need a lawyer. >> hincapie's father says he was shocked. he said johnny was a great kid, literally an altar boy. >> he had ever been in trouble with the law before? >> never, never, never. >> traffic ticket? >> never. >> that was about to change. police brought the hincapie's son to precinct. what johnny didn't know was detectives spent the past 24 hours working the case and already had six suspects in custody who had confessed. >> when was the robbery first planned? >> 17-year-old gary morales nicknamed "rock star" admitted he was the one who fatally stabbed brian in the chest. >> could you feel it entering his body? >> police were pressing each suspect wanting to know who else was involved. one gave hincapie's name and two others agreed. hincapie was not there. >> they all had knives? >> still, detectives wanted to fient find out for themselves. >> they placed me inside of a room. there was a detective who was laying down on one of the bottom bunk beds smoking a cigarette. >> hincapie says he told the detective exactly what he did that night, but the de

johnny hincapie learns his fate. ended in johnny hincapie's hearing when his attorney ron kuby notified the judge of an unexpected development. >> amazingly enough during the course of the hearing itself a new witness came forward, a young woman named mary lew santana. >> santana told kuby she read an article about hincapie's court hearing. >> and she realized, oh, my god. he's still in prison. i can't believe it. >> santana said she knew hincapie from her neighborhood. she was on the subway that night headed to the dance club and saw the robbery unfold. >> so she's standing here and she sees them surrounding the watkins family and at that point she starts to flee. >> as she ran past the attackers, she said she saw them all and is certain hincapie was not one of them. of hincapie's arrest back then, she even told her mother she was innocent, but santana says she was afraid to come forward. >> so she's remained silent? >> completely silent for all thiez these years. she sort of forgets about it. >> now 25 years later