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Did you hit him with a board or you didnt hit him with a board, alvin? >> i dont know. >> what they failed to see is he doesnt have any memories of doing the things theyre accusing him of doing, that he then caves in ultimately and passively accepts and thats why hes using that language. >> dr. hayes-hammer discovered that alvins iq was 74 and that he had dropped out of school in the ninth grade. >> you have many people with low iqs who have had rap sheets as long as my arm. alvin did not. so, h...

But at the time, dna testing was still in its infancy. >> in 1986, we werent even online. our state was not doing dna testing. although it was beginning to be done in other places, there were only a few select laboratories that did it, and it was a very, very expensive process. >> but by the time nancy ludwig was murdered, dna testing was routine. and to the surprise of investigators, dna testing proved what margarette ebys son knew instinctively, that the same man killed both women. >> i though...

For 13 years, the murder of bio-tech research scientist helena greenwood went unsolved. the medical examiner found what looked to be blood under one of her fingernails. at the time, it was far too small for dna analysis. by 1998, however, work that gen-probe and scientists like helena greenwood had been working on led to new developments in dna testing. one of the most important was polymerase chain reaction or pcr which enabled scientists to copy minute dna samples until they were large enough ...

>> as detectives look through the evidence, they noted there was a tiny speck of blood under helenas fingernail. at the time, far too small for dna testing. had forensic science advanced to the point that it could identify a speck of blood almost too small to see? ♪

On helenas teapot. and they also found serological evidence. >> we also presented evidence that the semen on the pillowcase in helena greenwoods bedroom, first, that it was semen and, second, it was from a type o, individual, who was a secreter, and a pgm type, a mutase of one-plus all matched fredianis abo type. >> dna testing was still in its infancy. at the last minute when faced with the fingerprint and serological evidence, he pled no contest to the assault and was sentenced to five years i...

Olamides blood was discovered in the trunk. they also found bloody fingerprints on the rearview mirror. >> i was able then to powder and lift those impressions and then lift them off of the rearview mirror and then do a comparison. >> one of these was maurice wallaces thumbprint. dna testing identified the blood as olamides. investigators also found evidence on wallaces jeans. >> to the naked eye, it didnt appear that there was anything unusual about them. however, later forensic testing found t...

And i urge you all to go to wm3.org and donate to the defense fund, the donations is what has paid for the forensic tests and the dna testing that is going to set these men free. i just want to say im honored to be here. lorri is a wonderful, wonderful person, and she is what has kept us going for 14 years and made people not forget about the west memphis three. so thank you very much. [ applause ] >> kellys court is back in session. on the docket today, meet terry hobbs. this man sued the dixie...

Context of what most people are accustomed to with dna testing. >> so just to clarify, the dna evidence, the point of bringing it up is to say that hobbs did it, but one could think it would be more likely hobbs had done it versus damien because there is no evidence there at all. >> the last thing as defense lawyers we would intend to do is indict and convict someone beyond a reasonable doubt of this case. the evidence as to hobbs i dont think should be viewed that way. but is it evidence that w...

Investigators learned that partin and his daughter were living in newport richey, florida, with a friend he had met in prison. when questioned, partins roommate said he hadnt seen partin or his daughter since joshans murder was covered in the local news. he also said he had never seen joshan ashbrook at his house either. with a search warrant, police examined the room partin and his daughter had been using, and initially found nothing suspicious. >> we lifted up a throw rug that was in between t...

Foreign hairs in coreys hands. one had an intact root. >> the fact that the hair had root material on it and was not from her would allow you to at least presume that that hair had to be obtained forcefully. >> dna testing revealed the blood in the kitchen came from the same person as the hair in coreys hand. surprisingly this dna did not match the prime suspect, eric jones, coreys co-worker, despite his bizarre behavior. the dna from coreys apartment did not match any of the dna profiles in eit...