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Really wanted to help people. >> he is a former nypd detective who believes james duncan is innocent. lions met jim at the a von prison in central florida while working on another case. >> he told me about working two jobs. he wasnt home that often. the baby was only eight weeks old at the time. you know, he told me he didnt do it. but the baby had these fractures. >> jerry felt so strongly that jim didnt do it, he decided to help him on his own dime. but he had to get hit hands on codys x-rays ...

To you. what does that tell you? >> it tells us that this wasnt one single incident, that these injuries happened over a period of time. >> according to medical records, though, cody had no bruises or internal tissue injuries. >> did you ever think about that cody didnt have a bunch of black and blue marks on him. >> thats why we didnt know that something was wrong with him. thats why i kept taking him to the doctor. >> dr. morris says in bruising doesnt mean no abuse. >> it is not important in ...

>> mm-hmm. >> no outward marks at all. >> mm-hmm. >> and no internal injuries. >> mm-hmm. its very common with fractures in child abuse not to see overlying bruises. >> lucky to be alive? >> he was lucky to be taken out of the environment of abuse. he is lucky to be alive, lucky not to have permanent physical handicap. >> today, more and more courts are looking at child abuse cases and allowing experts like dr. ayoub to testify. its caused a sharp divide in the medical community. >> do you belie...

Problems while i was growing up. >> did your father abuse you when you were a little baby? >> no. i dont believe so. >> and you never had a doubt? >> i never once had a doubt. i dont believe it. >> neither does elisabeth fryer, his fathers new defense attorney. >> it turns out that there was no abuse in this case and the fractures that this tiny child had were caused by metabolic bone disorder. so based on that finding, we are moving forward to try to get jim a new trial. >> this whole growth pl...

>> strauss feels strongly that doctors like ayoub are overstepping their bounds. >> its concerning in tha what i think they are referring to is not new science, its basically misinformation. this child has fractures and nothing but fractures without evidence of an underlying condition. >> so in your opinion this would not be worthy of a new trial to present dr. ayoubs theory. >> certainly not. >> what will it take for the thinking in this country to turn around? >> maybe an act of god, because i...

Without it, we can severely injure ourselves or we can miss the warning signs of infections. >> and some others would outline the story of many fractures and many visits to the emergency room, and sometimes concern from health caregivers that there is some nefarious behavior on the parents when in fact, it is that these poor kids could not feel any pain. the characteristic features are early corn yell abrasions or fractures or injuries and including frequent injury to the skull. early in infancy...

From mexico or whatever it is and that is because of their investigation and no injuries on the individual that indicates he was fighting with anybody in the injuries released so far on the right side of the body, which is more indicative of a fall from the right side. carly: that includes fractures to his skull, right jaw, upper ribs and right collarbone. you think of somebody getting hit by a car wouldnt you normally think there would be injuries to the abdomen? does that sound more like someb...

Happened. what evidence was there of murder? and here was the heart of the prosecutions case -- the forensics. >> this really becomes a case about science, doesnt it? >> if the science didnt work, if the jury didnt understand it or didnt buy into it, it was gonna be a not guilty. >> reporter: dr. diane scala barnett, the coroner who had performed the autopsy on danas exhumed body told the jury shed been able to get a better look at danas skull than the first coroner. >> i saw separate fractures ...

With everything the coroner had to say. >> dr. barnetts opinion was that these fractures that you see in this photo were caused by three different impacts. do you agree with that opinion? >> no. >> what conclusion can you draw about how these fractures and these injuries were used >> one impact on a very hard, flat surface. thats my opinion. >> reporter: dr. spitz said the science showed russell adkins had been telling the truth. dana had hit her head on the road after falling out of a car. and ...

The profession sor from london, a pleasure to have you on the show. talk about the presidents speech in davos, it was highly anticipated. were there surprises, in your estimation? >> its well known that president trump, on this occasion, stuck to the script during the speech. i think the speech was reasonably well received. he didnt really change tact very much. what hes done is over a series of speeches, laid out the position he laid out in davos. the issue i could see is the davos discussions ...