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Detective trevor bowles remembers it well. >> senior people thought that this was a draconian piece of legislation that was gonna prevent us from ever detecting anything ever again. >> you'd never solve a crime anymore. >> we'd never solve a crime anymore, that it was gonna tie our hands behind our back and we would be unable to work with it. and they were wrong. >> reporter: very wrong. not only did false confessions all but stop, crime solving got better. >> detection rates in respect of homicide in the u.k. are very high. they're up in the 90% mark. >> reporter: and along the way, said grif...

Own eyes. it looks like the officer dropped something there. so it just sends a message like, could this have really happened? then exhibit b, which now going on in chicago involving laquan mcdonald where there was a shooting with officer van dyke. the officer's indications of exactly what happened are totally different from what we see on video and now there's evidence coming out that they coerced witnesses to say the same thing. it goes to the whole narrative can we really trust the investigatory authorities who bring forward the evidence, and that's really the issue that the documentary cap...

Wisconsin governor scott walker to issue a pardon, he has pardoned exactly 0.0 convicts since he's been in office. so, it's highly unlikely that we're going to see him pardon this particular defendant. and he's come out, i believe, and he said he would not. i tell people, pardons are very, very difficult to get. they're a very hard process. you're not entitled to anything in the pardon process. >> so, joey, i wonder, what's revealing to you in this case as it pertains to this kind of crime solving by way of a netflix project? >> you know, fredericka, good afternoon to you. good afternoon to yo...

Tractor. roger pion held now in the state police barracks not far away from this town. no word on what his new charges will be after this incident, jon? jon: and i guess they couldn't chase him on the tractor because they didn't have any patrol cars in the lot. >> reporter: no. they had to call the other half of the fleet that was out, and they all had to come back from, you know, crime solving, what they were doing, to go after the tractor. jon: leaves you scratching your head, doesn't it? >> reporter: i've been to vermont, but only for berry picking. i didn't know this sort of thing happened...

Kimberly gilfoyle. is it a good idea to reopen the case 30 years after they died. >> i've worked very closely with the sheriff's department and the los angeles district attorney's office will be involved as well. they don't open cases just because it seems like a good idea or there is an anniversary. they will only reopen a case that has been closed because there is sufficient and significant information that has been brought forward that directly con detectives a fact pattern that they were acting on previously. megyn: was the evidence that this is not an accidental drowning. >> the captain i...