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When you look at the confession, it seems very compelling, especially when his mother comes in and he essentially agrees, yes, i did it. >> in july 2004, tyler is convicted of murder. under mississippi state law, he received a mandatory life sentence. >> prison is not a fun place. there are rules of that world that are not rules of this world. there are things that you see that no person should have to see. >> tyler serves his time in an adult prison. then, in 2007, the mississippi supreme court revisits the case. >> there were a few details in the confession that were just not true. >> i saw ...

What's wrong, baby? tyler? >> i told them the truth. >> okay, what is the truth? >> that me and kristi did it. >> tyler? tyler wayne? son, look at me. did you for real do that, or are you just telling them that? >> we both did it. >> and at that point i just became sick. i was just sick. i said, tyler, do you know what this means? and he said, yes, ma'am. and i was, like, do you know that they can do anything they want to with you now? oh, god, come here.

Accomplish the task by holding a .22-caliber bolt-action rifle at the same time. >> i had the right hand right here at my stomach and we did it. >> narrator: tyler would later contend the story is false and kristi is the real killer. he's concocted the confession, he says, because he believes the authorities will show her leniency if he's willing to share the blame. >> we'll get your mom. >> narrator: as the interrogation ends, tyler expects to return home with his mother. instead, he's taken to a jail cell, his mind racing. >> why are they doing this to me? my sister said nothing would happen...

Your name is tyler edmonds? >> narrator: may 12, 2003. >> and you're age 13? >> yes, sir. >> we're going to talk to you about the murder case of joey fulgham. >> narrator: with his mother waiting down the hall tyler edmonds is making a critical decision, telling sheriff's deputies he's responsible for killing his brother-in-law just west of starkville, mississippi. >> i was just holding the gun. i heard it go off, and i looked at him, and saw it actually hit him. >> narrator: but tyler will later insist the confession is false, a misguided effort to protect the person he calls the real killer,...

>> i can't stand up, ma. >> tyler wayne, tyler, look at me. >> i can't stand up, ma. my legs are hurting. that's what popped into my head. it sounded like a great excuse to not stand up and not to face her. >> can you leave us here by ourselves? i don't understand. tyler wayne, please stand up. >> ma, i can't. >> i knew that if i could make him look me in the face that, if he was guilty of this, i would see it. and i would feel it. and he knew it, too. >> okay, tyler, your mom went back outside. you want to stop talking now? >> i went out to get a phone so i could get ahold of an attorney. tha...