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>> no prison guards, and doors he can open himself. eric glisson's first night of freedom in almost 20 years. >> wow! >> and, a reunion with the woman that helped him win it. >> oh, my god! grandma! >> when "a bronx tale" continues.
Sorry. i said, sorry for what? he said, i know you are innocent. >> i said what are you talking about? he said i know the guys that committed this crime. >> how did o'malley know? he worked with the detective on the gang case ten years earlier, and back then the two gang members, jose and gilbert actually confessed the cabdriver shooting to o'malley. he said when i read the letter everything came back to me from that day, i put it altogether when these guys confessed to me. o'malley did not want to appear on camera but told us he also checked with the nypd after getting those confessioned back...
>> the nypd was quite proud of their detectives' work, and five months after the arrests the department allowed the detectives to be featured in a magazine about how they cracked the cases. >> how they believed that and decided to run with this and send them to jail for the rest of their lives on the basis of this garbage still shocks me today. >> all these years later, attorney cross knew his opinion in the case was not going to free eric. >> the only evidence that will sway a court is if we can point to who the real killers are. >> that was quite a lot to hope for. but from behind bars, eric...
We was confused. >> now, 18 years later, an assistant district attorney says there may have been an injustice, and only will release them if they wear monitoring ankle bracelets. >> we can take this step that we are going to consent to the conditional vacating of the convick summon for these two defendants and the condition being they wear the electronic monitoring bracelets. >> all that is left now is for the judge to make it official. >> the record will reflect the conditional vacater as to the conviction of glisson and watkins is granted and each defendant is released on their own recogniza...
On a metal frame, and now i am on a comfortable bed. >> but the real joy for eric is reuniting with his daughter, cynthia. >> ready, set, go. >> she was just a week old when he was arrested. now she is nearly 18. >> don't get too excited. >> you cheated. >> the champ. >> you cheated. >> don't tell. >> that degree he started working on behind bars, eric began taking classes again two days after his release. and finally got that long-awaited diploma from mercy college. today a fully exonerated eric glisson is a intrapreneur.