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>> reporter: the police report says neither michael or candace was wearing a seatbelt. the air bag were not deployed. after the crash, candace had xanax in her system. she was not prescribed the drug. but she took one the night before. >> was i intoxicated? no. >> reporter: he was indicteded on intoxication manslaughter she pleaded guilty to criminal negligent homicide and sentenced to five years probation and type. she lived each day as a felon. you could have gone to james for 20 years. >> i t...

Ago? we asked gm ceo, mary barra. why didnt gm ever reach out to her? >> as you look at it on the report documents that there were opportunities where in this specific situation, a series of mistakes were made over a long period of time and thats why we have taken some of the extraordinary steps. >> do you think looking back do you think someone at gm should have bash when they saw this happen and there was an internal investigation, reached out to candace anderson? >> again, poppy as you look a...

Good friend to share it with. >> reporter: it started with a fatal car crash, candace was behind the wheel when her brand new salt turn iron slammed into a tree on this texas country road in 2004. >> this one right here. >> this is the tree you hit? >> mm-hmm. >> her boyfriend, michael erickson was in the passenger seat. he was candaces first love. >> i was through the windshield on the hood of the car and then his face was face down in my lap. >> reporter: the father of two young girls, michael...

I want vindication. i want them to say, i want people to know it was the car and it wasnt me. >> reporter: in this courthouse, the same one where she pleaded guilty to criminal negligent homicide, candice anderson, finally got her justice. the judge play placing the blame squarely on general motors. miss anderson pled guilty to a crime for which she was not at all, gm had evidence that would have demonstrated her innocence and identified the true culprit and cause of the accident, general motors...

Convicted. >> what a story. poppy harlow joins us right now. poppy, this is unbelievable. given all of this, is candice going to sue general motors? >> reporter: shes not. and that is one of the hardest decisions of her life, john. she cant. candice and rhonda, michaels mother, accepted money, a payment from gms victim compensation fund but have to give up their right to ever sue general motors for this crash in the future. i asked candice about that and how hard that was for you and she said it...

To the crash site now, being vindicated, knowing this wasnt your fault, what do you think? >> the guilt is definitely lifted. but what happened, the tragedy, of course, is still there. the pain is still real. >> reporter: and nothing will bring michael back. for the past ten years, michaels mother rhonda couldnt bring herself to lay a headstone for her son. now she finally has. >> it was like the story of david and goliath where we took a slingshot and threw a rock and a giant and we won. thats ...

Of course, is still there. the pain is still real. >> reporter: and nothing will bring michael back. for the past ten years, michaels mother rhonda couldnt bring herself to lay a headstone for her son. now she finally has. >> it was like the story of david and goliath where we took a slingshot and threw a rock and a giant and we won. thats how i felt. that it was all worth it and we werent scared and we stood up and we got what we wanted. >> reporter: vindication. >> right. >> reporter: their fi...

The east texas road. her boyfriend was in the passenger seat. it was her first love. >> i was through the windshield and his face was facedown in my lap. >> reporter: the father of two young girls, michael was instantly killed. candice still bears the stars of that day. her liver lacerated and nearly all ribs broken. >> reporter: do you have moments where you think, why do i survive? >> oh, yeah. i felt that way the whole 10 years. >> reporter: the police report said neither candice nor michael ...

President? >> well, yeah, i do. i trust him. i trust him as one of my advisers, as i trust all of my advisers up to a certain point, 99%. at the end of the day, it is just putting all those things together and you guys get to see his meetings with me. but the minute he leaves, they come in, theyre flooding my office all the time, everybody is giving me this and that. from my perspective, i dont know when youre talking about. >> let me get michael back. as an actor, you have amazing training as a...

Jackson before this verdict obviously and at the time germane jackson said its really not about the money. >> nobody -- still get michael back. its not about money. its not about any of that its not about my brother. and we lost somebody very dear. money means nothing. money comes and goes. we lost an incredible human being. thats whats most important. nobody won. >> after the verdict, jacksons mom evidently said that she was okay as for his kids, they will still get money from his estate. harri...