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
particular way. all my nerves were shaken. as tommy and ray, their courtroom full of family and friends agonized. some felt almost ill. sitting through the ruling almost killed me. i m thinking, oh my god, we re losing. oh my god, were winning, oh my god for losing. until, the judge finally said the words. this evidence meets all the requirements for this court to grant the request of relief by the family. a way to just fell off my shoulders. finally, thank you. thank you. everybody was hugging, it was just the joy is seen. you would think, looking at this, that tommy and ray highers had just been declared innocent of the murder of old
and ray highers had been fighting to clear their names for 25 years. and now, judge lawrence tallon had heard all the new evidence, this was the moment. this is the court s decision on the motion from relief from judgment. but with all the history, the legal ease, the new evidence the witnesses the prosecution was meticulous in pointing out in consistencies and differences between testimonies. it took the judge two full hours to explain the basis for his decision. the reasons, he said, he had no choice but to rule the particular way. all my nerves were shaken. as tommy and ray, their courtroom full of family and friends agonized. some felt almost ill. sitting through the ruling almost killed me. i m thinking, oh my god, we re losing. oh my god, were winning, oh my god for losing.
and ray highers had been fighting to clear their names for 25 years. and now, judge lawrence had heard all the new evidence, this was the moment. this is the decision on the motion from relief from judgment. but with all the history, the legal ease, the new evidence the witnesses. the prosecution was meticulous in pointing out in consistencies and differences between testimonies. it took the judge two full hours to explain the basis for his decision. the reasons he said he had no choice but to rule the particular way. all my nerves were shaken. as tommy and ray, their court will full of family and friends agonized.