Gemma Bath

Like it was very, it was a big confession.

So as I mentioned, Springsteen and Scott were charged and convicted.

Wellborn was charged but never tried after two grand juries refused to indict him.

And then Pierce, sorry, Maurice Pierce spent three years in jail.

Then the charges were dismissed and he was released.

When you were revisiting all of those court proceedings around the four, what did you make of it?

I know you say you're not fully immersed in the true crime world all the time, but even

even if you aren't, like it was wild to watch all of that kind of unfold in hindsight.

Well, when someone confesses, you take them at their word.

But the defense lawyers did actually start to poke holes in their confessions.

Yes.

Which you showed as well.

So like things didn't match up.

It didn't, which is, yeah, I guess a confession is a powerful thing.

After the break, how did the victim's families react when Springsteen was sentenced to death and Scott received life in prison?

I found the family's reactions really interesting to the two boys being charged, especially the death penalty.

Barbara, in particular, was really upset by it and saying, I didn't want to take another life, which I found fascinating because usually these families, they want justice, especially when something so horrific has happened to a loved one.

Even as someone who knows what's happened after the fact, I watched the documentary going crazy.

oh, did they do like, and I knew what the answer was.

And I was like, did they do it though?