1
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,306
>> MEN CONVICTED OF CRIMES THEY

2
00:00:01,306 --> 00:00:04,843
DIDN'T COMMIT.

3
00:00:04,843 --> 00:00:05,510
TONIGHT THEY OPEN UP TO US.

4
00:00:05,510 --> 00:00:06,211
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]

5
00:00:06,211 --> 00:00:07,111
>> WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

6
00:00:07,112 --> 00:00:11,316
>> FOR MANY A BRAND NEW STRUGGLE

7
00:00:11,316 --> 00:00:11,649
BEGINS.

8
00:00:11,649 --> 00:00:16,788
AMANDA LAMB CAUGHT UP WITH THREE

9
00:00:16,788 --> 00:00:21,259
OF THESE MEN.

10
00:00:21,259 --> 00:00:21,559
>>

11
00:00:21,559 --> 00:00:22,026
[MUSIC PLAYING]

12
00:00:22,026 --> 00:00:23,995
60-YEAR-OLD HOWARD WAS RELEASED

13
00:00:23,995 --> 00:00:24,762
LAST YEAR AFTER SPENDING 23

14
00:00:24,762 --> 00:00:28,099
YEARS IN PRISON FOR A CRIME HE

15
00:00:28,099 --> 00:00:28,833
DIDN'T COMMIT.

16
00:00:28,833 --> 00:00:33,404
BUT HE IS NOT SINGING THE BLUES.

17
00:00:33,404 --> 00:00:35,340
>> YOU JUST WANT TO GET OUT AND

18
00:00:35,340 --> 00:00:37,775
YOU WANT YOUR FREEDOM.

19
00:00:37,775 --> 00:00:40,178
>> HE WAS CONVICTED OF MOLESTING

20
00:00:40,178 --> 00:00:42,280
HIS DAUGHTER WHO LATER RECANTED.

21
00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:43,514
HE IS WAITING ON THE GOVERNOR'S

22
00:00:43,515 --> 00:00:47,518
PARTEN WHICH HE NEEDS IN ORDER

23
00:00:47,519 --> 00:00:52,190
TO GET COMPENSATION FROM THE

24
00:00:52,190 --> 00:00:52,490
STATE.

25
00:00:52,490 --> 00:00:53,224
THE WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS CLINIC

26
00:00:53,224 --> 00:00:59,564
HERE IS ONE OF THE GROUP HELPING

27
00:00:59,564 --> 00:01:03,034
GET PEOPLE OUT OF PRISON.

28
00:01:03,034 --> 00:01:05,270
>> I CANNOT RESTORE TWO PEOPLE

29
00:01:05,270 --> 00:01:08,539
WHO WERE EXONERATED THE GREAT

30
00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:09,374
LOSS THEY HAVE SUFFERED AND

31
00:01:09,374 --> 00:01:12,610
THE -- THE STRUGGLE THEY HAVE

32
00:01:12,610 --> 00:01:14,779
AHEAD OF THEM.

33
00:01:14,779 --> 00:01:16,514
>> TERESA HEADS THE CLINIC.

34
00:01:16,514 --> 00:01:18,449
FORMER INMATES GET $45 WHEN THEY

35
00:01:18,449 --> 00:01:20,151
LEAVE PRISON AND LITTLE ELSE.

36
00:01:20,151 --> 00:01:21,386
>> THEY HAVE NEEDS.

37
00:01:21,386 --> 00:01:23,554
THEY HAVE TO EAT.

38
00:01:23,555 --> 00:01:25,623
THEY HAVE TO LIVE SOMEWHERE.

39
00:01:25,623 --> 00:01:30,561
THAT $45 PAYCHECK THEY GET --

40
00:01:30,562 --> 00:01:32,897
DOESN'T GET YOU VERY FAR.

41
00:01:32,897 --> 00:01:33,698
>> YOU SHOULD CONCENTRATE

42
00:01:33,698 --> 00:01:36,034
SERIOUSLY ON WHAT AM I GOING TO

43
00:01:36,034 --> 00:01:37,902
DO THE DAY I STEP OUT.

44
00:01:37,902 --> 00:01:40,905
>> HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON

45
00:01:40,905 --> 00:01:43,241
IN 2012 AFTER THE REAL KILLER'S

46
00:01:43,241 --> 00:01:45,410
BLOODY HAND PRINT PROVED HE WAS

47
00:01:45,410 --> 00:01:46,778
NOT A MURDERER.

48
00:01:46,778 --> 00:01:48,613
>> SHE SAID I'M SO AFRAID WHEN

49
00:01:48,613 --> 00:01:51,883
YOU GET OUT TOMORROW, THIS IS

50
00:01:51,883 --> 00:01:54,886
REALLY GOING TO BE A SHOCK.

51
00:01:54,886 --> 00:01:56,854
AND -- SHE WAS RIGHT.

52
00:01:56,854 --> 00:01:57,989
>> ARMSTRONG HAD MINIMAL

53
00:01:57,989 --> 00:01:58,456
COMPUTER SKILLS.

54
00:01:58,456 --> 00:01:59,657
HE NEEDED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL

55
00:01:59,657 --> 00:02:00,691
TO GET THE JOB HE WANTED.

56
00:02:00,691 --> 00:02:02,694
>> I SLEPT OVER IT AND THOUGHT

57
00:02:02,694 --> 00:02:05,296
ABOUT IT, PRAYED ABOUT IT AND

58
00:02:05,296 --> 00:02:06,597
ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER I

59
00:02:06,598 --> 00:02:11,836
DECIDED -- I CAN DO THIS.

60
00:02:11,836 --> 00:02:14,772
>> YOU THINK WHEN YOU -- YOU DO

61
00:02:14,772 --> 00:02:18,276
GET OUT EVERYTHING WILL BE

62
00:02:18,276 --> 00:02:18,576
GREAT.

63
00:02:18,576 --> 00:02:20,945
>> DWAYNE WAS RELEASED NINE

64
00:02:20,945 --> 00:02:21,813
YEARS AGO AFTER SPENDING 18.5

65
00:02:21,813 --> 00:02:24,749
YEARS IN PRISON FOR A RAPE THAT

66
00:02:24,749 --> 00:02:26,351
A DNA TEST PROVE HE DIDN'T

67
00:02:26,351 --> 00:02:26,651
COMMIT

68
00:02:26,651 --> 00:02:29,454
>> I FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE -- ARE

69
00:02:29,454 --> 00:02:30,788
LOOKING AT ME.

70
00:02:30,788 --> 00:02:32,924
>> DALE AVOIDS GOING OUT IN

71
00:02:32,924 --> 00:02:33,257
PUBLIC.

72
00:02:33,257 --> 00:02:35,293
>> THE ANXIETY LEVEL WAS JUST

73
00:02:35,293 --> 00:02:35,660
TOO HIGH.

74
00:02:35,660 --> 00:02:36,861
I WAS HAVING PANIC ATTACKS.

75
00:02:36,861 --> 00:02:43,534
>> IN MANY WAYS THE WORLD HAS

76
00:02:43,534 --> 00:02:44,736
PASSED THESE MEN BY.

77
00:02:44,736 --> 00:02:45,570
>> EVERYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT

78
00:02:45,570 --> 00:02:46,337
AND EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT.

79
00:02:46,337 --> 00:02:48,873
>> THEN GET OUT HERE AND I DON'T

80
00:02:48,873 --> 00:02:49,440
KNOW HOW TO PUMP GAS.

81
00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:50,341
[ LAUGHTER ]

82
00:02:50,341 --> 00:02:51,809
>> BOTH DALE AND ARMSTRONG

83
00:02:51,809 --> 00:02:57,181
RECEIVED COMPENSATION FROM THE

84
00:02:57,181 --> 00:02:57,482
STATE.

85
00:02:57,482 --> 00:03:01,719
>> IF YOU HAD A CHOICE BETWEEN

86
00:03:01,719 --> 00:03:03,087
THE MONEY OR THE 18 YEARS --

87
00:03:03,087 --> 00:03:04,722
>> I WILL TAKE MY TIME BACK.

88
00:03:04,722 --> 00:03:06,391
I WILL TAKE MY 18 YEARS BACK.

89
00:03:06,391 --> 00:03:07,592
>> THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY

90
00:03:07,592 --> 00:03:10,762
THAT WAS WORTH WHAT I WAS PUT

91
00:03:10,762 --> 00:03:11,095
THROUGH.

92
00:03:11,095 --> 00:03:16,167
ME AND MY FAMILY.

93
00:03:16,167 --> 00:03:18,169
>> DALE NOW LIVES A QUIET LIFE.

94
00:03:18,169 --> 00:03:20,705
>> ARMSTRONG IS A CASE MANAGER

95
00:03:20,705 --> 00:03:24,308
WHO HELPS PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE

96
00:03:24,308 --> 00:03:24,976
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

97
00:03:24,976 --> 00:03:29,981
>> I KNOW THAT AS I HELP OTHERS

98
00:03:29,981 --> 00:03:31,249
GOD CONTINUES TO HELP ME.

99
00:03:31,249 --> 00:03:32,050
[MUSIC PLAYING]

100
00:03:32,050 --> 00:03:34,685
>> AND WHILE DUDLEY WAITS FOR

101
00:03:34,686 --> 00:03:37,622
HIS PARDON, HE PLAYED GUITAR IN

102
00:03:37,622 --> 00:03:38,356
A GOSPEL BAND.

103
00:03:38,356 --> 00:03:41,259
>> I JUST CHOOSE TO -- LET IT GO

104
00:03:41,259 --> 00:03:42,960
AND START MY LIFE OVER AND LIVE

105
00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:43,728
ENJOY LIFE

106
00:03:43,728 --> 00:03:46,664
>> THESE MEN TELL ME ONE OF

107
00:03:46,664 --> 00:03:47,698
THEIR BIGGEST STUMBLING BLOCKS

108
00:03:47,698 --> 00:03:48,433
IS RE-CONNECTING WITH THE

109
00:03:48,433 --> 00:03:51,068
CHILDREN THEY LEFT BEHIND WHO

110
00:03:51,069 --> 00:03:52,036
ARE NOW ADULTS.

111
00:03:52,036 --> 00:03:53,104
THEY ARE ALL WORKING THROUGH

112
00:03:53,104 --> 00:03:58,176
THIS BUT SAY IT IS A MAJOR DAILY

113
00:03:58,176 --> 00:03:58,543
STRUGGLE.

114
00:03:58,543 --> 00:03:58,943
BACK TO YOU.

115
00:03:58,943 --> 00:03:59,477
>> THANK YOU.

116
00:03:59,477 --> 00:04:00,745
WHILE IT CAN BE A LONG PROCESS

117
00:04:00,745 --> 00:04:03,347
NORTH CAROLINA IS ONE OF 16

118
00:04:03,347 --> 00:04:04,081
STATES PROVIDING COMPENSATION

119
00:04:04,082 --> 00:04:07,005
FOR THOSE FOUND TO BE WRONGLY