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Finally a free man at 44. >> i even wrote the president. 1995. who was it, clinton? bush. i don't know who it was. i said mr. president, i'm innocent. but nobody listened. >> devon ayers. he was 19 when he was convicted. >> i spent all of my 20s and most of my 30s there. so i'm just trying to get on with life as i know it as today. >> and michael cosme. remember him? he was the only one videotaped by police. >> i only have one thing to say, though. i'm innocent. i didn't do it. i wasn't there. >> this is michael 18 years later. finally, someone believed him. and while we now know those two gan...

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. >> what's it like to live in prison? >> it's hell. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> eric glisson's 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 was violent. the victim's name was denise raymond. she was an executive with fed-ex. cops

[applause] >> eric, what is your emotion right now? >> this is a major pivotal point in my life. and i worked hard. i persevered. and with effort and determination i'm standing here before you. >> now, it's his co-defendant cathy watkins'turn. also wrongfully convicted. >> 17 years. >> almost 18 years. >> 29 years old when she went away. she is free at 46. >> i didn't do it. i didn't do it. 100% innocent. this is our judicial system did to me. innocent all the way. >> by january 2013 the convictions for the rest of the bronx six were overturned. for both the cab driver murder and fed-ex execut...

About how detectives donnelly and aiello connected the two murders. it was through this witness. her name is kathy gomez. >> kathy, we're on the record. >> cross tracked her down and videotaped his interview with her. >> you know i'm here today because eric glisson -- >> gomez, who was 16 at the time of the murder, says she first came in contact with the detectives for only one reason. she was friends with miriam tavares, who spoke only spanish. >> so you served kind of as a translator? >> yes. >> but by the time she had walked out of the police station, kathy gomez had become the key witness ...

>> but remember the friends and family who said pam told them she was afraid kirk might kill her? that was hearsay, ruled the judge. >> they were not allowed to present that to the jury. >> you know, in a case where they're alleging that an angry ex-husband killed his wife, motive is everything, frankly. >> yes. >> the jury did hear all about that letter pam fed-ex'd to kirk days before her murder, demanding $4,000. pam's ongoing financial disputes, said the prosecutor, were going to prevent kirk from realizing his cherished dream of retiring early. and he wasn't going to take it. so he killed...