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Hope that's helped him wake up every morning. >> there's a bench by the water that each time i go to the barbershop i look at that bench and i wonder if i'll ever be able to sit on it and look back up here instead of looking down there. that's been one of my main goals while i was in here, to sit on that bench as a free man. >> will eric glisson ever get to sit on that bench? he's about to get his day in court and an answer. coming up -- >> we have made a decision to take this unprecedented and exceptional step. >> when "dateline" continues. out insurance - everyday. plus, patients get 20% off...

Those sworn to uphold the law. >> i thought if he was innocent god has to see him through. >> so who is this convicted murderer? he is inmate 97a7088. eric glisson. we first met him in the spring of 2012 when a "dateline" producer working on a different story in sing sing met eric in his cell. >> you're going to film me? >> yeah. >> he had been locked up for 18 years. >> you want to see what it's like to live in here? i can touch the walls with my hands. >> eric told us he didn't belong here. >> my story is that i'm unjustly convicted for a crime i didn't commit and from february 3rd of 1995 u...

Decades, eric glisson is about to take his first steps as a free man. >> eric, what is 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 cathy watkins'turn. also wrongfully convicted. >> 17 years. >> almost 18 years. >> 29 years old when she went away. she is free at 46. >> i didn't do it. i didn't do it. 100% innocent. this is what our judicial system did to me. innocent all the way. >> by january 2013 the convictions for the rest of the

Charges against him in the denise raymond case, citing lack of evidence. so what evidence was there against him in the cab driver case? it was really pretty simple. there was a witness against him. her name? miriam tavares. tavares told the cops she looked out her window and saw it all, eric and the others, smack in the middle of the cab driver robbery that ended in murder. >> is it possible miriam saw you commit a crime? >> no. >> not any crime? >> i wasn't there. >> bad blood between you and miriam? >> yes, bad blood. >> eric says he had a brief sexual relationship with miriam that did not e...

Innocent. that was such an emotional moment for me. i was like, tears welled up in my eyes right in front of the teller. >> 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 th...