i value principles. If i was innocent of said crime, not in a million years would i ever plead guilty to having murdered 3 children so i could use a get out of jail card. No, i would want my name completely cleared. I would have seen it through the evidentiary hearing. would you say that if you were incarcerated for that many years?
i would have put faith in my attorneys, my supporters, all those who believed in my innocence.
It would be tough to do, but after all i'd sacrificed, what's a few more months or even two years if i believed i could gain total exoneration?i would not have much faith to take that kind of chance , esp having been convicted once and i did not do it!
i would have recognized that times in arkansas had changed, the people currently in the judicial system were different, and that also would have been a reason to take it to the evidentiary hearing.