Well, it’s a happy day because they are exonerated.
It’s not so great to realized nearly twenty years of your
life are gone, and you’re not getting them back.
Some idiots out there will also never believe they were
innocent, so there’s that too.
"Exonerees" has a political ring to it, as a jury trial wouldn't have the smell of Soros' lawyers.
Some, like me, aren't buying it.
I.P. always forgets to mention that a murderer's DNA is found just 20% of the time at the crime scene.
I.P. also forgets to mention that the original prosecutors, investigators, and jurors never comment because that would open them up to a life time of perpetual civil lawsuits.
I.P. also never links to the full original trial transcript, which means readers cannot study ALL the evidence first hand.
The triggering events for "Innocence" are almost always exactly the same - no DNA at the crime scene, plus, an essential witness recants, dies, or is discredited in some way.
It is completely possible that the men who were released were NOT guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
But innocent?
Maybe one time in a hundred.
So none of this evidence was available in 2002? They knew how to do dna profiles then...Hell, Forensic Files shows crimes older than that that did.