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Bronx Homicide Detective Bobby Addolorato, a 20-year veteran of the NYC police department, begins a reinvestigation of the Palladium murder as ours cameras show up.
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A key reason Det. Addolorato believes Lemus and Hidalgo are innocent is because this man, Joey Pillot, told the detective he was one of the gunmen at the Palladium.
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Pillot claims that he and this man, fellow gang member Thomas 'Spanky' Morales, are responsible for the Palladium murder and that the two men convicted -– David Lemus and Olmedo Hidalgo -- are completely innocent. He claims Spanky fired the fatal shot that killed Markus Peterson.
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Detective John Schwartz, Det. Addolorato’s partner, is skeptical at first but becomes convinced of Lemus and Hidalgo’s innocence after he looks into the facts of the case.
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Former federal prosecutor Steve Cohen also believes Lemus and Hidalgo are innocent and that Joey and Spanky are guilty. Cohen works pro bono to fight for Lemus and Hidalgo.
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Nilsa Huertas, David Lemus’s mother, sees Bobby, John, and Steve as the only hope left for her son who has now spent nearly 14 years in prison.
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Carol Kramer was the foreperson for the jury that convicted Lemus and Hidalgo. She now believes she \"made the biggest mistake of my life.\"
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Kramer's change in position came as a result of an NBC News story about the case and the detectives' quest to find the truth.
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Based largely upon the evidence uncovered by Dets. Addolorato and Schwartz, the defendants seek to have their convictions overturned in a hearing presided over by Hon. Roger Hayes, who ultimately holds the fate of Lemus and Hidalgo in his hands.
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Assistant District Attorney Daniel Bibb argued to preserve the convictions of Lemus and Hidalgo even though he reveals his reservations about their guilt in an exclusive interview he grants to NBC News.
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The DA argues that Lemus, Hidalgo, and Spanky were all involved together in the Palladium murder. Spanky, now free from prison, tells NBC News in an exclusive interview that he has never seen nor met Lemus or Hidalgo.
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After fighting to maintain his conviction for years, the DA consents to releasing Hidalgo. He is then deported to the Dominican Republic.
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On the day of the judge’s decision regarding David Lemus’s fate, Det. Addolorato and David’s mother Nilsa meet for the first time outside the courthouse.
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David Lemus reacts as the judge overturns his conviction based on newly discovered evidence.
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David hugs his mother as a free man for the first time in nearly 14 years. He was tried again for the Palladium murder but a jury found him not guilty on Dec. 6, 2007.
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