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Inmate. >> at first it was all, you know, business as case is case, but by the time you've talked to somebody every day the personal things start to slip in. >> friendship. >> friendship. >> in the meantime, her boss was checking out eric's claims of innocence. >> did you believe it at the beginning? >> i'm not going to say i didn't disbelieve him. i've been listening for a long time. >> and people lie. >> they certainly color the truth. this is a man who was convicted of murdering someone, so, of course, i approached it with some skepticism. >> reporter: but once cross learned the facts he ag...

The teller. >> i thank god every day for john o'malley. when i looked in that man's eyes i seen a man who has integrity. i seen a man who was honest. >> o'malley's affidavit was enough for the bronx d.a. to reopen the case and to get in front of a judge, but that would take time. two more months. but now, at least, eric had reason to hope and in his cell, he assembled a little photo gallery of others who had been exonerated. >> this is my wall of hope. everyone here has been unjustly convicted and freed. ♪ >> on august 5, 2012, eric's lawyer goes to court. >> this is the first appearance to ...

>> hello? >> no, it's upside down. >> huh? >> coming up, no prison bars. no prison guards and doors he can open himself. eric dmrglisson's >> wow. >> and a reunion with a woman who helped him win it. >> oh, my god. >> when "a bronx tale" continues. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one....

Sing's visiting room. >> i have a family who i love and who loves me. my daughter, i need to get home to her and be a father. >> eric often shared his story with sister joanna. over time, she felt compelled to do something, anything for him, so she called the only lawyer she knew. >> the first person i could think of was mr. peter cross. >> i trust her judgment. to me it was worth investing my time in. >> attorney peter cross agreed to at least see if there was some truth to eric's story, but this is just one problem. >> this is not the law you practice. >> no. i'm a corporate lawyer. i do lit...

>> not any crime? >> wasn't there. >> bad blood between you and miriam? >> yes. bad blood. >> eric says he had a brief sexual relationship with miriam that did not end well. >> you have a fling with a girl and then you just cut her off abruptly and she may feel slighted. >> slightly enough to make you a murder suspect? >> i guess so. >> whatever her motivation, the question is how reliable was she as a witness? all these years later, eric finally had someone to take another look at miriam's story, attorney peter cross. >> there's no doubt that this woman was lying. i went out to the crime scen...