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Jason, why couldnt it be our government would trust local law enforcement municipalities to know their community and respond. when they call 911 whoever shows up i dont see the f.b.i. answering 911 calls. thats not their job. >> as if the f.b.i. doesnt have enough to do. they are supposed to be in charge of counter intelligence and kidnapping and sex trafficking and all these things and theyre worried about school boards? thats the question jim jordan and other members of congress are asking. wh...

Getting a collective bronx cheer for what some people say is a double standard on vaccinations, lefting them for athletes and some entertainers, but not for everybody else. how do you feel about that? >> well, you know, neil, that is obviously a delicate situation in new york. i really dont want to be out there outguessing the major who im sure is trying to do what is best for the city. but he made that decision to pull back on the requirement for vaccinations for certain entertainers and sports...

When officers first rushed through his front door. >> this guys drinking, theres firearms in the house. so he must have shot her. >> reporter: why couldnt it be exactly that simple? this wouldnt be the first time that mixing alcohol, an argument and a handgun led straight to a prison sentence. conrad told us what he told police. it isnt that simple. sure, he and heidy had been drinking and, yes, they had been arguing, but he said neither was an explanation for what happened. >> i could have upse...

When officers first rushed through his front door. >> this guys drinking, theres firearms in the house. so he must have shot her. >> reporter: why couldnt it be exactly that simple? this wouldnt be the first time that mixing alcohol, an argument and a handgun led straight to a prison sentence. conrad told us what he told police. it isnt that simple. sure, he and heidy had been drinking and, yes, they had been arguing, but he said neither was an explanation for what happened. >> i could have upse...

Wallace. what went wrong? howd that happen? >> in the process of transposing numbers from actual measurements at the scene to the crime scene program, numbers were just transposed wrong. >> reporter: wallace admits the error but says it was minor, that conrad truman did not deserve a new trial. >> its not that significant as they made it out to be. >> reporter: did those incorrectly entered measurements change your opinion of conrad trumans guilt? should they change anyones opinion? >> they didn...

Heidys heartbreak. >> she did not know her dad, and she had always wanted that. that really bothered her. >> and conrad trumans hope. >> this is going to work out. it has to because i didnt do this. >> when "dateline" continues. s could save you 15% or more on car insurance." i think were gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." what, were just gonna swap over? yep. pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over? thats right. instea...

>> exactly. >> reporter: so after a ten-month investigation, the orem p.d. and the d.a.s office arrested truman and charged him with murder. >> my mom called me and i fell to the ground crying and so happy that he was finally behind bars. >> reporter: going into trial, what did you think? >> i thought we had a strong circumstantial case. >> reporter: at trial the prosecution argued domestic violence ending in homicide. the defense, self-inflicted gunshot wound. the jury sided with the state. con...

Was suspicious. that guns how far from heidy? >> oh, i would say eight feet, ten feet maybe. its far enough away that it wasnt a normal if she shoots herself and falls to the ground type of thing. >> reporter: next morning they ask conrad to come to the station for more questioning. >> they can say whatever they want. but i did not hurt my wife. and i know that. bottom of my heart, i did not hurt my wife. >> reporter: heidys family thought otherwise. after finally learning from police the detail...

Family sitting behind him including sister colette. >> you want to believe that things turn out the way that theyre supposed to. and thats just not always the case. >> reporter: in prison conrad did what many do -- he retraced the steps that led him there. and he thought a lot about the night heidy died. as conrad saw it, the police rush to judgment began precisely when officers first rushed through his front door. >> this guys drinking, theres firearms in the house. so he must have shot her. >>...

16 years to life. crushing for conrad and his family sitting behind him including sister colette. >> you want to believe that things turn out the way that theyre supposed to. and thats just not always the case. >> reporter: in prison conrad did what many do -- he retraced the steps that led him there. and he thought a lot about the night heidy died. as conrad saw it, the police rush to judgment began precisely when officers first rushed through his front door. >> this guys drinking, theres firea...