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there was no moon you know kind of a night you get where the stars are you think you can reach up and touch them
they're so vibrant but it's like pitch black out there for more than 18 years 48 hours has investigated what many say
is a case of injustice that case began in the early morning hours of April 4th 1989 when a young woman called 9-1-1
saying she thought her boyfriend had been shot the problem was she was three miles away from the crime scene and she
had trouble telling police how to get there something was not right why would somebody say there's something
happening here and nothing's there all we had was that he had been shot and that he was in the orange groves I sent
a deputy to pick her up because we absolutely would never have found him it would have been there all night
looking I am Dianne Clark I was a patrol sergeant in Brevard County when we got there she wouldn't get out of the car
she remained in the vehicle out here and refused to walk down there you don't want to see him you don't want to know
his condition there's something wrong with that it was a young white male laying on his side with his hands bound
behind his back the male victim was Chip Flynn he had a bullet wound was fought on the right side of his chest we have a
gun on the ground that we don't know who it belongs to he was conscious yeah speaking very
clearly just said get me out of here who shot you just take me home God get me out of here could you at least tell
us which way he went who did this to you he won't tell us this is so not typical it defies
explanation my name is Mark Richt see I was a road patrol deputy for the Brevard
County Sheriff's Office all of a sudden his breathing got shallow all of a sudden you know he deteriorated
really quickly he died before the ambulance got here the woman who called 9-1-1 was Chip Flynn's former girlfriend
Kim Halleck she said that she and chip had been in his truck this truck when a black man with a gun hijacked and drove
them to that remote Grove she alone managed to get back into the truck and escape driving those three
miles to chips friend's home they needed someone to put that murder on and Crossley green fit the bill it's an
example of race being a substitute for evidence I didn't kill that young man that guy got screwed today 26 years
after Crossley Green was sentenced to death for the murder of chip Flynn I did not kill that young man there is
compelling new evidence that the wrong person may have been sent to prison and the killer is still free the first rule
of homicide investigation is everybody who is at that theme is treated as a suspect until they're eliminated that's
not the way this happened

A Florida man has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. Evidence suggests he might be right -- will he get a new trial? "48 Hours"' Erin Moriarty has the latest on the case of Crosley Green -- a case she's been covering for more than 18 years. Watch Saturday, Aug. 19 at a special time -- 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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Brief Summary

The episode discusses the wrongful conviction of Crossley Green for Chip Flynn's murder, highlighting racial bias and new evidence of innocence.

Key points

A Call for Help. A frantic 9-1-1 call sets off a chain of events leading to tragedy.
Tragic Outcome. Chip Flynn, shot and left for dead, dies before help arrives.
A Night of Injustice. The case of Chip Flynn's murder reveals deep flaws in the investigation.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

There's something wrong.

A patrol sergeant reflects on a woman's behavior at the crime scene.

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