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I thought it was a solid confession and that he was guilty. >> but almost immediately, eddie lowery hires an attorney and recants the confession. >> he really didn't realize at that point the consequences of admitting to a crime that he didn't commit. i know that might sound really strange to people and particularly a jury. my opinion is that a jury has a real obstacle to overcome when a person admits to a crime and then later recants and said, no, i didn't do that. >> the trial begins on november 19th, 1981. though lowery's confession is the only clear evidence linking him to the rape, prosec...

Walking out of here and i'm leaving, but i was so naive about my rights. i didn't know my rights. >> raised in covina, california, in a family with eight children, lowery had a conventional childhood. he played football in high school and graduated before entering the army. he had never been inside an interrogation room. >> in a case like eddie's where all of a sudden they tell you you can't have a lawyer hey, gee, i thought that was part of the constitution. no, you can't have a lawyer. police officers in these situations can be extremely intimidating to the ordinary citizen. >> i was just tr...

>> lowery says he's innocent. and says he was at his trailer most of the night. >> but i knew in my heart, i knew the truth. i had nothing to do with that and i didn't know anything about it so i was going to tell them the truth and continue to tell them what happened that night. >> after an hour, lowery is taken home but he agrees to come back the next day for a follow-up interview. >> again i continued to tell them i had nothing to do with this, i'm innocent. went through my whole story again about what happened that night. >> it goes on like that for several hours. pointed questions and acc...

19th, 1981. though lowery's confession is the only clear evidence linking him to the rape, the prosecutor pat caffey knows it's the best type of evidence to put before a jury. >> most of them are going to be thinking just like i think. i can't imagine a circumstance where i would admit to a rape. coming up if lowery is innocent as he claims why would he confess to a rape? p hd display and camera. touch acquiring nfc. hearing evolving with beats audio. wireless charging activated. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself.

With time, the old eddie lowery dies and is reborn as prisoner number 37839. he gets big, gets tattooed, and learns to fit in. >> i got me a job in there working as a silk screen printer, printing neighborhood watch signs, you know stop signs, and yield signs and things like that. >> after serving six years, lowery goes before the parole board, but parole is denied. the board insists parolees admit guilt and take responsibility for the crime. and that's one thing lowery won't do. >> i figured i was going to be in there for life. you know i just -- i just knew that i was going to be in there fo...