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A coffin and walking, you know. its like being read your last rites, and all of a sudden a miracle happens. youre back out in society an youre wondering, you know, will they accept you? yeah, you see? >> on his first night of freedom, erics lawyer treats him to a hotel room. >> i have a key thats a plastic card. wow. i used to sleep on a metal frame and now im on a comfortable bed. >> but the real joy for eric is reuniting with his daughter cynthia. >> cell phone towers.

Who the real killers were. >> it took me 16, 17 years to get those through freedom of information. >> they were never provided to the defense? >> no. it turns out that the police and the district attorney had all the evidence at their disposal to solve this crime from the beginning. >> so he wrote a letter to the u. s. attorney proclaiming his innocence and detailing the information hed found out about the sex, money, murder gang. it was a hail mary pass. in an amazing stroke of luck, erics lett...

Me for something that i didnt do and just expect me to accept it. im going to fight to the end. im a fighter. i die on my feet, not on my knees. >> 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 ...

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

Home free. youd be wrong. >> coming up -- eric glisson isnt giving up. >> this is my wall of hope. everyone here has been unjustly convicted and freed. >> when "dateline" continues. ents job is to look after them. and its my job to test the product. the best almonds make the best almondmilk. blue diamond almond breeze. facing expensive vitamin c creams with dull results? olay brightens it up with new olay vitamin c.ndmilk. gives you two times brighter skin. hydrates better than the $400 cream.

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? >> -- part discovery. >> hello? >> hes never actually used a cell phone. >> yeah. wheres cynthia? hello? >> you have it upside down, eric. >> hello. >> no, no, upside down. like this. >> hello? huh? can you hear me now? like the commercial? >> his first meal? lamb ...

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 wouldnt 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 t...

>> coming up -- eric glissons first night of freedom in almost 20 years. >> wow! >> when "dateline" continues. message said you wanted to talk about insurance? i said, "i want you to talk about insurance." well, most people know that bundling home and auto -saves you money. -keep saying your words. but did you know that new customers who bundle and save with progressive can save an average of $800? shh. sleeping baby. i love you, too. ♪ ♪

Sing a convicted murderer had convinced a nun and a corporate lawyer that there had been a terrible miscarriage of justice. eric glisson was in the 18th year of a 25 to life murder sentence. he claimed he was innocent. you ever been in prison before this? >> no. >> whats it like to live in prison? >> its hell. >> eric glissons nightmare began on the night of january 18th, 1995. the new york city detectives lining this hallway in the bronx were entering a crime scene as chilling as it was violent...

She didnt testify against eric, her claims all these years later wouldnt help him. to have any chance at having another day in court eric knew hed need powerful evidence. evidence of actual innocence. he started thinking, if he and the other five co-defendants had nothing to do with the two murders, then who did? after more than a decade of trying finally some of erics requests for documents in his case began trickling in. >> i came across one document which had my name, as well as my other co-d...