oh, we cared about that. reporter: it turns out one of the experts at the center of the storm is a name you ve heard before, special agent duane deaver. remember him? my opinion is that this is scene of a beating. reporter: he was a star witness for the prosecution in the peterson trial, the blood pattern expert who put michael peterson in the staircase bludgeoning his wife, reporter julia sims. you talked to the jurors here in this case, julia. how important was the blood expert, deaver s testimony? that blood evidence was critical. here s a guy who has boon been doing this for years for the state. look at what his experiment showed. it s got to be the truth. reporter: he d been key in other cases, too. the newspaper recounted the story of a man who was sent to prison for murder after deaver s lab report suggested a stain on the man s car was the victim s blood. and it turned out not to be blood. wasn t blood at all. huh-uh, no. and deaver knew, and didn t disclose
at the state bureau of investigation s crime lab, the sbi. in prison, you don t really care much about international affairs or political, they don t have any effect. that the sbi who who were behind many guys being in there. oh, they re under investigation. oh, we cared about that. reporter: it turns out one of the experts at the center of the storm is a name you ve heard before, special agent duane deaver. remember him? my opinion is that this is scene of a beating. reporter: he was a star witness for the prosecution in the peterson trial, the blood pattern expert who put michael peterson in the staircase bludgeoning his wife, reporter julia sims. you talked to the jurors here in this case, julia. how important was the blood expert, deaver s testimony? that blood evidence was critical. here s a guy who has boon been doing this for years for the state. look at what his experiment showed. it s got to be the truth. reporter: he d been key in other cases, too.
oh, they re under investigation. oh, we cared about that. reporter: it turns out one of the experts at the center of the storm is a name you ve heard before, special agent duane deaver. remember him? my opinion is that this is scene of a beating. reporter: he was a star witness for the prosecution in the peterson trial, the blood pattern expert who put michael peterson in the staircase bludgeoning his wife, reporter julia sims. you talked to the jurors here in this case, julia. how important was the blood expert, deaver s testimony? that blood evidence was critical. here s a guy who has boon been doing this for years for the state. look at what his experiment showed. it s got to be the truth. reporter: he d been key in other cases, too. the newspaper recounted the story of a man who was sent to prison for murder after deaver s lab report suggested a stain on the man s car was the victim s blood. and it turned out not to be blood. wasn t blood at all. huh-uh, no. and
a series of articles had been published in raleigh s the news & observer alleging misconduct at the state bureau of investigation s crime lab, the sbi. in prison, you don t really care much about international affairs or political, they don t have any effect. that the sbi who who were behind many guys being in there. oh, they re under investigation. oh, we cared about that. reporter: it turns out one of the experts at the center of the storm is a name you ve heard before, special agent duane deaver. remember him? my opinion is that this is scene of a beating. reporter: he was a star witness for the prosecution in the peterson trial, the blood pattern expert who put michael peterson in the staircase bludgeoning his wife, reporter julia sims. you talked to the jurors here in this case, julia. how important was the blood expert, deaver s testimony? that blood evidence was critical. here s a guy who has boon been doing this for years for the state. look at what his experime
my opinion is that this is the scene of a beating. reporter: he was a star witness for the prosecution in the peterson trial, the blood pattern expert who put michael peterson in the staircase bludgeoning his wife, reporter julia sims. you talked to the jurors here in this case, julia. how important was the blood expert, deaver s testimony? that blood evidence was critical. here s a guy who has been doing this for years for the state. look at what his experiment showed. it s got to be the truth. reporter: he d been key in other cases, too. the newspaper recounted the story of a man who was sent to prison for murder after deaver s lab report suggested a stain on the man s car was the victim s blood. and it turned out not to be blood. wasn t blood at all. huh-uh, no. and deaver knew, and didn t disclose it? deaver knew that that was not blood and didn t disclose it. reporter: that man s conviction was overturned. gregory f. taylor is innocent of the charge of first-