Originally published: 2024

Introduction : JJ -- Dateline -- The Palladium -- David Lemus and Olmedo Hidalgo -- Bad cop movie -- The boss -- No retreat, no surrender -- Finding Spanky -- The hearing -- "I told you I'd be back" -- 74 minutes -- Some type of game -- The challenge -- Bob and Celia -- Eric Glisson and the Bronx Six -- The letter -- The failure of the CIU -- The day job -- The tourist subway murder -- 11/11 -- 13 alibis -- The yellow envelope -- "Us" vs. "them" -- "You're being transferred" -- "We ruined this person's life"

"In 2002, Dan Slepian received a tip from a Bronx homicide detective: Two men were serving twenty-five years to life in prison for a 1990 murder they did not commit. Haunted by what he had heard, Slepian began an investigation that eventually resulted in freedom for the two men and launched him on a journey into a deeply flawed justice system fiercely resistant to rectifying--or even acknowledging--its mistakes and their consequences. ... [This book] follows Slepian on years of prison visits, court hearings, and street reporting that led to a series of powerful Dateline episodes, freedom for four other men, and an especially deep and lasting friendship with Jon-Adrian "JJ" Velazquez. From his cell in Sing Sing, JJ aided Slepian in his investigations until his own release in 2021"--Page 4 of cover