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Then he went directly to work to keep his usual schedule. but after work he stopped by the deserted camp and dumped his wifes body. the synthetic rayon fibers from larrys trunk liner were transferred to the blanket covering judys body. and larrys shoes picked up the calcite particles from the newly paved limestone, where they were discovered 20 years later by alert forensic scientists. >> the prosecutors were able to put up a good faith effort and tell them this is everything we know using moder...

In a highly unusual step, a u.s. district court judge orders the state of texas to either retry willis or dismiss his case. he cites several factors including ineffective assistance of counsel and evidence contradicting the states theory of the fire. ori white heads up the investigation. white, a college student at the time of the crime, is now the pecos county district attorney. >> jurors want as much forensics in cases as they can get. and in this case, the forensics were such that it allowed ...

In february of 2006, members of arizonas house and senate offer krone a public apology for his ordeal. >> please accept my sincere apology on behalf of the state of arizona. >> thank you. >> now krone, grateful for his freedom, travels the country speaking to audiences about the problems inherent in our justice system and its relationship to forensic science. he is the 100th man exonerated from death row since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. >> im thankful that they have learned from s...

Its summer 1989, and patricia and david stallings are beginning their lives as a married couple. they have recently had their first child, named ryan. but in july, 3-month-old ryan falls ill. he is vomiting and listless and seems to have difficulty breathing. patricia stallings rushes her son to the hospital. serum and blood samples are taken from ryan and sent to an outside laboratory. the results from the lab are shocking. blood tests reveal an elevated level of ethylene glycol, an ingredient ...

>> we had forensic firearms evidence, forensic metallurgist. this case was built on forensics. the jury deliberated for three and a half days, and then found janice dodson guilty of first-degree murder. she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> when the verdict came in in the courtroom, my legs turned to rubber and all i can do today is i never got a chance, i wanted to thank the jury for all the work they did. >> to investigators and the forensic experts who work...

Sergeant joe snodgrass was sentenced to life in a military prison without parole. lucy was convicted by a philippine court and sentenced to only one year in prison. her two uncles served similar sentences. the third man involved in the murder has never been found. >> this was the first case where digital evidence and the term forensics were put in the same sentence. computer crime investigation was not a forensics discipline until we put these diskettes back together. >> our cyber guys broke gro...

Prosecutor. they need to get the fbi forensics it specialist involved in this and get to the bottom of it. >> all right. well, 76% of people surveyed by fox news think that there is something funny about the emails, too, that they were deliberately destroyed. im not -- that dave camp letter that you spoke to, i read it a little differently than everybody else. everybody sells suspicious and catalyst for destruction of emails. i think, you know, there is a lot of funny biz going on here. i have a...

Prosecutor. they need to get the fbi forensics it specialist involved in this and get to the bottom of it. >> all right. well, 76% of people surveyed by fox news think that there is something funny about the emails, too, that they were deliberately destroyed. im not -- that dave camp letter that you spoke to, i read it a little differently than everybody else. everybody sells suspicious and catalyst for destruction of emails. i think, you know, there is a lot of funny biz going on here. i have a...

>> the sheriffs office did a fantastic job getting can the body and bringing her back so she can have a proper burial. >> its important to the family. i think thats important to her and her memory. >> rosendo rodriguez went on trial for the murder of summer lee baldwin. the case with the strongest forensic evidence. he was convicted and sentenced to death. >> this case would never be involved but for the forensic evidence. the dna evidence, the blood evidence, the forensic computer evidence, the...

Remove everything. as for motive, rogers wouldnt talk. 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...