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There was no hearing at all about our motion for dna testing. he just ruled on that without a hearing. i pointed out that weve now been fighting for three years to get this testing. and that mr. bradley fought us every step of the way. at the time i thought three years was a long time. but i told the court, and im quoting, your honor, there is a blood stained bandanna that was found at the crime scene. it was found, taken into custody by the sheriff. it contained a hair. this bandanna may contai...

>> i was honored to be a part of in any way that i could. they asked me to take the case pro bono and to file a motion for dna testing for michael morton. and i did. >> after 2001, when i figuratively and literally saw the light, that changed everything. that experience may have just happened that one night, but the way ive come to interpret it or internalize it, accept it, took awhile. im not accustomed to supernatural experiences. it took me awhile to kind of appreciate it or to understand it ...

Met this terrific lawyer that knew a lot about medical malpractice and medical issues and we should definitely try to involve him as a local lawyer in this matter. and that was john raley. >> apparently they knew someone who had seen me try a medical malpractice case recently, and there were issues in the morton case that had to do with scientific evidence and they thought i might be useful in some way. >> little did we know we were getting somebody with real expertise in medical malpractice, bu...

Theyve never been subjected to dna testing. >> i was very honest with the judges we were in front of. i would say, look, judge. we dont know if this bandanna is connected to the crime. it certainly seems like a real possibility given that its a quiet, suburban neighborhood. doesnt have a lot of violent crime going on. theres a bloody murder and then a hundred feet away theres a bandanna with somebodys blood on it. but sure it could be from a construction worker. it could be from someone who cut ...

And i came to realize that the simplest thing was that id cried out to god. you know, i got nothing here. show me something. and all that happened was i got an answer. he showed me something. i said my life changed in this room. in that prison cell on ramsey one, my world changed. >> the innocence project is an independent non-profit entity starting in 1988. my colleague peter neufeld and i became expert in dna testing and immediately realized that it had the potential to exonerate the wrongfull...

Murderer to be dna tested. john bradley was the district attorney of williamson county at the time we filed the motion for dna testing. so i called up mr. bradley and i introduced myself. and i tried to explain to him the logic of what we were doing, that we were only seeking the truth. and he said it would muddy the waters, that testing the dna would muddy the waters. and i didnt understand what he meant. i said, mr. bradley, truth clarifies. why oppose it? it makes no sense. but he continued t...

Dna testing. >> i was very honest with the judges we were in front of. i would say, look, judge. we dont know if this bandanna is connected to the crime. it certainly seems like a real possibility given that its a quiet, suburban neighborhood. doesnt have a lot of violent crime going on. theres a bloody murder and then a hundred feet away theres a bandanna with somebodys blood on it. but sure it could be from a construction worker. it could be from someone who cut themselves. theres only one way...

Theres also this hair that may contain the dna of the murderer. theyve never been subjected to dna testing. >> i was very honest with the judges we were in front of. i would say, look, judge, we dont know if this bandana is connected to the crime. it certainly seems like a real possibility given that its a quiet, suburban neighborhood. doesnt have a lot of violent crime going on. theres a bloody murder and then a hundred feet away, theres a bandana with somebodys blood on it. but sure it could b...

Somebody who played football at oklahoma, and was a talented trial lawyer and a great human being. so that was good luck. >> i was honored to be part of that in any way i could. they asked me to take the case pro bono and to file a motion for dna testing for michael morton. and i did. >> after 2001 when i figuratively and literally saw the light, that changed everything. that experience may have just happened that one night, but the way ive come to interpret it or internalize it or accept it too...

Then and of course now says that. dr. bayardo didnt see the body until it was too late to do a rigor mortis or livermore tis analysis. so he did this stomach contents analysis. and it was probably on the basis of that stomach contents junk science that michael was convicted. >> from the autopsy were vaginal swabs, oral swabs, fingernail clippings. so we had those tested thinking that will reveal the assailant. and so the results were all coming back negative, negative, negative. in february of 2...