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making headlines today, just as their arrests did back in 1983 when they were just 16 years old, arrested on thanksgiving morning. dewitt duckett shot in a second floor hall. reporter: this old wbal-tv newscast reporting on the murder of a 14-year-old baltimore teenager, killed at school for his georgetown university jacket. but prosecutors now say police reports reveal witnesses identified another shooter, who later died. the boys were convicted even after chestnut s mother showed police a receipt for a georgetown jacket they found in her son s closet. it was chestnut who pushed the state s attorney for baltimore city to review the case. it s a tragedy that these men had 36 years of their life stolen from them. it s unreal. this this opportunity that was given to us is unreal. reporter: maryland currently does not have a system in place to compensate exonerees. the state attorney says she will lobby for a formalized compensation process, not to say that you can put a price