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 says i know you re innocent, i know the guys who committed this crime. will justice finally arrive? hello and welcome to dateline. eric glisson was just 20 years old when he was convicted of a murder that sent hello and welcome to dateline. eric glisson was just 20 years old when he was convicted of a murder that sent shockwaves through his neighborhood. a crime he insisted he did not commit. to clear his name eric would have to find the real killers, following clues from the confines of his cel
a cab driver murder in soundview or the area around soundview. and the response? they had nothing that fit that description. but forcelli s informant insisted the murder did happen. you didn t only make one trip to the 43rd precinct? made two. again, came out saying we have nothing that fits that description. is there any conceivable reason why the police department wouldn t tell you the truth? well, i thought about that. forcelli says the answer might be simple. as far as the nypd was concerned, this homicide was solved. closed. the detective may have looked only in the open homicide drawer and never bothered to even look to see if there was anything other than an unsolved homicide that fit that description. as far as you know, that was the end of it. right. like i said, i d moved on. forcelli soon retired from the nypd, not knowing six people had already been convicted. in the meantime, eric was stuck in prison. it wasn t until 2012, 14 years later, that he hi
they read the wrong verdict. that this can t be true. the nypd was quite proud of detectives donnelly and aiello s work, so proud that five months after the arrests the department allowed the detectives to be featured in new york magazine about how they amazingly cracked the cases. how the detectives could have believed that and decided to run with this and send them to jail for the rest of their lives on the basis of this garbage still shocks me today. all these years later, attorney cross knew his opinion of the detective work in this case wasn t going to free eric glisson or anyone else. i think the only kind of evidence that s going to sway a court is if we can point to who the real killers are. that was quite a lot to hope for. but from behind bars, eric glisson was already on the trail. i got some documents and so i see this guy s name keeps coming up. coming up
so, you go in there and say what about this murder, what do you know about a murder? yeah, i wanted to know about a cab driver murder in soundview or the area around soundview. and the response? they had nothing that fit that description. but forcelli s informant insisted the murder did happen. you didn t only make one trip to the 43rd precinct? made two. again, came out saying we have nothing that fits that description. is there any conceivable reason why the police department wouldn t tell you the truth? well, i thought about that. forcelli says the answer might be simple. as far as the nypd was concerned, this homicide was solved. closed. the detective may have looked only in the open homicide drawer and never bothered to even look to see if there was anything other than an unsolved homicide that fit that description. as far as you know, that was the end of it. right. like i said, i d moved on. forcelli soon retired from the nypd, not knowing six people h
the nypd was quite proud of detectives donnelly and aiello s work, so proud that five months after the arrests the department allowed the detectives to be featured in new york magazine about how they amazingly cracked the cases. how the detectives could have believed that and decided to run with this and send them to jail for the rest of their lives on the basis of this garbage still shocks me today. all these years later, attorney cross knew his opinion of the detective work in this case wasn t going to free eric glisson or anyone else. i think the only kind of evidence that s going to sway a court is if we can point to who the real killers are. that was quite a lot to hope for. but from behind bars, eric glisson was already on the trail. i got some documents and so i see this guy s name keeps coming up. coming up a surprise visitor and an