two brothers convicted of murder, fight back against the justice system. twice is a pattern. a pattern of how to gain a conviction. i knew they were innocent. and the question was do we have enough? you have several witnesses saying their testimony was coerced. can they all be lying? if i have to die in this situation, let it be said that i would die trying to prove it that i was an innocent man. never that i gave up. never. hello and welcome to dateline. imagine spending nearly your entire adult life behind bars for a crime you did not commit, the men that you re about to meet say that nightmare felt all too real. they faced countless roadblocks. giving up was not an option, but would their fight lead to freedom? here s the long road to freedom. tulsa, oklahoma. you look at a list of top places to live and you ll often find it, a city of promise, of a new kind of energy, as its motto says. but look a bit closer, just over the railroad track that is separate
i didn t do nothing. hearing the judge say guilty. two brothers convicted of murder fight back against the justice system. a pattern. how to gain a conviction. i knew they were innocent and the question is do we have enough? there are several witnesses saying the testimony is coerced. can they all be lying? if i have to die in this situation trying to prove i m an innocent man. never gave up. never. hello, and welcome to dateline. imagine spending nearly your entire adult life behind bars for a crime you did not commit. the man you are about to meet say that nightmare felt too real threat decades long journey to prove their innocence, they faced countless giving up is not an option, but, with their fight lead to freedom? here is the long road to freedom. tulsa, oklahoma. look at a list of top places to live and you will often find it. a city of promise of a new kind of energy, as its motto says. look a bit closer. just over the railroad tracks the separate t
conviction. i knew they were innocent. and the question was do we have enough? reporter: you ve got several witnesses saying their testimony was coerced. can they all be lying? if i have to die in this situation, let it be said that i would die trying to prove it that i was an innocent man. never that i gave up. never. here s craig melvin with the long road to freedom. reporter: tulsa, oklahoma. look at a list of top places to live and you ll often find it. a city of promise, of a new kind of energy as its motto says. but look a bit closer. just over the railroad tracks that separate the north from the south side and you ll find a city divided. segregated. and if you walk deeper into north tulsa, past the boarded up houses and the broken basketball hoops, you ll hear a story that s all too familiar. the truth is, man, i ve had to deal with the pain. i ve had to deal with the anger. the frustration. the sadness. the misery. you know? reporter: like th
quote, imminent and deadly risk to the community. a top trump campaign official is going to join me here live in just a minute. all this as the nation marks juneteenth with rallies and events all around the country. we want to take you to atlanta and give you a live look. the new push to make the day celebrating the end of slavery in america a federal holiday. nbc s morgan chesky is in tulsa, morgan, you are in the center of all of the action, so what are officials there saying about this new surge in cases and what is the latest on the efforts to try to stop the rally? reporter: we know this surge is significant in that there are 450 new cases of covid-19 that were reported across the state, 120 of those were here in tulsa alone. and that is the new daily high record since this pandemic began here in the state of oklahoma. and that s why you re seeing a lot of concern relating to potential virus transmission as we have an estimated 100,000 people descend on tulsa. that s o
i knew they were innocent. and the question was do we have enough? reporter: you ve got several witnesses saying their testimony was coerced. can they all be lying? if i have to die in this situation, let it be said that i would die trying to prove it that i was an innocent man. never that i gave up. never. here s craig melvin with the long road to freedom reporter: tulsa oklahoma. look at a list of top places to live and you ll often find it. a city of promise, of a new kind of energy as its motto says. but look a bit closer. just over the railroad tracks that separate the north from the south side and you ll find a city divided. segregated. and if you walk deeper into north tulsa, past the boarded up houses and the broken basketball hoops, you ll hear a story that s all too familiar. the truth is, man, i ve had to deal with the pain. i ve had to deal with the anger. the frustration. the sadness. the misery. you know? reporter: like the families of ge