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Somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet. and on and on and on. >> reporter: according to moffat, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger than it was. >> they used the theme of distance to argue that mr. truman was lying about where he said his wife was when he heard what turned out to be this fatal shot. >> reporter: at trial, the prosecution argued, to believe conrad, you'd have to believe heidy shot herself in the bathroom and then walked 12 feet before falling to the floor. and, according to th...

And it's pretty small. >> it is. it's really small. we immediately started measuring, and we knew right away that there was a big problem with their diagrams and the measurements. >> reporter: the problem? all those measurements were off. >> instead of 139 inches, somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet. and on and on and on. >> reporter: according to moffat, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger than it was. >> they used the theme of distance to argue that mr. truman was lying about where he sa...

But one detail in particular kept gnawing at her. it had to do with the diagrams used by the state depicting the area where heidy's body was found. >> i remember thinking, well, that's strange. that's -- that couldn't be right. >> post-verdict, colette shared her concerns with conrad's new attorneys, mark moffat and ann taliaferro. they decided to visit the truman home to see for themselves if the state's diagrams were accurate. we later made that same trip with moffat who showed us what they discovered. this is the area in question, and it's pretty small. >> it is. it's really small. we immed...

Interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet and on and on and on. >> according to moffitt, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger than it was. >> they used the theme of distance to argue that mr. truman was lying about where he said his wife was when he heard what turned out to be this fatal shot. >> at trial the prosecution argued to believe conrad you'd have to believe heidi shot herself in the bathroom and then walked 12 feet before falling to the floor, and according to the medical examiner, that was impossible. he testified hei...

With moffat who showed us what they discovered. this is the area in question, and it's pretty small. >> it is. it's really small. we immediately started measuring, and we knew right away that there was a big problem with their diagrams and the measurements. >> reporter: the problem? all those measurements were off. >> instead of 139 inches, somebody took the figure 139 and interpreted it to be 13.9 feet. 33 inches became 3.3 feet. and on and on and on. >> reporter: according to moffat, those flawed measurements, which were used in court, made the house appear much bigger than it was. >> they u...