and ray brown looks back at the life of nelson mandela. born in the former trance state territory on july 18, 1918, nelson mandela was meant to become a tribal chief like his father. instead he became a lawyer and the first -- in the first lack legal practice in johannesburg. he joined the congress in 19 -- in -- in his practice, he was exposed to the inhumanity's of apartheid on a daily basis. he decided to fight back. opting for nonviolence as a strategy. he was first arrested in 1956 and prosecuted on treason charges, which were later dropped. nancyars later he married winnie.s when he -- >> there are many people who feel it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and nonviolence against the government. on these savage attacks. on unarmed, defenseless people. >> he founded a military offshoot of the anc. he was arrested again in 1962 and tried for his anti-apartheid activity. mandela when sentenced to life in prison in 1964. he would end up spending a quarter of a century behind bars, first in robben island, then in cape

ray brown, who is producing a movie about the case, says the real killer got a way and the trial wasm. >> he clearly was railroaded. there was no evidence. nobody could find anything. >> the trial lasted just two hours and jury took only ten minutes to convict and stinney was sentenced to die. during the trial here he was represented by a court appointed lawyer, who never put on his own case. never attacked the state's case and never filed an appeal, which would have delayed the execution by a year. just 83 days after his arrest, stinney, weighing only 95 pounds, was strapped into the electric chair and put to death. >> george stinney did not do it. >> reporter: now a south carolina law firm has filed a motion seeking a new trial, which in granted could clear stinney's name. >> it would have been difficult, if not implausible for george stinney jr. to have done what the government said he did. >> the motion claims there is no physical evidence, no written record of the confession, no witnesses and no trial transcript. stinney's brother and sister say he was with his family at the tim

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brown, gareth, thanks to you both. that brings us to the end of this edition of "inside story." in washington, i'm ray suarez. some of america's best-kept secrets are out. by now, most of the world has heard the name edward snowden. the former national security agency contractor who released thousands of classified documents about government surveillance in one of the most significant leaks in u.s. history. he's been charged with espionage and has been living in russia under temporary asylum. the american journalist at the center of the story lives in brazil. >> we've had to come to rio to speak to glenn greenwald.

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