Blaine Alexander

And up until this point, whenever I looked at her, she wouldn't look at me.

Did she look at you today?

She did.

What did you see in her eyes?

Nothing.

Nothing.

Nothing.

After 12 years, does this feel like justice?

From the judicial aspect, yes.

We're forever broken, you know?

The prosecutors have said that this case would never have gotten to this courtroom if it weren't for you.

But getting to this day had been a long process through a system that the family says caused years of frustration.

Will was just 17 when his father died.

In the years since, he served in the Army, got married, and now he's chosen to be part of that very same justice system as a police officer.

When you go to calls like that, that's always in the back of your mind?

What do you think your dad would say to know that you're a police officer now?

I'm sure he is.

He loved the opportunity to make the world a better place.

I kept thinking, well, you have the wrong person.

It's not fair for someone who's never been charged with a crime to sit in jail while they get their ducks in a row for a case that they brought.