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
so much police that we just kept going. it never occurred to us that he was murdered. a week later, they were under arrest. we walked in there and never walked out. they were 21 and 22, when they went in. but now they say they are not the same men that they were then, and that that is a good thing. i m not ashamed of being in prison, prison that s who i am today, prison made this man. my morals, my integrity s. in a way, a positive experience but one you wouldn t wish on yours enemy. exactly. you still hold on to the light, and you just push forward every day. what s on the agenda today, guys? after their release they moved in with their aunt jan, and wart tethers to monitor
made this man. my morals, my integrity s. in a way, a positive experience but one you wouldn t wish on yours enemy. exactly. you still hold on to the light, and you just push forward every day. what s on the agenda today, guys? after their release they moved in with their aunt jan, and wart tethers to monitor their whereabouts. getting into the real world, learning to use cellphones. getting their drivers licenses. i waited to get that all my life. first when i ever had. and getting up in the morning and going to work. ray, at an industrial company, tommy, at a maintenance at an apartment complex. and at the very same time, the wayne county prosecutor s office was preparing its case against them, to put them back into prison for life. preparing it as we sat here talking. so, as the brothers told us here, the da has put an offer on the table they can keep their freedom if they agree to
that s why i m today, president made this man. my morals, my integrity s. in a way, a positive experience but one you wouldn t wish on yours enemy. exactly. you still hold on to the light, and you just push forward every day. what s on the agenda today, guys? after their release they moved in with their and jan, and wart tethers to monitor their whereabouts. await into the real world, learning to use cellphones. getting their drivers licenses. i waited to get that all my life. first when i ever had. and getting up in the morning and going to work. ray, at an industrial company, tommy, at a maintenance at an apartment complex. and at the very same time, the wing county prosecutor s office was preparing its case against them, to put them back into prison for life. preparing it as we sat here talking. so as the brothers told us here, the da has put an offer on the