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Suit against the state of illinois for wrongful imprisonment. while he was in the courthouse, he and mike metnick paid a visit to the courtroom of judge mccusky. >> he saw us in the gallery. >> i look at him, i mouthed these words, is that randy steidl? and he nods his head yes. i recessed the court. as i'm say thing right now, i'm getting goose bumps. >> the judge signaled us to come back in chambers. >> there was a split second where you just hug. i didn't cry. i came close. >> i'm starting to get emotional. >> i knew how difficult it was to get to that point, to have a judge overturn 15 yea...

♪ >> by 2001, the illinois courts had repeatedly declined to give randy a new trial. randy's last chance at freedom would now come at the federal level. >> it is the court of last resort. after 15 years of state court findings, most federal judges assume that those state court findings are correct. >> judge mike mccusky would oversee the case. he had never granted a petition for a new trial. >> you would think year after year, is somebody going to come with a case that you can look at and say, this case was decided wrongly? you always wonder if 100% of all your cases are going one way, are y...