60 Minutes: March 08, 2009 Follow the Failure; DNA exoneration Follow the FDIC as they actually take over a bank, secretly on a Friday night. What exactly happens when a bank fails? Scott Pelley reports. Lesley Stahl with a very interesting report on DNA evidence and how it weighs against, or with eyewitness accounts of crimes. Included in this segment, Jennifer Thompson, a rape victim who testified against Ronald Cotton, the man she was absolutely sure was her attacker. Years later, DNA exonerated Cotton and Jennifer admits she was wrong. This unlikely pair have teamed up to change the way system works, or doesn't work.

Starring:

Byron Pitts, Morley Safer, Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl, Andrew Rooney, Scott Pelley, Ed Bradley, Bob Simon, Mike Wallace, Lara Logan, Anderson Cooper, Bill Whitaker, Norah O'Donnell, L. Jon Wertheim, Sharyn Alfonsi, John Dickerson

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Documentary