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Reopen the case and allow him access to the dna and physical evidence collected at the crime scene. because the bite mark video was presented to the defense only one day before krones trial, the court agrees to reopen the case and grants krone a new trial. the phoenix police department now must provide plourd with all the evidence from the crime scene. the amount is significant. >> basically the dam broke, and i got access to everything. >> he very quickly found out it wasnt just the bite mark e...

Ray krone, branded the snaggletooth killer by the press, is in his seventh year of incarceration for the murder of kim ancona. >> now im sentenced to 25 to life, i go to what they call the walls. its about the toughest place to survive. this was maximum security but you werent isolated. you actually had contact with other inmates. every day had you to watch your back. >> chris plourd, krones lawyer, continues to fight for his release. >> we were waiting for the science to sort of catch up with w...

>> there you go. good. >> but theres no way to get back 30 lost years or even to put a value on something so priceless. still, a civil suit filed after lowerys exoneration attempts to right the wrong. after dna testing links daniel brewer to the rape of the 74-year-old victim, a bombshell that reveals the extent of the police departments grave error. riley county, kansas, settles with lowery for $7.5 million. >> this money has helped me out a lot. and ive been able to help my kids out, you know,...

Confess to a crime. this has happened to soldiers. its happened to all kinds of people from ordinary walks of life. >> from what clark is telling him about eddie lowerys case, scheck thinks he may, in fact, be innocent. >> the great thing about barry clark, he is a really good lawyer. hes a very earnest, honest, straightforward guy. an all-american guy like eddie, in a way. and he says, i think hes innocent. weve had enormous success with people who are on parole and are out of jail and they ins...

Years about why i confessed. why i dealt with it that way. i dont know why i did it. >> the dark period lasts for six years until lowery reads news reports about the efforts of the new york-based innocence project. >> i would cut these articles out in the paper and bring them home to my wife and say, hon, look. somebody else has been exonerated through dna testing. if we could find the evidence from my trial, get it dna tested, this would prove my innocence. >> lowery reaches out to barry clark,...

Years ago now knows that their brother was one of the formerly unidentified victim of john wayne gacy. the body was exhumed for a new round of dna testing. gacy was executed in 1994. he was convicted of murdering 33 young men back in the 1970s. he buried most of the victims in the crawl space beneath his home. that is gacy dressed up as a clown. it is one of the means that he used to lure his victims. joining us now, dr. michael baden, forensic pathologist and a fooks news contributor. this is a...

Who the prosecutor thought was a serial murderer and his dna is inside and hes at the scene. >> did it take so long, nearly 17 years in prison behind bars. >> for a long time and most of these cases the states attorney opposed dna testing and for a lot of these guys, they would come up with new theories of guilt to explain away the dna testing. the tunnel vision sets in on the people, but right now its up to the states attorney to do the right thing. >> speaking of the right thing, the judge ord...

fired from constitution avenue, which is about 700 or 800 yards away from the white house, toward the white house, then fled in the vehicle, crashed the vehicle on an on ramp to a bridge that connects over to virginia and was seen running away on foot. they havent conclusively linked those -- the bullets found here to that rifle, but that is their preliminary conclusion, brooke. >> athena jones for us at the white house. athena, thank you. next on reporter roulette, jean casarez live...

throughout the trial jackson supporters have gathered outside the building offers words of encouragement to jacksons family. today la toya thanked them. her joy at the verdict unmistakable. >> michael loves everybody out here. we all love them. and guess what? he was in that courtroom, and thats why victory was served. >> jermaine jackson spoke briefly as he left the courthouse. >> justice was served, yes. it wasnt enough time, though. >> what do you say for michael? >> michaels with u...

the building offering words of encouragement to the jackson family. today latoya thanked them. her joy at the verdict unmistakable. >> michael loves everybody out here. we all love them. and guess what? he was in that courtroom, and thats why victory was served. >> jermaine jackson spoke briefly as he left the courthouse. >> justice was served, yes. it wasnt enough time, though. >> what do you say for michael? >> michaels with us. michaels with us. >> jacksons mother and father, joe an...