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a woman in California who fought for her own Freedom after she was convicted of killing her husband more than two
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decades ago her name is Jan dork and she was found guilty in 2001 of murdering her husband Bob she's always said she's
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innocent in this case and 21 years later her conviction overturned Aon Mor arti first met dork in 2000 and spoke with
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her recently again for this week's 48 Hours here's an early look and we warn you it does include some graphic
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images Jane d spent two decades fighting for her freedom I thought truth and Justice was at the front of everything
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and it certainly has not been in my case 48 Hours started following Jane's case in 2000 after her arrest for the murder
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of her husband Bob dtic who was found bludgeoned and strangled by the side of a Road near their home as Jane awaited
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trial and was under a cloud of Suspicion she allowed us into her house the last place she said she saw Bob he said he
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was going out for a jog and he was actually had his jogging suit on was tying his shoes good morning ladies and
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gentlemen in the case presented at trial the prosecutor said Bob never went for a
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job the Jane dtic moved his body to where he was found after killing him in their bedroom investigators describe
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finding blood all over the bedroom it was on one of the pillows on a lamp was on the ceiling itself on the underside
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of the mattress now the evidence will show that all this blood that has been described to you the observations made
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in this bedroom that it was all sent out for DNA analysis and it all came back to
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Bob doric's blood Jane had explanations for some of that blood that Bob had had a nose bleed and they had dogs who had
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bled but not for all of it do you have any other explanation of how that blood spatter could have gotten there on the
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ceiling on the window on the walls no in 2001 a jury found Jane dtic guilty of murder from prison Jane spent years
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filing motions asking for new testing of evidence working with lyola project for
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the innocent new testing was done including of the blood in the bedroom Jane's team said it revealed some of the
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spots were never tested others were not blood at all if you just look at all of the pieces of evidence that lyola was
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able to absolutely take apart and yet we know what was told to the jury so how can that
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happen wow how can that happen Aon Mor already joins us now Aaron you're never going to lose money if you bet it's the
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spouse when you're watching 48 hours I know and look I was there and I really found her so credible she answered
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questions the way I would if I were accused of sign but she's telling me that her husband went out for a jog and
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investigators are saying there's this blood in the bedroom you he here now to find out that when they made those
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statements all of this Blood we're showing you was tested and it comes back to Bob dorc and that actually was not
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the case they hadn't tested it it wasn't even blood some of it wasn't tested some
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wasn't blood they may it's one of the lawyers we talked to for this this hour says this was classic tunnel vision you
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saw the blood you jumped to it they didn't have to arrest her so quickly either this is a cautionary tale that's
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why we're doing this story do you think happened to Bob well she doesn't know she thinks he was jogging and he ran
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into something as she described something terrible some Incident That's the other problem here we don't know who
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killed Bob dork so what about the new testing that's been done on the evidence well it shows that where her DNA should
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have been is not so on the Rope somebody strangled him her DNA is not on there that's really what and she's the one who
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fought for this new testing she never gave up she filed motion after her motion it's it's really an incredible
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story of resilience on her part and a frightening story of Mistakes by prosecutors and by the defense her own
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defense team geez it's such a haunting story you want the justice department a justice system I mean to be perfect and
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it's just not it's my personal nightmare it's one of the reasons why I do this story being accused of something you
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didn't do and having people say there's this evidence how do you fight that yeah
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we'll watch to find out more we will Aaron morard with this cautionary tale thank you very much you can watch eron
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report the troubled case against Jane dork on 48 hours tomorrow night 109 central part of a 2-hour special 48
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