inmate. at first it was all, you know, business as case is case, but by the time you ve talked to somebody every day the personal things start to slip in. friendship. friendship. in the meantime, her boss was checking out eric s claims of innocence. did you believe it at the beginning? i m not going to say i didn t disbelieve him. i ve been listening for a long time. and people lie. they certainly color the truth. this is a man who was convicted of murdering someone, so, of course, i approached it with some skepticism. reporter: but once cross learned the facts he agreed to takeric s case at no charge, representing a man who didn t seem hardened by prison, but almost frightened. it s terrifying because you could be justic walking in the yard and you could be shanked, that s a knife in prison. a life he s lived for nearly two decades. the story was telling us, if true, was as explosive as it was
the teller. i thank god every day for john o malley. when i looked in that man s eyes i seen a man who has integrity. i seen a man who was honest. o malley s affidavit was enough for the bronx d.a. to reopen the case and to get in front of a judge, but that would take time. two more months. but now, at least, eric had reason to hope and in his cell, he assembled a little photo gallery of others who had been exonerated. this is my wall of hope. everyone here has been unjustly convicted and freed. on august 5, 2012, eric s lawyer goes to court. this is the first appearance to try to get the judgment vacated. cross is joined by his assistant, charmaine chester. by now they ve worked on eric s case for six years. i want to see him out. i told him the last time i went up to sing sing, i said i m not visiting you here again.
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sing s visiting room. i have a family who i love and who loves me. my daughter, i need to get home to her and be a father. eric often shared his story with sister joanna. over time, she felt compelled to do something, anything for him, so she called the only lawyer she knew. the first person i could think of was mr. peter cross. i trust her judgment. to me it was worth investing my time in. attorney peter cross agreed to at least see if there was some truth to eric s story, but this is just one problem. this is not the law you practice. no. i m a corporate lawyer. i do litigation and i don t do criminal work. charmaine chester is peter s assista assistant. this is new territory for her. out of the blue one day i get this call, you have a collect call from an inmate at sing sing correctional facility. okay. soon she found herself spending hours on the phone with the
translation, this isn t going to end today. eric stays in prison. but two weeks later, peter cross heads to sing sing. earlier that morning he d gotten a call from the d.a. s office and he has good news for eric. i received the call from the d.a. and the bronx telling me that they were ready to make a deal. i m going up now to see eric to talk to him about the conditions for his release. eric s used to visits from his lawyer and very used to keeping his own hopes. you re looking good. on ice. i was working out, running, jogging. i wouldn t be coming up here. cross wants to make sure this sinks in and so he slowly reveals the details. i was very surprised today. well, i got a call from ed tulte today saying that we have a proposal for you. the d.a. is now prepared to give