Convicted and freed. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres josh mankiewicz. Sing sing correctional facility. The maximum security prison in new york. This is the big house. Home to some of the worst of the worst. Killers, rapists, drug dealers. Good morning. Thank you. It is not where youd expect to find this gentle woman. In sing sing, they call me grandma. Grandma is sister joanna khan, a nun. I began working at sing sing more than 12 years ago. This is the battle about general. Grandma volunteers at the prison. Working with inmates in a she even teaches them chinese. Through the years, grandma has helped dozens of men. But she says this inmate here on stage, a convicted killer, has changed her. He is just so brave. Watching him all these years, i took such courage myself watching him. Sister joanna remembers the first time she met this inmate. He was sitting alone eating. He said, my family send me 30 pounds of food. So i said, your family must love you very much. And he said, yes, because they know im innocent. And thats how the whole story began. A story that began with the unlikely friendship between a nun and a convicted killer would grow into a quest that would shake the faith of ep those sworn to uphold the law. I thought the people innocent, god has to see him through. Murderer . He issen mate 97a7088. 38yearold eric glisson. We first met him in the spring of 2012 when a dateline producer working on a different story in sing sing met eric in the cell. Youre going to film me . He had been locked up for 18 years. You want to see what its like to live in here . I can touch the walls with my hands. Eric told us he didnt belong here. My story is that im unjustly convicted for a crime i didnt commit and from february 3rd of 1995 until the present date ive been sitting in here lingering every day wondering whether this mistake will be corrected. Weve heard that before. Many times. But what if he was telling the truth . So, over time how are you doing, snan. We began visiting eric. Whats up . And listening to his story. When i got arrested i was always under the impression people who are guilty actually go to jail. I didnt believe that i would be convicted of a crime that i didnt do. When police put the cuffs on him in 1995 eric was 20 years old. The brand new father of a 1weekold baby girl. Since then, their only time together has been spent in sing sings visiting room. I have a family who i love. And who love me. My daughter, i need to get home to her and be a father. Eric often shared his story with sister joanna. Over time, she felt compelled to do something, anything for him. So she called the only lawyer she knew. The first person i could think of was mr. Peter krauss. I trust her judgment. Attorney peter cross agreed to see if theres truth to erics story but there was still one problem. This is not the law you normally practice. Im a corporate lawyer. I do corporate litigation. I dont do criminal work. Shar main was his assistant. Out of the blue one day i get this call. You have a collect call from an inmate at sing sing correctional facility. Like, okay. Soon she found herself spending hours on the phone with the inmate. At first, it was all, you know, business, case, case. By the time you talk to somebody every day, personal things start to slip in. Friendship. Friendship. In the meantime, her boss was checking out erics xlams of innocence. Did you believe at the beginning . Im not going to say i didnt disbelieve. Im practicing law for a listening time. Okay . And people law. They certainly color the truth. This is a man who was convicted of murdering someone. So, of course, i approached it with some skepticism. Once cross learned the facts, no charge. Representing a man who didnt seem hardened by prison but almost frightened. Its terrifying because you can just be walking in the yard and then you could be shanked. Thats the life of prison. A life hes lived for nearly two decades. A story he was telling us if true was as explosive as it was tragic. It turns out that the police and the District Attorney had all the evidence that they disclosed to solve this crime from the beginning. Not only was eric insisting he was wrongfully convicted, he said others were, too. All of them locked away for life for the same crime. Five other people, five other people was also convicted of this crime. Six people. Could all of them actually be innocent . Time now is approximately 7 15. To find out, well go back hard look at how it all began. Is it possible to get something so important, so wrong, about so many people . When we come back, we investigate what the police didnt to find out what witness really saw from her window the day of the murder. Hows the detectives could have decided to run with this still shocks me today. Ing a hot new deal at mcdonalds that starts with you. Now, get 2 delicious tastes for just 2 dollars. 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Cops videoed the entire scene and anything that might seem important. Detectives are mystified over the vicious killing of a successful executive. The case went to detective time ioell. He led a team of detectives who worked through the night knocking on dorrs and collecting evidence. Then as the sun rose the next morning, some of the cops turned third attention to another murder, another bloody crime scene. This is the video police recorded of that second murder scene. Just a half mile away in the same precinct. This was a busy night for the murder business in the bronx. Time now is approximately 7 15 a. M. On january 19th, 1995. This time, a liver ri cab driver of bath diop slumped over the Steering Wheel shot multiple times. The victim of an apparent robbery. The drivers money and cell phone were missing. The investigation of the cab drivers murder would be headed by 31yearold detective mike don nolly working alongside detective aiello. The two detectives ended up putting their heads and their cases together concluding the same group of several people committed both murders. Did you know the other people . I knew two of them. These are good friends of yours . Acquaintances. February 4th, 1995. First suspect arrested. I have one thing to say, though. Im innocent. I didnt do it. I wasnt there. Eric was also questioned at the precinct where he adamantly denied knowing anything about either killing. Please dont blame me for something i have not done. Why is this happening to me . I dont know whats going on. I just want to be with my daughter. If i knew what took place that night, if i knew who did anything, i would tell you. Ill give you the rights one more time. Detectives did not believe him. Eric glisson and five others were arrested for both murders. Originally you were charged with both murders, Denise Raymond murder and cab driver murder. Yes. But by time the time eric went to dril, prosecutors dropped charges against in the Denise Raymond case citing lack of evidence. So what evidence was there against him in the cab driver case . There was a witness against him. Her name miriam tavares. She told the cops she looked out the window and saw it all. Eric and the others smack in the middle of the robbery that ended in murder. Is it possible that miriam saw you commit a crime . No. Not any crime . I wasnt there. Bad blood between you and miriam . Yes. Bad blood. She said she had a brief sexual relationship with miriam that didnt end well. You have a flung and cut her off abruptly, she may feel slighted. Slighted enough to make you a murder snekt. I guess so. Whatever her motivation, the question is, how reliable was she as a witness . All these years later, eric finally had someone to take another look at miriams story. Attorney peter cross. Theres no doubt that this woman was lying. I went out to the crime scene seen what she said occurred. So what could miriam really see . Heres the problem with miriams story. From that police video, we know this is where the cab came to rest. We also know the shooting happened a couple of car lengths back, sort of where that red suv is. We know a man this that building called 911 when he heard the shots and he said he saw only one person running away from the scene. Now, a couple of weeks later, miriam comes forward. She lives in that building over there. Now youre looking at me from just outside the window through which miriam said she saw all of this happen. This has to be easily 100 yards away. And she says she saw six people from the neighborhood commit the crime. She says she heard what they said and she saw what they stole. And she said she saw all of it looking through this bathroom window. The only problem is, if you go back to where the shooting actually happened, its pretty clear miriam couldnt have seen she said from the bathroom window she heard these conversations going on inside the car. I mean, its just incredible testimony. But what disturbed cross even more, detective don nelly never looked at the crime scene from the perspective you just did. Wouldnt that sort of be Standard Operating Procedure to check out what witnesses say . You would think so. I think they got on the horse early on in this case and they rode that horse and they werent going to change direction. We wanted to speak with miriam tavares. She died of a Drug Overdose in 2002. Other than her testimony, tlefs no prince r prints, nothing, that tied eric or the others to the cab drivers murder. Eastbound so, detectives don nelly and aiello went with what they had and closed both murder cases. Within three weeks, they arrested their suspects and the bronx District Attorney tried them. In all, six people were well call them the bronx six. Five men and a woman. All sent away facing 25 to life. One of them was eric glisson. Whats it like to hear that verdict read . It is like a shot in the chest. It is like your heart just melts. Just dissolves. You actually think that, you know, they read the wrong verdict. That this cant be true. The nypd was quite proud of detectives don nelly and aiellos work. So proud that five months after the arrests the department allowed the detectives to be featured in new York Magazine about how they amazingly cracked the cases. How the detectives could have believed that and decided to run with this and send them to jail for the rest of their lives on the basis of this garbage still shocks me today. All these years later, attorney cross knew his opinion of the detective work in this case wasnt going to free eric i think the only kind of evidence thats going to sway a court is if we can point to who the real killers are. That was quite a lot to hope for. But from behind bars, eric glisson was already on the trail. I got some documents and so i see this guys name keeps coming up. A surprise visitor and an answered prayer. He said, im sorry. I know youre innocent. I know the guys who committed this crime. When dateline continues. At olive garden, starting at 12. 99. Choose 3 of 10 favorites to enjoy on one plate. Plus unlimited salad and breadsticks. The best tour of italy is the one you create. At olive garden. [ coughing ] [ sneezing ] a cold can make you miserable. Luckily, alka seltzer plus cold and cough liquid gels. Rush liquid fast relief to your tough cold symptoms. Fast, powerful liquid gels these are the people were calling the bronx six, five men and a woman. All convicted and sent away for 25 years to life for committing murder. All insisted they were innocent. We met one of them, eric glisson, in sing sing, where from behind bars hed been trying to get answers ever since he was locked up. Ive been fighting these people for years. Asking for documents which they deny me at every turn. Theyre not going to convict me for something that i didnt do and just expect me to accept it. Im going to fight to the end. Im a fighter. I die on my feet, not on my knees. As the years passed, eric took College Courses offered by the prison. He learned about the law and fought his case. How did he get that evidence in his possession . The courts denied all his appeals. I dont i dont have any appeals left. It was a lonely fight and then in 2006 he met sister joanna khan in one of the prisons programs, the woman he calls grandma. Theres particular dark time. He would say, grandma, its really hard. I just lost my last appeal. I dont know what im going to do. I always say lets keep the faith and lets go and pray and i said, we have many, many sister praying with you. Sister joanna offered more than just her prayers. Thats when she brought in peter cross who was now fighting for eric on the outside. So you have detective don nelly as the officer assigned. Yep. With eric as his guide, cross got up to speed. To have any chance of having another day in court eric knew hed need powerful evidence, evidence of actual innocence. He started thinking. If he and the other five codefendants had nothing to do did . After more than a decade of trying, finally, some of erics requests for documents in his case began trickling in. I came across one document which had my name as well as my other codefendants and one name stood out, it was an individual i found out was part of a gang called sex, money, murder. Eric was on to an important lead. Sex, money, murder. Seven veteran cops knew those three words meant danger and notorious gang from the foundview section of the bronx. 1997, october, sex, murderoney, murder became my assignment. This was all sex, money, murder territory . Yeah. We are in the heart of it. While investigating the gang, an informant told him details of a crime the gang members had committed. There was a cab driver who had been killed in the vicinity of soundview. The story. Early 1998, walked in the precinct. Went up stairs, walked into the detective squad room. You say what do you know . Soundview. And the response . Nothing that fit that description. But the informant insisted the murder did happen. You didnt only make one trip to the 43rd precinct. Made two. Nothing that fits that description description. Any reason the Police Department bouldnt tell you the truth . I thought about that. He said the answer might be simple. As far as the nypd was concerned, this homicide was solved. Closed. The detective may have looked only in the open homicide drawer and never bothered to even look to see if theres anything other than an unsolved homicide that fit that description. As far as you know, thats he soon retired from the nypd not knowing six people had already been convicted. Meantime, eric was stuck in prison. It wasnt until 2012, 14 years later, he pit paydirt and it came in the form of cell phone records. Remember, the cab drivers cell phone had been stolen by whoever killed him. I found hundreds of calls after his death. The records showed the first call was made from the victims phone minutes after the shooting. The numbers called traced back to relatives of two sex, money, murder gang members of Jose Rodriguez and gilbert vega. Eric believed he finally had evidence showing who the real killers were. Took me 16, 17 years to get those through freedom of information. They were never provided to the defense . No. It turns out that the police and the District Attorney had all the evidence at their disposal to solve this crime from the beginning. So he wrote a letter to the u. S. Attorney proclaiming his information hed found out about the sex, money, murder gang. It was a hail mary pass. In an amazing stroke of luck, erics letter landed on this mans desk. His name, john omalley, an investigator for the u. S. Attorney in new york. Days after reading erics letter, omalley made a personal trip to see eric in sing sing. Immediately, john omalley just stood up and he asked me. Did you write this letter . I said, yes. He shook my hand and said im sorry. I said sorry for what . He says, you know, i know youre innocent. When he said that, i said, what are you talking about, sir . He said, listen. I know the guy that is committed this crime. How did omalley know . He worked with detective forselli on the gang case ten years earlier and back then the two gang members, jose and gilbert actually confessed the cab driver shooting to omalley. Letter, everything just came back to me from that day. I put it altogether. When these guys confessed to me. Omalley didnt want to appear on camera but told us he also checked with the nypd after the confessionings in 2002 and like the detective before him, omalley was told there was no record of the crime. After getting erics letter in 2012, omalley addressed the court in a sworn affidavit stating that eric glisson and the others were innocent of the cab drivers shooting. Armed with that kind of statement, youd think eric would be literally home free. Youd be wrong. Coming up, eric glisson isnt giving up. This is my wall of hope. Everyone here has been unjustly convicted and freed. Will his own picture ever be tears welled up in my eyes. So since you have at t and directv you can get our new unlimited data plan. Unlimited data . So were like rich . youre data rich. Data rich we hear t. I. s whatever you like i think we can get used to being data rich. Get data rich. Get unlimited data on four lines for 180 a month when you have at t wireless and directv. Thats a big bull. 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For the first time in his 18year struggle to prove that he didnt pull a trigger eric glisson finally had his hands on a smoking gun. An affidavit from a federal investigator saying eric was innocent. He asked me, do i have an attorney . I said, i promise you ill call this lawyer today. So i was standing online in a bank. Peter cross remembers that phone call. Mr. Omalley tells me, peter, im with the u. S. Attorneys office. We know that innocent is client. That was such an emotional moment for me. I, like, tears welled up in my eyes right in font of the teller. I thank god every day for john omalley. When i looked in that mans eyes, you know, i see a man who had integrity. I saw a man who was honest. Omalleys affidavit was enough for the bronx d. A. To reopen the case. And to get in front of a judge. But that would take time. Two more months. But now at least eric had reason to hope and in his cell he assembled a little Photo Gallery of whoers who have been exonerated. This is my wall of hope. Everyone here has been unjustly on august 5th, 2012, erics lawyer goes to court. This is our first appearance to try to get the judgment vacated. Cross is joined by his assistant shar main chester. By now, they have worked on the case for six years. I want to see him out. I said im not visiting you here again. This is it. Finally, cross argues his case to the judge. My client is 17 years plus in a jail. It doesnt go down like a hollywood script. Prosecutors do not admit theres been a terrible mistake. Your honor, well be seeking an extension of the time to answer those questions. How much of an extension are the people seeking . Just your honor, 30 days. Another month. Cross is frustrated. He told me they were starting the investigation in june looking into this matter. I was able to get my papers ready and it seems to me that another couple of weeks should be enough to get a response to the motion. That the wheels of justice grind slowly . Now youve got a frontrow seat. We have been trying to put together facts and circumstances surrounding this now 15yearold trial. Is there any point in time you make the determination that youre going to concede, i will translation this isnt going to end today. Eric stays in prison. But two weeks later, peter cross heads to sing sing. Earlier that morning hed gotten a call from the d. A. s office and he has good news for eric. I received a call from the d. A. In the bronx telling me that theyre ready to make a deal. Im going up now to see eric, to talk to him about the conditions for his release. Erics used to visits from his lawyer. Good to see you. And very used to keeping his own hopes looking good. Thank you. On ice. Get you yeah. I was working out running. Up here cross wants to make sure this sinks in and so he slowly reveals the details. I was very surprised today. Look. I got a call from ed pullty today saying that we have a proposal for you. The d. A. Is now prepared to give you a conditional dismissal of the indictment and vacate the conviction. Today . Not going to be today. But it will be by the 13th i think. Wow. Do you believe that . Well, it hasnt set in yet. I know. The initial shock. I know. All the fighting we have done over these years. Yeah. Um i dont know what to but, unfortunately for eric, a month later hes still behind bars. These people just dont want to let me go. They want to continue to hold me and torture me. You know, the mental trauma im going through right now because of this, im wondering whether, you know, they may renege on this agreement. As excruciateing as the hours are, eric shares something with us beyond that wall of hope thats helped him wake up every morning. Theres a bench by the water that each time i go to the barbershop i look at that bench and i wonder if ill ever be able to look from down there up here. Thats one of my main goals while i was in here, to sit on that bench as a free man. 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Kept me up at night for six years because i knew we had to find like the onearmed man to get him out of jail. Eric walks into the courtroom. Calendar, eric glisson. Standing next to him is Cathy Watkins, the only woman of the bronx six. Like eric, she was tried only for the cab drivers murder and in 1997 they went on trial together. Eric says he doesnt know her now and didnt know her then. When trial started, the officers bringing us up to the court and an officer says this is watkins. I said, Cathy Watkins . She said, who are you . I said, im eric glisson. How are you involved this . She said, i dont know. How are you involved . Whens going on . We both didnt know. We was confused. Now 18 years later, assistant District Attorney nicole quur ris office believes there may have been a misunderstanding. The d. A. s office continues to investigate. We have made a decision to take this unprecedented as you that we are going to consent the conditional va katding of the conviction for these two defendants and the conditions being that the defendants do wear those electronic monitoring bracelets. All thats left now is for the judge to make it official. The record reflects that the official vacater of the conviction as to mr. Glisson and ms. Watkins is granted and each defendant is released on their own recog any sans. [ applause ] erics friends and family and the news media are waiting for him outside. And now, for the first time in nearly two decades, eric glisson is about to take his first steps as a free man. Right now . This is the major points in my life and i worked hard. I persevered. And with effort and determination im standing here before you. Now, its his codefendant Cathy Watkins turn also wrongfully convicted. 17 years. Almost 18. She was 29 when she went away. Now she is 46. I didnt do it. 100 innocent. Im innocent. All the way. By january 2013, the convictions for the rest of the bronx six were overturned. For both the cab driver murder and fedex executive Denise Raymond. This is carlos perez, 25 when he was locked up. I even wrote to 1995. Just clinton, bush . The president. Were innocent. Nobody listened. Davon ayers. He was 19 when he was convicted. Spent all of my 20s and most of my 30s there and trying to get on with life as i know it as today. And michael cosme. Remember him . I have one thing to say, though. Im innocent. I didnt do it. I wasnt there. This is michael today. 18 years later. Finally, someone believed him. And while we now know those two gang members confessed to the cab driver murder, fedex executive Denise Raymonds killer or killers have never been brought to justice. We wanted to speak to someone from the nypd or the bronx District Attorneys office but both declined comment citing the multiple civil suits they face as the bronx six seek millions in damages against new york and those two detectives, don nelly and aiello portrayed as super sleuths in 1995 are now both retired and didnt have anything to say to us. But in court filings, attorneys for the city of new york deny that either detective threatened witnesses or falsified statements. And point out that several juries heard the witnesses testimony of the time and believed them. As for eric, its finally a new day and a new life. One full of amazing discoveries. Hello . No, no. Upside down. Huh . Coming up, no prison bars. No prison guards. And doors he can open himself. Eric glissons first night of freedom in almost 20 years. Wow and a reunion with a woman who helped him win it. Grandma. Beth by kiss beth, i hear you calling. But i cant come home right now. Me and the boys are playing. 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Hello . You have it upside down, eric. Hello. No, no, upside down. Like this . Hello . Huh . Can you hear me now . Like the commercial . Call. First cell phone call. His first meal . Lamb chops. Wow. Its like jumping up out of the a coffin and walking. You know . It is like being read your last rites. And all of a sudden, a miracle happens. Some doctor that just comes walking in the room and knows exactly how to resuscitate you. Youre back living again and youre back out in society an youre wondering, you know, will they accept you . Yeah. You see . On his first night of freedom, erics lawyer treats him to a hotel room. I have a key thats a plastic wow. Oh, this is excellent. Holy wow. Got to be at least a 46inch tv. Bed. Wow. I used to sleep on a metal frame and now im on a comfortable bed. But the real joy for eric is reuniting with his daughter cynthia cynthia. Ready, set go. She was a week old when he was arrested. Now shes nearly 18. You cheated. You cheated. Shh. And that degree he began working on behind bars . Eric started taking classes again two days after his release. Awaited diploma from mercy college. Today, a fully exonerated eric glisson is a businessman. An entrepreneur. Im doing everything single handedly. The reconstruction of the ceiling. Going to be four tables. On the oneyear anniversary of his release, eric opened a fresh juice business that he built himself named fresh take. Afternoon, sir. How are you doing . Nice place you have here. Thanks. Where did you get fresh take . I knew that i had a fresh take on life. Im free now. Im no longer the victim. Im the victor. I won. You seem to have come through this remarkably free of bitterness and anger or youre hiding it very well. Animosity against anybody at this point. Except the people who raised the prices. Because the strawberrys the primary thing. Thats crime. Yeah, it is a crime. I mean eric has a business partner. Someone he met when he was still locked up. Hes become my brother. Its charmain chester. I teem annoying older sister. They opened their store in late 2013. Eric says he loves it. Pivotal point in my life. Taught gave me a lot of tools. On this day, we had a little surprise for him. He hasnt seen sister joanna khan since hes been released. The woman that put eric on a quest for freedom all those days ago. Working together collectively. Oh my god oh my god grandma. Oh my god. God bless you. Thank you. Oh my god. They told me you were in china. I was. Eric has now been a free man for more than three years. Its rough. Its not the walk in to the sunset that everyone expects. Life that will be with me forever. I cant unshake them. And he said hes not the only one whos been having a hard time. Like especially with my daughter, cynthia, our relationship has been strained. Still since a lot of resentment of my absence. For a major part of her life. But now, theres a new person for whom eric can be fully present. Cynthia has a new sister. I have a Second Chance to raise a daughter. To be in her life. To take her to the park. Horsey back rides. You know . All of the kisses. And hopefully one day give her hand away in marriage. Theres no price for that. And whats the price for unjustly spending 18 years in prison . Eric and the rest of the bronx six all filed lawsuits against both the state and city of new york for their wrongful convictions. The state settled, each of the original defendants was awarded 3. 9 million. The lawsuit against the city of new york is still pending. There was one last thing we wanted to do with eric. Remember that bench eric could see from inside sing sing . Not too long after his release and watched him finally make good on that promise to himself. To get that other view of the prison. This time, from the outside. Thats all for now