But in the course of their investigation of ferry, detectives learned something interesting. and you had another l.j. in that crowd, didn t you? yeah. reporter: daniel ferry? yeah. reporter: what was his nickname? he used two. one was joker and the other was little joe. reporter: little joe? l.j.? yeah. reporter: maybe their witness was confused or deliberately hiding the fact that ferry and l.j. were one and the same. either way ferry seemed like their man. but the d.a. wanted more evidence before filing charges. derek johnson and chad carpenter thought the blood samples taken from daniel ferry s home would push the case over the finish line. you and derek have to think you re done there, you got it? a lot of our investigators thought that we had it nailed. reporter: while they waited for the blood results to come back from the lab, they went searching for the carpet that had been ripped out from the ferry home, the carpet joanna had said the girl had bled on. we
Had happened. he wanted all the citizens of new orleans to see. at the hearing, attorneys questioned the key prosecutors involved with thompson s case, including jim williams, the man with the little electric chair on his desk. a colleague testified that williams was given the blood results, but williams denied it. williams story is that he never received it, he never saw it, and so at the end of the day, the choices between dishonesty and incompetence. they can either be the prosecutors who knew that evidence was being withheld in their case or they can be prosecutors who weren t in charge of their cases when a man s life was on the line. visibly upset, judge quinlan overturned thompson s carjacking conviction. he also ordered a stay of execution and ordered connick to turn over every file on record to michael and gordon. that was the first time we really got a full look into the
Trade with north korea. this action supports the united states-led global effort to apply maximum pressure until the north korean regime ends its illicit programs, moves toward denuclearization of the korean peninsula. the north koreans say denuclearization is a nonstarter. trace: leland vittert, live, thank you. breaking news out of washington as well, take look, that is a live look, president trump about to leave walter reed medical center in maryland. heading to joined base andrews, then resort in florida. the president was at walter reed for a physical exam. his first since taking office. we are still waiting for the results, we re told, if he comes out a doc doctor at some point in time will give basic results, blood pressure, how tall he is, maybe how much he weighs, that kind of stuff. the other stuff, the blood blood results, we he told will be at a
Upon learning of the hidden blood evidence, judge quinlan grew furious with connick. he said he was going to hold a hearing in open court, to try to determine exactly how this had happened. he wanted all the citizens of new orleans to see. at the hearing, attorneys questioned the key prosecutors involved with thompson s case, including jim williams, the man with the little electric chair on his desk. a colleague testified that williams was given the blood results, but williams denied it. williams story is that he never received it, he never saw it, and so at the end of the day, the choices between dishonesty and incompetence. they can either be the prosecutors who knew that evidence was being withheld in their case or they can be prosecutors who weren t in charge of their cases when a man s life was on the line. visibly upset, judge quinlan overturned thompson s carjacking conviction. he also ordered a stay of execution and ordered connick to turn over every file on record
It was physically and scientifically impossible for thompson to have been the carjacker. michael gordon and connick met with quinnlin that presided over both trials. upon learning of the hidden blood evidence, he grew furious. he said he was going to hold a hearing in open court to try to determine exactly how this had happened. he wanted all the citizens of new orleans to see. at the hearing, attorneys questioned the key prosecutors involved with thompson s case including jim williams. the man with the hair desk. he was given the blood results, he claims but denies it. he said he never saw it so at the end of the day, dishonesty and competence. they can either be the prosecutors who knew that evidence was being withheld in their case or prosecutors who