his name was walter ograud.ruck driver wo once lived across the street from 4-year-old barbara jean horn. >> he let that poor little baby just lie there. if that's not intent to kill, maybe you haven't seen it yet. prosecutors were seeking the death penalty. ograud claimed he was innocent and detectives coerced a false confession from him. the little girl's parents were outraged. >> how did you feel him to hear him describe that story? >> angry. >> i wanted him dead. i did. >> did you kill barbara jean horn? >> no, i did not. i did not do anything to that child at all. >> the jury didn't believe him and o a graud was found guilty and sentenced to die. >> did you look at the jury? >> yeah. they were stone faced, we want to just get rid of you. >> five years later he wrote a letter to a journalist called tom loewenstein imploring him to investigate his case. loewenstein was stunned by what he discovered. >> i thought was plucking a little bit of a weed and the more i pulled, the more of this tree keeps coming up a