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Which had my name, as well as my other co-defendants, but one name stood out, it was an individual i found out was part of a gang called sex, money, murder. >> eric was on to an important lead. sex, money, murder. even veteran cops knew those three words meant danger. a notorious gang from the soundview section of the bronx. >> 1997, october, sex, money, murder became my assignment. >> pete forcelli was an nypd detective assigned to take down the gang. >> this was all sex, money, murder territor...

Like from that bench to the window because all i know is what it looks like from that window to the bench. >> finally, on october 22nd, 2012, four months after a federal investigator vouched for erics innocence, his day in court has come. erics been transferred from sing sing and is waiting in a holding cell in the bronx county courthouse. >> apparently the court officers were advised -- >> its also been a long, painful road for lawyer peter cross. >> this is the one case kept me up at night for...

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Get started with fast speeds and advanced security for $49.99 a month for 12 months. plus ask how to get up to a $750 prepaid card >> listen, man. with a qualifying bundle. >> its october 22nd, 2012. after living in a prison cell for 18 years, eric glisson is finally a free man. >> were going past chelsea piers. >> and we are by his side as he experiences all of it. >> oh! i seen this in the magazine. >> erics first few hours of freedom -- >> hello? >> -- are part exhilaration -- >> hello? >> --...

He didnt pull a trigger eric glisson finally had his hands on a smoking gun. an affidavit from a federal investigator saying eric was innocent. >> he asked me, do i have an attorney? i told him, yeah. i said, i promise you ill call this lawyer today. >> so i was standing on line in a bank. >> peter cross remembers that phone call. >> mr. omalley tells me, peter, im with the u. s. attorneys office. we know your client is innocent. that was such an emotional moment for me. i was like, tears welled...

Now and didnt know her then. >> when trial started, the officers was bringing us up to the court and one of the officers says this is watkins. i said, cathy watkins? she said yeah, who are you? i said, im eric glisson. how are you involved this? she says, i dont know. how are you involved? whats going on? we both didnt know. we was confused. >> now, 18 years later, assistant district attorney nicole keary says her office believes there may have been an injustice. but only agrees to release gliss...

Seen sister joanna chan since he was released. a woman who put eric on a quest for freedom all those years ago. >> oh, my god! oh my god! oh my god! grandma. oh my god. >> congratulations. >> thank you. oh my god. they told me you were in china. >> i was. >> and there was one last thing we wanted to do with eric. remember that bench eric could see from inside sing sing? we took him back there. and we watched him finally make good on that promise to himself. to get that other view of the prison. ...

>> as the years passed, eric took college courses offered by the prison. he learned about the law and fought his case. >> how did he get that evidence in his possession? >> the courts denied all his appeals. >> i dont have any appeals left. nothing. >> it was a lonely fight and then in 2006, he met sister joanna chan in one of the prisons programs, the woman he calls "grandma." >> theres particular dark time. he would say, grandma, its really hard. >> i told her grandma, i just lost my last appe...

Conviction. >> today? >> its not going to be today. but it will be by the 13th i think. >> are you serious? >> do you believe that? >> well, it hasnt set in yet. >> i know. >> the initial shock. >> i know. >> all the fighting we have done over these years. >> yeah. >> um -- i dont know what to say right now. >> but unfortunately for eric, a month later hes still behind bars. >> these people just dont want to let me go. they want to continue to hold me and torture me. you know, the mental trauma ...

And closed both murder cases. within three weeks, they arrested their suspects and the bronx district attorney tried them. in all, six people were convicted. well call them the bronx six. five men and a woman. all sent away facing 25 to life. one of them was eric glisson. whats it like to hear that verdict read? >> its like a shot in the chest. its like your heart just melts. just dissolves. you actually think that, you know, they read the wrong verdict. that this cant be true. >> the nypd was q...