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The story recently coming out is basically an update report from the innocence project on where they stand on the efforts to clean up this whole situation. >> jonathan you were with the fbi. i mean you know this happened before your time but looking at this what is your take on the current guidelines? what are the can current guidelines? how have things changed so this doesnt happen again? >> well i think whatever the current guidelines are theyre fixing to change most likely and its interesting...

And randy lee allen made no more confessions. in september of 2003, he was convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault and received two consecutive terms of 75 years. dana stinson is a pseudonym for the remarkable young girl who showed courage, determination, and whose near photographic memory helped solve the case. and the forensic evidence helped, too. >> they stuck to her clothing and all that, her body, thats amazing. i cant believe how they can pick up something that small and make something...

And it seems to have been a big mistake perhaps. >> and they say the fact that in opening statements the defense alleged he wasnt there. later in the trial says, all right, he was, but -- i think that change for them was a big deal. >> i think this was a great example of the humanity that is at play in a jury that often you dont suggest its all about the documents and the clues and the gotcha and forensics. anderson did a great job of listening. the impact of i saw him every day was a part of me...

It? anybody pick him up or did our systems all realize it when he landed? ive been out on a border pa troll, near our border seeing this in border security. certainly a threat in the military trying to pick up small airborne slow moving low altitude objection to detect them. its a challenge for security but one we need to take very seriously because it exposed a vulnerability vulnerability. he wasnt trying to hurt somebody but somebody else could, if he was armed, an explosive onboard or whateve...

Monitors to pick up the propellers signature of a gyrocopter is a potential solution. so what hes saying is government needs to essentially think outside of the box. >> yeah. you think? >> yeah. >> rene marsh, thanks so much. joining me now is congresswoman martha mcsally retired air force colonel and shes a republican from arizona sitting on the house homeland security committee. thanks so much for joining us congresswoman. >> thanks for having me. >> im glad this man is okay im sure we all a...

>> and it is a extremely important point. we like to think that the jury will consider everybody the same it is a celebrity case. it is part of the dynamic. >> you can be punched out for murder on another case. >> and an update on a story on "happening now" neither side seemed to be pulling the punches in the murder trial of sheena. she shot him in cold blood. she said it was self defense and now they are looking at to whether he was standing or sitting to determine if he might have been an aggr...

Million worth of merchandise. but how did they manage to pull it off? >> cnn sat down with a former policeman and a former bank robber to find out. >> i think theres a good chance the police may find some forensics in the vault area because they were in there for days rather than hours or minutes. when youre in that sort of environment, you are going to sweat because of the stress of it all. >> if youll notice, theyre wearing white surgical type masks over their ski masks. thats basically to avo...

Worth more than $100 million. cnns phil black has more on the heist that played out like a hollywood blockbuster. >> brooke this security video reveals a lot. it shows the planning was elaborate and thorough. the execution totally professional. it con ferms the crew was there working for days and they were long gone before anyone realized what happened. for further insight into what this video reveals, we went to experts on both sides of the law, a former bank robber and a former british detecti...

Wearing white surgical-type masks over their ski masks. and thats basically to avoid dna being left. the slightest little bit of dna will be picked up. also because the forensics have not got facial mapping. >> the lock on the security gate is -- how can i describe it? id say its mickey mouse. this is so well organized and well planned, its highly likely they either had a key or they forced it somehow and once theyre in if they get challenged they obviously had a strategy. >> i think theyre a ve...

Maintain my innocence for the rest of my life. >> he can stick to his story all he wants, but theres nothing that supports it, certainly none of the evidence we found. >> he wanted it all -- the kids. he didnt want to lose the kids, he didnt want to lose the house. he didnt want to lose nothing! those things he would have lost if he had gotten divorced, and he knows that. >> prosecutors dont think davids girlfriend, linda ryan, had anything to do with the murder, but questions about the case rem...