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Originally share with detectives. >> he was not telling the police the entire truth, but he is making it as good for himself. when he was imprisoned he was not doing that he was sort of bragging. walter ogrod lawyer said that the confessions, which did not match each other, words suspicious. >> when you have two opposing versions, especially from a jailhouse snitch which just happens to come out of nowhere. >> walter's lawyers theory was that, because the stories of the trials are so diametrically opposed, that is reasonable doubt. >> but it did not work it found it jury the fact jury found hi...

Is he really getting out today? >> i think i am in a state of shock. >> i am so hyped up now. everything is racing right now. it has been like that since i walked out. it is going to take a while. >> what do you hope for him now? >> i just want him to be happy. >> walter ogrod filed a civil suit against the city of philadelphia and several police officers, including detective devlin. the defendants have all denied any wrongdoing. meanwhile, as the case makes its way through the courts, police has reopened the investigation into barbara jean 's murder. tom lowenstein has investigated the little...

Police has reopened the investigation into barbara jean 's murder. tom lowenstein has investigated the little girls case longer than anyone. it is a journey that he is grateful he took. >> when walter got out on june 5th, there is that sense of, like my dad saying, that notion of being useful and doing something useful in life. and i definitely, that day, it felt useful. for >> that is all for this edition of dateline. i am andrea canning, thank you for watching. ou for watching >> so, when congress returns in january, nancy pelosi won't be in charge of house democrats. and whatever you might ...

Closer to her mom? >> i wondered how they had come up with this crap. we >> thought it was enough to convince the jury that ogrod was guilty and deserve to die. >> did you look at the jury? >> they were stonefaced. they were like yeah, we want to just get rid of. you >> ogrod was shipped off to death row. five years later, he met tom lowenstein. >> he just had to dig and dig, he was relentless. >> in 2004, tom wrote a lengthy two part series for the philadelphia city paper, which included everything that he had learned about ogrod case. a series of attorneys took on that case pro bono. >> we h...

Tom Lowenstein reviews anthropologist Hugh Brody's 'Landscapes of Silence'.