviction. >> this is the first time that the arkansas supreme court is going to interpret the dna statute. so its going to have enormous implications for anybody who comes in their wake. >> im thinking about when we argue this in the arkansas supreme court, the approach ...

Paramount importance to him. but the interests at stake here are far broader. and that is because we are dealing with pure questions of law about the interpretation of what ill call the dna statute. >> what is the meaning of this arkansas statute? there is language in that statute that says if the dna evidence excludes the defendant as the source of the dna, which it did in our case, then the trial court has to consider all the evidence whether it was admitted at trial or not to see what a reaso...