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This is like saying a movie can be condensed into a several-sentence summary of its plot.

The author of the article was deliberate with their words. A lot of what you might see as "useless filler" served to humanize all the characters, and give us much greater insight than we would get from a summary.

I teared up when I read about Jaile's situation: how his wife left him during his proceedings, and then died of cancer before his name was cleared.

And I was inspired by his optimistic attitude in the face of so much injustice.

If you want a summary, you're free to copy-paste and ask ChatGPT for one. ChatGPT can't expand a summary into a moving work of investigative journalism while maintaining authenticity.



At least 11 jurors, a little girls parents, the police force, the judge, the prosecutions office and the defendants own spouse all believed that he was guilty despite having a solod alibi of three unconnected perfect strangers saying he was elsewhere at the time.

It’s like everyone failed him.

Only his brother believed him.




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