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[Music] I had no idea where this case would lead this case will turn the District
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Attorney's Office upside down I never worked a case where I put so much heart and time into bringing a man
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home because of an injustice I'm J Sal Peter a Marty Tank's private investigator my name is Marty tankleff
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it was my first day of school so I expected to wake up in the morning and go to school and start my senior
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year when he woke up instead of going to school he found his father on the doorstep of death and his mother
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murdered they were bludgeoned and stabbed I just couldn't believe what I was seeing um I thought I was in a
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[Music] nightmare I saw him sitting in his office chair and he was covered in blood
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I knew he was alive because he was making breathing noises I called 911 from the phone right
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there all right hold on and I'll connect I'm connecting you with the ambulance Marty was a suspect because
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Marty was the only Survivor in the house and that's why the detective went right
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from Mi Marty Tanki was 17 years old at the time that he was arrested for murdering
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his parents in their home in beler Long Island how do you find as the defendant Martin tankleff as to count two murder
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second degree [Applause] yil there's no way I could have hurt my parents I love them I I knew immediately
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he couldn't do it the victim's family are Marty's family and they feel that Marty did not commit this crime Marty
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was railroaded he loved his mom he loved his dad I'm here because I believe Marty
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is innocent oh right James gandini became interested in Mar's case he saw a man that was in jail
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that shouldn't be in jail some of my Witnesses this is more than just a job this became an obsession
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to me when you see a case like this and you know something's wrong you have to have an obligation in life at the end of
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the day the people responsible for killing Seymour and alling tangub they will go to jail Marty is
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innocent Marty's coming home fight for the truth [Music] [Music] no one could imagine that I would end up
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being in this place because I I'm innocent Marty tankleff had just turned 17 when he was arrested
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for the murder of his parents Seymour and Arlene what's it like here difficult but I keep myself as busy as possible I
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spend hours working on my case every day it's a struggle he has spent his entire
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adult life in remote Upstate New York prisons it's a far cry from Marty tff's childhood spent in the lap of luxury in
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this sprawling Long Island Waterfront home it was a wonderful childhood I had more than the average
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kid Seymour and Arlene tankleff were unable to have children of their own so they adopted Marty as a baby he was just
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beautiful and Allie was just so thrilled how she wanted that baby what was your mom like great she adored me and I
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adored her and we were like best of friends he was also close to his father my father lived a very poor childhood
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and when I became a teenager he had money so he was living his childhood through me vicariously would you
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describe yourself as as spoiled yes you know I got basically everything I ever wanted Seymour a Savvy and tough
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entrepreneur was groomy Marty to follow in his footsteps I wanted to be a businessman so I enjoyed being involved
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in all of that Marty says he knew everything about his father's businesses including the trouble his dad was having
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with a partner in a bagel shop Jerry stewman who owed him around half a million doll the Friendship had
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dissipated they essentially became enemy business partners despite the tension between
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Seymour tankleff and Jerry stewman both men continued to play in a weekly poker game and on September 6 1988 it was
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Marty's father's turn to be host the game lasted into the we hours with stewman last to leave the next morning
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Marty says he woke to find his father near death he called 911 I just remember the woman screaming
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yelling listen to me saying calm down calm down I'm sending you an ambulance she gave me some instructions want you
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to take a clean towel wherever he's gushing blood from and did you do that I did that then he says he searched for
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his mother he found her dead bed on her bedroom floor how would you describe the
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scene when you got there it it was brutal it was very brutal James mccre the lead detective now retired arrived
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an hour later Seymour tankleff bludgeoned and stabbed but still alive had been rushed to the hospital Arlene's
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body still lay in her room it was an eerie feeling because it there always is an eerie
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feeling she was nearly decapitated and it appeared to me that she had struggled with whoever assaulted her mccre a
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homicide cop for 10 years saw no sign of forced entry and he was immediately bothered by Marty's appearance he was
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sitting as calm as calm can be with his hands clasp just like this what would you have expected him to be doing I
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think he would have been crying I think he would have been shaken been very upset what impression did you get from
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the way he was talking to you that he was trying to help me and he wanted my help as the conversation developed I
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could see that um he was just he's L he was lying I mean and how did you know that it's not
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so much the way what is said it's the way in which it's said Marty volunteered his suspicions that Jerry stewman his
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father's partner was somehow involved I knew that he was there I knew he had problems with my father and Marty agreed
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to talk more about that at Police Headquarters but in fact m pretty thought he already had his man why would
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Marty kill his parents why one of the simplest old things in the world greed 17-year-old Marty sat with mccre
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and his partner without a lawyer in a small windowless room 4 hours the detectives questioned him it was the
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constant barrage Marty we know you did it everything will be okay just tell us you did it we know you did it and it was
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like on and on and on questioning over and over then mccre did something that would
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change everything he left the room pretended to talk on the phone and came back with
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news about Seymour tankleff your father they pumped him full of adrenaline and he came out of his coma and he said that
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you did it Marty you lied to him yes I lied to him yes yeah and that's all right to do the United States Supreme
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Court says it is and what are you thinking that this can't be happening that this is not real Marty begged to
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take a polygraph the detectives refused so you're better at telling whether someone's lying I I think I'm better
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than a polygraph machine mccc's scheme worked Marty began to wonder if he bled out and in fact had attacked his parents
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finally he told the police what they wanted to hear it's like having an 18-wheeler
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driving on your chest and and you believing that the only way you can get that way to get off your chest is to
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tell the police whatever they want to hear even admitting to a murder yeah even admitt to a
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murder mccre began to prepare a written statement are these his words that did he write this no no it's my handwriting
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although Marty never signed it and almost immediately recanted the detectives had
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enough Marty was arrested and and charged with murder it was wrong it was wrong from the beginning private
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detective J Sal Peter began working on Marty's case 7 years ago you can't leave a case like this you become addicted to
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a case like this sou Peter's Addiction would eventually lead to startling new clues that would turn the case around is
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there a side of you afraid that you just may never get out of here no look the truth is out
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there [Music] do you think about your parents every day we think about all the good times
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that we had together from the moment Marty tankleff was arrested his cousin and guardian Ron falby never believed
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Marty murdered his parents he is guilty of way waking up in the morning alive and Ron's not the only family member in
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Marty's corner I'm Marty's Uncle carollyn felby Marty's cousin ever since the 1988 murders all of these relatives
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have been fighting to free Marty the strange part is there isn't anybody sitting here that ever got a question
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asked by the police they never talk to anybody in this room they say you never even tried to talk to them that's not
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true are you saying they ly yes lead detective James mccre did you ask to speak with them and they said no no I
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never directly asked to speak to them I didn't have to what were they going to add to my case but they say they had
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plenty to add for one thing they knew Marty does anyone here though think it was odd that he wasn't very emotional no
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no that was that's his way this is the way he is the whole family is here today and while police say Marty killed his
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parents to get money his family disagrees he didn't get any money he wasn't supposed to get any money till he was 25
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years old so what was he supposed to do from 17 to 25 wouldn't you wait were you
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aware of that no I was not no I was not Jim isn't it important to talk to everybody before you settle on someone
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when you know their entire life could be ruined by this no under the circumstances in this case everything we
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needed to know we pretty much knew in the first day with a suspect Behind Bars detective
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mccre thought he had the whole case wrapped up in a day but a week later with Marty's father Seymour lingering in
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a coma the case took an unexpected turn Seymour's business partner the same Man Marty had told the police to investigate
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suddenly disappeared did you think he would become then a main suspect yes but as
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this police report shows Detective mccre still refused to consider Jerry stewman
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a suspect I'm reading from a missing person's report and it says homicide has no reason to believe that stewman's
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absence is connected with the murder why not because he had nothing to do with that murder didn't his
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disappearance make your case harder not that it made it harder it just it just added more
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questions 2 weeks later the detectives found Stan in Long Beach California he was living
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under an alias I mean didn't you say to Jerry you're you're messing up my case here
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something like I remember saying something to him to that effect yes stewman returned home claiming his
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personal and financial problems caused him to flee I had too many pro problems and it's just 20 years of building up
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that's all I staged my death is it possible Jerry hired someone nope he couldn't he that man couldn't hurt a
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fly one month after the tank Cliffs were attacked Seymour died without ever regaining
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Consciousness Marty was then charged with two murders and a year and a half later he went on trial I think every
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emotion ran through me scared um fearful um but I was also hopeful because I knew
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I was innoc and you know I always believe that innocent men don't get found guilty by far the most damaging evidence
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against Marty was his confession but there was little physical evidence to back it up none of Marty's hair nor
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blood was found on his parents his mother Arlene had clearly fought her attacker yet Marty had no Cuts or
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bruises only some swelling in his eyes from a nose job he got for his 17th birth
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birthday the jurors also heard from Jerry stewman who denied having anything to do with the crime I would never do
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anything like that he did admit he owed Seymour tankleff hundreds of thousands of dollars and part of all of his future
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Ventures as well you didn't have a right to set up that business and leave him out correct in his
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mind under intense questioning Marty tankle sitting over there stewman snapped the only mistake is
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AOW I was a poor man living like a millionaire father by contrast Marty tankleff was composed on the stand Marty
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did you kill your father absolutely not perhaps too composed as he tried to explain why he would confess to
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something he didn't do they were saying my father said I did this my father never lied to
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me after a week's deliberation the jury reached its verdict y the day he was convicted was his hard was the worst as
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the day I learned my sister was [Music] killed Marty was sentenced to 50 Years to
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Life 11 years later Jason sou Peter a retired New York City police detective stepped in how could you not be involved
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in a case like this and this kid didn't do it sou Peter believes Marty's alleged
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confession was coerced and he is not alone oh it's a confession it's a false confession Richard AI an expert in
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interrogation tactics is working on Marty's appeals you know that everyone listening to this is saying you couldn't
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make me confess to a crime I didn't commit certainly not a brutal murder like this one a
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bit happens all the time in Marty's case he says the teenager was tricked into doubting his own memory he knows he
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didn't do it but he's confronted with a police officer who's lying to him and skillfully lying all of a sudden there's
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a way of reconciling it and that is you had a blackout because of some psychological condition that you've got
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that impairs your memory false confessions do happen 25% of the people who've been exonerated
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with DNA evidence had confessed to crimes they did not do AI is convinced Marty's confession is
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false because it doesn't match the crime scene evidence for example Marty allegedly told police that he used a
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barbell and kitchen knife as murder weapons but not a trace of blood was found on them even when they were
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microscopically examined if he cleaned off the weapons why wasn't any blood found in the
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plumbing every confession does not have 100% of the truth in it because they don't give you the whole truth the
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forensics team found bloody glove prints at the scene but Marty never mentioned wearing gloves and those gloves were
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never found what happened to the gloves my I don't know and that doesn't concern you
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no you know you give me a kid like that I'll have him tap dancing that he killed
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his parents we could do it is it right no so Peter conducted his own investigation and with old-fashioned leg
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work tracked down this man a man who would unravel the entire case did you ever tell
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anybody no [Music] former detective James mccre refused to reconsider his initial conclusions even
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when the crime scene evidence raised doubts once you have that confession aren't you kind of in a aren't you
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caught because you can't bring anyone else to trial once you have that confession not taking a confession from
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an innocent man I would never do that but at the time of Marty's arrest mccr and his
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fellow detectives in suffi County New York had an astonishingly High confession rate
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94% so high a state commission said it provoked skepticism mccre defends his work homicide Squad is sort of the crem
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deeme if you will but in Mar's case says private investigator J Sal Peter mccre was simply wrong the forensic work does
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not fit the story if Marty didn't kill his parents and who do you believed in I know so Peter says it was this man Glenn
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Harris who gave him the break in the case a career criminal serving time for burglary Harris said after 14 years of
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Silence he was ready to admit his involvement in the tank Liff murders I thought if I could do something right
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for somebody else I'd be helping myself Harris says that on a night in September 1988 he was the driver on the
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way to what he thought would be a home burglary who were you with that evening Joseph ceden and Peter Kent Joseph ceden
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known on the street as Joey guns and Peter Kent also have long criminal records [Applause]
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in a notorized affidavit Harris says he drove them to an upscale neighborhood and parked his car where cedon told me
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to stop when they returned to the car were you aware of what happened I knew something happened their demeanor their
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behavior it wasn't normal and what were your feelings do you remember something more than a burglary happen usually when
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you commit a burglary there's proceeds of something and that wasn't there and can you tell
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me what their demeanor was uh extremely nervous winded ceden anxiousness to get out of
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there Harris says he later watched Peter Kent burning his clothes and when he heard about the tankleff murders he put
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two and two together but kept quiet I had no right being up there I was just out on parole Glenn Harris took and
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passed a polygraph arranged by Marty's investigator Jay Sal Peter he's telling the truth in my opinion Glenn Harris is
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the hero here what's more Sal Peter says Joey gun's creedon is linked to the man
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who police dismissed as a possible suspect Jerry stowman has ties to Joseph ceden this is not a random
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hit Jerry stewman the bagel shop owner who was heavily in debt to Seymour tank Cliffe is connected to ceden through his
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son Todd stewman like cedon a convicted criminal sou Peter believes Jerry storman hired cedon the night the tfts
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were killed my scenario is that Seymour is sitting at the desk Jerry stewman is talking to him keeping seo's attention
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on Jerry at this point behind Seymour coming through the door Joe cedon Peter Kent and they took
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Seymour out and then they went for Mrs [Music] tank Jerry stewman now lives in an
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upscale community in boka Raton Florida he refuses to talk to 48 hours but both he and his son Todd deny they had
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anything to do with the tankleff murders still the new evidence provided by Glenn Harris is a major break for
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Marty tankleff he's been granted a hearing if the judge at this hearing determines
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that the New Evidence would have caused the old jury to vote a different way then Marty will get a new trial and a
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real shot at winning his freedom as the hearing begins Marty's lawyers who are working pro bono and his
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large extended family are thrilled to be back in court we are very hopeful we we believe in his
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innocence and we know that he'll be hopefully know out soon but that evidence will not go
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unchallenged this is not a game of stick ball where you do it do over assistant district attorney Leonard loo is
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fighting to uphold Marty's verdict there's a verdict there are appeals there have been Federal habus petitions
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he's lost lato says Glenn Harris is a liar he came forward initially but when I tried to interview him he said I don't
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want to talk in fact when Harris takes the stand he refuses to testify afraid he'll be charged with the murders and in
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my view he had isn't testifying because he doesn't want to get up on the stand and be exposed as a liar but when he was
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in prison Harris confessed to a Catholic priest with Harris's permission the priest tells the court the same story
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told 48 Hours he really wanted to do the right thing but he was a man who was terrified and there are more than a
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dozen other new Witnesses who back Harris's story carlen kobac met ceden at a party and she says he bragged about
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the murders you really believe when he said he was involved in the tankle of murders that he was telling the truth oh
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yeah definitely you're being accused of murder do you have anything to say prosecutor lato claims ceden took credit
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for the crime only to enhance his violent reputation but other Witnesses brought to court by tff's attorneys say
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Joey guns ceden try to involve them in the murder plot there's Joe Gren who says he and cedon made a failed attempt
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to Ambush a man he now believes was Seymour tankleff we had to go up to the bagel store to make it look like a
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robbery it wasn't there we missed him supposed to catch him coming out of the back and then here
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is this witness Bill Ram another associate of ceden he confirms Glenn Harris's story that The Killers started
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out at his house the night of the murders what were you doing that evening I was hanging out at my house um had a
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few people over Ram a convicted drug dealer recalls what ceden told him that night he said I'm working for somebody
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um who's got a partner in the bagel business that needs to be straightened out he said you know there's some money
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in it for me if we go there and just you know he's going to threaten the guy or rough him up Ram says that he turned
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creting down but Glenn Harris did not when I saw him the next day he was completely distraught what do you mean
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by distraught just shooken up couldn't hold the thought just scared to death I told him just listen keep your mouth
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shut what surprised you the most that you've heard from these Witnesses their honesty um that you know
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after all these years that they would come forward and admit their involvement in such brutal
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crimes when it's the state's turn to present Witnesses the hearing becomes almost surreal incredibly the star
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witness is Peter Kent Joe creedon's alleged accomplice when they bring me in you know they told me that we don't we
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don't believe that you did this you know I thought maybe like they were trying to
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play technology games with me you know yeah Peter we don't think that you really did it but just come on come
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forward you know Kent denies he had anything to do with the murders I know I was not there with Glenn doing no
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murders but even he says Joe cedon is capable of murder would it name like Joey gun just not these murders Joey was
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not to killer for these murders I know that cuz he was not with me that night and we didn't do this with Glenn it
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never happened were you in that house that night cedon who's been convicted of rape
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and gr Larsen Den ever killing anyone but on the stand he admits to a life of violence collecting money for
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drug dealers it's hard to to know that a person as evil as himself um can walk out of the courtroom
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free and they're putting handcuffs on my nephew to take him back to the holding cell do you believe these two career
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criminals who have admitted A A History of Violence right do you believe when they said say they had nothing to do
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with the tank offt murders I believe in terms of the evidence that there's no evidence connecting them to the crime at
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all no credible evidence but the hearing is not over after watching a 48 Hours report on the tank case a surprise
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witness comes forward Joe Cron's own [Music] son the Final witness for Marty tankleff and
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maybe the most surprising one is 17-year-old Joe gasio who comes to court to accuse his own father Joey gun
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creeden of murder you didn't see your dad a lot when you were growing up no ma'am in 2004 the young man finally got
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to spend time with a father he barely knew he says at first he was thrilled but later after seeing a 48 Hours report
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on the tankleff murders he had to ask his father the tough question dad you know tell me did you
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really do this he tells me yes I did do it for several months young Joe says he kept to
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himself what his father said when he finally told his mother she convinced him to testify and called private
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detective J Sal Peter but his sister da Leonard loo believes Joe gasio is just lashing out at his father the first
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question is did the judge believe it if he doesn't believe it it's nothing in fact lato doesn't believe that any of
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Tank's new witnesses can be trusted especially since so many of them have criminal histories the point is
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those things affect their credibility like the people who implicated cedon they all admitted one thing uh they all
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hated him that's a reason reason to say things about a person that isn't true the district attorney of suff
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county has an obligation to seek the truth the district attorney is doing everything here to suppress the truth
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from coming out you really believe that all my heart in March 2006 18 months after the
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hearing began finally a decision but it's a heartbreaking one for Marty tank Cliffe the judge dismisses the new
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witnesses as nefarious Scoundrels and refuses to Grant him a new trial which means Marty's conviction
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stands but he does have One Last Hope an Appel at court I will now proceed to call the calendar people versus tank
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cliff in October 2007 four appella Court judges hear the case in a courtroom packed with tankleff supporters the da
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con seeds everything you say front and center is one of Marty's biggest and best known backers James gandal how did
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that happen I met James uh about two years ago all and I started talking to him about Marty actor James gandini went
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to visit Marty in an Upstate prison he knew I was innocent he believed in me and he would do anything he can to help
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out have seats come to order Marty's lawyers argue that even though some witnesses have criminal records they
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could still be telling the truth prosecutors have to use these Witnesses all the time it's got to be the same for
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the defense there were people that you brought forward who have criminal histories a lot of them what gave them
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credibility as a group they didn't know each other they came from different walks of life different communities so
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how do you get 20 people to lie to come in and just make up a story that's consistent with each one and all name
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the same people this court stands in [Music] recess in December the court rules 19 years after Seymour and Arlene
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tankleff were killed 17 years after Marty tankleff went to prison he finally gets the news he has
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dreamed of all those years years the court overturns Marty's conviction unanimously and what did they tell you
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at that moment can I say it Bruce said pack your you're coming home that was his exact
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line the other side within days Marty is brought to suffet County one more time was there any side of you Marty a
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little scared of getting out you had spent your entire adult life in prison I was ready for
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everything all right we got our picture Marty look look Marty there you [Music] [Applause]
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go the following morning his family gathers at the courthouse congratulations Marty could be retried
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for murder but the court agrees to release him on a million Bond as executed by uh Carol and Mr faly
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did you have any hesitation to do that no not at all none whatsoever good luck to you sir thank
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you you're [Applause] welcome minutes later Marty walks [Music] [Applause] free there's live picture from choer 12
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the event is carried live on Long Island television how it feel to be out we'll make a statement upstairs L room please
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L room I just couldn't believe I mean I was outside free man walking with my attorneys and being bombarded by
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everybody gentlemen we need a pet here clear pet Marty tank was coming back in now to go before the microphones we talk
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to the media along with his family and friends good morning [Applause] just mindboggling and I walked in there I
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don't remember what I said really I remember just seeing all the family crying and I just remember hugging
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everybody I wouldn't have wanted an any better way having all my family together
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welcome home it's great to see all of you here today my arresting conviction was a
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nightmare this is a dream come true still a little hard to believe yeah I mean I you know
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it just came so suddenly we lost the battle but today we won the war this is a man who gave me my
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life back it was his dedication that saved me we were scared to death 19 years ago but he's done a
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terrific job did you ever really think this day would come there's a side of me who finds it hard to believe however
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there was never a doubt in my mind that this day would come happy and you know here comes Marty here he comes but
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at that moment you're still facing trial at that moment yes but I wasn't even thinking about it because it was
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the first time I was essentially a free person wearing Street clothing Marty right here right here all right Marty is
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followed to his cousin's home how you feeling buddy how you do where there is a long anticipated celebration I I
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haven't had a real plate of food so I walked into my family's house that was filled with friends and family and
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it was a loving caring warm environment it felt like I hadn't left how was the food yeah I'm looking for
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another round but Marty tlo's case has caught the attention of top state officials and
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his fate is now in the hands of the governor today how do you feel buddy congratulations thank you very much
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thank you what are your thoughts tonight I just want to spend some quality time with my family after 17 years of
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isolation Marty tankleff suddenly is thrust into the spotlight wa Marty right here right here
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Budd thank you pal he's moved in with his cousin Ron falby at times it gets a little hairy
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and you you wake up in the morning and they're sitting there waiting for you you go to bed at night and they're still
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out there sitting there waiting for you and yeah it's like we we got a little feeling of what a rock star is you
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know it's not just the notoriety that's new for Marty shock was a technology you
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know sending uh you know an email across the world and getting a response back in
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three seconds no never knew that was possible the world changed while Marty was locked up what else anything else
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that surprised you how good it was to wake up in the morning be able to make my own cup of coffee walk out the back
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door watch the sunrise when was the lowest period in all of this every day in prison is a low period
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you wake up and the smells the sound sounds the noise that's the low period and you have to force yourself to
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get past that period to kind of get through the day that's the first Sunrise that I was able to take a picture
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of at age 36 Marty finally feels like a free man I was given my life back I mean
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literally in a 10-day period I went from a prison cell serving 50 years to life to being back with my
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family right kind of exciting and Mickey you want coffee his apparent seamless transition to the outside world
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surprises his family my wife and I have been watching him closely and and his manners are still there he still helps
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his aunts what else do you need oh thank you a little sugar a little milk yeah what was your concern um that he would
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Harden in there and that he would lose his spirit and it didn't happen I didn't live in
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the prison system I resided there what do you mean well my body was physically there my mind wasn't my soul wasn't but
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his legal ordeal is not over New York's Governor appoints a special prosecutor from the Attorney General's office to
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investigate and determine once and for all whether Marty should be retried for the murder of his parents we can collect
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materials and try to reach a determination of how long it will take us to be able to decide whether to
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proceed with the case it's yet one more frustrating delay but Marty wastes no time and
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enrolls in college at the same time he helps his lawyers prepare for a possible new trial and this is all the case
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files I mean essentially everyone is a different witness false confessions Cove interrogation
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come on 6 months after Marty tff's release the decision Marty returns to court today is a day it's not just about
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me it's about my mother's sisters my father's family he is prepared for battle 17
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years in prison I fought for the day for a new trial All Rise Supreme Court of suffer
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County criminal term part five is now in session that all some evidence that Mr tankle committed the crime's charg the
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evidence is insufficient to conclude or to prove Beyond a reasonable doubt that he did so the people hereby move to
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dismiss indictments number 1535 over the Attorney General's office asked the court to drop all
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[Applause] charges now the 18 wheeler has finally driven off my chest I can kind of just
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get on with life now while the decision doesn't completely exonerate him it's the next best thing Marty is free and
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clear his record now clean they say there is some evidence against Marty we've known that for 20 years they brow
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beat a confession out of them of course there's some evidence against them do you feel anybody still looks at you and
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wonders um I haven't sensed that at all um I think anybody who knows the facts has no doubt that I they know I'm
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innocent what's more the special Prosecutor's investigation uncovers a stunning piece of evidence that points
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away from Marty's guilt and was overlooked for two decades there's a bloody imprint of a knife on Arlene
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tff's bed sheet and it matches no knife in the tankleff home it's showing that someone left the house with the murder
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weapon and it wasn't Marty Marty remains convinced that it was his father's former business partner and hired Thugs
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who killed his parents my family and I won't stop till you know they are prosecuted and they're in
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prison but the state says neither that bloody knife imprint nor any other forensic evidence links them to the
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murders and the state also finds many of the witnesses unreliable so for now no one is charged
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with a crime it's frustrating it it's frustrating that the system doesn't work but Marty is finally free to make
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something of his future he has set his sights High I'm majoring in sociology and then I'll go on to law school
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definitely definitely why I've been exposed to a system that just has so many problems and I want to change it I
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want to make [Music] [Applause] [Music] changes [Music]