guilty. >> but almost immediately, eddie lowery hires an attorney and recants the confession. >> he really didn't realize at that point the consequences of admitting to a crime that he didn't commit. i know that might sound really strange to people and particularly a jury. my opinion is that a jury has a real obstacle to overcome when a person admits to a crime and then later recants and said, no, i didn't do that. >> the trial begins on november 19th, 1981. though lowery's confession is the only clear evidence linking him to the rape, the prosecutor knows it's the best type of evidence to put before a jury. >> most of them are going to be thinking just like i think. i can't imagine a circumstance where i would admit to a rape. >> coming up, if lowery is innocent, as he claims, why would he confess to a rape?