and i pray to god. i say, you know, i don t wan to live. it was a crime that engulfe the city, a young touris murdered he was stabbed trying to protect his mother we had to get everyone. seven teams convicted one says he s innocent you don t have to believe me look at the facts in this case now we are doing just tha tracking down witnesses. he was shaking. he started crying revisiting evidence - the most emotional thing wa reading the letter is he telling the truth or lying to win his freedom? we are about to find out this is a perry mason moment right, she s a surprise t everyone hello, and welcome to dateline in the late 19 80s, robberies, muggings, and even murders wer a sad reality of life in new york city. then, in 1990, a tourist was stabbed while trying to protec his family the public demanded action and then got it. police made arrests and pu suspects behind bars but one of the man convicted said he wasn t there was an innocent man in jail
we have a big show ahead, including a possible vice presidential pick. florida congressman byron donalds will be with us. but we start with breaking news tonight out of israel where four hostages are receiving medical attention in tel-aviv hours after being rescued in gaza by israeli security forces. and eight months after being kidnapped by hamas at an israeli musical festival on october 7th, president biden earlier today in paris applauded the rescue alongside french president emmanuel macron. before i begin my remarks, i want to echo president macron s comments welcoming the safe rescue for hostages that were returned to their families in israel. we won t stop working until all the hostages come home and a ceasefire is reached. that is essential to happen. that was president biden that was president biden alongside of president macron in france, but first let s go to the breaking news out of israel earlier today with emotional moments as four hostages were reunited
the wolf pack, just like hincapie, those five teens had also confessed on tape, bu they were exonerated in 2002 after dna cleared them events call johnny knew hincapie the time came for him t tell his story under oath on the witness stand, something that hincapie says his trial attorney did not to do look i want to take the stand. he told me that the district attorney s office woul basically just walk all over me, because i had confessed. have a seat he testified about how he left the station and went back down to look for his friend wh was holding his money. i gave them - with all my money. and for the first time in a courtroom, he accused police o coercing a false confessio from him they slap me my face, h grabbed me by my hair. him - he said that he even had proof
agreed to reopen the case. you people versus johnn hincapie in february of 2015, the hearing was called t order. with this proceeding, th burden was on some hincapie attorneys ron kuby and his co-counsel leah busby to convince judge eduardo padro that his conviction should b vacated. who is your witness, what d you need to prove? louise montero was the firs witness. he was there to prove that h saw johnny at the time the crime took place, and johnny wasn t there how long had you known him? maybe a year, give or take. montero testified he wa also on the subway, headed t the dance club what was your relationshi with mr. hincapie like we knew each other. we know each other the good. in fact, they haven t see each other or spoken since then i m joe understand montero