>> jessie's confession was played for the jury at his trial. >> they heard jessie misskelley say, i saw damien and jason do this and when that one boy escaped i caught him and held him. >> on february 4th, 1994, jessie misskelley was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. damien's and jason's trial was next but the case against them was much weaker. >> now, going into the trial of damien and jason, they don't have a confession. they don't have any information, a witness, anybody who says that these boys even knew the victims. >> six months after the child murders in west memphis, arkansas, prosecutors had little evidence against jason and damien. they had jessie's confession but he wouldn't testify against the other two. they did, however, get a big break right here in this lake behind jason baldwin's home.