When evidence of a convict's innocence surfaces after 12 years, McCoy orders his assistant to "start the paperwork" to get him released. In fact, proof of innocence is not sufficient to overturn a conviction once sentence has been handed down and upheld on appeal. The prosecutor's office has no standing to order or even request a convicted prisoner's release.
A person can't be sentenced to probation for possession of four grams of cocaine, even if they have no priors. Four grams of cocaine would be criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, a non-violent class B felony that carries a minimum mandatory sentence of 1-3 years in prison. But for a repeat felony offender like the victim the minimum sentence would be more like 5-7 years.
When discussing samples of fingerprints, a tech mentions 7 of 20 aren't matches. The Assistant DA replies, "that's almost a third" when 7 of 20 is exactly 35%, while a third is 33.333333%.
During the opening credit sequence while Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers is explaining the victim's cause of death with Detectives Brisco and Green, she states that there were "blood splatters on the TV set." A professional like Dr. Rodgers would know that the correct terminology would be "blood spatters."
The crime takes place in October. The detectives question several people outdoors where bright green foliage can be seen in the background and most people are wearing short sleeves, including background passerby.
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers states that "CSU found blood splatters on the television set...". It is "blood spatters", without an "l", for the noun form. However one would "splatter" blood (verb form) in an analysis to determine what type of force produced a blood spatter pattern.