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Everything else, jim did not hurt him. he didn't. he didn't have a chance. >> what would you like to say to jim? >> i want to tell him i'm really, really sorry. >> the duncans say the damage was already done. >> do you think jimmy was charged because of that lie? >> i do, yes. of course. >> ronda says when she realized what her grandmother had done, she went to prosecutors. >> i walked into her office and started telling her that this was not the truth. she said i'll give you three seconds to turn around and walk out this door. >> but diane bailey, the lead prosecutor, said nothing like that e...

Them to the director of medical genetics at dayton children's hospital and an expert in pediatric bone disease. he also has supported a controversial theory about broken bones and child abuse. >> so you were in the room with dr. miller when he looked at them? >> he knew. he knew right away. >> knew right away, jerry says, that cody had metabolic bone disease. that this new evidence shows he may have been born with a rare defect and not abused at all. >> i got teary like i'm getting now. i'm not supposed to. and because this could mean that somebody who's been in jail for 20 years can go free. ...

Made up. doris, as it turned out, was lying. >> and you have deer. do you have wild turkey? >> 20 years later, doris lives on the same pennsylvania ranch where she gave her dra matting account to police. >> so you don't believe cody was abused by jim? >> no. no, no, no. no, no, no. i was scared that they will -- well, i seen them take cody out of her arm at the hospital. >> so scared doris said, she made up the story about jim in a moment of panic to protect her granddaughter ronda and prevent cody from being placed in foster care for good. >> there was a lot of lies. i was with my grandma eve...

Prosecutors did not use it in court. >> he would never. he wouldn't hurt any child. >> ronda duncan, jim's ex-wife, was also a prosecution witness. >> i remember on cross-examination, one question the defense attorney did ask you if you had ever seen jim lay a hand on cody. >> no. no. the only hand he would lay on cody is he was hugging and kissing his baby. >> jim duncan had no prior history of abusing either of his sons, but a separate case could have led to his conviction. a 1991 incident involving a neighbor's infant who became ill after jim baby-sat her. >> doctors did first suspect child...

The home as well as duncan. >> the child protection team who investigated it determined no one would be identified as an abuser. the allegations against jim were deemed to be unfounded and the case was closed. but prosecutors were still able to use it against him in cody's case. >> cnn reached out to trial prosecutor dine bailey morton, who declined our request for an interview. >> the prosecution really painted him as having a short fuse, having a temper. and the evidence kind of supported that. >> this juror, who did not want to be identified, says what really swayed him was the description ...