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Prepared to fight. one final execution on the calendar for next thursday. you know, feelings here in arkansas have been pretty mixed about what is transpiring. a large crowd of protestors were outside of the governors mansion last night and been gathering there for more than a week now. some holding signs saying two wrongs dont make a right and the states actions are about vengeance, not justice. up until the end, ledell lee had maintained his innocence even asking for new dna testing to prove t...

Trending downward as far as states actually pulling off these executions. we have another chart there, as well. charles. >> nationally, the number of executions has declined fairly radically. i think by 80% since 1990. i think interestingly, part of that is a reflection of technology. there are only a few places where technology has had an influence on public a opinion. abortion, the advent of ultrasound has shaped the view, to bolster the pro-life case. here, i think it is dna testing, the find...

You can see how the numbers are trending downward as far as states actually pulling off these executions. we have another chart there, as well. charles. >> nationally, the number of executions has declined fairly radically. i think by 80% since 1990. i think interestingly, part of that is a reflection of technology. there are only a few places where technology has had an influence on public a opinion. abortion, the advent of ultrasound has shaped the view, to bolster the pro-life case. here, i t...

Personal basis, you see more nuance to it. and honestly, one of the reasons it was so horrifying to me is because i knew that if i wouldnt have gotten out, if i werent out right now, if it wasnt for the dna testing, i would probably be on this list of people theyre about to execute. >> what about don davis, specifically? >> don davis. prison is a different world. its nothing like out here. you dont develop friendships in prison the way you do in the outside world. in prison the best thing you ca...

The hole for you. he was willing to accept that, willing to take that to make sure i had something to eat. there were times whenever i was having horrific things done to me by prison guards, and he was the one who that this isnt going on in a vacuum and he would do whatever he could to bring light to that situation. the people from the roman catholic church who would bring food to the death rowinmates. he would say, theyre killing this guy. would you please go to the warden? if not for him inter...

2012. all four girls were alone on nature trails and they were kidnapped, murdered, and left in the woods on the 13th day of the month. police in florida just arrested a 60-year-old man in connection with the killing a dismemberment of a boy more than two decades ago. the boys body was positively identified through dna testing only two years ago. romance fraud sparked an international woman hunt as police look for a brunette who spoke with an american accent when she scammed a british man out of...

The defense attorneys shock, testing came back saying there was kevin coopers dna on a-41. >> but for hile, the dna results raised a red flag. >> back in 1983, the lab technician daniel had testified that he had consumed a-41 during his testing. now he was asked to make sure that a-41 still existed. >> we have a photograph of the envelope that shows the date he took it out and when he revealed it. so we know that he had a-41 on his person for 24 hours before he returned it. >> he also had nearby...

Voice and i said, mom, i have cancer. i mean, that was probably one of the hardest things ive ever done in my life. >> you know, not being able to hold him. that was extremely hard. i didnt want to break apart for him. i wanted to be strong. >> drakes cancer still requires monthly chemotherapy, but his prospects for remission are positive. >> his bodys healing. he helps keep me fighting for sure. >> darlie, will you ever admit to having killed the boys? >> im innocent. >> even today, i cant beli...

Dna testing which could exonerate cooper. >> kevin cooper kept saying, im not guilty. do dna testing now that you can do it. if it shows that i am guilty, you can go ahead and execute me. i walkered out of there thinking, whoa, theyve really got a case i need to think about. >> san bernardinos current district attorney michael ramos was handling coopers appeals. >> we felt that the ongoing requests by defense counsel in this case was just another delay tactic. there was no evidence at all that a...

Never got a fair hand. would always get denied for one reason or the next. i felt very bad, very discouraged until dna testing came along and i had a shot. >> the state would perform dna tests on blood sample a-41 and blood on the tan shirt thought to be thrown from the stolen station wagon. the results would determine whether kevin cooper lived or died. (jessica) i love beneful healthy weight because the first ingredient is chicken. (riley) man, this chicken is spectacular! (jessica) i feel lik...