ELIZABETH BRACKETT: The work is hard, but Gary Gaugher appreciates life on a small organic farm about two hours north of Chicago. Seven years ago Gaugher's life was in the balance. He was convicted and sentenced to death sentence for the brutal murders of his parents in 1993.
GARY GAUGHER: I was prepared to die. If they were going to take this absurdity to its conclusion, there was nothing I could do about it. Of course I was prepared to die. They lock you up, you go from room to room, you do what they tell you, and eventually they lead you down the hall, strap you to a gurney and kill you.

ELIZABETH BRACKETT: Any you were innocent?

GARY GAUGHER: I was innocent, and I knew it and everybody who knew me knew it.

ELIZABETH BRACKETT: Gaugher lived with his parents at their farm when they were killed. He found their bodies, called police, and after a long night of questioning was charged with their deaths. He says he never confessed, but police said he knew details of the murders only the killer would know.

GARY GAUGHER: The best reason I can think of that police did this was for pure selfish ambition. They all received promotions very soon after my trial.

ELIZABETH BRACKETT: His wife and family remained supportive. And one year later courts ruled that Gaugher's confession had been illegally obtained, and prosecutors dropped the death penalty request. Three years later Gaugher was released and got back to his farm. Two members of the Wisconsin Outlaws Motorcycle Gang have now been indicted and are awaiting trial for the murder of his parents. Gaugher is one of 13 Illinois men whose death sentences have been overturned since the death penalty was reinstated in Illinois in 1977. The reversals prompted Illinois Governor George Ryan to act.