scene. six people were convicted, including eric glisson. you actually think they read the wrong verdict. then divine intervention through a nun he called grandma. eric would say, grandma, i think this all happening for a reason. maybe a nun could help him get into heaven, but could she help him get out of prison? what she helped him do was get a lawyer, and together they hunted for the truth. this is the one case that has kept me up at night for six years. he says i know you re innocent, i know the guys who committed this crime. will justice finally arrive? hello and welcome to dateline. eric glisson was just 20 years old when he was convicted of a murder that sent hello and welcome to dateline. eric glisson was just 20 years old when he was convicted of a murder that sent shockwaves through his neighborhood. a crime he insisted he did not commit. to clear his name eric would have to find the real killers, following clues from the confines of his cel
After the cab driver was found dead inside his vehicle on Monday, a group of cab drivers subsequently on Tuesday had held a protest to demand the immediate arrest of all the culprits.
17 years. almost 18 years. 29 years old when she went away. she is free at 46. i didn t do it. i didn t do it. 100% innocent. this is what our judicial system did to me. 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 fed-ex executive denise raymond. this is carlos perez, 25 when he was locked up. finally a free man at 44. i even wrote the president. i think it was 1995. who was it, clinton? bush. i don t know who it was. i said mr. president, i m innocent. but nobody listened. devon ayers. he was 19 when he was convicted. i spent all of my 20s and most of my 30s there. so i m just trying to get on with life as i know it as today. and michael cosme. remember him? he was the only one videotaped by police.
a cab driver murder in soundview or the area around soundview. and the response? they had nothing that fit that description. but forcelli s informant insisted the murder did happen. you didn t only make one trip to the 43rd precinct? made two. again, came out saying we have nothing that fits that description. is there any conceivable reason why the police department wouldn t tell you the truth? well, i thought about that. forcelli says 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 there was anything other than an unsolved homicide that fit that description. as far as you know, that was the end of it. right. like i said, i d moved on. forcelli soon retired from the nypd, not knowing six people had already been convicted. in the meantime, eric was stuck in prison. it wasn t until 2012, 14 years later, that he hi
and you can i only have one thing to say, though. i didn t do it. i wasn t there. i was in my house asleep. detectives didn t believe him and cosme was arrested for both murders. days later so was eric glisson. originally you were charged with both murders, with denise raymond s murder and the cab driver murder. yes. but by the time eric went to trial prosecutors dropped charges against him in the denise raymond case, citing lack of evidence. so what evidence was there against him in the cab driver case? it was really pretty simple. there was a witness against him. her name? miriam tavares. tavares told the cops she looked out her window and saw it all, eric and the others, smack in the middle of the cab driver robbery that ended in murder. is it possible miriam saw you commit a crime? no. not any crime? i wasn t there. bad blood between you and miriam? yes, bad blood.