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>> huh? >> coming up, no prison bars. no prison guards and doors he can open himself. eric glissons first night of freedom in almost 20 years. >> and a reunion with the woman who helped him win it. >> oh, my god! grandma!

Lets keep the faith and lets go and pray, and i said we have many, many sisters praying with you. >> sister joanna offered more than just her prayers. thats when she brought in peter cross who was now fighting for eric on the outside. >> so you have detective donnelly as the officer assigned. >> with eric as his guide, cross got up to speed, and he found some troubling information about how detectives donnelly and aiello connected the two murders. it was through this witness, her name is kathy g...

Eric glissons first night of freedom in almost 20 years. first meal, lambchops

These are the people were calling the bronx six, five men and a woman, all convicted and sent away for 25 years to life for committing murder, all insisted they were innocent. we met one of them, eric glisson in sing sing where from behind bars hed been trying to get answers ever since he was locked up. >> ive been fighting these people for years asking for documents which they denied me at every turn. >> how many people said to you, look, this could go easier if you stop fighting this, if you j...

Court in a sworn affidavit stating that eric glisson and the others were innocent of the cab driver shooting. armed with that kind of statement youd think eric would be literally 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. will his own picture ever be on it? >> tears welled up in my eyes. >> when "a bronx tale" continues.

>> erics friends and family and the news media are waiting for him outside and now for the first time in nearly two decades, eric glisson is about to take his first steps as a free man. [ cheers and applause ] >> eric, whats your emotion right now. >> this is a major pivotal point in my life, and i worked hard. i persevered, and with effort and determination, im standing here before you. >> now its his co-defendant kathy watkins turn! >> oh, my goodness. >> >> also wrongfully convicted. >> 17 ye...

Sing, a convicted murderer has convinced a nun and a corporate lawyer that theres been a terrible miscarriage of justice. eric glisson is in his 18th year of a 25 to life murder sentence. he claims hes innocent. >> have you ever been in prison before this? >> no. >> whats it like to live in prison? >> its hell. >> a brutal killing of a fedex recruiter is under investigation. >> eric dmrisons nightmare began on the night of january 18, 1995. the new york city detectives lining this hallway in the...

Many, many sisters praying with you. >> sister joanna offered more than just her prayers. thats when she brought in peter cross who was now fighting for eric on the outside. >> so you have detective donnelly as the officer assigned. >> with eric as his guide, cross got up to speed, and he found some troubling information about how detectives donnelly and aiello connected the two murders. it was through this witness, her name is kathy gomez. >> kathy, were on the record. >> cross tracked her down...

I said how are you involved in this? i dont know. we both didnt know, we were confused. >> her office believes there may have been an injustice, but only agrees to release glisson and watkins if they wear monitoring bracelets as the d.a.s office continues to investigate. >> we have made a decision to take this unprecedented, as you know, judge, an exceptional step that we are going to consent the conditional vacating of the conviction of these two defendants and the condition being that the defe...

Erics been transferred sing sing and is waiting in a holding cell in a bronx county courthouse. >> apparently -- >> its also been a long, painful road for lawyer peter cross. >> this is the one case that kept me up at night for six years because i knew we had to find like the one-armed man to get him out of jail. >> eric walked into the courtroom. >> numbers four and five on the calendar, eric glisson and kathy. >> standing next to him is kathy watkins. the only woman of the bronx six. >> like e...