>> MY PHONE STARTED JUST BLOWING UP.
THERE WAS A TEXT THAT SAID, "WE DID IT.
CROSLEY'S GOING TO BE RELEASED."
WE STARTED SCRAMBLING.
WE LET THE FAMILY KNOW.
WE GOT DOWN THERE, AND THEN THE GATES OPENED AND CROSLEY STEPPED
OUT.
>> IT'S A MOMENT THAT I'VE DREAMT ABOUT SO MANY TIMES.
AND TO HAVE IT COME TRUE, I THINK I WAS MAYBE STILL A LITTLE
BIT IN SHOCK.
[ LAUGHTER] [ CROSSTALK]
>> ALL RIGHT, BROTHER!
[ LAUGHTER] >> AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR
OPENING THEM DOORS THAT MEN HAVE SHUT FOR US, OH, HEAVENLY
FATHER.
>> I WANT TO SEE MY KIDS, MY GRANDKIDS.
I GOT GRANDKIDS I'D NEVER SEEN.
>> IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
[ CROSSTALK] >> IT WAS SO JOYOUS.
THERE WERE FAMILY MEMBERS THERE THAT HE HAD NEVER MET.
>> THIS YOUNG MAN?
>> YES, YEP!
[ LAUGHTER ] >> THEY WEREN'T BORN WHEN HE
WENT INTO PRISON.
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
ALL WE KNOW IS THAT CHIP FLYNN PICKED UP HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND.
THEY HAD SEX.
THEY SMOKED MARIJUANA.
THEN, CHIP FLYNN GOT SHOT.
>> IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF APRIL 4, 1989, THE POLICE
RECEIVED A 911 CALL FROM KIM HALLOCK.
>> I WAS DISPATCHED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
>> THEY DID EVENTUALLY FIND CHIP FLYNN LYING IN AN ABANDONED
ORANGE GROVE.
>> HE'S BEEN SHOT.
I GET A CALL SHORTLY AFTER 2:00 THAT HE HAS DIED.
>> THERE WAS A STATEMENT TAKEN FROM KIM HALLOCK.
>> YOU DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE AROUND.
SHOTS WERE FIRED.
YOU DON'T SEE ANY SHELL CASINGS.
AND IT JUST MAKES YOU WONDER.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD SHE SAYS.
IT'S UNFORTUNATELY A CLASSIC CASE OF WHAT IS OFTEN REFERRED
TO AS A RACIAL HOAX, WHICH IS "A BLACK GUY DID IT."
>> Reporter: SO, YOU GET THEN CALLED IN BY THE PROSECUTOR.
>> I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT SHE DID IT.
>> I SAID TO HIM, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A CLOSE
LOOK AT KIM HALLOCK.
>> Reporter: WERE YOU AT ALL SURPRISED WHEN CROSLEY GREEN WAS
CHARGED WITH CHIP FLYNN'S MURDER?
>> IT WAS A TOTAL SHOCK.
THIS-- THIS WAS, LIKE, PICKING A NAME OUT OF A HAT.
>> WE FINALLY HAD A FEDERAL JUDGE RULE THAT CROSLEY GREEN
HAD BEEN WRONGFULLY AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY CONVICTED.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE, THE FIRST TIME YOU WALKED
OUT AND THE GATES CLOSED BEHIND YOU?
>> I WASN'T FOCUSED ON WHAT WAS BEHIND ME NO MORE.
I WAS FOCUSED ON WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME.
>> Reporter: THE STATE COULD DECIDE TO RETRY YOU.
YOU'RE NOT AFRAID OF IT?
>> I'M NOT AFRAID OF IT.
WHAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU FOR THE LAST 20-SOME YEARS?
THAT I WAS INNOCENT?
I WANT MY DAY IN COURT TO PROVE THAT.
>> I WANT TO THANK GOD.
I WANT TO THANK GOD THAT I'M STANDING HERE TODAY AS A FREE
MAN.
I WANT TO THANK MY LAWYERS FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: ON CROSLEY GREEN'S FIRST FULL DAY OF FREEDOM, EVEN
A PRESS CONFERENCE UNDER A GIANT TREE FEELS SPECIAL.
>> SOMETHING I HAVEN'T STOOD UP UNDER IN 30-SOME YEARS.
>> Reporter: NEXT STOP FOR CROSLEY AND HIS LAWYERS?
>> THIS IS GREAT!
>> Reporter: THE TASTE OF FREEDOM.
>> I'VE BEEN WANTING THIS STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM FOR SO
LONG.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANT TO GET WHEN I GET OUT OF
HERE.
>> Reporter: CROSLEY GREEN IS OUT OF PRISON, BUT HE'S NOT
TRULYA FREE MAN.
AFTER HIS MURDER CONVICTION WAS VACATED BY A FEDERAL COURT IN
2018, THE STATE OF FLORIDA APPEALED.
CROSLEY HAD BEEN KEPT BEHIND BARS, WAITING FOR THE U.S.
COURT OF APPEALS TO DECIDE.
BUT LAST WEEK, HIS ATTORNEYS, WORRIED ABOUT CROSLEY'S HEALTH,
CONVINCED A FEDERAL JUDGE TO ALLOW CROSLEY TO WAIT WITH HIS
FAMILY.
ATTORNEY KEITH HARRISON.
HE'S HOME NOW, BUT THAT COULD CHANGE.
HE COULD GO BACK, COULDN'T HE?
>> HE COULD.
IF THE COURT OF APPEALS' DECISION COMES DOWN AGAINST HIM,
HE WOULD LIKELY GO BACK TO PRISON.
IT-- IT'S A REAL POSSIBILITY.
>> Reporter: "48 HOURS" HAS BEEN COVERING THIS QUESTIONABLE
CONVICTION FOR 22 YEARS.
CROSLEY'S ATTORNEYS SAY RACE WAS A FACTOR FROM THE BEGINNING.
>> THE EVIDENCE THAT CROSLEY GREEN IS INNOCENT IS LITERALLY
OVERWHELMING.
>> Reporter: CROSLEY'S ORDEAL BEGAN IN APRIL OF 1989.
CHARLES FLYNN, BETTER KNOWN AS CHIP, WAS FOUND SHOT IN A
FLORIDA CITRUS GROVE.
HE HAD BEEN WITH HIS EX- GIRLFRIEND, KIM HALLOCK, THAT
NIGHT.
SHE TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT THEY HAD BEEN ROBBED AND HIJACKED BY
A BLACK MAN IN HOLDER PARK AS THEY SAT IN CHIP'S TRUCK A
LITTLE AFTER 11:00 P.M.
>> Reporter: 20 MINUTES LATER, KIM SAYS, CHIP STEPPED OUT OF
THE TRUCK, AND SHE HEARD HIM SAY, "HOLD ON, MAN."
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE MAN >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE MAN
TIED CHIP'S HANDS WITH A SHOELACE, ORDERED HER TO HAND
OVER MONEY FROM CHIP'S WALLET.
AND THEN, WITH EVERYONE IN THIS TRUCK, SHE SAYS THE ASSAILANT
DROVE THEM TO THE ORANGE GROVE, STEERING, SHIFTING GEARS, AND
SOMEHOW HOLDING A GUN ON THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
KIM HALLOCK TOLD POLICE THAT WHEN THEY GOT TO THE GROVE, THE
MAN YANKED HER OUT OF THE TRUCK.
AND THEN, CHIP, HIS HANDS STILL TIED BEHIND HIS BACK, SOMEHOW
MANAGED TO GET A HOLD OF HISGUN THAT KIM HAD HIDDEN ON THE TRUCK
SEAT.
>> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE THEN DROVE TO A FRIEND'S HOME FOR
HELP.
SHERIFF DEPUTY MARK RIXEY AND SERGEANT DIANE CLARK WERE THE
FIRST TWO OFFICERS ON THE SCENE.
KIM HALLOCK SAYS THAT THIS ASSAILANT TOOK BOTH CHIP AND KIM
TO THIS CITRUS GROVE AT 12:10, AND YET YOU'RE NOT DISPATCHED
TILL 1:13.
>> IT'S OVER AN HOUR.
THERE IS APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR THAT IS MISSING AND UNEXPLAINED.
>> Reporter: HOW CRUCIAL WAS THAT TIME, THAT NIGHT?
>> MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.
>> WHY IS SHE NOT STOPPING SOME PLACE AND MAKING THAT PHONE
CALL?
>> Reporter: WHERE COULD SHE HAVE CALLED?
>> RIGHT HERE.
>> FROM A PAYPHONE.
I THINK THERE WAS THREE ALONG THE WAY, RIGHT?
CONVENIENCE STORE, CONVENIENCE STORE, AND THE HOSPITAL IS RIGHT
THERE.
>> Reporter: THE DIRECTIONS KIM GAVE WERE SO VAGUE THAT EVEN
AFTER CLARK AND RIXEY WERE DISPATCHED, IT TOOK ANOTHER 30
MINUTES TO FIND CHIP.
>> GET THE CALL AT 1:13.
I RESPOND TO THIS AREA.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
HAD TO NOTIFY MY DISPATCH, GET BETTER DIRECTIONS.
I DRIVE TO THIS NEW AREA HERE WHERE THEY INFORMED ME TO GO.
AGAIN, THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
>> Reporter: WHY, THEN, WERE YOU FIRST SENT TO THE WRONG
LOCATION?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, ONE WE'VE BEEN ASKING OURSELVES FOR
30 YEARS.
>> 30 YEARS.
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T TELL US WHERE TO GO.
SHE GAVE THE WRONG DIRECTION.
>> Reporter: SGT. CLARK ENDED UP SENDING ANOTHER DEPUTY TO PICK
KIM UP SO SHE COULD BETTER GUIDE THEM.
>> SHE WOULDN'T GET OUT THE CAR.
>> WE SAY, "CAN YOU SHOW US WHERE?"
>> YEAH.
>> "NOPE.
NOT GOING DOWN THERE."
>> Reporter: WHAT DID THAT SAY TO YOU?
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.
SOMETHING IS NOT RINGING TRUE.
I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, IS HE OKAY?
>> Reporter: THEY FOUND CHIP LAYING ON HIS STOMACH WITH HIS
HANDS TIED BEHIND HIS BACK, BLEEDING FROM A SINGLE GUNSHOT
WOUND TO HIS CHEST.
>> HE WAS IN PAIN, BUT I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT HE'D BE OKAY.
>> FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH WERE, "GET ME OUT OF HERE.
I WANT TO GO HOME."
>> Reporter: DID HE MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT AN ASSAILANT?
>> NOPE.
>> NO.
>> Reporter: DID HE MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT BEING ROBBED?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: DID HE MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT BEING KIDNAPPED?
>> NO.
>> I'M THINKING, "WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"
>> MY FEELING ABOUT IT AT THE TIME-- AND STILL IS-- THAT HE
WAS PROTECTING HER.
>> Reporter: CHIP FLYNN STOPPED BREATHING TWICE AS THEY WAITED
FOR AN AMBULANCE.
SGT. CLARK TRIED TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
>> HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE.
>> THERE WASN'T ANYTHING HE DIDN'T LIKE TO DO.
>> Reporter: CHIP'S PARENTS, CHARLES AND PEGGY FLYNN, NOW
BOTH DECEASED, RUSHED TO THE ORANGE GROVE WHEN THEY GOT THE
WORD CHIP HAD BEEN HURT, BUT POLICE WOULDN'T LET THEM NEAR
THE SCENE.
>> I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO BACK TO SEE HIM.
>> Reporter: THE FLYNNS, WHO SPOKE WITH US IN 1999, WERE
SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT CHIP HAD BEEN WITH KIM HALLOCK THAT
NIGHT.
CHIP HAD A NEW GIRLFRIEND.
>> THAT WAS ALL HE TALKED ABOUT.
HE DIDN'T MENTION KIM ANYMORE OR ANYTHING.
>> Reporter: CHIP'S PARENTS SAID KIM HAD BECOME TOO POSSESSIVE
AND OVERBEARING.
>> CHIP LIKED HIS FREEDOM.
SHE WANTED HIM TO BE WITH HER ALL THE TIME.
>> Reporter: KIM WAS UPSET ABOUT THE BREAKUP, ACCORDING TO CHIP'S
FRIEND, DAVID STROUP, WHO ALSO SPOKE WITH US IN 1999.
>> I DO REMEMBER THAT HE JUST-- THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO LET GO.
>> Reporter: AND IT WAS DAVID'S HOME WHERE KIM HALLOCK WENT FOR
HELP.
>> I WONDERED WHY SHE CAME TO MY PLACE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST
STOPPING AT THE FIRST POTENTIAL TELEPHONE, YOU KNOW-- EVEN A
HOME WITH A LIGHT ON OR ANYTHING IF IT, YOU KNOW.
SO, IT'S ALWAYS BOTHERED ME.
>> Reporter: KIM HALLOCK WAS NOT AND HAS NEVER BEEN A SUSPECT.
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES FROM BREVARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEEMED
TO TAKE HER AT HER WORD DESPITE HER DELAY IN CALLING FOR HELP
AND HER INABILITY TO DESCRIBE THE ASSAILANT VERY WELL.
>> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS CLAIMED THAT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
THEY GOT A TIP THAT A SMALL-TIME DRUG DEALER, CROSLEY GREEN, WAS
INVOLVED.
HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL.
>> THE DESCRIPTION THAT SHE HAD GIVEN FOR THE SKETCH DIDN'T
MATCH HIM.
>> Reporter: THEY SHOWED KIM THIS PHOTO LINE-UP, AND KIM
CHOSE NUMBER TWO, CROSLEY GREEN.
>> HIS PICTURE IS SMALLER AND DARKER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER
PICTURES.
AND IT'S RIGHT IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE
"BULLS-EYE" POINT OF A PHOTO ARRAY.
>> Reporter: CROSLEY GREEN ADMITS HE WAS NO ANGEL, BUT HE
HAD NO HISTORY OF VIOLENT CRIME.
>> I THINK HE WAS JUST AN EASY PICK, "WE'RE GOING TO PUT
SOMEBODY IN JAIL FOR THIS."
>> Reporter: GREEN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING,
ROBBERY AND MURDER DESPITE NO DIRECT EVIDENCE LINKING HIM TO
CHIP'S SHOOTING.
>> THERE WERE NO FINGERPRINTS OF CROSLEY GREEN OR ANY THIRD
PERSON ON THE-- THE TRUCK.
NOT ONE SINGLE FINGERPRINT.
>> THERE WAS NO CASE AGAINST CROSLEY GREEN.
THERE WAS NO CASE.
IT WAS A ONE-WITNESS I.D. CASE.
>> Reporter: IN AUGUST OF 1990, CROSLEY GREEN WENT ON TRIAL FOR
THE MURDER OF CHIP FLYNN.
THE CASE HINGED ON THE TESTIMONY OF KIM HALLOCK, THE STATE'S STAR
WITNESS, WHO IDENTIFIED GREEN AS THE BLACK MAN WHO ATTACKED THE
COUPLE.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY KEITH HARRISON: >> THAT'S THE WEAKEST KIND OF
CASE WHERE THE ONLY EVIDENCE YOU HAVE IS SOMEBODY SAID, "THAT GUY
DID IT."
>> Reporter: THE STATE CLAIMED THERE WERE ALSO SHOEPRINTS FOUND
AT HOLDER PARK.
PROSECUTOR CHRISTOPHER WHITE, NOW RETIRED, SAID A DOG FOLLOWED
THE SCENT OF THOSE PRINTS TO THE VICINITY OF A HOUSE WHERE ONE OF
GREEN'S SISTERS LIVED.
WHITE SPOKE WITH US IN 2015.
>> THE SHOE IMPRESSIONS WERE FOLLOWED FROM THE SITE WHERE THE
TRUCK WAS PARKED, SUPPORTING WHAT KIM SAID ABOUT THERE BEING
A THIRD PERSON THERE, A BLACK MALE WHO ABDUCTED THEM AND DID
THESE THINGS.
>> Reporter: THOSE SHOEPRINTS, HOWEVER, WERE NEVER LINKED TO
CROSLEY GREEN.
BUT THE PROSECUTION ALSO HAD THREE WITNESSES, ALL WITH
CRIMINAL PROBLEMS OF THEIR OWN, WHO CLAIMED CROSLEY CONFESSED.
ONE WAS CROSLEY'S OWN SISTER, SHEILA.
THE DEFENSE ARGUED THAT CROSLEY COULDN'T HAVE KILLED FLYNN
BECAUSE HE HAD AN ALIBI.
CROSLEY SAYS HE WAS SEEN AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER BY MULTIPLE
WITNESSES AT A PARTY TWO MILES AWAY, BUT HIS FORMER ATTORNEY
ONLY CALLED ONE TO TESTIFY.
AND ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1990, AN ALL-WHITE JURY CONVICTED CROSLEY
GREEN OF KIDNAPPING, ROBBERY AND MURDER.
HE WAS SENTENCED TO DIE IN FLORIDA'S ELECTRIC CHAIR.
HI, CROSLEY.
I'M ERIN MORIARTY WITH CBS.
I FIRST MET CROSLEY GREEN IN 1999.
WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING HERE ON DEATH ROW?
>> IT'S HELL.
IT'S HELL TO ME BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR A CRIME I DIDN'T COMMIT.
>> Reporter: A TEAM OF LAWYERS FROM CROWELL & MORING, LED BY
KEITH HARRISON AND JEANE THOMAS, TOOK CROSLEY'S CASE PRO BONO.
THEY SAY JURORS NEVER HEARD THE REAL STORY.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ALL OF THE FACTS, YOU SEE THAT THE
STATE WANTED TO ACHIEVE A CERTAIN RESULT, AND THEY
MANUFACTURED EVIDENCE.
THEY COERCED WITNESSES TO LIE.
>> Reporter: EVEN BEFORE THE TRIAL, KIM HALLOCK'S ACCOUNT HAD
SERIOUS INCONSISTENCIES.
SHE TOLD POLICE THAT THE ASSAILANT HAD MANAGED TO STEER
CHIP'S TRUCK, SHIFT GEARS, ALL WHILE HOLDING A GUN ON THEM.
AND YET, SHE TOLD CHIP'S PARENTS A VERY DIFFERENT STORY.
>> SHE WAS HAVING TO SHIFT THE GEARS FOR HIM.
HE WOULD JUST MASH THE CLUTCH, AND SHE WOULD SHIFT THE GEARS.
HE WAS MAKING HER DO THAT.
>> Reporter: KIM CHANGED OTHER PARTS OF HER STORY, AS WELL.
ACCORDING TO THIS POLICE REPORT FROM THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING,
SHE TOLD A DEPUTY THE ASSAILANT TOLD HERTO TIE CHIP'S HANDS.
BUT JUST HOURS LATER, IN HER TAPED INTERVIEW:
>> Reporter: THOSE INCONSISTENCIES, WOULD THAT HAVE
CONCERNED YOU?
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHO TIED HIM?
>> Reporter: YES, AND WHO SHIFTED THE TRUCK.
>> OF COURSE IT WOULD, IF SHE WAS INCONSISTENT.
ANY INCONSISTENCIES.
>> Reporter: AND YET, ANOTHER SERIOUS INCONSISTENCY: KIM'S
DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSAILANT'S GUN MATCHED A SEMI-AUTOMATIC.
SHE SAID THAT WHEN SHE DROVE AWAY, LEAVING CHIP AT THAT
GROVE, SHE HEARD FIVE TO SIX GUNSHOTS.
BUT NO SHELL CASINGS WERE RECOVERED AT THE SCENE, AND THE
ONLY BULLET FOUND WAS THE ONE THAT KILLED CHIP.
YOUR OWN EXPERT SAID THAT, IN FACT, THE BULLET FOUND IN CHIP
FLYNN COULD'VE COME FROM HIS OWN GUN.
DID YOU FIND ANOTHER WEAPON?
>> WELL, NO.
>> Reporter: DID YOU EVER FIND ANOTHER SHELL CASING TO MATCH
THAT WEAPON?
>> NO, AND WE WOULDN'T IF, IN FACT, HE WAS SHOOTING A
REVOLVER.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> Reporter: BUT, IN FACT, DID YOU FIND ANY OTHER BULLET HOLES?
>> BULLET HOLES?
NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
>> Reporter: BUT THAT STATEMENT WAS CONTRADICTED BY THE
EVIDENCE.
INVESTIGATORS FOUND NO GUNSHOT RESIDUE ON CHIP FLYNN'S HANDS.
>> THE FACT THAT HIS WERE TESTED AND DID NOT SHOW ANY GUNSHOT
RESIDUE CONRADICTS HER STORY.
AND I TOTALLY DON'T BELIEVE SOMEONE COULD ACTUALLY JUMP OUT
OF THAT TRUCK AND SHOOT A GUN BEHIND THEIR BACK WITH THEIR
HANDS TIED, ANYWAY.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS CASE, IT IS ALL CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAD A STRONGER CASE, BUT IT IS WHAT IT
IS.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THOSE SHOEPRINTS AT THE PARK,
CRIMINALIST LISA DIMEO, WHO HELPED CROSLEY'S DEFENSE TEAM,
TOLD US THAT THE DIAGRAM SHOWN AT TRIAL CONTRADICTS THE ACTUAL
CRIME SCENE VIDEO.
>> THESE SHOEPRINTS AFTER PROCEEDING WEST WILL THEN
CONTINUE ON AROUND JUST TO THE OUTSIDE OF THIS FENCE.
>> Reporter: IF THESE WERE THE TRACKS OF THE ASSAILANT, THEY
SHOULD END WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED, AROUND HERE.
BUT, IN FACT, DIMEO SAYS THEY CONTINUE PAST THE TRUCK, ALONG
THE FENCE-- AS YOU JUST HEARD-- AND APPEAR TO LEAVE THE PARK.
HOW CAN THEY BELONG TO THE ASSAILANT IF, IN FACT, HE GOT IN
THE TRUCK BACK HERE?
THEY COULDN'T.
>> NO.
NO, THEY COULDN'T.
>> Reporter: THE TRAIL OF PRINTS LEAVING HOLDER PARK IS MISSING
FROM THE DIAGRAM.
THIS DIAGRAM SUPPORTS KIM HALLOCK'S STORY, BUT THIS
DIAGRAM DOESN'T MATCH THE EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE?
>> CORRECT.
THIS WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE HER STORY FIT.
>> Reporter: WHAT'S MORE, EVERY ONE OF THE THREE WITNESSES WHO
TESTIFIED THAT CROSLEY GREEN CONFESSED, RECANTED AFTER TRIAL.
>> THERE'S A PATTERN THAT SUPPORTS THE FACT THAT THESE
FOLKS WERE COERCED.
>> Reporter: WHEN A SISTER TESTIFIES AGAINST HER OWN
BROTHER AND SAYS HE CONFESSED, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT COULD
BE COERCED.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SHE RECANTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
>> Reporter: WE TRACKED DOWN SHEILA GREEN IN 1999.
WHAT DID THEY SAY WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DIDN'TTESTIFY AGAINST
YOUR BROTHER?
>> I WOULD NEVER SEE MY KIDS AGAIN.
>> Reporter: SHE TOLD US SHE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO LIE ON THE
STAND.
DID CROSLEY EVER TELL YOU THAT HE KILLED CHIP?
>> I NEVER EVEN TALKED TO CROSLEY.
HE NEVER TOLD ME THAT.
BASICALLY, THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS MY LAST CHANCE TO HELP
MYSELF BECAUSE I WAS ALREADY CONVICTED.
>> Reporter: BUT THIS IS YOUR OWN BROTHER, SHEILA.
>> HE WILL UNDERSTAND.
>> Reporter: YOU THINK HE WILL?
>> YES.
HE WILL.
HE KNEW I DID IT.
[ CRYING]
>> FLORIDA HAD A LONG HISTORY OF BEING ENGAGED IN SLAVERY, IN THE
PLANTATION ECONOMY.
THAT HAS PASSED ITSELF ON TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HERE IN
THIS STATE.
>> Reporter: KENNETH NUNN, A PROFESSOR AT THE LAW SCHOOL AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, SAYS THE ODDS WERE STACKED AGAINST
CROSLEY GREEN IN THAT FLORIDA COURTROOM.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT CROSLEY GREEN'S CASE IS A MISCARRIAGE OF
JUSTICE.
>> IF YOU READ THE TRIAL TRANSCRIPT, THE PROSECUTOR WAS
USING RACE TO FILL THE GAPS IN THE EVIDENCE.
>> Reporter: DURING TRIAL, THE DEFENDANT'S RACE WAS REFERRED TO
140 TIMES.
>> SHE ACCUSES A BLACK PERSON OF COMMITTING THIS CRIME.
WHO ARE THEY GOING TO BELIEVE?
>> Reporter: AND WHAT HAS DEFINED THIS CASE FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING IS THAT KIM HALLOCK WAS TREATED AS A VICTIM, NEVER
AS A POSSIBLE SHOOTER.
>> EVERYBODY ON THE SCENE IS A SUSPECT UNTIL THEY'RE NOT.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS TESTED FOR GUNSHOT RESIDUE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
>> Reporter: TO THISDAY, FIRST RESPONDERS DIANE CLARKE AND MARK
RIXEY QUESTION WHY BREVARD COUNTY DETECTIVES FAILED TO DO
EVEN A BASIC INVESTIGATION OF HALLOCK.
KIM HALLOCK WAS TAKEN IN AND QUESTIONED AT 4:30, BUT NOT
RECORDED UNTIL 8:20.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> Reporter: AND WHAT DOES THAT SAY TO YOU?
>> WELL, SHE HAD TIME TO GET HER STORY THE WAY SHE WANTED IT.
SHE WAS NOT A SUSPECT.
>> Reporter: DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE THAT MAYBE
KIM HALLOCK WASN'T TELLING THE TRUTH?
>> WELL, OF COURSE IT DID.
>> Reporter: FORMER PROSECUTOR CHRISTOPHER WHITE.
THEN, WHY WASN'T SHE EVER INVESTIGATED?
WHY WAS SHE NEVER A SUSPECT?
>> WHAT WAS-- WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE-- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> Reporter: NO G.S.R. TAKEN OF HER HANDS?
WHY NOT?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS OR WASN'T AT THIS POINT.
>> Reporter: THERE WASN'T.
WHY WEREN'T PICTURES TAKEN OF HER HANDS, HER ARMS, TO SEE IF
SHE HAD ANY INJURIES?
>> I GUESS THEY COULD'VE DONE MORE EXAMINATION.
I'LL GIVE YOU THAT, OKAY?
>> Reporter: CROSLEY GREEN'S LAWYER, KEITH HARRISON, FINDS IT
MIND-BOGGLING.
>> CHIP FLYNN HAD BROKEN UP WITH KIM HALLOCK.
HE WAS SEEING ANOTHER WOMAN.
KIM HALLOCK WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S THE OLDEST MOTIVE IN THE BOOK.
>> Reporter: JEALOUSY?
>> JEALOUSY.
>> Reporter: STILL, WHITE TOOK KIM HALLOCK AT HER WORD.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S KIND OF A SMALL COMMUNITY
HERE IN TITUSVILLE.
KIM HALLOCK LIVED AT THE-- IN THE AREA WHERE I LIVED.
I DON'T SEE HOW THERE'S ANYTHING HERE CONCRETE TO TELL ANYBODY
THAT KIM HALLOCK LIED.
>> Reporter: BUT THERE WERE THOSE OBVIOUS RED FLAGS WITH HER
STORY.
THERE WAS NO MOON ON THE NIGHT CHIP FLYNN WAS SHOT.
IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK IN THAT ORANGE GROVE.
>> BASED ON HER TESTIMONY, SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T GET A REALLY
GOOD LOOK AT HIM.
>> Reporter: YET, KIM HALLOCK CHOSE GREEN OUT OF THIS PHOTO
LINE-UP, A FLAWED LINE-UP PROFESSOR NUNN SAYS THAT IS NO
LONGER ALLOWED UNDER FLORIDA'S CURRENT LAWS.
>> YOU CAN'T TELL THE WITNESS THAT THE-- THE SUSPECT IS IN THE
BATCH, AND THAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PHOTOGRAPH MATCHES ALL THE OTHER
PHOTOGRAPHS.
HIS HEAD IS SMALLER THAN THE OTHER ONES, SO HE STANDS OUT.
>> Reporter: WOULD YOU DO THIS TODAY?
>> WELL, NO, NO.
IDEALLY, I WOULD NOT.
>> Reporter: COULD SHE HAVE PICKED THE WRONG PERSON?
>> [ SIGHS] I DON'T THINK SHE DID,YOU KNOW?
WAS SHE GUESSING MORE THAN SHE WAS SURE?
I COULDN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE.
THAT STILL LEAVES YOU WITH THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S
CROSLEY, AND YOU HAVE ARGUMENTS PRO AND CON ABOUT THAT.
BUT THE ONE THING I'M SURE OF, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE IN THIS
CASE, IT WASN'TKIM HALLOCK.
>> SHE WAS THE ONLY OTHER ONE THERE.
WHO ELSE WOULD'VE DONE IT?
THE ONLY WAY ALL THE FACTS ARE RECONCILED IS IF SHE SHOT HIM.
I TOLD EVERYBODY I RAN INTO WHO HAD ANY INTEREST IN IT I THOUGHT
SHE DID IT.
I TOLD THE HOMICIDE SERGEANT.
I TOLD THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATOR.
>> Reporter: AND FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE SHOOTING, BOTH RIXEY
AND CLARKE MET WITH PROSECUTOR CHRISTOPHER WHITE.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE KNEW OF THEIR SUSPICIONS OF KIM
HALLOCK.
AND HOW DID CHRIS WHITE TAKE THAT INFORMATION?
>> HE WAS DISMISSED, DISMISSIVE.
>> I SAID TO HIM, "SHE IS INVOLVED, AND I DON'T BELIEVE
IT'S THE PERSON YOU ARRESTED."
I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.
>> I THINK THAT THEY GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT, SHE PULLED THE GUN OUT
OF THE GLOVE BOX, AND EITHER INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY
SHOT HIM.
THEY FREAK OUT, "I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE, WE'VE GOT TO
COME UP WITH A STORY, LET'S MAKE UP THIS STORY."
>> Reporter: WHY DIDN'T YOU TAKE THEIR WORD SERIOUSLY?
>> I REVIEWED ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAD WITH THAT HYPOTHESIS
IN MIND.
DO THEY GIVE ME CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT KIM HALLOCK MAY HAVE
COMMITTED THIS MURDER?
MY ANSWER IS NO.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE THATSURE THAT CROSLEY GREEN IS INNOCENT?
>> I WOULD BET MYLIFE ON IT, YES.
>> Reporter: BUT IN 2000, 11 YEARS AFTER CHIP FLYNN'S MURDER,
THE STATE CLAIMED IT HAD MORE EVIDENCE AGAINST GREEN: TWO TINY
BODY HAIRS ALLEGEDLY FOUND IN FLYNN'S TRUCK.
THEY TESTED THEM FOR D.N.A.
>> MATTER OF FACT, I WANTED THEM TO TEST IT.
I KNEW I HADN'T BEEN IN THAT TRUCK.
I NEVER BEEN IN THAT TRUCK.
>> THERE WAS SUFFICIENT D.N.A.
THERE TO OBTAIN A RESULT USING M.T.A. D.N.A.
>> Reporter: THAT D.N.A., MITOCHONDRIAL, CANNOT BE USED TO
IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PERSON; IT CAN ONLY IDENTIFY BROAD FAMILY
RELATIONS, AND CROSLEY GREEN COULD NOT BE EXCLUDED FROM THAT
GROUP.
>> IT'S NOT A MATCH.
THE MITOCHONDRIAL D.N.A. TEST CANNOT DEFINITIVELY SAY, "THIS
D.N.A. IS THIS INDIVIDUAL'S D.N.A."
CROSLEY'S MATERNAL RELATIVES, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE IN THIS
GROUP THAT IS NOT EXCLUDED.
>> Reporter: IN FACT, CROSLEY'S BROTHER, O'CONNER, BELIEVES THE
HAIRS COULD BE HIS.
HE HAPPENED TO BE A FRIEND OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE TRUCK.
>> IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE I DROVE THE TRUCK KIND OF REGULAR.
I AIN'T-- I'M NOT SAYING I DROVE THE TRUCK ONE OR TWO TIME.
I DONE DROVE THE TRUCK SEVERAL TIME.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU AT ALL TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT
CROSLEY GREEN COULD NOT BE ELIMINATED?
>> THAT'S NOTHING.
THAT'S NOT EVIDENCE.
THAT IS NOTEVIDENCE.
IT DOES NOT TIE HIM SPECIFICALLY TO THAT TRUCK.
>> Reporter: YOU HAVE THAT ONE HAIR THAT COULD'VE COME FROM
SOMEONE ELSE, HIS BROTHER.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Reporter: IS THERE ANY OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, ANY OTHER
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, ANYTHING THAT CONNECTS CROSLEY GREEN TO
THIS CASE?
>> WELL, I-- I GUESS THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO.
>> Reporter: IN 2009, AFTER 19 YEARS FACING EXECUTION, CROSLEY
GREEN'S ATTORNEYS WON A MAJOR VICTORY.
BECAUSE OF AN ERROR IN SENTENCING, GREEN WAS TAKEN OFF
DEATH ROW.
>> I FELT REAL GOOD AT THAT TIME, BUT I KNOW I HAVE ANOTHER
HUNDRED YARDS TO GO.
>> Reporter: BUT CROSLEY GREEN'S REQUEST FOR A NEW TRIAL WAS
DENIED EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE EVIDENCE WAS NOW IN QUESTION AND
ALL THOSE WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM SAID THEY
LIED ON THE STAND.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A CASE WHERE THREE WITNESSES HAVE RECANTED
AND LIED?
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A CASE?
THREE?
>> YOU KNOW, I NEVER HAVE.
>> Reporter: THAT DOESN'T TROUBLE YOU?
>> NOT COMING FROM THOSEPEOPLE WITH THOSETIES TO THE GREEN
FAMILY, AND THE GREEN FAMILY BEING WHAT IT IS.
NO, IT DOESN'T TROUBLE ME A GREAT DEAL.
>> Reporter: BUT IN AN ODD TWIST OF FATE, CHRISTOPHER WHITE
PROVIDED JUST WHAT CROSLEY GREEN'S DEFENSE TEAM HAD BEEN
WAITING FOR.
>> I WAS SHOCKED.
I KNEW IMMEDIATELY THAT THIS WAS A GAME CHANGER.
>> I'M READY TO GO HOME.
HOPEFULLY, I GET THAT CHANCE TO GO HOME.
I'VE BEEN WITHOUT MY FAMILY FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
>> Reporter: CROSLEY GREEN WAS JUST 19 WHEN HIS PARENTS DIED
AND HE ASSUMED THE ROLE OF "PAPA" TO HIS LARGE FAMILY.
WHICH IS WHY CROSLEY'S MURDER CONVICTION WAS SO DEEPLY FELT BY
HIS OLDEST CHILD, SHUMA, HIS BROTHER, O'CONNER, AND SISTERS
SHIRLEY AND DEGRAH.
>> I HOPE AND I PRAY THAT ONE DAY PAPA WILL BE SET FREE,
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY SAY HE DID.
>> I WORRY ABOUT HIM A LOT, AND IT'S BREAKING THE FAMILY.
IT'S BREAKING THE FAMILY DOWN.
>> Reporter: SHUMA WAS 16 AND HIS BROTHER, GASTON, WAS SIX
WHEN CROSLEY WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH.
>> IT DAMAGED US.
I GOT REBELLIOUS.
I JUST WENT TO GETTING IN TROUBLE.
NO SENSE OF DIRECTION BECAUSE MY DAD WAS GONE.
>> I NEVER WAS WITH MY SONS WHEN THEY GREW UP, YOU KNOW, AND I
GOT GRANDKIDS NOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I GOT LEFT ON EARTH MYSELF, BUT THE
LITTLE TIME I WILL HAVE LEFT, IF I'M OUT THERE, IT WOULD BE WITH
THEM.
>> Reporter: BUT CROSLEY GREEN WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE UP
LOST TIME WITH TWO OF HIS SISTERS.
THEY DIED WHILE HE'S BEEN IN PRISON.
>> BRENDA AND TINA.
THAT'S BEEN TOUGH.
THEY HAVE BEEN WITH ME ALL WAY UP TILL THE TIME THEY DIED.
>> Reporter: YOU MISS THEM?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: AS FOR SHEILA, THE SISTER WHO HELPED PUT HIM ON
DEATH ROW?
HE FORGAVE HER YEARS AGO.
DOES SHE FEEL A LOT OF GUILT?
>> OF COURSE SHE DO.
BUT THAT'S MY SISTER, AND I WANT HER TO KNOW THAT I LOVE HER,
NO MATTER WHAT.
I'M NOT ANGRY AT HER, OKAY?
>> Reporter: WITH THE WITNESS RECANTATIONS, THE ONLY PERSON
WHO STILL CONNECTS CROSLEY TO THE CRIME IS KIM HALLOCK.
AS YOU SIT HERE TODAY, DO YOU BELIEVE CROSLEY GREEN IS THE MAN
WHO SHOT CHIP FLYNN?
>> YES, I DO.
YES, I DO.
>> Reporter: BUT AS IT TURNS OUT, CHRISTOPHER WHITE MADE A
DECISION IN 1989 THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY TURN THE TIDE FOR
CROSLEY GREEN.
>> "MARK AND DIANE SUSPECT THE GIRL DID IT.
SHE CHANGED HER STORY A COUPLE OF TIMES."
>> Reporter: WHITE TOOK THESE NOTES AFTER HIS MEETING WITH
MARK RIXEY AND DIANE CLARKE WHEN THEY TOLD HIM THEIR SUSPICIONS
ABOUT KIM HALLOCK.
>> "ONE THING WAS, SHE TIED HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK.
SHE NEVER ASKED HOW THE VICTIM WAS WHILE AT THE HOMICIDE.
SHE WOULDN'T GO DOWN THERE TO THE SCENE.
WHY WOULDN'T THE GUY SAY WHO SHOT HIM?"
>> Reporter: WHITE NEVER TURNED THOSE NOTES OVER TO CROSLEY'S
ORIGINAL LAWYER.
>> THIS IS THE EVIDENCE OF INNOCENCE THAT WAS HIDDEN BY THE
PROSECUTOR.
>> Reporter: WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU FIRST READ
THOSE NOTES?
>> I WAS SHOCKED.
I REALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THEY CAN'T JUST HIDE THAT EVIDENCE.
THEY CAN'T COVER IT UP.
THEY HAVE TO DISCLOSE IT TO THE DEFENSE.
>> Reporter: DEFENSE ATTORNEY JEANE THOMAS SAYS THOSE NOTES,
WHICH INCLUDED INCONSISTENCIES IN KIM HALLOCK'S STORY, WOULD
HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL AT TRIAL.
>> IT GOES TO THE HEART OF THE DEFENSE THEORY OF THE CASE THAT
THERE WAS NO BLACK MAN AT THE SCENE OF THIS CRIME; THAT IT WAS
THESE TWO TEENAGERS, THAT THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, AND THEN THERE
WAS A STORY THAT WAS MADE UP AFTER THE FACT.
>> THOSE NOTES WOULD HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE CASE.
>> Reporter: AND FOR THAT REASON, IN JULY 2018, A FEDERAL
JUDGE RULED THAT BY WITHHOLDING THOSE NOTES, PROSECUTORS
VIOLATED CROSLEY GREEN'S RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL.
HIS CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED.
>> IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT FINALLY THERE WAS A COURT THAT SAID,
"YES, HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WEREVIOLATED."
>> Reporter: WHEN HIS CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED, WHAT DID YOU
THINK WOULD HAPPEN?
>> MAN, I THOUGHT THAT'D MY BROTHER WOULD BE HOME.
>> Reporter: BUT CROSLEY DIDN'T COME HOME BECAUSE THE STATE
APPEALED, ARGUING THAT THE NOTES THAT PROSECUTOR WHITE WITHHELD
WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED THE OUTCOME OF THE ORIGINAL TRIAL.
CROSLEY WAS HELD IN PRISON, WAITING FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS
TO DECIDE.
>> HONESTLY, I DID NOT THINK IT WOULD TAKE THIS LONG.
>> Reporter: BUT THEN, THE CORONAVIRUS INVADED THE PRISON
WHERE CROSLEY GREEN WAS HELD.
HIS SITUATION BECAME EVEN MORE PRECARIOUS AFTER HE WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH LATENT TUBERCULOSIS.
IN MARCH OF 2021, CROSLEY'S ATTORNEYS FILED A MOTION FOR HIS
IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
>> THIS IS THE DAY THAT WE LONGEDFOR, OH, GOD.
AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR OPENING THE DOORS THAT MEN HAVE
SHUT TO US, TO HEAVEN.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT YOU GAVE US FAVORS WITH,
FATHER; FOR YOU BRINGING OUR BROTHER HOME, CROSLEY GREEN.
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT I WAS THINKING OR WHAT I SAW OR HOW I
FELT.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND, WONDERING, IS-- IS THIS REAL?
[ LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT, NOW, I
REALLY WONDERED, IS THIS FOR REAL?
>> THANK YOU, JESUS!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU, BROTHER.
>> Reporter: NOW THAT CROSLEY GREEN IS HOME, HIS VERY LARGE
AND LOVING FAMILY HAS DESCENDED UPON HIM.
EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE OF THE MAN THEY KNOW AS "PAPA GREEN."
>> I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WOULD BE THE KIDS THAT REALLY WANT TO BE
WITH ME OR WANT TO TALK WITH ME.
THE GROWNUPS BE MAKING THEM KIDS GET OUT THE WAY!
THEY PUSHED THE KIDS TO THE SIDE.
THEY WANT TO BE FIRST.
>> Reporter: CROSLEY HAS A LOT OF CATCHING UP TO DO.
SO MANY RELATIVES WEREN'T EVEN BORN WHEN HE WENT TO PRISON.
>> IF IT WASN'T FOR MY FAMILY, I-- I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
MY SISTER, CELESTINE, SHE ALWAYS TOLD ME, "DON'T GIVE UP.
YOUR DAY GOING TO COME."
I USED TO ALWAYS SAY, "ALL RIGHT, GIRL, WHEN I GET OUT,
WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS," YOU KNOW.
BUT THAT DAY NEVER CAME.
SHE DIED.
>> Reporter: CROSLEY'S SISTER, CELESTINE, IS BURIED IN A
CEMETERY JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE HE'S STAYING, BUT HE CAN'T
VISIT HER GRAVE OR GO MOST ANYWHERE ELSE WITHOUT SPECIAL
PERMISSION FROM HIS PROBATION OFFICER.
>> I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T GO TO THE MAILBOX.
>> Reporter: HE'S FREE BUT RIGHT NOW CAN'T VENTURE BEYOND HIS
BROTHER-IN-LAW'S PROPERTY LINE.
SHOW ME, TAKE ME A LITTLE WHERE YOU CAN GO.
HOW FAR?
HERE?
>> ABOUT RIGHT-- ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
>> Reporter: CROSLEY CALLS IT HIS "12 YARDS OF FREEDOM" AND
SHOWED ME HIS NEW JAILER.
>> HERE IT IS RIGHT HERE, THIS ANKLE BRACELET RIGHT HERE.
>> IT'S CHALLENGING FOR HIM.
CROSLEY HAS MANY, MANY GRANDCHILDREN, MOST OF WHOM
HE'S-- HE'S NEVER MET.
HE WANTS TO TAKE THEM TO A PARK AND GO FISHING AND TEACH THEM
HOW TO FISH AND, YOU KNOW, SIT UNDER A TREE AND TELL STORIES.
AND HE-- HE CAN'T.
HE CAN'T DO THAT.
>> Reporter: AT LEAST NOT UNTIL THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS HANDS
DOWN ITS DECISION.
>> BUT HE IS AT HOME.
HE IS WITH FAMILY, AND LOTS OF SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER AND-- AND JOY
IN THAT HOUSE.
AND SO, HE'S IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE.
>> Reporter: IF THE COURT DOES RULE IN CROSLEY'S FAVOR, THE
STATE OF FLORIDA WILL HAVE 45 DAYS TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO
RECHARGE AND RETRY CROSLEY GREEN FOR THE MURDER OF CHIP FLYNN.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT CONNECTS HIM TO THIS, RIGHT?
KIM HALLOCK?
THAT'S IT?
>> THAT'S-- THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SHE'S THE STAR WITNESS FOR THE STATE.
IN FACT, IN A LOT OF WAYS, SHE IS THE ONLYWITNESS FOR THE
STATE.
>> Reporter: KIM HALLOCK HAS NOT RESPONDED TO OUR REPEATED
REQUESTS FOR AN INTERVIEW.
I MEAN, IF THERE IS A NEW TRIAL, IT-- IT'S NOT GOING TO JUST BE
CROSLEY GREEN WHO'S ON TRIAL, IS IT?
>> WELL, IN-- IN ANY TRIAL, THE CREDIBILITY OF THE WITNESSES
IS-- IS A KEY FACTOR.
YOU CAN BE SURE THAT SOME OF THE INCONSISTENCIES IN KIM HALLOCK'S
STORY WOULD OF COURSE BE FEATURED.
>> IF THERE IS A SECOND TRIAL, BELIEVE ME, IT WILL BE VERY,
VERY DIFFERENT.
THE JURY'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HEAR ALLTHE EVIDENCE.
>> Reporter: RETIRED BREVARD COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF MARK RIXEY
AND SGT. DIANE CLARKE BOTH SAY THAT IF THERE'S A NEW TRIAL,
THEY WILL TAKE THE WITNESS STAND FOR CROSLEY.
>> IN A MINUTE.
IN A HEARTBEAT.
>> THERE'S SO MUCH THAT WE KNOW NOW THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THEN
THAT I WILL ALSO BE TESTIFYING FOR THE DEFENSE.
>> Reporter: BUT THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE THAT THE APPEALS COURT
WILL SIDE WITH THE STATE, REINSTATE CROSLEY'S CONVICTION,
AND SEND HIM BACK TO PRISON.
>> CROSLEY UNDERSTANDS THAT.
IT WAS REALLY TOUGH, THOUGH, TO EXPLAIN THAT TO HIS FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MET WITH DISBELIEF, BUT IT IS A REAL--
IT'S-- IT'S A REAL POSSIBILITY.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU DO YOU IF THE COURT DOES RULE AGAINST
CROSLEY?
>> WELL, WE'LL KEEP FIGHTING.
WE WILL TAKE THE CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT IF THAT BECOMES
NECESSARY.
WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO STOP.
>> Reporter: DOES THAT ANKLE BRACELET ALSO REMIND YOU THAT
YOUR TIME HOME MIGHT BE TEMPORARY?
>> IT DOES.
I-- I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT DOES.
BUT I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE I'M GOING BACK.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT, DEEP DOWN IN MY SOUL, I'M NOT GOING BACK
TO PRISON.
>> THIS CASE IS REALLY BIGGER THAN JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE
MAN WHO'S BEEN WRONGFULLY CONVICTED.
THIS CASE GOES TO FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
>> Reporter: NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW LONG IT WILL BE
BEFORE THERE'S A DECISION.
IT COULD BE DAYS, COULD BE MONTHS.
BUT UNTIL THEN, CROSLEY IS ENJOYING FAMILY AND FREEDOM...
>> NOW, COME ON OVER HERE.
>> Reporter: ...AND THE LITTLE THINGS THAT THE REST OF US TAKE
FOR GRANTED, LIKE A NAP ON THE SOFA OR A HOT MEAL.
YOU COULD NEVER MAKE ANY DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF FOR 32
YEARS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Reporter: IS THAT HARD GETTING USED TO?
OR DOES IT JUST FEEL GREAT?
>> IT JUST FEELS GREAT.
I STILL WAKE UP AT THE SAME TIME I DID WHILE I WAS IN CALHOUN,
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I DO?
I WALK OUT THE DOOR AND LOOK UP AND SAY, "THANK GOD I'M FREE."
THANK YOU, JESUS.
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