reporter: this is 58-year-old david ranta today. thank you, your honor. reporter: this was david ranta in 1990, when he was arrested for a murder he didn t commit, and sentenced to 37 1/2 years behind bars. it all happened in front of this building in brooklyn, after a thief tried and failed to rob a diamond courier who sped away. the robber then turned his gun on a beloved rabbi that was shot through his car window and died four days later. the community was in anguish. and the nypd was under pressure. a massive effort followed to find the rabbi s killer. the investigation dragged on for six months. the lead detective at the time was louis scarcilla, a man known within the nypd to use unorthodox tack sixes to get his man. then, a major break in the case.
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the first thing they notice. it ll be so quiet at night they can t sleep for the first few nights. they re used to all that noise. basset has lived far more than half of his life in prison. he s missed his chance to have a normal life, a career, a family. he s graduated to the best position he can be in at stateville. now all that s left is to hope that one day soon, he ll make it to the outside. it s a wasted life. i look back, i know i was young and wild. and if i had it to do over with, i would there s a lot of things i would have changed. can t do it. i think i m ready for society now after all these years. i got in 37 1/2 years. i still got four brothers and my son and a grandson. my son s got his own business
hillary clinton speaking now. she does the introduction for john ker raoefplt when he begi kerry. when he begins speaking we ll bring it to you. martha: the pentagon set to announce a historic change to the u.s. military than that will happen this afternoon. they will lift the ban on women serving in combat. the move will open up many jobs in previously all-male units, including special ops and areas like that. right now women make up some 14% of the 1.4 million active service members in this country. let s talk about this with two great guests for in subject. we have kt mcfarland who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense under president reagan and a fox news national security accident. jack keane, former top chief, and a fox news military analyst. what do you think about this? i served for 37 1/2 years, i