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His trial was over. >> justice is hard to earn once you have been convicted in this country. >> time was passing, and j.j. velazquez's chances of getting a second look were dimming. >> i needed to be heard. i needed somebody to look into this. i needed somebody to prove what i've been trying to prove all along. i didn't do this. >> from inside prison walls, he had heard about another "dateline" investigation involving two other lifers who were vindicated after our broadcast. >> your motion to vacate your convictions is granted. >> and that's when he began sending us those letters. since then w...

Still, prosecutors insisted these people were guilty. and all the while two things remained unchanged. the d.a. who oversaw the prosecutions was still in office and john stoll was still in prison. jeff modahl, after his release in 1999, tried to throw a lifeline to his old friend. >> it's important to realize that john stoll had no record before this started. >> modahl's attorneys contacted this group of lawyers with the california and northern california innocence project. >> we began looking through the trial transcripts. >> each of the children were inconsistent with their own testimony. ma...

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