and the only reason they were exonerated because somebody heard about their keys or an organization like the innocence project was able to help them you know when an appeal so who knows how many innocent people are out there and you know so many innocent people we've executed i mean how do you think this even happens do you think that there's a deep rooted issue at hand how does someone get put on death row without d.n.a. evidence against them. well there's actually a recent study that came out i think on monday that said that that it's actually this new national registry of exonerations of basically these two people out of schools i believe one of the university of michigan the other was northwestern. came together and teamed up. to come up with a database of people who've been exonerated in ninety nine and they found that there had been over two thousand exonerations and these are all from death row obviously but these majority overwhelming majority of these cases for rape and murder cases and what they found in those cases specifically was that people who were wrongfully convicte

you've been working on this issue and working on innocence and exoneration for a while.the last five years that have been the banned the death penalty. it's going to be on the momentum in california. do you feel momentum. or is it like we were talking with abortion just a second ago, one of these things that stays where it is in the public imagination. >> there's no question, you have to redefine the question. the question is not whether the death penalty is morally inappropriate for the most heinous of crimes, because if you go to europe now and you take a public opinion poll, you'll see that those numbers, that 60%, are the same. what's different in europe and increasingly true in the united states is that people do not trust the state to get it right. and with very good reason. and that is really the significance of the innocence movement and the significance of this registry. because the national academy of science recently reviewed the literature. there is no deterrent effect to capital punishment. it costs a lot of money. what's on the ballot in california is extra

he was exonerated by a jury in less than 30 minutes that found him not guilty when he got his retrial, and it was largely the result of the police department not turning over what would have been -- evidence in his first trial. the united states supreme court reversed the verdict of the jury in this decision. he has found an organization called resurrection after exoneration to help other people seek justice in their respective cases. to his left -- this is the executive director of california death penalty focus, where she works to abolish the death penalty. she did preside as the warden over several executions. natasha is the death penalty policy director for the american civil liberties union of northern california. she previously worked as a deputy public defender in alameda county, and was a staff attorney with the california task force on criminal instructions. she is also working on the effort to abolish the death penalty in california and pursuing the goal of reforming capital sentencing procedure. before we start with the first question, we have a short video. i have been tol

major factor in cases most mistaken convictions were the cause of human error less than half of exonerations thirty seven percent were due to new d.n.a. evidence the major factors that led to guilty convictions work perjury or false accusation mistaken eyewitness identification and official official misconduct and perhaps most shockingly official misconduct to lead to false guilty verdict in fifty six percent of the homicide cases studied by the registry. and the report's authors believe the number of those wrongfully imprisoned is gratefully undercounted by the study the lucky ones are those who are freed people like roger gillespie an ohio man who spent two decades in prison for heinous crimes he didn't commit he's now a free man. to a regional detectives working the case had cleared gillespie as a suspect after the three rapes that critical information was never shared with his defense before trial and that's why a federal judge vacated his conviction last week gillespie was originally offered just thirty days in jail if he would just admit to the crimes but he refused to plead guilty for

ten people have been exonerated in santa clara county since 1989. alameda county has had no reports of anybody being falsely convicted. meantime in san francisco, four people have been set free. the national registry of exonerations released this report sunday. the authors say the study is a work in progress. they're also asking the public to report any unlisted exonerations. >>> it's 4:36. a new push to get more regulations in place for medical marijuana will take place today. lobbyists will visit state assembly and senate offices pushing for the passage of the marijuana regulation and control act. it calls for the creation of a nine-member board to regulate pot clubs. the bill would also create registration fees and authorize fines of up to $25,000 for operating a pot club without the correct registration. >>> well, in just days, president obama heading to the bay area on a campaign fund-raising swing. in redwood city, signs are posted, warning to expect heavy traffic and scarce parking. the president rolls in to town wednesday to headline a recep

. >>> dna evidence has cleared two men in texas who were officially exonerated in a rape and shooting 30 years ago. they shook hands with the judge who declared them innocent after decades behind bars. >>> and in colorado robert dewey was released after a court hearing that exonerated him also based on dna evidence. he had been in prison for 16 years. >>> finally in canada a large container was found washed up on shore and inside was a harley davidson motorcycle. it had a japanese license plate and was very rusty indicating it was debris carried across the ocean after the tsunami in japan 13 months ago. unreal. >>> now here's an early look at one of your top health headlines. a new study says between 2000 and 2009 the number of babies exposed to illegal drugs before they were born tripled. the research suggests using new medication to treat mothers dependence on illegal or prescription drugs could reduce baby's symptoms after birth. for more information this, check out the health page at msnbc.com. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow kicks of

brian, it must feel great being exonerated. you lost years behind bars and even with the probation. how are you doing today? >> it's another amazing day post freedom. i'm taking it all in. just so thankful for all the support i've been receiving so far. >> throughout the morning we've been playing some pretty emotional clips of you as you got word of being exonerated. do you remember that moment? >> i'll never forget that. mixed emotions from happiness to everything that's happened to get to this points and overwhelmed with all the love and support following it. >> justin, i have a few questions for you but i want to ask brian first. >> sure. >> this woman apparently finds you on facebook and sends you a message, right? that's how this all started to unravl. what did she say? >> she in a message said she was hoping bygones could be bygones and she was immature at the time but very much mature now. >> and justin krks you take us through this? you were able to record her? brian was able to record her somehow. tell us how that cam

. >> a former high-school football standout exonerating, the amazing details of how this sentence was overturned in a rape case. >> the second storm of the hurricane season is formed. we will see if the impacts are weekend weather. next 33 years to the day that etan patz , new york police have a suspect in custody. pedro hernandez has been charged with murder. he confessed. with the promise of a free soda, then strangled him and threw the body out with the trash. he was arraigned today from his room at the hospital. his lawyers say their client is mentally ill. still no verdict in the john edwards criminal case. the judge says she is dealing with a juror issue. he is charged with using money from wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress as he saw the 2008 democratic presidential nomination. if convicted, he could face up to 30 years in prison. >> 10 years after high school friend faults the accused him of kidnap and rape, brian banks was finally exonerated. he broke down in tears after hearing the judge's decision this week. he was just 16 when accused pretty spent five years in p

not only have we identify thed potential perpetrators but you exonerate people. sometimes people come under the cloud of suspicion but by getting these early on, we're able to exonerate people, move on in the investigation and many instances bring closure to people who have been victimized. in the case that the court overturned a conviction, that was the rape of a woman in a home invasion that occurred in 2003. it was the only evidence against that man. he walks free. >> all right. we're going to follow this case very closely. thank you for being here with us. now let's go to howard and get details on his weather forecast. >>> we've got some rain moving in here over the next couple of hours. seeing it in our northern and western suburbs. leesburg, frederick, you know what i'm talking about. raining there. by 1:00 the rain will be real close. we may see rain on the west side of the immediate metro with scattered showers, isolated thunder this afternoon. winds out of the south. these are would the arrows for, the wind direction. 17, 14 miles per hour. the gusts cou

. >>> exonerated. a man who spent five years in prison for rape is free after the accuser says she lied. >>> a close encounter. a monster shark is up close and personal with a boat full of fishermen. this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, may 26, 2012. >>> good morning, everybody. so good to be with you. i'm terrell brown. >>> the man who says he killed etan patz is scheduled to be arraigned today 33 years to the day the then-6-year-old boy vanished blocked from his new york city home. police say they have a signed confession from pedro hernandez. it's still unclear what, if any, evidence officials have to prove hernandez's story. john miller has more. >> reporter: in 1979 pedro hernandez, then 18 years old, worked at his family's small grocery in the soho neighborhood just a block from where 6-year-old tan patz disappeared on his way to school. based on a tip, detectives from new york city drove to this small house in maple shade, new jersey, and brought hernandez to the police station. commission

. >>> dna evidence has cleared two men in texas who were officially exonerated in the rape and shooting case 30 years ago. james williams and raymond jackson shook hands with the judge who declared them innocent after decades behind bars. >>> and in colorado, robert dewy was released after a court hearing that exonerated him of a rape and killing, also based on dna evidence. he had been in prison for 16 years. >>> in canada, a large container was found washed up on shore, and inside was a harley davidson motorcycle, with a japanese license plate and was very rusty. indicating it was debris carried across the ocean after the tsunami in japan 13 months ago. >>> well now here's your first look at wall street. the dow opens at 13,213 after losing 14 points yesterday. the s&p lost five points. the nasdaq fell 22. taking a lk at kwloefr seas trading, the nikkei sang 169 points. well the s&p sealed its first losing month of the year on monday, thanks to economic worries overseas and here at home. banks were the biggest losers on news of spain's recession and that s&p 500 cut the credit ratings

and right now, you have 135 people have been exonerated from death row. what would be the charge? at of the 138 who were prosecuted, 45 or 40-45 of them was for prosecution misconduct. i am just wondering, since he said that he would prosecute, he would prosecute on what level? >> i do not know the facts behind those cases. >> this is a person who was innocent, but they withheld the evidence to prosecute him on death row. well with the deficit -- will they be charged with? >> we would look for a level of intent and knowledge of the prosecutor had at the time and we would make an assessment. >> with a charge them for murder? >> attempted murder? >> i do not know that there would be an answer i could give to you. i do not know the circumstances. >> just one more simple question. >> i have a question. you mentioned that there were 40 instances of people who were exonerated because of misconduct by prosecutors. have any of those people been prosecuted? the district attorney has been prosecuted? >> their work -- there was one in louisiana, roger jordan. >> let me try to get the other p

a former high school football stand-out is exonerated. we'll have the details on ous how his sentence is overturned in a rain case. >> the travel outlook next. >> not much weather going on right now. a little storm activity to the northwest. the insta-weather plus forecast is just ahead. >> welcome back to "11 news saturday morning." thank you for joining us. >> we'll take another look outside with john, and things are really heating up. >> it is a nice morning this morning. we don't have the fog and the clouds. that's a good chance the rain chances are down farther now. accept that. we see on radar and satellite, a combined picture here. there is a little activity up in pennsylvania moving into pennsylvania coming out of high -- ohio. with the front moving by, i think we could pick up a shower. i think the highest chance would be up in western maryland or pennsylvania. at any rate, i don't think it will be a big issue. we'll talk about the insta-weather plus forecast in detail coming up. stick around. >> thanks to falling gas prices, it

eventually dreyfus is exonerated and the real culprits who were french officers were found. >> this is somewhat of a non sequitur, but he later got involved in the saco vangezeti case. how did he get involved in that? >> their trial was a farce. evidence that might or might not have exonerated them was kept there, the judge was prejudiced, he kept referring to the anarchist bastards and practically ordered the jurors to find them guilty. and after the trial a number of people, most notably felix frankfurter began a long and arduous task to show that the trial was not fair and there was no justice there and trying to get a new trial for them. frankfurter was a professor at harvard law at that time and brandeis provided him with an annual stipend which later aroused, you know, some eyebrows, raised some eyebrows, but was not either illegal or immoral at the time. brandeis was able to give -- i have to digress a little bit here. brandeis was able to give so much of his time to reform work because he was rich. he made a lot of money as a lawyer. he had invested it soundly. he had a good re

for the first time, we are learning their stories from a brand new data base of exonerated prisoners.important new tool in the fight for justice. more than 2 million people are behind bars today. while most are guilty, some, like frankie, are innocent. that's why this data bank could be the first step in a fight for justice. joining me now is frankie coreo, who, as i mentioned, spent two decades in prison before his release last year. and university of michigan professor samuel gross, co-phoneder and editor of this new exoneration registry. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you for having me. >> frankie. i want to start with you. tell us your story. how did this happen to you? >> sure. so reverend, although i was convicted at 8, i was arrested at 16. so my story takes us back to, like you mentioned, 1991. there was a drive-by shooting where overzealous police work led to the sheriff's department telling the witness who to pick out after photo line-up. that sort of snowballed and rippled effect kicked in after that. and i was wrongly convicted.

we now know a lot about this, these dna exonerations, 250 people exonerated because of dna evidence and studies have found a persistent pattern of failures of badly organized lineups which are overly suggestive, poor -- genetic and forensic data presented, failure to record interrogations which results in coerced con fegs and unreliable testimony from jailhouse snitches, all of these things could be alleviated with money, giving people he access to dna evidence, recording confessions, fixing the line-ups. >> are you talking about buying better science? >> buying better witnesses, a private litigant who's well off can actually afford to hire the best expert witnesses and they're obviously not bought in the sense of their opinion but you have access to the best forensic science that exists whereas the people who are for the prosecutioning are responsible for basic errors of science as found by into the recall review in courts that results in unfair convictioning. >> the crisis word is in play, my thought is, this is an a public presentation. people who are new to this subject matter, this

. >> coming up -- >> a former high school football standout exonerated. how his sentence was overturned in a rain case. that's when "11 news saturday morning" continues. stay with us mple >> welcome back to "11 news saturday morning". >> we have seep a lot of clouds. is it has been very humid. this is the first big weekend going into the summer season. this morning we have clear skies at least trarle shaking the clouds. there is a cool front off to our north. i'm giving you the wide radar imaginary here. we're having a little problem with the satellite part of this thing. the wide radar gives you an idea what's going on. there's a cool front to our northwest. there is a lot of rain activity up in the great lakes from iowa and across wisconsin and illinois and up into michigan. see a little -- just under the word pittsburgh there, a little lingering shower activity moving into west virginia. that is -- something could pop out that way again during the day today. and two other really interesting things. total contrast off the carolina coast. you see a swirl

he spent 17 years in prison before he was exonerated. an important reminder, what you think you hear on these 911 tapes, isn't always what happened. with that in mind, searchers were back in the arizona desert tonight, looking for any sign of 6-year-old isa bell cellis. they left empty-handed again, nearly a month after she vanished and her parents first called 911. i'm ryan owens for "nightline" in tucson. >> still holding out hope for finding that little girl. >>> coming up next what it's like to get up close and cozy with two tons of whale. [ male announcer ] knowing your customers is important to any successful business. which is why at wells fargo, we work with you to get to know the unique aspects of your business. we can recommend financial solutions that can work for you that have helped millions of business owners save time, reduce expenses, and maximize cash flow. as the number one small business lender for nine years running... we're with you when you need us. so you can be there for your customers. wells fargo. together we'll

exonerate. just in case the folks at home haven't been able to get a close look at that. very nice.. brian banks, justin brooks. brian, enjoy your freedom, and we will continue to watch your nfl career. >>> something tells me we'll see brian on the field real soon. >>> a six-hour work day, that's something we could all get used to, and that's exactly what people in bolivia are fighting to keep. they've taken to the streets for massive protests. how does a six-hour day stack up to what we're used to right here in the u.s.? we'll tell you. >>> also, a dog lover's delight. we'll bring you the tale of this cute little four-legged pup that ran an entire bicycle race across tibet. boy, he must be tired. >>> imagine if it was illegal for you to work more than six hours a day. sounds pretty nice, right? well, up until now that's been case for doctors and medical students in bolivia. the government is trying to change that and, well, let me show you what's going on there now as a result. take a look at this. yes, those are the doctors and students studying to be doctors rioting in the street

. >> yesterday a judge completely exonerated him and today he's starting all over again.c's cecilia vega has the details. >> reporter: it was the moment brian banks had been waiting a decade for. >> the people's motion to dismiss this case -- >> reporter: he knew to be true all along, and all he could do was somebody. banks had been wrongly convicted, falsely accused of raping and kidnapping a childhood friend. the judge tossed out the charges and banks walked out of court in pure jubilation, hoping for a new future. >> awesome. >> i feel like anything is possible and it is proven today by me getting my freedom back. i feel like this is just the first step to reinventing my life. >> reporter: in 2002, he had been a 16-year-old high school football star with dreams of an nfl career. but those hopes were shattered when he was convicted. banks always maintained the encounter was consensual. but rather face 41 years to life behind bars, on the advice of his lawyer, he took a plea deal and spent five years in prison. >> it's more than i can describe, the things that i've been

he was exonerated last week after his accuser recanted and we're going to hope he gets the shot. >> that be only fire. >> let's talk about the weather sir. great outside today after a little funky yesterday. >> much quieter than yesterday. the cold front derek is still to the west but it's going to go through dry and it will usher in fantastic air tonight and tomorrow and we have to locate the umbrellas again for friday. this is from tysons from mclean, you're actually looking eastward with the beltway and all the construction and things are moving along pretty well. this is brought to you by the michael & son weather camera. down to 80. the dew point is pretty low in the low 60s and i think when the front goes through the dew points will fall into the 50s. very very nice. pressure steady. and the winds are still out of the south at 7 so the front is still to the west and it will roll through tonight and then wind turn northwest. okay this is what's left of tropical storm beryl. kind of extra tropical now pushing on out to sea and this is the cold front still west of us. still generating

officials aren't saying anything in case he's exonerated or there were others involved. >>> family and friends of nursing student michelle le marked the first anniversary of her disappearance over the weekend. they gathered in hayward yesterday. le attended nursing classes and vanished when she took a break during a training shift at kaiser permanente in hayward. the family of sierra lamar wanted to show their appreciation for the support le's family has given to them. >> unfortunate, but that'sf[ one of the great things that has come out of this is kind of friends that we've made and will be friends for life. >> searchers found le's remains in pleasanton in september. her former high school classmate giselle esteban faces murder charges. prosecutors say dna links her to le's death. >>> hundreds of thousands who sought spectacular fireworks show at the golden gate bridge will be talking about it this morning. the fireworks celebrated the span's 75th anniversary last night was enough to take your breath away. only the second time fireworks were set off from the bridge and the first time

exoneration for what they had done. how do you view that the fact that the north koreans got their money back? >> it is evident that we don't hear much about these sorts of activities that they are undertaking. the main lesson they learned from that whole episode is they can't continue to do business this way. they can't counterfeit currencies or sell fake drugs or cigarettes. they just can't do that anymore. i think that was the main lesson to be learned. the fact that they came back to the diplomacy and back to negotiations in earnest, to freeze their programs and dismantle them, to me it was a function of this sort of coercive diplomacy. i think there was a concern about the financial reputation and everything that came with that brought them back to the table and let them to make these agreements. now, they certainly got things in return. they got energy systems, they got fuel, they got new sets of discussions with the united states. they got a variety of things from south korea and assistance -- of course, that is

former high school football player get his life back after finally being exonerated for a rain he didn't commit. you thought congress was out of control? here's a look at politics and punches ukraine style. >> and good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington where it has not gotten quite that bad. president obama went on attack this week from denver to des moines. is there a downside to confronting mitt romney this early with a negative message? chrysalis sysaliis sysaliis cilx in person. great job today on daily rundown. talk about the negative attack machine so far and this very strong speech in iowa.good strategy, bad strategy? >> there are two ways to look at it. on the one hand, traditional political wisdom is you don't necessarily want the candidate carrying the negative message. you would rather have the surrogate, the spokespeople, the outside groups carrying the negative message. the president talks about leadership and his positive record. on the other hand, the white house has been very clear since he was candidate obama, not president obama, that they believe their best spokes

. >>> a man in california exonerated ten years after a high school friend falsely accused him of kidnap rape. 26-year-old brian banks spent five years in jail after taking a plea deal to avoid a life sentence. after he was paroled his accuser reached out to him on facebook. he hired a private investigator to videotape their meeting, where she recanted her story. >> my story against hers. and unfortunately, my story was never heard at the time. >> banks had hoped for a career in the nfl. he said he would still look ike try that. >> confusion about detergent that is causing kids to get sick. poison control received 250 calls this year about kids ingesting what they call tide pods and similar packs of concentrated detergent. doctors say it may look like toys or candy. some kids and parents who spoke to us today agree with that. >> it's kind of color, and kind of smushy and feels good. >> yea. looks like a cookie jar. that is right. does it open all the way. yeah. >> proctor and gamble plans to make a new lid for the tide pod container. one that is more child proof. >> coming up tonight. ho

michigan in northwestern law school show 2,000 people falsely convicted of serious crimes were exonerated in the u.s. the past 23 years and out of that number, more than 100 were death sentences. the combined total years equals more than 10,000. >>> a major development surrounding the investigation into the mayoral campaign and one of the top campaign aids and assistant treasurer since has been charged with one felony and three dismisdemeanors. >> reporter: the charges against gore have to do with passing money orders from the gray campaign to another mayoral campaign and the most serious charge surrounding an allegation that gore obstructed justice by trying to shred financial records and you will remember brown said the gray campaign paid him and offered him a job in exchange for verbally attacking the former mayor fenty. at the same time, brown was making these accusations and prosecutors claim gore shredded a notebook that contained records of pages made to a candidate b. the council member mary chay led an investigation into allegations against the mayor and called brown to testify.

this was new evidence that led the california innocence project to step in and push for banks' exoneration. >>> i bet you've never had party crashers like this one before that show up at a shindig in massachusetts. take a look. that was the aftermath. this was the party, five young steers wandered into kevin spencer's yard on sunday night. his daughter and her friends were having a college reunion, playing beer pong in the back yard. but then five cows showed up and they wanted in on the action. they had to bring their party inside after the cows had their fill, they headed home, and they came from the farm, down the road. you see that? the cows were drinking beer. you're not even impressed by that? maybe this. maybe this will do it for you, charley. police in canada had to chase down a wayward moose that took off on the streets of st. john's. it appears the animal want today go for a morning jog. the moose trotted down a highway and onto a university campus. the trip did not last long. conservation officers shot it with tranquilizer darts. the moose is okay. the moose was later released b

and, you know, exonerate the people that should be exonerated and put a little bit of a light on peopleybe should be looked at more closely. >> when you talk about the family, explain the relationship between george smith's parents and his wife. >> at this point, i think everybody's sort of moved on. i think it's, you know, as you said, jennifer has moved on. she is also living in connecticut. i don't -- you know, i think they are just living their own lives. >> if you were to guess, hazard a guess as to when we may hear of an arrest or arrests are made, what timetable would you suggest? >> i really at this point don't know. and the people that i have spoken with, the hope is that because of this tape, and because of the fact that they are trying to get the case transferred from the connecticut fbi to the new york fbi, which is a good sign on a lot of levels. one, it shows that two of the targets that they are looking at do indeed live in new york. so it shows they are trying to push it forward in that way. and that this tape is out there, and the information is out there that this tape