An Innocent Man Fights For His Own Freedom After 25 Years in Prison on 'Harry's Law' (VIDEO)

On 'Harry's Law' (Mon., 10PM ET on NBC), Kathy Bates gets to be brash and abrasive in the courtroom almost every episode. She can be very compelling when she gets passionate about what and who she's fighting for. But this week, she didn't need to.

After spending 25 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Jeffrey Rollins was up for parole, but the judges seemed ready to dismiss him back into the system, and Rollins had had enough. Played with passion by 'The Practice's Steve Harris, Rollins made his own plea to the tribunal.

Despite being innocent, Rollins was advised to admit his guilt and move forward toward a parole to get his freedom that way, but he was having none of that.

"You talk about respecting the system," he said. "The system put me in here based on a lie ... Now I got to live with everybody thinking I did it; even my own son."

He spoke of the guy whose lie saw him put away for so long finally allowing his conscience to get the better of him and coming forward with the truth. "When does conscience ever get the better of you?" he asked the panel of judges.

There wasn't much more for Harriet to say.