telling the truth? so, over time how are you doing, man? how did you get up here? we began visiting eric. what s up? you re looking good. and listening to his story. when i got arrested i was always under the impression that people who are guilty actually go to jail. i didn t believe that i would be convicted of a crime that i didn t do. when police put the cuffs on him in 1995 eric was 20 years old. a brand new father of a 1-week-old baby girl. when we spoke, their only time together had been spent in sing sing s visiting room. i have a family who i love and who loves me. my daughter, i need to get home to her and be a father. eric often shared his story with sister joanna. over time, she felt compelled to do something, anything for him. so she called the only lawyer she knew. the first person i could think of was mr. peter cross. i trust her judgment. to me
me for something that i didn t do and just expect me to accept it. i m going to fight to the end. i m a fighter. i die on my feet, not on my knees. as the years passed, eric took college courses offered by the prison. he learned about the law and fought his case. how did he get that evidence in his possession? the courts denied all his appeals. i don t have any appeals left. nothing. it was a lonely fight and then in 2006, he met sister joanna chan in one of the prison s programs, the woman he calls grandma. there s particular dark time. he would say, grandma, it s really hard. i told her grandma, i just lost my last appeal. i don t know what i m going to do. i always say, eric, let s keep the faith and let s go and pray and i said, we have many, many sisters praying with you. sister joanna offered more than just her prayers. that s when she brought in peter cross, who was now fighting for eric
seen sister joanna chan since he was released. a woman who put eric on a quest for freedom all those years ago. oh, my god! oh my god! oh my god! grandma. oh my god. congratulations. thank you. oh my god. they told me you were in china. i was. and there was one last thing we wanted to do with eric. remember that bench eric could see from inside sing sing? we took him back there. and we watched him finally make good
many times. but what if he was telling the truth? so, over time how are you doing, man? how did you get up here? we began visiting eric. what s up? you re looking good. and listening to his story. when i got arrested i was always under the impression that people who are guilty actually go to jail. i didn t believe that i would be convicted of a crime that i didn t do. when police put the cuffs on him in 1995 eric was 20 years old. a brand new father of a 1-week-old baby girl. when we spoke, their only time together had been spent in sing sing s visiting room. i have a family who i love and who loves me. my daughter, i need to get home to her and be a father. eric often shared his story with sister joanna. over time, she felt compelled to do something, anything for him. so she called the only lawyer she knew.
victor. i won. you seem to have come through this remarkably free of bitterness and anger or you re hiding it very well. well, i don t have any animosity against anybody at this point. except the people who grow strawberries and raised the prices. because the strawberry s the primary thing. because that s a crime. yeah, it is a crime. i mean eric had a business partner. someone he met when he he was still locked up. he s become my brother. it s charmain chester. his lawyer s assistant. i call him my bratty little brother and i m the annoying older sister. they opened their store in late 2013. pivotal point in my life. it taught it gave me a lot of tools. on this day, we had a little surprise for him. he hadn t seen sister joanna chan since he was released. a woman who put eric on a quest for freedom all those years ago. oh, my god! oh my god! oh my