08-19-2011, 11:53 AM
"The three men will be allowed to maintain their innocence while acknowledging that prosecutors have the evidence to convict them, according to the Associated Press.
It is a legal maneuver that would allow the men to leave prison for the first time in more than a dozen years. They have always maintained their innocence."
LC, Do you know what the "legal maneuver" means? They "can maintain their innocence but must acknowledge that prosecutors have evidence". Does this mean that the prosecutors could possibly reopen the case in the future and charge them again?
I have followed this story a bit over the years and do believe that these men are innocent. While I'm happy to hear that they may finally get freed, my heart aches thinking about the unnecessary years they spent in prison. They were just boys when they went in. My son is 21 and young adult males that age really are still boys in so many ways.
It is a legal maneuver that would allow the men to leave prison for the first time in more than a dozen years. They have always maintained their innocence."
LC, Do you know what the "legal maneuver" means? They "can maintain their innocence but must acknowledge that prosecutors have evidence". Does this mean that the prosecutors could possibly reopen the case in the future and charge them again?
I have followed this story a bit over the years and do believe that these men are innocent. While I'm happy to hear that they may finally get freed, my heart aches thinking about the unnecessary years they spent in prison. They were just boys when they went in. My son is 21 and young adult males that age really are still boys in so many ways.