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Cooper believes that the results, specifically those of the bloody fingerprint, will finally prove that there was an intruder in the home on the night of the murders. >> if we get it reversed by the appellate court has to try it or dismiss it. theyre not go being to retry this case in my opinion. well-prepared attorneys with a good strategy will eat the prosecution alive. >> but time is not on darlies side. >> in texas, if youve been sentenced to death, you have three appeals. darlie routier has...

Transcript. >> the trial transcript had over 30,000 mistakes. >> it was very serious the difference between yes and no. the difference between up and down. and id never seen that before in 25 years of practicing law. >> when sandra halsey, the court reporter for darlies trial was questioned, she pled the fifth amendment. cooper felt competent the flawed transcript could earn a new trial for darlie, preferably in a courtroom away from kerrville. this drew concern from prosecutors. >> when all thi...

Dna. >> cooper felt the prosecutions timeline of events also had flaws. >> well, the timeline thats drawn by the state, it was remarkable that they were going to sell it to this jury because of the long time that she was on the telephone with 911. >> darlies call to 911 lasted five minutes and 44 seconds. >> damon could only have lived for eight or nine minutes after those wounds were inflicted. this is according to courtroom testimony. so since she was on the phone with 911 for five minutes and...

It down, really, to the screen and only the screen. >> the bread knife had been dusted for fingerprints with a brush that raised qutions for cooper. >> my experts tested seven random fingerprint brushes, and four of them had the same chemical consistency in appearance as this one fiber that was found on the bread knife. >> its typical in a criminal case that the defense is not satisfied with the states case. if there was any dispute, certainly you would have heard from that evidence. >> if the d...

In routiers case originally scheduled for today. >> were the voice for darlie routier. >> the issue with the court reporter literally changed the court reporting industry. and there are many people to this day who are astounded that that trial record did not result in a new trial for darlie routier. >> darlies defense now faced the uphill battle of appeals. but as cooper dug through evidence, he came across a second videotape which never was shown to the jury. it cast the silly string incident i...

Texas who in the course of litigation, the only three people who took the fifth amendment were the two lead detectives and the court reporter. >> the question for cooper was, why hadnt mulder shown this second videotape to the jury? >> i dont know why they didnt show the tape. greg davis said, put it in if you want, but they never did put that portion in. >> i think it was a huge mistake not to show the jury this memorial service. i think it would have effectively nullified any impact the silly ...

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