about me, and anybody in the law enforcement side, didn t know that i was really sincere in the probe. marshal frank contacts me, i go whoa, whoa, whoa, i don t know this guy, but from jim s point of view maybe this will be the person to get somebody to listen. with the case at a dead end and duckett heading towards execution, marshal frank had an idea. he said i have a friend that used to work for the miami herald, and i had read the story. i knew who the name was so i felt excited. reporter: e dna buchanan was a pulitzer prize winning reporter. i wanted to tell her the story. marshal frank kept calling me, i had known him, he was a source of mine over the years. he said he found this case where
there were seven execution warrants. the day i was hired we had seven active warrants, that means seven men were going to be executed. and jim was one of my clients. if there ever was a godsend person, i believe beth is mine. she 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 is not as they say it was at trial. that doesn t flesh out. and you realize wait, we have an innocent guy here. the prosecution s key evidence against james duckett was pubic hair that was found in teresa mcabee s underwear, but they were not buying it. duckett was accused of sexually assaulting her. one of the things that troubled me was the prosecution said the pubic hair inside her panties was from the killer. but it was not uncommon for
prosecution took unusual steps to connect the pubic hair to duckett. the sheriff s department with the hair analysis, shopping it around. the florida department of law enforcement 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. they re the mac daddy of labs. and we asked them to take a look at i. mike malone is the fbi expert. he tested it and he comes up and says oh, yeah, this is mike duckett s hair. 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.
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teresa to put her mom s panties on. so maybe that pubic hair was already there. records show that the prosecution took steps to connect the hair to duckett. the hair analysis, shopping it around, the florida department, law enforcement told them no, there is nothing there. fdle said the hair was probably not mine, 28 out of 3030 characteristics did not match mine. they said the state of dna at the time was, we can t do anything with it. so 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 testified and says oh, yeah, this is jim duckett s hair, consistent, you have the pre