You noted that you raised this and asked the russian side to pull these forces back from the border. Did they agree to do so . If not, what reason did they give . Secondly, both sides have talked in recent weeks about the possibility of federalization in ukraine. Largely as a means of protecting the interests of the russian speaking population. But the russian side appears to have a far reaching concept of federalization in mind. One that would give the regions Veto Authority over national policies, even foreign policy. Did you make any headway tonight in narrowing the gap on this core issue . And what are the next steps . Thank you. Thank you very much, michael. As i said earlier, both sides made suggestions today on how we can deescalate the security as well as the political situation in and around ukraine. And, yes, we talked very seriously and at length about the impact of the massing of troops and the importance of including the drawdown and redeployment of some of those troops wi
to be executed and jim was one of my very first clients. if there ever is a god-sent person, i believe beth is mine. she s never gave up on me. i started investigating his case. and every time i would look into something, i would discover, well, hang on. that s not as they said it was at trial. that doesn t flesh out. then you realize, wait, we have an innocent guy here. the prosecution s key evidence against james duckett was pubic hair that had been found in teresa mcabee s underwear. neither beth wells nor marshall frank were buying it. duckett was accused of sexually assaulting her. one of the things that troubled me a lot is that the prosecution was saying that the pubic hair inside her panties was from the killer, but it wasn t uncommon for teresa to put her mommy s panties on. so maybe that pubic hair was already there in those panties. the records show the prosecution took unusual steps to connect the pubic hair to
retired homicide investigator marshall frank was investigating james duckett s case on death row. at the same time, beth wells, an appeals attorney from atlanta was also fighting to prove duckett s innocence. i represent jim duckett. i have been representing him since 1990. when i started, it was a bloody time period in florida. there were seven execution warrants the day i was hired. we had seven active warrants. that means seven men were going
duckett. the sheriff s department had been with the hair analysis shopping it around. fdle, the florida department of law enforcement had told them, nope. ain t nothing there. fdle said that hair was probably not mine. 28 out of 30 characteristics didn t match the hair. nope, ain t nothing there. they said we can t do it because there is no root. the state of dna testing at the time was we can t do anything with it. we went to the fbi. because they re the mac daddy of labs. and we asked them to take a look at it. mike malone is the fbi expert. he tested it and he comes up and says oh, yeah, this is jim duckett s hair, microscopically significant. so you have the preeminent investigative agency saying it is jim duckett s hair. that s powerful evidence to a jury. there is no question they re going on believe that. with advance dna science not
notion of what happened that night. we later developed a theory that she could have jumped up on the car which would have been hot from the engine already having run for several hours. so she might have jumped back off of it. and his could have been on there from using it as a desk. they had our theory. we had our theories. the girl is sitting on your vehicle in a laid back position. i m telling you the honest to god truth, i did not do anything to that girl. i ll be honest with you. had james duckett said yeah, she sat on the hood of my car. that s why the fingerprints are there. and if he had said, when he was looking for her, i drove down past that pump house and went through there after the rain. that would have explained away the tire tracks. and we might never have focused in on him as a suspect. after beth wells finished making her case for a new trial, judge lockett denied the appeal. in 2003 marshall frank was ready to go to bat for james duckett and called beth well