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>> eric's friends and family and the news media are waiting for him outside and now for the first time in nearly two decades, eric glisson is about to take his first steps as a free man. [ cheers and applause ] >> eric, what's your emotion right now. >> this is a major pivotal point in my life, and i worked hard. i persevered, and with effort and determination, i'm standing here before you. >> now it's his co-defendant kathy watkins' turn! >> oh, my goodness. >> >> also wrongfully convicted. >> 17 years. >> almost 18 years. >> she was 29 when she went away. >> look at your shirt. >> now she's ...

Sing, a convicted murderer has convinced a nun and a corporate lawyer that there's been a terrible miscarriage of justice. eric glisson is in his 18th year of a 25 to life murder sentence. he claims he's innocent. >> have you ever been in prison before this? >> no. >> what's it like to live in prison? >> it's hell. >> a brutal killing of a fedex recruiter is under investigation. >> eric dmrison's nightmare began on the night of january 18, 1995. the new york city detectives lining this hallway in the bronx were entering a crime scene as chilling as it was violent. >> she had three pairs of han...

Many, many sisters praying with you. >> sister joanna offered more than just her prayers. that's when she brought in peter cross who was now fighting for eric on the outside. >> so you have detective donnelly as the officer assigned. >> with eric as his guide, cross got up to speed, and he found some troubling information about how detectives donnelly and aiello connected the two murders. it was through this witness, her name is kathy gomez. >> kathy, we're on the record. >> cross tracked her down and videotaped his interview with her. >> you know i'm here today because eric glisson. >> gomez ...

I said how are you involved in this? i don't know. we both didn't know, we were confused. >> her office believes there may have been an injustice, but only agrees to release glisson and watkins if they wear monitoring bracelets as the d.a.'s office continues to investigate. >> we have made a decision to take this unprecedented, as you know, judge, an exceptional step that we are going to consent the conditional vacating of the conviction of 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 ...

Eric's been transferred sing sing and is waiting in a holding cell in a bronx county courthouse. >> apparently -- >> it's also been a long, painful road for lawyer peter cross. >> this is the one case that kept me up at night for six years because i knew we had to find like the one-armed man to get him out of jail. >> eric walked into the courtroom. >> numbers four and five on the calendar, eric glisson and kathy. >> standing next to him is kathy 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. >> er...