They don't want scrutiny because they know the fallout of how many false convictions there are would make the public (rightfully) question whether the court process is reliable.
Eleven days after the shooting, Rayford and Glass were at a Highland High School basketball game. A teacher walked up to Glass and took him to a deputy. Rayford walked over to see what was happening. Both teenagers went to jail that night and didn’t get out for nearly two decades.
At the sheriff’s station, Glass remembered seeing a bulletin for his arrest on the wall, devil horns drawn with red ink on his photo. He said there were darts in the poster.
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“I was shocked, confused, scared, nervous. I couldn’t see myself going to jail for something I hadn’t done,” he said. “I always assumed … everything was going to iron itself out. I would have bet a million dollars I was going home that day.”
Prison was tough on the two lifers. As a juvenile, Glass started in county jail and eventually was sent to a Level 4, high-security, state correctional facility. There were nights that Glass went to sleep praying he wouldn’t wake up.
Subjecting two innocent kids to a 20 year nightmare. Imagine yourself at 17 suddenly thrust into this situation. Fuck the police and the prosecutors in this case.
If a pretty bizarre set of circumstances with the PI (operating as a driving instructor) and the non-criminal lawyer hadn’t come together these kids would still be incarcerated. How fucking scary is that?
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