 Cashmere and Avery are about to embrace but a prison guard shoots Cashmere dead, thinking he was going to attack Avery.Broadway, likely affected by the appeals of Avery's visiting girlfriend to exonerate Avery and help his son have a father, hangs himself in prison and writes a confession to the murder of the fast food clerk for which Avery was framed.Charles Pierce and his daughter bring the confession to a judge who grants Avery a release.