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.
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.