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>> today eddie and amanda are trying to make up for lost time. >> there you go. good. >> but theres no way to get back 30 lost years or even to put a value on something so priceless. still, a civil suit filed after lowerys exoneration attempts to right the wrong. after dna testing links daniel brewer to the rape of the 74-year-old victim, a bombshell that reveals the extent of the police departments grave error. riley county, kansas, settles with lowery for $7.5 million. >> this money has helped...

>> it was outrageous that they didnt "a," see that from the point of view of good policing, and even more outrageous they never disclosed that. thats classic exculpatory evidence that should have been disclosed, and they covered it all up. >> in fact, the innocence project learns that detectives harry malugani and doug johnson were interrogating eddie lowery the very same day daniel brewer was booked into county jail in connection with another rape, a rape with a similar m.o. in the same neighbo...

Night, july 27th, 1981. all of the crimes happened within a half-mile radius in ogden, kansas. >> it was outrageous that they didnt, a, see that from the point of view of good policing and even more outrageous they never disclosed that. thats classic exculpatory evidence that should have been disclosed, and they covered it all up. >> in fact, the innocence project learns that detectives harry malugani and doug johnson were interrogating eddie lowery the very same day daniel brewer was booked int...

>> lowery hopes the journals will be another step along their road to recovery. >> so i hope that these will help you and your healing, with our relationship to let you know, you know, that i never forgot you. >> today eddie and amanda are trying to make up for lost time. >> there you go. good. >> but theres no way to get back 30 lost years or even to put a value on something so priceless. still, a civil suit filed after lowerys exoneration attempts to right the wrong. after dna testing links da...

>> i dont know why i lasted this long. >> brewers pathetic condition is in stark contrast with the brutal crimes hes suspected of. innocence project lawyers soon learn that brewer was actually a suspect in four rapes during the spring and summer of 1981. two rapes occurred before the case of the 74-year-old victim. and one rape, the very next night, july 27th, 1981. all of the crimes happened within a half-mile radius in ogden, kansas. >> it was outrageous that they didnt, a, see that from the p...

In may 2009 the fbis dna database of convicted offenders turns up a cold hit. the rape evidence matches daniel brewer, a 53-year-old man living in the bronx. >> you know when i came back here to new york i thought all this was over with, but i was wrong. >> as a young man, daniel brewer served in the army and was stationed in ft. riley in kansas at the same time eddie lowery was there. but he drank hard, was kicked out of the army and spent time in prison for a cocaine conviction conviction. tod...

Connection with another rape a rape with a similar m.o. in the same neighborhood. >> and here they have lowery where theres no evidence where hes guessing at details that theyre feeding him, and they know all this information. i mean its inexcusable. >> both the individual officers involved in the case and the department itself declined repeated requests for interviews or a statement of any sort. on january 28th, 2010, nypd detectives along with agents of the kansas bureau of investigation knock...

>> there you go. good. >> but theres no way to get back 30 lost years or even to put a value on something so priceless. still, a civil suit filed after lowerys exoneration attempts to right the wrong. after dna testing links daniel brewer to the rape of the 74-year-old victim, a bombshell that reveals the extent of the police departments grave error. riley county, kansas, settles with lowery for $7.5 million. >> this money has helped me out a lot. and ive been able to help my kids out, you know,...

Was there. but he drank hard, was kicked out of the army and spent time in prison for a cocaine conviction. today, brewer suffers from advanced diabetes. he has lost both of his legs, his eyesight and needs dialysis three times a week to survive. >> i dont know why i last this long. >> brewers pathetic condition is in stark contrast with the brutal crimes hes suspected of. innocence project lawyers soon learn that brewer was actually a suspect in four rapes during the spring and summer of 1981. ...

Who brutalized her. she couldnt know that the real rapist was still on the loose. >> thats always been a hope of mine, too. besides being exonerated was, you know, to completely convince everybody that i didnt do this, whether they believe in dna or not was to find the real perpetrator and convict him. >> for that, eddie lowery will have to wait six years. in may 2009, the fbis dna database of convicted offenders turns up a cold hit. the rape evidence matches daniel brewer, a 53-year-old man liv...