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Next thing you know, theres an ice cream sitting on your bed and its 110 degrees outside. >> on march 7th, 2008, we had a hearing before judge stubblefield who was the presiding judge. it was the first hearing we had been able to have on the case. 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 t...

>> on march 7th, 2008, we had a hearing before judge stubblefield who was the presiding judge. it was the first hearing we could have on the case. 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...

There was some fist pumping up in the air. and a couple of the guys were beating on the tables. the guard got a little uneasy, he was like is this a riot or what? looked up on the second tier, just lined with faces and people were yelling and cheering. i never expected that. and i love those guys for that. it was just such a send-off. completely spontaneous. it was just the strangest thing and the most wonderful thing. >> after spending nearly 25 years in prison for the murder of his wife, a wil...

>> 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 took awhile. im not accustomed to supernatural experiences. took me awhile to kind of appreciate it or to understand it. thos...

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

Stomach contents alone. all of the literature now and then says that. the doctor didnt see the body until it was too late to do a rigor mortis 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...

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 took awhile. im not accustomed to supernatural experiences. took me awhile to kind of appreciate it or to understand it. those three things that god exists ...

Cleared the way for michael morton to find out why efd that could have set him free was not turned over to his lawyers -- >> nearly 25 years, thats how long michael morton had been behind bars waiting for this chance. his last shot at freedom. he knew he was innocent. but time had worn away his resolve. >> was there any moment or period during your incarceration where you doubted yourself or you doubted maybe even reality? >> i wondered. i started to doubt a little bit, or question, and you real...

Time. there was nothing about this man that didnt speak to actual innocence. finally in 2004, progress. attorneys for the innocence project began working with morton and they thought they had a chance. >> you say i always thought that i would get out. what fueled the hope? >> its . >> its difficult to say when i knew it was faith and i wasnt guilty and this would work out or just that, i didnt know how deep i was in. >> then, came the break through. a request for dna testing on a piece of eviden...

That i would get out. what fueled the hope? >> its difficult for me to say whether it was just faith that i knew i was right and i wasnt guilty, that this would work out, or just that i didnt know how deep i was in. >> morton was exonerated in 2011 thanks to dna testing, testing that was not available back in 1987. you can see the full story, "an unreal dream, the michael morton story" tomorrow on cnn. so i tried depend last weekend. and it made the difference between hearing about my daughters ...