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scene. >> six people were convicted, including eric glisson. >> you actually think they read the wrong verdict. >> 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 s...

>> immediately, john omalley just stood up and he asked me. did you write this letter? i said, yes. he shook my hand and he said, "im sorry. " i said, sorry for what? he says, "you know, i know youre innocent." when he said that, i said, what are you talking about, sir? he said, listen. i know the guys who committed this crime. >> how did omalley know? it turns out omalley worked with detective forcelli on that gang case ten years earlier and back then those two gang members, jose and gilbert ac...

Are you talking about, sir? he said, listen. i know the guys who committed this crime. >> how did omalley know? it turns out omalley worked with detective forcelli on that gang case ten years earlier and back then those two gang members, jose and gilbert actually confessed the cab driver shooting to omalley. >> he said, "when i read this letter, everything just came back to me from that day. i put it altogether. when these guys confessed to me." >> omalley didnt want to appear on camera but told...

Then those two gang members, jose and gilbert actually confessed the cab driver shooting to omalley. >> he said, "when i read this letter, everything just came back to me from that day. i put it altogether. when these guys confessed to me." >> omalley didnt want to appear on camera but told us he also checked with the nypd after getting those confessions back in 2002 and, like detective forcelli before him, omalley was told there was no record of the crime. after getting erics letter in 2012, om...

The defense? >> no. it turns out that the police and the district attorney had all the evidence at their disposal to solve this crime from the beginning. >> so he wrote a letter to the u. s. attorney proclaiming his innocence and detailing the information hed found out about the sex, money, murder gang. it was a hail mary pass. in an amazing stroke of luck, erics letter landed on this mans desk. his name, john omalley, an investigator for the u. s. attorney in new york. days after reading erics ...

Stood up and asked me did you write this letter and he said yes. he shook my hand and he said im sorry. >> i said sorry for what? >> he says, you know, i know youre innocent. when he said that i said, what are you talking about, sir? he said, listen. i know the guys who comitted this crime. >> how did omalley know? it turns out omalley worked with detective forcelli on that gang case ten years earlier and back then, those two gang members, jose and gilbert actually confessed the cab driver shoot...

Stood up and asked me did you write this letter and he said yes. he shook my hand and he said im sorry. >> i said sorry for what? >> he says, you know, i know youre innocent. when he said that i said, what are you talking about, sir? he said, listen. i know the guys who comitted this crime. >> how did omalley know? it turns out omalley worked with detective forcelli on that gang case ten years earlier and back then, those two gang members, jose and gilbert actually confessed the cab driver shoot...