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>> reporter: this is 58-year-old david ranta today. >> thank you, your honor. >> reporter: this was david ranta in 1990, when he was arrested for a murder he didn't commit, and sentenced to 37 1/2 years behind bars. it all happened in front of this building in brooklyn, after a thief tried and failed to rob a diamond courier who sped away. the robber then turned his gun on a beloved rabbi that was shot through his car window and died four days later. the community was in anguish. and the nypd was under pressure. a massive effort followed to find the rabbi's killer. the investigation dragged on...

Arrested for a murder he didn't commit, and sentenced to 37 and a half years behind bars. it all happened in front of this building in brooklyn, after a thief tried and failed to rob a diamond courier who sped away. the robber then turned his gun on a beloved rabbi who was shot through his car window and died four days later. the community was in anguish. and the nypd was under pressure. a massive effort followed to find the rabbi's killer. the investigation dragged on for six months. the lead detective at the time was louis scarcilla, a man known to use unorthodox tactics to get his man. then...

It all happened in front of this building in brooklyn, after a thief tried and failed to rob a diamond courier who sped away. the robber then turned his gun on a beloved rabbi who was shot through his car window and died four days later. the community was in anguish. and the nypd was under pressure. a massive effort followed to find the rabbi's killer. the investigation dragged on for six months. the lead detective at the time was louis scarcilla, a man known to use unorthodox tactics to get his man. then a major break in the case. a key witness came forward, a 13-year-old neighbor of the rabb...

David ranta today. >> thank you, your honor. >> reporter: this was david ranta in 1990, when he was arrested for a murder he didn't commit, and sentenced to 37 and a half years behind bars. it all happened in front of this building in brooklyn, after a thief tried and failed to rob a diamond courier who sped away. the robber then turned his gun on a beloved rabbi who was shot through his car window and died four days later. the community was in anguish. and the nypd was under pressure. a massive effort followed to find the rabbi's killer. the investigation dragged on for six months. the lead d...