there's boo radley street, scout street, atticus bench, all through the community. yet, when i started saying, look we have an innocent black man wrongly convicted of a crime people had no interest in that. it was a bit surreal to be in this space where they were celebrating this story and watching such an incredibly vicious prosecutors and take place. one of the challenges is that we had narratives in american literature that we celebrate for the wrong reasons. we give out these awards, the atticus finch award, a very famous model that the legal profession has embraced but the truth of it is that tom robinson died in prison. >> oh, boy. >> he did not get justice. i certainly want more for the clients we represent than what atticus was able to get. changing that has been the real challenge. so we spent six years trying to get mr. mcmillan off of death row. it is one of the few cases where we got bomb threats at our office and we had people following us creating all kinds of hazards in this space where people celebrate the story of "to kill a mockingbird." >> what an

i certainly want more for the clients we represent than what atticus was able to get. changing that has been the real challenge. we spent six years trying to get mr. mcmillan off of death row. ourot bomb threats at office and we had people following us creating all kinds of hazards in this space where people celebrate the story of "to kill a mockingbird." >> what a story. what happened to walter mcmillan, the lies that were told, what you showed and just the fight all the way through -- convictions,gful as you know, we now have 147 people proven innocent. person now proved one innocent which is a shocking rate of error. prosecutorial misconduct are some of the key components and it was certainly what we had here are the young white woman murdered in downtown monroeville. mr. mcmillan was not someone you would suspect of committing a crime. he was actually a 45-year-old african-american hard worker. his mistake was he was having an interracial affair with the young white woman related to one of the police officers. 2000 two thetil state constitution still prohibited int

there's boo radley street, scout street, atticus bench, all through the community. watching such an incredibly vicious prosecutors and take lace, one of the challenges is that we had narratives in american literature that we celebrate for the wrong reasons. we give out these awards, the atticus finch award, a very famous model that the legal profession has embraced but the truth of it is that tom robinson died in prison. he did not get justice. i certainly want more for the clients we represent than what atticus was able to get. changing that has been the real challenge. we spent six years trying to get mr. mcmillan off of death row. we got bomb threats at our office and we had people following us creating all kinds of hazards in this space where people celebrate the story of "to kill a mockingbird." >> what a story. what happened to walter mcmillan, the lies that were told, what you showed and just the fight all the way through -- >> these wrongful convictions, as you know, we now have 147 people proven innocent. we have now proved one person innocent which is a sh

i certainly want more for the clients we represent than what atticus was able to get.nging that has been the real challenge. we spent six years trying to get mr. mcmillan off of death row. ourot bomb threats at office and we had people following us creating all kinds of hazards in this space where people celebrate the story of "to kill a mockingbird." >> what a story. what happened to walter mcmillan, the lies that were told, what you showed and just the fight all the way through -- convictions,gful as you know, we now have 147 people proven innocent. person now proved one innocent which is a shocking rate of error. prosecutorial misconduct are some of the key components and it was certainly what we had here are the young white woman murdered in downtown monroeville. mr. mcmillan was not someone you would suspect of committing a crime. he was actually a 45-year-old african-american hard worker. his mistake was he was having an interracial affair with the young white woman related to one of the police officers. 2000 two thetil state constitution still prohibited interra

>> 16-year-old atticus is florida's reigning pinball champion.as the state's number one flipper. they have so many pinball machines at home -- there this is from 1975. >> a lot of the '90s ones over here. >> reporter: -- 16 of them, there's barely room left for the trophies. >> what's cool for me is when you get a jackpot, that's always great. everyone knows you're doing well. >> i love pinball. i love the physics of it, i love the actual interaction. i feel like i am control what the ball does. >> reporter: all right, here's me in action. atticus gave me some tip, but i'm really old school, '70s kid. these tournaments are broadcast on the web, very, very popular, and these are now collectors' items in a lot of house. good thing to do on the day after christmas, leah. leah: looks like a tough assignment. thanks, phil keating. eric: here in new york police are keeping up their guard in the wake of the two killings of officers last saturday. and there are new threats the nypd is facingful more detailsen -- facing. more details on that straight ahea

. >> 16-year-old atticus is florida florida's reining pin ball champion. have so many pinball means at home -- >> the '90s ones over here. >> 16 of them. barely room left for the trophy. >> what is cool is all the lights and sounds, when you get a jackpot call, always great. everyone knows you're doing well. >> i love pinball. i love the physics, the interaction. i feel like i'm controlling what the ball does. >> you know, what better thing to do on a day after christmas if you're not working or at school, than to play video games or pinball. there was a time when new york mayor la guardia and other elected leaders around the country actually banned pinball machines in the '30s and '40s because they feared school kids would waste theirman playing pinball. these are for amusement only and to things have changed. there are two intern until bodies. >> phil, was you who gave them the nick name pinhead one and pinhead two or if they cave women that -- they gave that to themselves. >> we have great pictures from viewers of their most and least favorite gifts of

that is when i reflect it back on people back like atticus bench was the only your -- only lawyer i knew anything about. i knew about max from "native son, so these were the things that played out in your mind in the 1960's. those of us who were there in the 1960's cannot say we were thinking straight about a whole a lot of. even if we were not using illegal substances. it was a different time and what i wound up with was working in the community -- that was a common theme for all of us, so i wound up at new haven legal assistance but the effort was to come back to savannah. yale was actually quite good because naÏvely, i think you said, soanya that you are thinking 10 was unsophisticated, my thinking at 20 was unsophisticated. yale took me up in my application, i said i was quite taken by the law and was excited to learn about it. that has continued. someone who read that actually believed me and it must have sounded particularly naÏve but it is true and is still true today. i am 66, i'm not 20 anymore. i feel as strongly about it after all the experiences and more idealistic than i did