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DID THAT.
>> SHARRIF, I WANTED TO ASK YOU
ABOUT THIS, SHARRIF.
YOU WROTE THIS LETTER IN 2005
SAYING TO ANTONIO'S FAMILY, WE
ARE INNOCENT.
WE NEVER DID ANYTHING.
TONY'S INNOCENT.
I WAS WRONG FOR TURNING ON HIM
BUT I WAS SCARED AND PRESSURIZED
INTO IT.
I SUPPOSE THE OBVIOUS QUESTION I
WOULD ASK YOU, TOUGH QUESTION,
WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO
WRITE THAT LETTER?
THAT IS 13 YEARS AFTER YOU WERE
SENT TO PRISON.
>> WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO
CONTACT.
AND JUST OUT OF THE BLUE I GOT A
LETTER FROM HIS AUNT.
AND SHE ASKED ME DID HE REALLY
DO IT.
AND I HAD TO TELL THE TRUTH.
NO, HE DIDN'T DO IT.
AND NO, WE DIDN'T DO IT.
AND THAT I WAS PRESSURED INTO
MAKING A FALSE CONFESSION.
>> ANTONIO, LET ME ASK YOU.
WHEN YOU DISCOVERED ANTONIO THAT
HE HAD MADE THIS REVELATION TO
YOUR FAMILY, WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> WELL, LIKE I TOLD HIM ABOUT A
FEW HOURS AGO, THAT I HAVE NO
ANIMOSITY TOWARDS HIM.
I KNOW HE WASN'T THE ONE WHO
MURDERED MY MOTHER.
I KNOW HE WASN'T THE ONE WHO
MURDERED MY LITTLE SISTER.
AND I KNOW HE WASN'T THE ONE
THAT MURDERED MY LITTLE COUSIN.
AND SO I KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO
HIM BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THEY DID
TO ME.
I MEAN, BUT BEFORE THAT I WAS
EXTREMELY ANGRY WITH HIM.
AS I HAD ALL RIGHT TO BE.
BUT LIKE HE SAID EARLIER, IT'S
THE GIFT OF GOD, MAN.
AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT GOD
HAS SENT LIKE I SAID BEFORE SENT
ME SOME LAWYERS WHO BELIEVED IN
ME AND TOOK A CHANCE ON ME.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS
TO GET A LAWYER.
AND AS YOU KNOW, NEW YORK
LAWYERS ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
AND DIDN'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF
MONEY.
MY LAWYER ZACHARY OPENED UP HIS
HEART.
AND IT'S THE GIFT OF GOD.
THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
LIKE I'M JUST OVERWHELMED RIGHT
NOW.
ALL ANIMOSITY, ALL THAT IS ALL
GONE NOW.
I'M HERE TO LIVE MY LIFE.
I'LL BE 40 NEXT WEEK.
AND HOPEFULLY GOD WILLING I HAVE
ANOTHER 40 OR 50 YEARS TO LIVE
AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE.
THE LIFE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN
LIVING.
>> ANTONIO, LET ME ASK YOU THIS
QUESTION, WHICH IS THAT YOU'VE
BEEN IN PRISON SINCE YOUR MOTHER
AND YOUR SISTER AND YOUR COUSIN
WERE KILLED.
YOU'VE NEVER, I GUESS, BEEN ABLE
TO PROPERLY MOURN THEIR DEATHS.
YOU DON'T KNOW TO THIS DAY WHO
MURDERED THEM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY HOPE OF FINDING
THEIR REAL KILLER NOW AND
GETTING JUSTICE FOR YOUR MOTHER,
YOUR SISTER AND YOUR COUSIN?
>> YEAH, I HAVE HOPE.
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT IT'S