compares it to eddie lowery s dna. and the result of that analysis eliminated him as a sperm source. no possibility whatsoever. after 20 years, eddie lowery has been vindicated. we wanted a finding from this court not just that eddie was not guilty and that the judgment should be vacated. we wanted a finding that he was actually innocent because he was. on april 3rd, 2003, district judge meryl wilson signs an order declaring eddie james lowery actually innocent. he totally gave my freedom back to me, you know, to do what i want to, and, you know, that s the best feeling in the world. the victim of the rape passed away in 1992. in the twilight of her life, she thought eddie lowery was the man
he goes you don t need a lawyer right now. all we want to do is ask you questions. you re not under arrest so you don t need a lawyer. though police will later dispute this, lowery says his repeated requests for a lawyer were denied. i don t know. maybe i should have had more backbone and said, you know, i m walking out of here and i m leaving, but i was so naive about my rights. i didn t know my rights. raised in covina, california, in a family with eight children, lowery had a conventional childhood. he played football in high school and graduated before entering the army. he had never been inside an interrogation room. in a case like eddie s where all of a sudden they tell you you can t have a lawyer, hey, gee, i thought that was part of the constitution. no, you can t have a lawyer. police officers in these situations can be extremely intimidating to the ordinary citizen.
registered sex offender. there may be no better illustration of lowery s loss than his relationship with his daughter. my name is amanda marie galvan. i am eddie james lowery s daughter. amanda was 3 years old when he went away. now she s 33. in the past few years, eddie and amanda have tried to establish a father/daughter relationship that never was. it s very hard. it feels like a completely different world. today amanda has flown in from her home in california to visit lowery for a weekend. hey, sweetie. how are you? hi, dad. oh, man. it s good to see you. come on in. lowery has a surprise for her. something from his past. when he was in prison, his letters to amanda went completely unanswered. and one day this guy suggested that, you know, i
innocent people, you know, can be intimidated. their will can be overborne, and they can be brought to falsely confess to a crime. you know, this has happened to soldiers. it s happened to all kinds of people from ordinary walks of life. from what clark is telling him about eddie lowery s case, scheck thinks he may, in fact, be innocent. the great thing about barry clark, you know, he s a really good lawyer. he s a very earnest, honest, straightforward guy, you know, an all-american guy like eddie in a way. and he says, i think he s innocent. we ve had enormous success with people who are on parole and are out of jail and they insist, i need that test to vindicate myself. in 1981 when the victim was raped, semen samples were taken from her body, clothing, and bed
raised in covina, california, in a family with eight children, lowery had a conventional childhood. he played football in high school and graduated before entering the army. he had never been inside an interrogation room. in a case like eddie s where all of a sudden they tell you you can t have a lawyer, hey, gee, i thought that was part of the constitution. no, you can t have a lawyer. police officers in these situations can be extremely intimidating to the ordinary citizen. i was just trying so hard to prove convince them i didn t commit this crime that i went along with them and took the polygraph test. i figured i could pass it. though the polygraph results have been lost, this much is known. the examiner tells lowery that he flunked the test. mr. lowery goes, my results are saying that you re lying. my results say that you know this woman, that you raped her, that you were involved with this. and i am shocked. i m like i can t believe this is