Craig Melvin Voiceover the murder happened in seconds. One was coming straight for me and jim with a gun leveled at us. Ive never ran so fast in my life. Craig Melvin Voiceover the truth took decades. I said, you know what . Give me a lie detector test. I never believed it for one minute, never. Craig Melvin Voiceover did someone have it all wrong . Were innocent men in prison for a murder they did not commit . A 22year mystery until facebook helped Old Friends find Each Other and justice. Could you ever imagine you would actually cause such a thing . Not in A Million years. Craig Melvin Voiceover together, they uncovered an almost unbelievable truth. It all made sense. None of us knew what happened that night. This all made sense. Somebody seen it. Somebody knew. All rise. Craig Melvin Voiceover now, they just had to get someone to believe them. Oh, my god. Were losing. Oh, my god. Were winning. Oh, my god. Were losing. Well face whatever has to come. This was it. This was it, for sur
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
Did someone have it all wrong . Were innocent men in prison for a murder they did not commit . A 22year mystery until facebook helped old friends find each other and justice. Did you ever imagine you would actually cause such a thing . Not in a million years. Together they uncovered an almost unbelievable truth. It all made sense. None of us knew what happened that night. This all made sense. Somebody seen it. Somebody knew. All rise. Now, they just had to get someone to believe them. Oh, my god, were losing. Oh, my god, were winning. Oh, my god, were losing. Well 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 Seniors 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 then but they would be facing a decades long battle to prove their innocence. Heres Keith Morrison with graduation night. Reporter the suburbs
read the paper, looked for news of the shooting, but didn t see anything. every he never did find out what happened to old man bob. i didn t hear nothing of it. i never saw him actually die. so, i didn t really know. so, he said, he just tried to forget it. he joined the army. served in the persian gulf. moved on with his life. and never told a soul, apart from his girlfriend. and then one night in 1993, six years after the incident, he told kevin zieleniewski. and it was one telling detail in john s story that kevin never forgot. those people who jumped over the fence, they weren t white kids. they were black. you had no idea that two men went to prison for this? no, not till kevin called me 2009. did you even know the highers brothers? had no clue who they were. never saw them in my life. total strangers. total strangers. i said this isn t right. it involved a different race. it was not two white people. that piece of information,