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Registered sex offender. there may be no better illustration of lowerys loss than his relationship with his daughter. >> my name is amanda marie galvan. i am eddie james lowerys daughter. >> amanda was 3 years old when he went away. now shes 33. in the past few years, eddie and amanda have tried to establish a father/daughter relationship that never was. >> its very hard. it feels like a completely different world. >> today amanda has flown in from her home in california to visit lowery for a we...

Outside you hear that is being closed on you and you know youre staying now. >> i sat there for a few minutes and malugani walks up to the table where i was sitting and he goes, i got you now. i know you did this. he started pointing his fingers in my face. youd better confess to this crime because ive got ten more years on this force. im going to prove you did this. he slammed his hands down on the desk and goes, i know you did this, mr. lowery. come clean with me. >> detectives doug johnson an...

>> raised in covina, california, in a family with eight children, lowery had a conventional childhood. he played football in high school and graduated before entering the army. he had never been inside an interrogation room. >> in a case like eddies where all of a sudden they tell you you cant have a lawyer, hey, gee, i thought that was part of the constitution. no, you cant have a lawyer. police officers in these situations can be extremely intimidating to the ordinary citizen. >> i was just tr...

He gets a job at a ford motor plant on the assembly line. he marries teri and starts a new family. buys a house in the suburbs. but still, hes a man with a past. >> my prison number is 37839. i know it like my social security number. you know, was known so long for that name. my first name was lowery. my last name was 37839. >> though lowery is out of prison, hes not free. in 1996, congress passes megans law. it requires that the names and addresses of sex offenders be made available to the publ...

The only clear evidence linking him to the rape, prosecutor pat caffey knows its the best type of evidence to put before a jury. >> most of them are going to be thinking just like i think. i cant imagine a circumstance where i would admit to a rape. coming up, if lowery is innocent as he claims, why would he confess to a rape? latte or au lait?

Wrongfully convicted of rape, he lost ten years of his life to prison, followed by ten years of shame and humiliation as a registered sex offender. there may be no better illustration of lowerys loss than his relationship with his daughter. >> my name is amanda marie galvan. i am eddie james lowerys daughter. >> amanda was 3 years old when he went away. now shes 33. in the past few years, eddie and amanda have tried to establish a father/daughter relationship that never was. >> its very hard. it...

Signs, and yield signs and things like that. >> after serving six years, lowery goes before the parole board, but parole is denied. the board insists parolees admit guilt and take responsibility for the crime. and thats one thing lowery wont do. >> i figured i was going to be in there for life. you know, i just -- i just knew that i was going to be in there for life. i was walking one night. i was angry at god. if theres a god, why am i here? why did this happen to me? i just kind of prayed to m...

Im going to prove that you did this. slams his hands down on his desk and says, i know you did this, mr. lowery. come clean with me. >> detectives doug johnson and harry malugani have colorful nicknames. johnson was mad dog and malugani was known as dirty harry. >> well, i assume its from that movie with clint eastwood. >> youve got to ask yourself one question. do i feel lucky? well do you, punk? >> he would start telling me that theres something wrong with me. im mentally -- something wrong wi...

All of a sudden they tell you you cant have a lawyer, hey, gee, i thought that was part of the constitution. no, you cant have a lawyer. police officers in these situations can be extremely intimidating to the ordinary citizen. >> i was just trying so hard to prove -- convince them i didnt commit this crime that i went along with them and took the polygraph test. i figured i could pass it. >> though the polygraph results have been lost, this much is known. the examiner tells lowery that he flunk...

Or anybody else. i was just thinking the worst, that they were probably getting the letters and just throwing them in the trash. >> another inmate suggests he write a journal to his daughter. he fills volumes. with time, the old eddie lowery dies and is reborn as prisoner number 37839. he gets big, gets tattooed, and learns to fit in. >> i got me a job in there working as a silk screen printer, printing neighborhood watch signs, you know, stop signs, and yield signs and things like that. >> afte...