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
are dressed to an attorney who was now dead in fact, you waited for him to pass away to force a letter to him, didn t you not at all sir. prosecutor hurley als ridiculed his story about bein coerced into confessing by a abusive detective. he was wearing a t-shirt, smoking cigarettes, right? yes like some evil movie cup? yes you made that up, didn you. no. really argued that can copy new details about the crime an not because he was coerced, bu because he was there i saw - you heard him say let s ge paid yeah. you said that because you are there and was true, right? it was not true miste hurley you were there, and it wa true as the prosecution s case was over hincapie faith was now in th hands the judge. and that s when ron kobe got a phone call a new witness came forward,