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That would have to be met of actual evidence, clear and convincing evidence that he's innocent, such that they would put the whole case aside, that really wasn't going to be met in this instance. but the real breakdown here in the final analysis is with the boards of pardon and parole. this is just not a case where there should have been an execution. and i want to point out, ed, and all the viewers who are out there should know, is that in texas, we've had two instances that illustrate the problems in this system. on december 7th, 2000, while george bush was waiting for the recount in florida...

It. he also communicated to the board of pa rolls and pardon here, that he had a lot of trouble with this case. you know, the saved gan are not working. to finish that story that i was telling you, we can now prove, we have a dna test, in the case of claude jones that shows that the evidence does not support of conviction of this guy. the tragedy of it is that president bush on december 7th, 2000, was not even told by his legal staff that this guy, jones' lawyers had been seeking the dna test. we finally found it through a press lawsuit years later. this issue is not going to die, chris, becau...

There was also junk forensic science, and the same thing happened in this case. we had what everybody agrees is a bad ballistic testimony in this matter. if if you recall during the campaign, i was seeking a stay of an execution from a governor bush for a guy, and on your show, governor bush said i will grand that stay. >> i remember that vaguely. on december 7th, 2000, the last person that jush executed was a man named claude jones. he was sentenced to die after a 3-2 decision where it was said that an accomplice in texas you needed corroborated evidence.