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Being investigated as a hate crime. in fact one of the most recent ones was a predominantly white church in tallahassee. that was a lightning strike. there are dozens of churches being struck. anybody committing arson should be prosecuted and punished for it. anybody with racist motivation should be investigated for using that motivation to go out and burn down churches. but for media to have all of this the ones that you were mentioning all of these black churches getting burned down is hyperbole. >> since june 20th new hope lutheran church in florida. that was arson. >> right. >> not a black...

Being investigated as a hate crime. in fact one of the most recent ones was a predominantly white church in tallahassee. that was a lightning strike. there are dozens of churches being struck. anybody committing arson should be prosecuted and punished for it. anybody with racist motivation should be investigated for using that motivation to go out and burn down churches. but for media to have all of this the ones that you were mentioning all of these black churches getting burned down is hyperbole. >> since june 20th new hope lutheran church in florida. that was arson. >> right. >> not a black...

Was guilty? >> after i had seen all of the evidence, it was overwhelming that he was guilty. >> reporter: david martin was one of willingham's court appointed defense lawyers at his 1992 trial. so keeping them honest, what exactly did martin do to defend willingham? the prosecution had two arson investigators on the stand to prove that willingham was guilty. did you have an expert testify? >> we couldn't find one who said that it wasn't arson. >> reporter: couldn't find one. but since the trial, nine. that's right. nine different arson experts have concluded the fire was not arson. what eviden...

Sense so jones confronted her. >> we don't know what happened, terry, but there is no way anyone else started this fire. you started the fire. i'm not an arsonist. she's like i'm not an arsonist, i'm a firefighter. >> reporter: barton began to buckle under pressure. what she was about to reveal to agent jones during a taped reenactment. >> terry, you've given previous statements -- >> reporter: would shock her small mountain community. >> were those statements correct statements as far as your count at what happened. >> no, they weren't. >> reporter: she said it wasn't arson but an accident. s...

Nearly two decades preventing fires in colorado's national forests. the married mother of two raised her daughters here. this was barton's backyard. she was praised for trying to put the fire out and jones was closing in on her because her previous statements didn't make sense so jones confronted her. >> we don't know what happened, terry, but there is no way anyone else started this fire. you started the fire. i'm not an arsonist. she's like i'm not an arsonist, i'm a firefighter. >> reporter: barton began to buckle under pressure. what she was about to reveal to agent jones during a taped re...