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Murder accomplices tend to be liars. There isn't any compelling evidence of police coaching. The "critical witness" the defense failed to call disappeared for 15 years, and came back with a cash in book deal in tow once the case was popular again. The timeline wasn't perfectly nailed down, but that isn't a prereq of a murder conviction.

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There's virtually nothing that Jay asserted in his first interview that stands in his 3rd or 4th. Magically it lined up with the State's case. For me that's an issue more than a blanket 'boys will be boys' statement. AFAIK Asia didn't dissapear but was never called/pursued, and the notes on which her testimony is based predates the tv show by more than 10 years. I agree with your timeline statement, and with the fact that media distorts things a lot as well.

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