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Charges against him in the denise raymond case, citing lack of evidence. so what evidence was there against him in the cab driver case? it was really pretty simple. there was a witness against him. her name? miriam tavares. tavares told the cops she looked out her window and saw it all, eric and the others, smack in the middle of the cab driver robbery that ended in murder. >> is it possible miriam saw you commit a crime? >> no. >> not any crime? >> i 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 e...

>> welcome back to "dateline. " i'm craig melvin. eric glisson insisted he was innocent of the murder that put him in prison. after years behind bars he finally found crucial new evidence. that and a powerful ally in the justice system gave eric something he had not had in a long time. hope. back to josh mankiewicz with "a bronx tale. " >> for the first time in his 18-year struggle to prove that he didn't pull a trigger eric glisson finally had his hands on a smoking gun. an affidavit from a federal investigator saying eric was innocent. >> he asked me, do i have an attorney? i told him, yeah....

Telling the truth? so, over time -- >> how are you doing, man? >> how did you get up here? >> we began visiting eric. >> what's up? >> you're looking good. >> and listening to his story. >> when i got arrested i was always under the impression that people who are guilty actually go to jail. i didn't believe that i would be convicted of a crime that i didn't do. >> when police put the cuffs on him in 1995 eric was 20 years old. a brand new father of a 1-week-old baby girl. when we spoke, their only time together had been spent in sing sing's visiting room. >> i have a family who i love and who ...

Me for something that i didn't do and just expect me to accept it. i'm going to fight to the end. i'm a fighter. i die on my feet, not on my knees. >> as the years passed, eric took college courses offered by the prison. he learned about the law and fought his case. >> how did he get that evidence in his possession? >> the courts denied all his appeals. >> i don't have any appeals left. nothing. >> it was a lonely fight and then in 2006, he met sister joanna chan in one of the prison's programs, the woman he calls "grandma." >> there's particular dark time. he would say, grandma, it's really h...

>> thanks. >> where did you get fresh take? >> i knew that i had a fresh take on life. i'm free now. i'm no longer the victim. i'm the victor. i won. >> you seem to have come through this remarkably free of bitterness and anger, or you're hiding it very well. >> well, i don't have any animosity against anybody at this point. except the people who grow strawberries and raised the prices. because the strawberry's the primary thing. >> because that's a crime. >> yeah, it is a crime. i mean -- >> eric had a business partner. someone he met when he he was still locked up. >> he's become my brother....