it s not often that you get to be a hero. i got halfway through this again and went, oh my god. the murder happened in seconds. onewas coming straight for me with a gun leveled at us. i never ran so fast in my life. the truth took decades. i said, you know what, give me a lie detector tests. i never believed it for one minute. never. did someone have it all wrong. were innocent men in prison for a murder they did not commit? a 22 year mystery until facebook helped old friends find each other and justice. did you ever imagine you would actually cause such a thing? not in 1 million years. together they uncovered an almost unbelievable truth it all made sense. none of us knew what happened that nice night. this all made sense. somebody seen it. somebody knew. all rise. now, they just had to get someone to believe them. oh my gosh. we re losing. hello, and welcome to dateline . it started with a party. high school senior celebrating the end of t
the truth took decades. i said, you know what, give me a lie detector tests. i never believed it for one minute. never. did someone have it all wrong. were innocent men in prison for a murder they did not commit? a 22 year mystery until facebook helped old friends find each other and justice. did you ever imagine you would actually cause such a thing? not in 1 million years. together they uncovered an almost unbelievable truth it all made sense. none of us knew what happened that nice night. this all made sense. somebody seen it. somebody knew. all rise. now, they just had to get someone to believe them. oh my gosh. we re losing. oh my god, we re winning. we ll face whatever has to come. this was it? this was it for sure. hello, and welcome to dateline . it started with a party. high school senior celebrating the end of the school year and new beginnings. but before the night was through, one man would be dead and two others could not know it
lawyers could do? they get subpoenaed him. it had to be done. we had two men sitting in prison. there was no choice. it all wound up right here, detroit s frank murthy hall of justice. spring, 2012. the lawyers appointed to represent the long imprisoned brothers, tommy and ray highers, had hoped to avoid this. they d allowed themselves to think the week the wayne county da might see the new evidence about the night old man bob was killed. see that a mistake was made and rectify it. but we had a prosecutors office that was very uncooperative in the face of overwhelming evidence of innocence. did that surprise you? no. it s an amazing ability to blind yourself to everything except what you want to look at. all rise. of course, that was a defense attorney s point of view. and so, here they were in court to fight it out. just getting this hearing took a year of their efforts and
witnesses grew up in fairly wealthy, well to do families, and it seemed to be an embarrassment that they had gone into east detroit to buy marijuana. for months, he d only communicated through his sister, an attorney. he refused to tell the investigators what he knew. seemed to go to great lengths to avoid their calls. he wanted no part of it, which i still really can t understand. because it s, you know, it s not often you get to be a hero. finally, what could the lawyers could do? they get subpoenaed him. it had to be done. we had two men sitting in prison. there was no choice. it all wound up right here, detroit s frank murthy hall of justice. spring, 2012. the lawyers appointed to represent the long imprisoned brothers, tommy and ray highers, had hoped to avoid this. they d allowed themselves to think the week the wayne county da might see the new evidence about the night old man bob was killed. see that a mistake was made and rectify it. but
with john hielscher and then fled down again in terror when this shot was fired. why wouldn t he talk about it? pretty much all of our witnesses grew up in fairly wealthy, well to do families. and it seemed to be an embarrassment that they had gone into east detroit to buy marijuana. for months, it only communicated through his sister, an attorney. he refused to tell the investigators what he knew. seemed to go to great lengths to avoid their calls. he wanted no part of. it which i still really can t understand. because it s, you know, it s not often you get to be a hero. finally, what could the lawyers could do? they get subpoenaed him. it had to be done. we had two men sitting in prison. there was no choice. it all wound up right here, detroit s frank murthy hall of justice. spring, 2012. the lawyers appointed to represent the long imprison brothers, tommy henry highers,