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Finally a free man. >> we're going past chelsea piers. >> and we are by his side as he experiences all of it. >> oh! i seen this in the magazine. >> eric's first few hours of freedom -- >> hello? >> -- are part exhilaration -- >> hello? >> -- part discovery. >> hello? >> he's never actually used a cell phone. >> yeah. where's cynthia? hello? >> you have it upside down, eric. >> hello. >> no, no, upside down. like this. >> hello? huh? can you hear me now? like the commercial? >> his first meal? lamb chops. >> wow. >> it's like jumping up out of

Trip to the 43rd precinct? >> made two. again, came out saying we have nothing that fits that description. >> is there any conceivable reason why the police department wouldn't tell you the truth? >> well, i thought about that. >> forcelli says the answer might be simple. as far as the nypd was concerned, this homicide was solved. closed. >> the detective may have looked only in the open homicide drawer and never bothered to even look to see if there was anything other than an unsolved homicide that fit that description. >> as far as you know, that was the end of it. >> right. like i said, i'd...

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Sing a convicted murderer had convinced a nun and a corporate lawyer that there had been a terrible miscarriage of justice. eric glisson was in the 18th year of a 25 to life murder sentence. he claimed he was innocent. you ever been in prison before this? >> no. >> what's it like to live in prison? >> it's hell. >> eric glisson's nightmare began on the night of january 18th, 1995. the new york city detectives lining this hallway in the bronx were entering a crime scene as chilling as it was violent. the victim's name was denise raymond. she was an executive with fed-ex. cops videoed the entire...

She didn't testify against eric, her claims all these years later wouldn't help him. to have any chance at having another day in court eric knew he'd need powerful evidence. evidence of actual innocence. he started thinking, if he and the other five co-defendants had nothing to do with the two murders, then who did? after more than a decade of trying finally some of eric's requests for documents in his case began trickling in. >> i came across one document which had my name, as well as my other co-defendants, but one name stood out, it was an individual i found out was part of a gang called se...