steven is among the men watching craig watkins, the dallas county district attorney. d attorney barry scheck, craig was canes, dallas county district attorney, what led you to hold on to this as opposed to other d.a.'s who didn't? >> well, you know, i was elected as a new d.a. in dallas county in 2006 and took office in 2007, and upon my first week of entering office, i was requested by a longtime assistant d.a. to sign a form to allow all the evidence to be destroyed, and, you know, i had practiced law for a while in dallas county, and i thought that that was not going to be a wise decision so i refused to sign the motion to have the evidence destroyed. it's probably for the last three years as a district attorney for dallas county, one of the best decisions that i've made. my first week in office there was an exoneration of a man who had been trying to have his name cleared for five years. and fortunately i got the opportunity to go downstairs and apologize to that individual for his wrongful conviction, and i didn't think anything of it. i thought it's the responsib

craig watkins, the dallas county district attorney. cases, which ultimately led to 20 exxonrations. and dna cleared him. stephen phillips wrongfully convicted of aggravated rape served 24 years. dna freed him. christopher scott, wrongfully convicted of capital murder, served 12 years. freed after another prisoner confessed. billy james smith, wrongfully convicted of aggravated sexual assault. served almost 20 years. dna evidence proved he was not a rapist. thomas mcgowen, wrongfully convicted of burglary and aggravated sexual assault. he served 23 years before dna testing proved his innocence. and trey carage was wrongfully convicted of murder, served seven years. dna granted his release and he was given a full pardon by governor perry. james giles was wrongfully convicted of aggravated sexual assault, he served ten years. dna helped exonerate him. richard miles wrongly accused of murder and attempted murder, served 17 years. evidence naming the real killer never provided to the defense. he was released when this tragic mistake was unc

there's some prosecutors, like our friend craig watkins here from dallas, who really will look at a casea case that's been decided and has a conviction integrity unit that will look at it and see whether or not the evidence merits a re-examination and there's some prosecutors unfortunately that, you know, get this tunnel vision and they won't accept any contrary proof. >> larry: so there's some prosecutors that know there's innocent people in prison, or do they convince themselves that they're guilty. >> they convince themselves for the most part, that they're guilty. >> larry: by the way, who wrote this movie? >> pam gray a fantastic screenwriter and she and tony gold win did a walk on the moon. my next door neighbor is the original producer of this movie and so from the very beginning, aernd andy said we have got to get these two involved and we did and when your talk about mini and abra i think pam gets a lot of credit. because she's a brooklyn girl and she got it exact little right. >> larry: brooklyn girls would. >> it's an emotional picture, some very funny scenes in it. but basica

. >> larry: i congratulate you all you men, the district attorney especially, craig watkins for being so openminded. the movie is "conviction" opens october 15th. it's great. for more on these incredible stories and information about the innocence project, go to cnn.com/larryking and look for the book "tested, how 12 wrongly imprisoned men held on to hope." hillary clinton created sarah palin, that is when palen was picked as john mccain's running mate, it was at least in part to offset the hillary effect. and palin is re-creating hillary. women just might flock back to obama if hillary were at his side. no offense to joe, may i call you joe? but stepping aside might be the best thing you could do for your party. no one would fault you for wanting to spend more time with your family. >> i got to tell you, he's clever. it's all nice inside the belt way politics. but let me tell you something really simple. every remarkable great president in our history had had a rough patch at this point in his term. fdr had an enormous problem, reagan in 1982, bill clinton in 1994. they kept the same

you men, the district attorney especially, craig watkins for being so openminded. the movie is "conviction" opens october 15th. it's great. for more on these incredible stories and information about the innocence project, go to cnn.com/larryking and look for the book "tested, how 12 wrongly imprisoned men held on to hope." here's anderson cooper and "ac 360." >>> thanks, larry, and thanks for watching, everyone. tonight an exclusive, a college student living through a nightmare, targeted for attacks, called a nazi and singled out for his sexuality, by a state law enforcement official, an assistant attorney general in michigan. he's kept quiet for months but now he's speaking out. tonight only on 360, here why he's breaking his silence. and the kids who fall victim to bullying, we'll profile a case of sexting turned bullying turned suicide. we'll talk about that with dr. phil mcgraw. and breaking news involving john edwards, presidential candidate who fathered a child out of wedlock with a woman on his campaign, rielle hunter. we have the latest on that. >>> we begi