Leon Brown just wanted to go home. He was at the police station in Red Springs, North Carolina, visiting his half - brother Henry McCollum, known as Buddy, who was being questioned by the police about the murder and rape of a young girl named Sabrina.

He was getting a drink out of the coke machine when an officer came up and said he and others would like to ask him some questions.

Leon, who had an IQ of 47, was compliant, went with the officer and answered all the questions he was asked. He was told if he confessed, he could go home, and that was what he wanted. It was 1983.

It took 31 years, five on death row, for Leon to go home, ultimately freed by DNA testing that implicated another man, who attempted to befriend and mentor Leon in prison for a crime that he himself had committed.

Kirby, known to her father as Ann, was an Assistant Public Defender who worked on the case and tells the heartbreaking story of what happened to Leon.

She also talks of the warm relationship she developed with Leon while he was in prison, and the joy she felt when she heard the judge declare his innocence.

Finally, there is the struggle between a prosecutor and defense counsel that plays itself out every day. Kirby has been both, and she gives you her thoughts.

She will surprise you.