Then divine intervention through a nun he called grandma. Eric would say, grandma, i think this all happening for a reason. Maybe a nun could help him get into heaven, but could she help him get out of prison . What she helped him do was get a lawyer, and together they hunted for the truth. This is the one case that has kept me up at night for six years. He says i know youre innocent, i know the guys who committed this crime. Will justice finally arrive . Hello and welcome to dateline. Eric glisson was just 20 years old when he was convicted of a murder that sent shockwaves through his neighborhood. A crime he insisted he did not commit. To clear his name eric would have to find the real killers, following clues from the confines of his cell. It would take years for the truth to come out. But would it be enough to set him free . Heres Josh Mankiewicz with a bronx tale. Sing sing correctional facility. The maximum security prison in new york. This is the big house. Home to some of the w
Hed been behind bars for nearly two decades. Lost his last appeal. Maybe a nun could help get him into heaven. But could she help him get out of prison . What she helped him do was get a lawyer, and together they hunted for the truth. This is the one case that kept me up at night for six years. He says, i know youre innocent. I know the guys who committed this crime. Tonight, will justice finally arrive . Oh, my god. Grandma. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres josh mankiewicz. Reporter sing sing correctional facility, the maximum security prison in upstate new york. This is the big house, home to some of the worst of the worst killers, rapists and drug dealers. It is not where youd expect to find this gentle woman. In sing sing, they call me grandma. Reporter grandma is sister joanna chan, a maryknoll nun. I began working in sing sing more than 12 years ago. Reporter grandma volunteers at the prison, working with inmates in a theater program. She even teaches them chinese. [ s
And he said yes, because they know im innocent. And thats how the whole story began. A story that began with the unlikely friendship between a nun and a convicted killer would grow into a quest that would shake the faith of even those sworn to uphold the law. I thought that he was innocent. God has to see him through. So who is this convicted murderer . He is inmate 97a7088. 38yearold eric glisson. We first met him in the spring of 2012 when a dateline producer working on a different story in sing sing met eric. He had been locked up for 18 years. Want to see what it is like to live in here . I can touch the walls with my hands. Eric told us he didnt belong here. I was unjustly convicted for a crime i didnt commit. From february 3rd, 1995 to the present day, i been lingering every day, wondering whether this mistake will be corrected. Weve heard that before many times. But what if he was telling the truth . So over time we began visiting eric. Youre looking good. And listening to his s
Eric will say, grandma, i think this is all happening for a reason. Hed been behind bars for nearly two decades. Lost his last appeal. Maybe a nun could help get him into heaven. But could she help him get out of prison . What she helped him do was get a lawyer, and together they hunted for the truth. This is the one case that kept me up at night for six years. He says, i know youre innocent. I know the guys who committed this crime. Tonight, will justice finally arrive . Oh, my god. Grandma. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres josh mankiewicz. Reporter sing sing correctional facility, the maximum security prison in upstate new york. This is the big house, home to some of the worst of the worst killers, rapists and drug dealers. It is not where youd expect to find this gentle woman. In sing sing, they call me grandma. Reporter grandma is sister joanna chan, a maryknoll nun. I began working in sing sing more than 12 years ago. Reporter grandma volunteers at the prison, working w
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