never gave up on and a dozen men with horror stories of their own. here to tell us what happened to them here on a special edition of larry king live. good evening. hilary swank, the actress who is a two-time academy award winner, plays betty ann waters in conviction. the real betty ann waters is here also. she went to law school to get her brother out of prison. sam rockwell plays kenneth waters, betty ann s brother who spent 18 years behind bars for a crime he didn t commit. and tony goldwyn who directed conviction. this terrific movie, it opens october 15. such stories aren t just the subject of movies. joining us here in los angeles and in dallas, are 12 men all wrongfully convicted of crimes, jailed and ultimately freed. the dallas county district attorney who plays the central role in their new lives is with us too, and they ll be watching along with you. we ll hear some of their stories a little later in the hour. let s first take a look at a scene from convic
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i was positive about it. larry: that was steven brody released from prison just friday, wrongfully convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child. stephen is one of the men watching our show from dallas. and here in los angeles, craig watkins, the dallas county district attorney, he refused to destroy evidence from old cases which ultimately led to 20 exonerations. johnny lindsay, wrongfully convicted in aggravated rape, served 26 years until a dna test proved his innocence. keith turner, wrongfully convicted of rape, served ten years, dna cleared him. steven phillips, wrongfully convicted of aggravated rape, served 24 years. dna freed him. christopher stock, wrongfully convicted of capital murder, served 12 yeared. freed after another prisoner confessed. billy james smith, wrongfully
convicted, served 18 months. we showed you stephen brody. you can see more of his try at cnn.com/larryking. hillary swank, betty ann waut s wauters. craig watkins, what led you to hold onto this as opposed to other d.a.s who didn t? i was elected as a new d.a. in dallas county in 2006 and took office in 2007. upon my first week of entering office, i was requested by a long-time assistant d.a. to sign a form to allow all the evidence to be destroyed. and, you know, i had practised law for a while in dallas county, and i thought that that was not going to be a wise decision. so i refused to sign the motion to have that evidence destroyed.
has gone from schools into people s homes, high-tech, it s on people s computers, cell phones and how one young girl ended up taking her own life because of a text she sent a boy. that and a lot more on a.c. 360 in 13 minutes. we have made a finding of innocence in this matter. you knew your son was innocent all along, right? i knew it, yes. i was positive about it. larry: that was steven brody released from prison just friday, wrongfully conflicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child. stephen is one of the men watching our show from dallas. and here in los angeles, craig watkins, the dallas county district attorney, he refused to destroy evidence from old cases which ultimately led to 20 exonerations. johnny lindsay, wrongfully convicted in aggravated rape,