that. >> tole tell you what, if you can give us all this information, we'll be straight with you. >> i just need help, you know, period. our family's large, you know, and we been doin' bad because my daddy's been gone. >> you give a tip. if it leads to a conviction, you get a chunk of money, and it's very enticing. >> perkins received over $10,000 in reward money immediately after the trial, and told by the police not to mention the payment of the reward to anybody. >> perkins saying he received $10,000 to receive this. >> the jury would have thought different about that. >> they wouldn't even count his testimony. >> gordon and michael filed their appeal in june of 1989, after 5 years of waiting, the court finally agreed to hear their case.