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Me. i thought it was going to get me out, detective. i passed. i know i didn't do it. i had to pass. and you tell him you failed. it's like another lock outside you hear that is being closed on you. and you know you're staying now. >> i sat there for a few minutes and he walks up to the table where i was sitting. he goes, i got you now. i know you did this. he started pointing his fingers in my face. you better confess to this crime because i've got ten more years on this force. i'm going to prove you did this. he slammed his hand down. i know you did this, mr. lowery. come clean with me. >> d...

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, the prosecutor knows it's the best type of evidence to put...

Man and she was raped. >> the case is dead on arrival. until detectives hear about lowery's car crash. they are intrigued by the timing. the crash o ura.m., 12 minutes after the rape. they think that perhaps lowery was making a getaway when he crashed. >> because of that, they zeroed in on him as a suspect. >> lowery says he's innocent. and says he was at his trailer most of the night. >> but i knew in my heart iknew the truth. and 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. >> aft...

Hey, gee ithought 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 trying so hard to prove -- convince them i didn't commit this crime that i went along with them and took the polygraph test. i figured i could pass it. >> though the polygraph results have been lost, this much is known. the examiner tells lowery that he flunked the test. >> mr. lowery goes, my results are saying that you're lying. my results say that you know this woman. that you raped her and you were involve...

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