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
when i got to the hearing, it was all out warfare. the defense began laying out this strange tale from the start. with mary evans and her 2009 facebook post. ms. evans, why have you come forward in this case? you know, on the streets i always heard that highers didn t do it. next, the d. c. lawyer who just happened to answer that post of mary s. would you please set your name for the record? kevin zieleniewski? on the stand kevin re-told the story that john, the old roommate told him way back in 1993. he made a comment to the effect that, well, you wouldn t believe what happened that night. and so, said kevin, he fell a duty to step in. and why are you here today? two innocent people are in prison for life. i learned information that could help set them free. and i felt compelled to bring that information forward. and then one by one, the witnesses, the now 40 some things who told the court about that night outside old man
finally, tommy and ray highers filed into court. the brothers who from day one insisted they were innocent, whose family never stopped believing in them, looking like just what they were. survivors of a quarter century in prison. it was pins and needles. i mean, it was our life. because if he didn t believe what he was hearing we were going right back to the state and there was never no more relief. and this was it? this was it. for sure. good morning, your honor. valerie newman, public defenders office. when i got to the hearing, it was all out warfare. the defense began laying out this strange tale from the start. with mary evans and her 2009 facebook post. ms. evans, why have you come forward in this case? you know, on the streets i always heard that highers didn t do it. next, the d. c. lawyer who just happened to answer that post of mary s. would you please set your name for the record? kevin zieleniewski? on the stand kevin re-told
always heard that highers didn t do it. next, the d. c. lawyer who just happened to answer that post of mary s. would you please set your name for the record? kevin zieleniewski? on the stand kevin re-told the story. that john, the old roommate told him way back in 1993. he made a comment to the effect that, well you wouldn t believe what happened that night. and so, said kevin, he fell a duty to step in. and why are you here today? two innocent people are in prison for life. i learned information that could help set them free. and i felt compelled to bring that information forward. and then one by one, the witnesses. and now 40 some things who told the court about that night outside old man bob s house, where they ve gone to buy marijuana for their graduation. party and, that it was their friends, not the highers brothers who came down running down the driveway. and how they did they look