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Took me awhile to kind of appreciate it or to understand it. those three things that god exists and he is wise and that he loves me made me not really care a great deal whether or not i spent the rest of my life in there. so if i was going to get out, it was like if you want me out, get me out. first time i met john raley, i was on the michael unit. we didnt have to talk through the glass. we sat down at a table. at one point john excused himself to go to the restroom and he had left his sports ...

Exists and he is wise and that he loves me made me not really care a great deal whether or not i spent the rest of my life in there. so if i was going to get out, it was like if you want me out, get me out. first time i met john raley, i was on the michael unit. we didnt have to talk through the glass. we sat down at a table. at one point john excused himself to go to the restroom and he had left his sports jacket left folded up on the table. and it was -- it took every little bit of will power ...

Of course were going to help him. >> we began representing michael in 2002 after his trial lawyer bill allison who had been representing him for free many years after his conviction called us and asked us to take another look at the case for him. because bill thought we might be able to bring something that he as a lawyer who was so close to the case couldnt do. and so we began our review of the case and took it on shortly after that. >> i got a call from the innocence project in early 2004, and...

Called us and asked us to take another look at the case for him. because bill thought we might be able to bring something that he as a lawyer who was so close to the case couldnt do. and so we began our review of the case and took it on shortly after that. >> i got a call from the innocence project in early 2004, and i knew who they were and their reputation, so i was honored to receive a call from them. but i wondered why they were calling me. >> and hannah told us she had met this terrific law...

Garden in the back of what i call the raley estate, and eric and i went out there. john took us out there and then john left. the lights were off and it was dark. it was at night. and we were rocking in this big swing gently, and the years just melted away there in the dark. >> you made it fall apart. thats good. mommy wasted her time putting everything on there. >> look up, mommy. youre on camera. >> been on camera since we got that. >> getting to talk to my father about my mother was something...

Announced in court, john bradley contacted barry scheck to discuss terms of michaels release. >> i received an e-mail from john raley about a month before telling me that my father was innocent and that there would be new evidence exonerating him and he would probably get out of jail. i was almost rude in my response. i shut the door. i didnt want anything to disrupt the life that i had. i felt like life was finally normal. i had a wife. i had a baby on the way. there was no room in my life for ...

And a paralegal in our office kay canaby who was on the internet found the austin cold cases, a woman bludgeoned to death and checked the location, and it was a block from where norwood was living at the time. the womans name was debra jan baker, and she was killed a couple years after christine. exactly the same way bludgeoned to death in her bed. a few days after the hit on debra jan baker with norwoods hair at that murder scene was announced in court, john bradley contacted barry scheck to di...

>> it didnt feel like he was my father. it didnt feel like it was the dad that i knew growing up. everything was different. >> they have a swing out in the garden in the back of what i call the raley estate, and eric and i went out there. john took us out there and then john left. the lights were off and it was dark. it was at night. and we were rocking in this big swing gently, and the years just melted away there in the dark. >> you made it fall apart. thats good. mommy wasted her time putting...

Discuss terms of michaels release. >> i received an e-mail from john raley about a month before telling me that my father was innocent and that there would be new evidence exonerating him and he would probably get out of jail. i was almost rude in my response. i shut the door. i didnt want anything to disrupt the life that i had. i felt like life was finally normal. i had a wife. i had a baby on the way. there was no room in my life for this. >> when they came to get me to say pack it up, you go...

The way we held our heads, our gaits as we walked were eerily similar. and the genes are there. >> it didnt feel like he was my father. it didnt feel like it was the dad that i knew growing up. everything was different. >> they have a swing out in the garden the back of what i call the raley estate. and eric and i went out there, john took us out there, then john left. the lights were off. it was dark at night. and we were rocking in this big swing gently. and the years just melted away there in...