Three little boys murdered, and three more boys' lives destroyed when willfully wrongfully convicted--Prosecutors making careers out of lying and manipulating a community of hysterical Evangelicals.
Because of this the real killers are free to this day--due to money raised, the hair of what are likely the true killers was found tied in the ligature that was used to tie one of the boys, and another was on a tree stump at the scene of where the bodies were found.
If you read Mara Leveritt's book and you watch the documentary series 'Paradise Lost', films one through 3, you know all the ins and outs of what is wrong with the case. Evidence deliberately withheld from the jury that show you why Jacoby and Hobbs should've been suspected from the beginning, but anything not pointing to their high drama debbil worshipper story was suppressed.
The murder victims were moved from one location to another--not something boys with no vehicles could've done.
They were killed with blunt trauma and hog tied--Terry Hobbs used to kill hogs and tie them up. He has a violent history and in the course of watching the film you can come to your own conclusion--which is what is so great about documentary film, you can often enjoy coming to your own conclusions based on the observations made as if it were happening in real time. If done well this is more effective than telling people what is going on--let the story and the facts unfold, and they will understand.
All the same stuff they do in many cases was done here: a dumb jury who is convinced before taking their seat to listen to the evidence that the person being tried is guilty; two drug addicts used to lie on the stand or face retaliatory prosecution for refusing to do so (two in this case cite that they were threatened in that way) and a false confession from a boy with the IQ of a five year old child, after hours of berating and cops telling him he could 'go home' if he'd tell them what they wanted....this happens in the USA far more often than anyone wants to admit.
This is the film done by Damien and his wife Lorri after he got out, having served 18 years on Death Row, during which time he was set up to be raped by a fellow inmate, and was regularly beaten by guards until he to this day puts his hand on his mouth when speaking due to being continually hit in the mouth.
This was their doc film touching on the whole experience: