Maurice Shema

Greg's tunnel vision theory even extends to the physical evidence in the case.

That evidence is now in the El Paso County Courthouse.

So that's our first stop.

A clerk ushers us through a side door into the bowels of the building to a low-lit room, very law and order.

A giant table is covered in white butcher paper with 30-year-old evidence from the trial.

Greg throws his tie over his shoulder so it doesn't get in the way and starts picking up these little canisters and bags.

From where I'm standing, across the table, it looks like these bags are just full of dust.

But when I lean in and squint, I can see what Greg sees.

Tiny orange fibers, like from a blanket or a rug.

These fibers were key to the state's case.

The police found them in a vacuum cleaner in David Wood's apartment and also on a victim's T-shirt.

At the trial, an expert witness testified that the two sets of fibers were identical.

Greg has consulted his own experts, who have told him this testimony was junk science.

They say there's no way to prove that the fibers match, because they're synthetic.

Greg has two options for what to put in the legal filing.

Option A, he can use the junk science argument.

But I can imagine a judge might find this unsatisfying.

I find it unsatisfying, because sure, the fibers may or may not match, but why were there orange fibers with the victim at all?

That's suspicious, right?

This brings me to option B, which is a much bolder option.