Marissa Pierce (Daughter of Maurice Pierce)
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the way that you get treated by the media and the families was you might as well have been the murderer yourself.
They continued to harass him, harass me.
There was definitely times when he felt like he was clearly being followed.
What kind of toll did that take on Maurice?
I mean, being in jail took the hardest toll on him.
In order to survive in there and to be locked up for 23 hours a day, he had to somehow shut off his feelings.
You don't just, you know, come out and you're a free man and your feelings turn on again.
He was just a much harder, different person when he came out.
I mean, that's why perception is reality.
He was still perceived to be a murderer, a mastermind, guilty.
And again, us by association.
So, you know, I didn't get jobs because he was my husband.
So it's, you know, been very difficult for all of us for a long, long time.
We were together since we were 13 and 14.