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I think it is awful. i think the judge got it wrong. >> i wanted to ask the judge about his decision but he passed away many years ago. i leave chip's office with a copy of everything he has on the case. and i soon discover more. >> all these names i never heard of before. eyewitnesses who have never testified including letters that rosario wrote to his first attorney in 1996 from jail, when he was awaiting trial. >> i came back to new york from florida because i was told they were for me. being that i know i didn't commit the crime, i came back to justify my innocence. and look how long it is...

With him on the phone. and he said he didn't remember much about the case and he did not want to do an interview with me about it. but while lead detective gary whittaker arrested rosario, he is not the one who took statement. that was a different detective named irwin silverman. >> i'm on my way to yonkers, new york on, this gloomy, arraigny day to speak with irwin silverman who is retired now. apparently his nickname is silky and he agreed to see me. he asked as. we meet in his synagogue. he arrives wearing a wild t-shirt as we set up in the room. >> you have a big owl staring at me. >> we'r...

Himself in, i was in a different state, here's the people to talk to. >> i don't know if he could have done anything else. apparently, whoever his attorney was did a lousy job. >> what about rosario's trial attorney? he didn't want to discuss the case with me even though rosario asked him to. so i reached out to someone else who could help fill me the on this case. his office is a few blocks from nbc headquarters. >> i've been a lawyer for 30 years. >> chip first met rosario about five years after his conviction. a former classmate from yale law school asked if he would represent rosario on ap...

The case, he resigned from the job he loved. >> good luck. do something good with your life. >> i learned a lot from bobby. not just police work. he is one of those honest salt of the earth guys and he agreed to help me. bobby had not heard of the case. after we reviewed it, we met the south bronx in a parking lot. you look a little older since the last time. strangely enough, it is almost 19 years to the day of the murder and even the same time of day. 1:30 in the afternoon. >> how did this go down? it starts right around here. this is where the initial contact happened. >> bobby explained th...

Remember. and i was not really involved in that much of the case. >> he was a cop with the nypd for 41 years. most of that time as a detective in the bronx. he tells me he played a minor role in the investigation but an important one. this is the statement that richard rosario gave the night he turned himself in. you took that statement from him. >> yes. >> what do you make of that statement when you proceed statement? what do you make of it? >> it is a denial statement. he claims he was not involved. he claimed he was not around at the time. what do you do with that when it is done? >> it i...