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Drug overdose in 2002. other than her testimony, there was no physical evidence, no forensics, no prints, nothing that tied eric or the others to the cab drivers murder. even so, detectives donnelly and aiello went with what they had 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 gl...

After years behind bars he finally found crucial new evidence. that and a powerful ally in the justice system gave eric something he had not had in a long time. hope. back to josh mankiewicz with "a bronx tale. " >> for the first time in his 18-year struggle to prove that 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 ...

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-defendants, but one name stood out, it was an individual i found out was part of a gang ...

Gotten a call from the d. a.s office and he has good news for eric. >> i received a call from the d. a. in the bronx telling me that theyre ready to make a deal. im going up now to see eric, to talk to him about the conditions for his release. >> erics used to visits from his lawyer. >> good to see you. >> and very used to keeping his own hopes -- >> looking good. >> thank you. >> -- on ice. >> get you out of the yard? >> yeah. i was working out, running, jogging. >> you know i wouldnt be coming...

That each time i go to the barbershop i look at that bench and i wonder if ill ever be able to sit on it and look back up here instead of looking down there. thats been one of my main goals while i was in here, to sit on that bench as a free man. >> will eric glisson ever get to sit on that bench? hes about to get his day in court and an answer. coming up -- >> we have made a decision to take this unprecedented and exceptional step. >> when "dateline" continues. ll find a better life. it all sta...

Office but both declined comment citing the multiple civil suits they faced as the bronx six sought millions in damages against the city. and those two detectives, donnelly and aiello who were portrayed as super sleuths back in 1995, are now both retired and they didnt have anything to say to us. but in court filings attorneys for the city of new york denied that either detective threatened witnesses or falsified statements. and yet oboth new york city and state would ultimately agree to pay eac...

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 chops. >> wow. >> its like jumping up out of a coffin and walking, you know. like being read y...

Unlikely friendship between a nun and a convicted killer would grow into a quest that would shake the faith of even those sworn to uphold the law. >> i thought if he was innocent god has to see him through. >> so who is this convicted murderer? he is inmate 97a7088. eric glisson. we first met him in the spring of 2012 when a "dateline" producer working on a different story in sing sing met eric in his cell. >> youre going to film me? >> yeah. >> he had been locked up for 18 years. >> you want to...

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...

Then those two gang members, jose and gilbert actually confessed the cab driver shooting to omalley. >> he said, "when i read this letter, everything just came back to me from that day. i put it altogether. when these guys confessed to me." >> omalley didnt want to appear on camera but told us he also checked with the nypd after getting those confessions back in 2002 and, like detective forcelli before him, omalley was told there was no record of the crime. after getting erics letter in 2012, om...