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His wife has hired an attorney and left the state. shes not charged with anything. why hire a lawyer and leave the snat. >> she knows shes under investigation. shes exhibited some highly suspicious behavior. she knows the police are taking their time and investigating her. theres no rush to charge her. once she -- if she is arrested and charged in this case, the clock starts running. they only have a certain amount of time before they have to go to a probable cause hearing. only have a certain a...

Be detected on her body. >> but the jury didnt believe michelles death was an accident, and luke hasler was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. his version of what happened almost seemed plausible until the evidence showed it was all a lie. >> a lot of people are either killed or seriously injured in car accidents, so theres a lot of data about what type of injuries those cause. those were nowhere like michelles injuries. so the medical exami...

All experts can say is that the murders had a clear sexual motivation. >> its the most bizarre case ive ever been involved with, and for all of these men, there was just no dignity in death. >> in november of 2000 rogers was tried and convicted of two of the murders. the cases where they had the most forensic evidence. he was sentenced to two life terms plus 65 years in prison. >> we never gave up. you keep plugging along. >> it never ceases to amaze me what we get in terms of forensics, whether...

That, oh, justin must have left him in the car, so beyond that, unless they are uncovering more, i think they may have trouble coming up with a malice murder charge. however, if they are gathering more evidence and, remember, computer forensics take time. if justin ross harris is as proficient as hes supposed to be, he may have hidden files in unallocated space. >> good point. >> in slack space. that may be taking time a little longer for police to search or perform their forensics, or, on the o...

She was sentenced to a minimum of 50 years in prison. >> youre not just a danger to the general public. youre a danger to the people who love you and are closest to you. >> prosecutors could still charge stacey for the murder of her first husband michael wallace, but with stacey serving a 50-year prison term, there doesnt seem to be much need. ashley wallace has no contact with her mother. >> i hate her. i hate her. i dont understand. i dont get it. i dont think i ever will understand why she di...

Just that day but for weeks, months, perhaps years prior. >> youll remember the lead investigator here said theres a second persona, a second life of ross harris. well, we found a website, scout.com, his profile there, this second persona, apparently his name is r.j. or at least he goes by those initial because thats the screen name. we know ross harris is 33 but the age of this person, 27 years old. three photographs of a man that looks much like ross harris. we have those photographs. heres on...

Sun. this hour, on cnn, how new forensics could aid the murder case against his father. and what if your home were once a suspected serial killers torture chamber and you knew nothing about it? one womans horrifying discovery. and whether the fine print on her lease means she is simply stuck living in a nightmare. hello, everyone. im ashleigh banfield. it is wednesday, july 9th. welcome to "legal view." we want to begin with the president, mr. obama is headed to face the texas heat, as he tr...

Nobody entirely clear on how, why or who made that happen. but this video getting scrutiny, frame by frame, while authorities try to determine really is it him or not? this is someone the iraqis would like to get their hands on. >> thats a pretty -- jamming of cell phones, that seems like pretty, i guess you would say serious security measures that might be taken on behalf of this person if youre sort of putting two and two together there. im wondering as you talked to defense department officia...

His defense claimed he gave michelle the propofol to help relieve the pain from her migraine headache, but accidentally gave her too much. >> theres no way that the administration of propofol to michelle herndon was an accidental death. this was an action consistent with homicide. >> the jury didnt believe it either. oquinn was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. >> this is the first reported case ever involving murder by the use of propofol. so this ...

Dodson would have been killed with a single shot, its possible that this would never have been investigated as a homicide. >> we wouldnt have been looking for bullet fragments. we wouldnt have been looking for mud analysis. >> prosecutors believe the motive was greed. >> i believe she married him with the intent to beef up his finances and kill him. thats about as cold blooded as you can get. >> she would have got revenge. she would have got rid of bruce dodson, obtained approximately $500,000 i...