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
that he tried to recant hi confession almost immediately. jailhouse letters, including one letter dated two days afte his arrest telling the sam story he tells today please believe me please help me please talk to the judge, an tell him that i am telling the truth. that the detective told me t say everything is there anything else yo like to? i was just 18 years old whe this happened. the and i never had a chance i never had an opportunity t be young the moment i was arrested, not one chance as the prosecution got read to present its case, hincapie mother maria leaned on her fat as she has from the beginning. you know, we ve bee separate for 24 years. i pray to god that johnny woul be exonerated and that he we