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But it will be by the 13th i think. >> are you serious? >> do you believe that? >> well, it hasn't set in yet. >> i know. >> the initial shock. >> i know. >> all the fighting we have done over these years. >> yeah. >> um -- i don't know what to say right now. >> but unfortunately for eric, a month later he's still behind bars. >> these people just don't want to let me go. they want to continue to hold me and torture me. you know, the mental trauma i'm going through right now because of this, i'm wondering whether, you know, they may renege on this agreement. >> but as excruciating as the hours...

>> i thank god every day for john o'malley. when i looked in that man's eyes, you know, i see a man who has integrity. i seen a man who was honest. >> o'malley's affidavit was enough for the bronx d. a. to reopen the case and to get in front of a judge. but that would take time. two more months. >> this is my wall of hope. everyone here has been unjustly convicted and freed. >> on august 5th, 2012, eric's lawyer goes to court. >> this is our first appearance to try to get the judgment vacated. >> cross is joined by his assistant charmaine chester. by now, they have worked on the case for six y...

Him out of jail. >> eric walks into the courtroom. >> number 4 and 5 on the calendar, eric glisson and kathie watkins. >> standing next to him is cathy watkins, the only woman of the bronx six. like eric, she was tried only for the cab driver's murder and in 1997 they went on trial together. eric says he doesn't know her now and didn't know her then. >> when trial started, the officers was bringing us up to the court and one of the officer's says this is watkins. i said, cathy watkins? she said yeah, who are you? i said, i'm eric glisson. how are you involved this? she says, i don't know. how ...

God! grandma. oh my god. >> congratulations. >> thank you. oh my god. they told me you were in china. >> i was. >> and there was one last thing we wanted to do with eric. remember that bench eric could see from inside sing sing? we took him back there. and we watched him finally make good on that promise to himself. to get that other view of the prison. this time from the outside.

Investigate. >> we have made a decision to take this unprecedented as you know, judge, and exceptional step that we are going to consent to the conditional vacating of the conviction for these two defendants and the condition being that the defendants do wear those electronic monitoring bracelets. >> all that's left now is for the judge to make it official. >> the record will reflect that the conditional vacater of the conviction as to mr. glisson and miss watkins is granted and each defendant is released on their own recognizance. [applause] >> eric's friends and family and the news media are...