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Took me awhile to kind of appreciate it or to understand it. those three things that god exists and he is wise and that he loves me made me not really care a great deal whether or not i spent the rest of my life in there. so if i was going to get out, it was like if you want me out, get me out. first time i met john raley, i was on the michael unit. we didn't have to talk through the glass. we sat down at a table. at one point john excused himself to go to the restroom and he had left his sports jacket left folded up on the table. and it was -- it took every little bit of will power i had to n...

Exists and he is wise and that he loves me made me not really care a great deal whether or not i spent the rest of my life in there. so if i was going to get out, it was like if you want me out, get me out. first time i met john raley, i was on the michael unit. we didn't have to talk through the glass. we sat down at a table. at one point john excused himself to go to the restroom and he had left his sports jacket left folded up on the table. and it was -- it took every little bit of will power i had to not reach out and touch it because it looked so soft and comfortable. it looked so good. >...

Of course we're going to help him. >> we began representing michael in 2002 after his trial lawyer bill allison who had been representing him for free many years after his conviction called us and asked us to take another look at the case for him. because bill thought we might be able to bring something that he as a lawyer who was so close to the case couldn't do. and so we began our review of the case and took it on shortly after that. >> i got a call from the innocence project in early 2004, and i knew who they were and their reputation, so i was honored to receive a call from them. but i wo...

Called us and asked us to take another look at the case for him. because bill thought we might be able to bring something that he as a lawyer who was so close to the case couldn't do. and so we began our review of the case and took it on shortly after that. >> i got a call from the innocence project in early 2004, and i knew who they were and their reputation, so i was honored to receive a call from them. but i wondered why they were calling me. >> and hannah told us she had met this terrific lawyer that knew a lot about medical malpractice and medical issues and we should definitely try to in...

Garden in the back of what i call the raley estate, and eric and i went out there. john took us out there and then john left. the lights were off and it was dark. it was at night. and we were rocking in this big swing gently, and the years just melted away there in the dark. >> you made it fall apart. that's good. mommy wasted her time putting everything on there. >> look up, mommy. you're on camera. >> been on camera since we got that. >> getting to talk to my father about my mother was something that i had waited for for a long, long time. i never knew as a child that he actually loved my mo...