Joe Barry is Cal’s private investigator, hired in desperation when Cal’s case seems all but dead. Joe’s a hard drinking, Bible-toting P.I. who’s not afraid to lie in the service of the truth. He connects with new witnesses. And they give Cal a ray of hope.

5: Joe Barry, Private Eye

In the Bronx, in the early 90s, two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.”  They lived large, wearing mink, drinking champagne, getting rich.  Then their fraught relationship fell apart, dead bodies piled up, and one accused the other of a double homicide he didn’t commit.  Or did he?  We hear from the cops, the DA, the terrified eyewitnesses, the dealer doing life, and the dealer who put him there.  They all tell their stories to award-winning journalist Steve Fishman, who has spent seven years untangling the twisted web of justice in the Bronx, and chronicling one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence.

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In the aftermath of the court’s decision, Cal must adjust to his new reality.

7: This Too Shall Pass

Cal’s last-shot hearing finally arrives: his new lawyers are in place, the new witnesses ready to testify. Turtle Man has called their written affidavits worthless “toilet paper.” Will he come out of retirement to make sure Cal stays locked away?

5: Joe Barry, Private Eye

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