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
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