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Yet available at the time of the trial the prosecution relied on inexact hair testing methods yielding results that would not be accepted in a court of law today. >> i consulted a couple of forensic experts i knew and there was no way anybody, fbi, no matter where they're from could say that pubic hair belonged to james duckett. there's no way they could say that. >> as it turned out, the fbi's hair and fiber analyst, mike malone had a long history of controversial findings. >> over the years mike malone in many cases has given evidence that through dna testing we've discovered is simply incor...

Duckett's case to the lake county circuit court in florida. hoping to get a new trial for duckett, wells called jack edmond to the stand to account for his poor performance. edmond told the court, i blew it. >> i trusted jack edmond. i trusted that 25 years of experience as a criminal attorney, that he would correct this, and i was wrong. >> beth wells also offered alternate suspects for the crime starting with ex-cons and migrant workers who stayed at the mcabee home. >> teresa's uncle testified that she had complained to him that there was one man in particular who stayed over there with her...

That. >> as it turned out, the fbi's hair and fiber analyst, mike malone had a long history of controversial findings. >> over the years mike malone in many cases has given evidence that through dna testing we've discovered is simply incorrect. recently, the fbi hired an endocrine expert to reexamine mike malone's testimony in all these cases because they're concerned that he is exaggerating. >> for the state to even use the guy was, like, shame on them. shame on them. a jury should have known that that hair could not be identified to anybody. >> but duckett's defense jack edmond, had not ques...

Evidence of duckett's alibi and depose some key witnesses. >> jack assured me that he would handle this. don't worry about it. consider the short vacation. he said we'll get this straightened out will. >> i kept telling jack, i think you're overconfident and taking too much for granted. you think they don't have that strong of a case. but you're not trying to convince me. you're trying to convince 12 other people. >> in order to retain jack edmond, james duckett's family had taken out a mortgage on a moment putting their confidence in one of the most renowned defense attorneys in florida. >> e...

This was never done. >> in 1997, beth wells appealed the case to the lake county circuit court in florida. hoping to get a new trial for duckett, wells called jack edmond to the stand to account for his poor performance. edmond told the court, i blew it. >> i trusted jack edmond. i trusted that 25 years of experience as a criminal attorney, that he would correct this and i was wrong. >> beth wells also offered alternate suspects for the crime starting with excould have beens and migrant workers who stayed at the mcabee home. >> teresa's uncle testified that she had complained to him that there...