. >> eriintohe urtroom. >> numr and on t caer glisson. thie watkins. >>inne to him isat was, t oy woman the likeric, s wri onl for the cadrer's murder and in 1997 theyent on trial s dsn khe't w andi'the cers bringing us up to the couranonof theic sahiisatkis.i , cawatkin who aryoi sai'm ericss. how aryou involvhis? she ys, i n't know how u volv? don't ow. know. weasfuse >> now 18 years ter, aistant districtttney nicole keary's office bieves there may have an justict only agre to releasglisson and s kin ts if ey wear monir brelets as the.a.'s office continues tonvestite. >> we have made a decisi to ke ts unecd exionaep that re going toonsent t condial vacating of the convicti fhese two defeants and the conditis inat tefnt wehosectnic nitorielets. a that's ns fothjue toake oia >> the recorllefha e conditionavacateofhe eachefennt is reased on their own cognizance. [ applause ] eric's friendd faly and e news media are wting for m tse. and no f thest time ne t dec, er glisson is about tke hisst ste as a free ren. >>ric,hat isotrighw? this the majointlifendh

anwhile he did winn the urtroom, he's now playing defense in anoer court, blic opinion. he continuesrefu t denss ry tt stev ary washe victim of a frame-y the towoc coty sheriff's dement. >> with any one of these facts, you can me up wi a wt-if scenario. at some int is conspiracy theory collapses under its own ight. right now focuses on that vial of avery's blood at the center thry. in court the defense cldn't prove as used to p the blood stain in teress car. but a scene "making a rderer" s re-iited the debate. >> the seal was clearly broken. >> that's really the big "aha" moment >> yeah, it was. >> and get thiright in the center of the top of the tube is a little tiny hole. just about the size a hyperdermic needle. >> reporter: kratz saythat ained. >> erythese vacu-sealed s is exactly the sa. they're l gonna have that. nothing gic or, oh my odness, look itaered with. >> ken kratz said that there should be a hole in the stoppe going intohe vial. at's how the blood gets into e . >> wl, actlly it depends some of them don'to it that way. d when thedo, ey're selfealingo that

. >> eric walks into the urtroom. >> number 4 and 5 on the calendar, eric glisson. >> standing next to him is cathy watkins, the only woman of the bronx six. like eric, she was tried only for the cab driver's murder and in 1997 they went on trial together. eric says he doesn't know her now and didn't know her then. >> when trial started, the officers bringing us up to the court and an officer says this is watkins. i said, cathy watkins? i said, i'm eric glisson. how are you involved this? she said, i don't know. how are you involved? when's going on? we both didn't know. we was confused. >> now 18 years later, assistant district attorney nicole quur ri's office believes there may have been a misunderstanding. the d.a.'s office continues to investigate. >> we have made a decision to take this unprecedented as you know, judge, an exceptional step that we are going to consent the conditional va katding of the conviction for these two defendants and the conditions being that the defendants do wear those electronic monitoring bracelets. >> all that's left now is for the judge to make it off

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