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Cooper believes that the results, specifically those of the bloody fingerprint, will finally prove that there was an intruder in the home on the night of the murders. >> if we get it reversed by the appellate court has to try it or dismiss it. they're not go being to retry this case in my opinion. well-prepared attorneys with a good strategy will eat the prosecution alive. >> but time is not on darlie's side. >> in texas, if you've been sentenced to death, you have three appeals. darlie routier has lost her direct state appeal and lost the writ appeal from the state. if her federal appeals are...

Transcript. >> the trial transcript had over 30,000 mistakes. >> it was very serious the difference between yes and no. the difference between up and down. and i'd never seen that before in 25 years of practicing law. >> when sandra halsey, the court reporter for darlie's trial was questioned, she pled the fifth amendment. cooper felt competent the flawed transcript could earn a new trial for darlie, preferably in a courtroom away from kerrville. this drew concern from prosecutors. >> when all this came to light, the state offered her a life sentence, and all she would have to do is basically ...

Dna. >> cooper felt the prosecution's timeline of events also had flaws. >> well, the timeline that's drawn by the state, it was remarkable that they were going to sell it to this jury because of the long time that she was on the telephone with 911. >> darlie's call to 911 lasted five minutes and 44 seconds. >> damon could only have lived for eight or nine minutes after those wounds were inflicted. this is according to courtroom testimony. so since she was on the phone with 911 for five minutes and 44 seconds, she had a lot to do real fast. >> the biggest wrench in the timeline was the discove...

It down, really, to the screen and only the screen. >> the bread knife had been dusted for fingerprints with a brush that raised qutions for cooper. >> my experts tested seven random fingerprint brushes, and four of them had the same chemical consistency in appearance as this one fiber that was found on the bread knife. >> it's typical in a criminal case that the defense is not satisfied with the state's case. if there was any dispute, certainly you would have heard from that evidence. >> if the defense had any experts, who are they? where are they? why aren't they speaking out? >> the d.a. in...

In routier's case originally scheduled for today. >> we're the voice for darlie routier. >> the issue with the court reporter literally changed the court reporting industry. and there are many people to this day who are astounded that that trial record did not result in a new trial for darlie routier. >> darlie's defense now faced the uphill battle of appeals. but as cooper dug through evidence, he came across a second videotape which never was shown to the jury. it cast the silly string incident in a very different light. >> the silly string incident was a major factor in her conviction from ...