Maureen Maher

In fact, Jennifer reached out to Biro, inspired by a movement known as Restorative Justice, which encourages reconciliation between offender and victims and their families.

And I said in a very short letter, here's my address, I would welcome a letter from you if you would like to talk to me.

That's all I said.

That letter, written about 13 years after the murders, was not exactly embraced by Biro the way Jennifer had hoped.

And he said, I'm not going to confess to this crime, but I'd love to be your pen pal.

It would be fun.

Those were his words.

Those were his words.

And I said, I wrote back again a very short letter.

You're clearly not where you need to be.

If you ever change your mind, you know where to find me.

Meanwhile, Jean, a well-paid corporate attorney at the time of the murders, made a complete 180-degree turn in her career.

I became a public defender with Cook County.

Wait, a public defender?

Yes.

The reason?

Jean says it's because of the way the FBI treated her in those early stages of the investigation, when her human rights work was linked to the murders.

So most people, Jean, they would think that you would run straight to the DA's office and say, I'll work for free because I want to catch the bad guy.

Yeah.

I understood what it felt like to feel so powerless.