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5 freeway to show their support for o.j. then, the trial of the century. for 265 days, americans watched as simpsons legal dream team led by robert shapiro, johnny cochran, picked apart the states case. we learned all there is to know about forensics and dna evidence. and who were forget the iconic line that would define the trial. >> i want you to remember these words -- like the defining moment in this trial -- the day mr. darton asked mr. simpson to try on those gloves and the gloves didnt fi...

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 remain. why did david fire the se...

His was the first ever conviction in the u.s. for failure to notify about the presence of lead. >> he dug himself a real deep hole and got hit with a big patent and i think the epa that sent an alarm across the country so other landlords dont take part in similar activities. >> sundays family has relocated to tennessee. theyre still adjusting to life in america and the aftermath of sundays death. meanwhile, sunday lies in an unmarked grave in a new hampshire cemetery, hundreds of miles from her ...

>> the point where i made up my mind that he must be guilty was after i heard his complete testimony, and decided that all of the alibis that he was coming up with were just beyond belief. >> the jury took three hours to find deparvine guilty, and he was sentenced to death. in the end, some saliva on a plastic spoon and a small nick on his hand told investigators how he committed the crime and how he killed two innocent people who were just trying to sell their truck and be on their way. >> i wa...

Fast. and then you go into securing the facility, which is sort of a medium pace. that is where tactical offices make sure theres no other shooter where they are searching and students are leaving the building. sort of a medium pace. then we go into the forensic processing which is a slow pace. you actually move the opposite way we think, fast, medium slow. when they go into forensics, the process the scene and track the gun and look at the bullets and examine everything, that will be a slow pro...

Different story. she was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. >> im glad they got her, but i dont want to sound like im out for vengeance, although if they wanted to kill her, id volunteer. >> it was the shoe impression on a shard of glass and the partial thumbprint on the leather belt that solved the case. >> in my 12 years of doing latent print work, this case ranks up near the top, if not the most difficult latent fingerprint that ive had to identify. so, this was...

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...

Deny it, doesnt refute it, doesnt do anything but sit there and nod his head saying, well, you got that right. >> a suspect, but no body, no witnesses, no forensics. the d.a.s office was going to need more before moving ahead on art ream. if the d.a. was demanding better evidence, then mac wanted to get into this place and have a look around. it used to be the warehouse where art ream had his carpet business. in 1997, when he was arrested, he was hustled off to prison so quickly that he never go...

>> 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...

Him again. candra is remarried, has a family and a new life. she credits forensic psychiatry with helping her move beyond her horrifying ordeal. >> i guess a fact that somebody explained to her and explained publicly why she had these confused stories, that she wasnt nuts, and there was a logical explanation for it, gave her a great deal of emotional relief. >> but it was ballistics and the physics of gunpowder patterns that provided conclusive evidence that tom brown was lying. >> i thank god f...