amy: bryan stevenson, what about compensation? anthony ray hinton was on death row for 30 years before he was freed, and innocent man. >> there is no amount of money that can totally compensate you for that. they took something from him that they don't have the power to get iraq, but i think they ought to, one -- to initiate something to pay for the outrageous injustices this system creates. i think if there's really going to be an economy meaningful response to this, not only should he be compensated, but people should be held accountable. people should apologize. people should do some soul-searching. we should create some procedures that mandate that when there is evidence that suggests a person is in wrongly convicted, that evidence has to be reviewed. mr. hinton passed a polygraph test when he was first arrested. he was locked in a warehouse working when one of these crimes took place. they simply it for that. we need to change those procedures. the supreme court has immunized prosecutors and law enforcement officers and judge

. >> bryan stevenson: i'd never heard of ted and i didn't know what a ted talk was. >> rose: but bryanof person the people at ted wanted. he was an attorney who'd spent years trying to reform the criminal justice system. they thought he'd have a lot to say. he said yes, then he remembered a serious conflict on his calendar. >> stevenson: it was scheduled two weeks before i had an argument at the u.s. supreme court. and i told one of my young staffers somebody named ted wanted me to come and do a ted talk and i told them no. and my staffer went crazy, said, "what are you talking about? you have to do a ted talk." >> rose: and what did they say though, to convince you? >> stevenson: "this is really a big deal. it's an incredible platform. you should absolutely do it. everybody watches ted talks." being here at ted and seeing the stimulation... >> rose: in march of 2012, bryan stevenson took the stage at the annual ted conference in long beach, california. he was one of more than 60 speakers that week. >> stevenson: we have a system of justice in this country that treats you much better i

a party in hifrz his honor hosted by the equal justice initiative led by attorney bryan stevenson andis team of attorneys who fought for decades to win hinton's freedom. >> thank you for giving me my life back. just being here as a team you can say that you got an innocent man off of death row. >> reporter: his nightmare began in 19885. ronald reagan was president, back to the future was a box office hit and two restaurant managers were shot dead at closing time just months aparpt. a third victim another man who survived the shooting helped to identify anthony ray hinton as the killer. you are a free man now. what does that mean to you? >> it means everything. you never think about your freedom until it is taken away from you. you couldn't put a price tag on it. >> reporter: even simple pleasures like the convenience of using a computer. >> heard about facebook and twitter. >> we have been putting pictures of you on instagram. there were over 3,000 people that liked this picture of you getting out. >> reporter: teaching him tho to use the atm for the first time even though he doesn't

ray hinton and bryan stevenson, thank you both so much. >> thank you for having me. >> bye-bye. >> twoium. i didn't stay all 19 innings friday night, but i'm working on it. i also need to pass this along to you. the jefferson county district attorney who we have reached out to in reference to this whole case stopped short of calling ray hinton innocent. he said a victim of an attack identified hinton and an eyewitness also i.d.'d him. both of those people have died. the da said, quote, we believe there's not enough evidence to prove he's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt today. i should also mention he said that the family members of the two men killed are still upset over hinton's release. >>> hour two, you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. i have to share this new audio with you, revealing what officer michael slager said immediately after shooting and killing walter scott. this first piece of audio, you'll hear officer slager speaking with another police officer. you have to listen closely. it's tough to make out some of what they're saying. toward the end of the tape, as officer

. >> bryan stevenson, thank you for your time tonight and for the important work that you do. >> thank now, let's bring in prosecutor and legal analyst paul henderson. thank you for being here paul. >> thanks for having me rev. >> what's your reaction to what you just heard about this case? >> you know it's disappointing, but you know i also have to say no good no moral prosecutor wants to see innocent people convicted of crimes. and in order for our justice system to actually work and for people to have reliability in it it has to be fair for everyone. so i actually look at this case and i'm encouraged that as forensics and as technology is evolving, one of the things that is happening is that in addition to having more solid convictions, we are having this substantive review of cases and appeals where information is being brought forward so that -- >> well, we've got to be willing to use it. prosecutors have got to be willing to be even more objective. even mr. hinton expressed outrage over how long it took for the state to look at his case. watch this. >> all of us that say that we