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A polygraph and had, in fact, paid money to download a book on how to beat it. >> as testing continued on the blood stains on the floor of the crime scene, investigators noticed one blood drop on darrell norths pants that they had previously overlooked. >> there was a vertical drop on the back left pant leg of darrell north, while hes laying on the floor. >> the shape of the drop was perfectly round, meaning that the origin of the blood was stationary, and hit the fabric at a 90-degree angle. >>...

Dna testing on blood found near those fibers confirmed it was rachels blood and that she was bleeding before she hit the ground. >> so, the police had to work backwards. they had to find out, you know, how did that blood and how did that fiber get on the pennsylvania turnpike bridge rail. >> there were no marks on rachels neck, so investigators didnt believe a ligature or even the killers hands were used to strangle her. >> if its a large surface like a forearm pressing against a neck or a large...

>> less than six hours after henry said he saw williams and cater here, police heard a splash under this bridge. caters body washed up downstream two days later. 30 years ago, there was no dna testing. now there is. and so new evidence. remember those two human hairs found inside 11-year-old patrick baltazars shirt? in 2007, the hair fragments were sent to the fbis dna laboratory in quantico, virginia. the result? the lab said it found this dna sequence in only 29 out of more than 1,100 samples ...

Me. he was out and about. >> less than six hours after henry said he saw williams and cater here, police heard a splash under this bridge. caters body washed up downstream two days later. 30 years ago, there was no dna testing. now there is. and so new evidence. remember those two human hairs found inside 11-year-old patrick baltazars shirt? in 2007, the hair fragments were sent to the fbis dna laboratory in quantico, virginia. the result? the lab said it found this dna sequence in only 29 out o...

Now to a story youll be hearing a lot more about this week. right now in the u.s., there are more than 3,000 people waiting to be executed. at the same time, there are death row inmates that are being exonerated through dna testing and other evidence. one of those exonerated inmates is edward lee elmore. he won his freedom at the age of 53, having spent 30 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. he probably would have been executed had the case not been reviewed by diana holt. >> a 34-y...

Rights, puts you in a police car and thats the last time you see your hometown for 8 years, 10 months and 19 days. then they tell you theyre going to execute you for something you didnt do. it was awful. >> that was a former marine, the first person in the u.s. exonerated by dna testing while on death row. let me bring back holly hughes and dr. jeff gardere, assistant professor in new york. lets turn to another case first. cameron todd willingham was executed ten years ago in texas for murdering...

A pair of blue jeans with one glove in the back pocket, a pair of white socks. they also found some information from ken maclennan to include his wallet, some business cards from his employer and some foreign currency. >> the clothes were jason maclennans. students had seen him wearing them the day of the murder. dna testing proved the blood on the clothes had come from jasons father. >> the fact that we could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that those jeans were jason maclennans with his dads b...

A man who was on death row, got his own death row story to tell. kirk bloodsworth here in the blue jacket, convicted of murder, sentenced to death, spent nearly nine years in prison, two on death row, in fact. those are the hardest, im sure. mentally. and after all of that, it was dna evidence that proved that kirk did not commit the crime. that he was accused of and convicted. he was set free, in fact, the first american ever exonerated because of dna testing. and also sitting with him is richa...

There is a confession and multiple witnesses and direct evidence. for that 18 i think it is appropriate for the citizens of the state to decide we should have a state law that authorizes the death penalty in the case. i cant imagine anyone would support the death penalty being imposed in those cases where there is doubt about guilt or innocence. >> because this specific case that we featured in the series raises big issues about race, dna testing, mental disabilities and do you agree with the ru...

United states, only 18 have been dna exonerations. so it really shows that we have a lot of systemic problems outside of dna testing. >> by the way, there was no direct evidence. there was eyewitness testimony that proved all to be mistaken. >> right. >> it was someone who just called anonymously to the police to suggest -- i think i know the guy youre looking for. >> my next door neighbor called the police and said it looks leak my neighbor, kirk. >> looks like. >> looks like my neighbor, kirk....