So Jason 'could have walked free' if he testified against Damien?

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I don't believe he would have been allowed to go free, in fact it seems downright impossible considering Damien was being prosecuted with the same confession that implicated him.

The film has lies in it, though why they don't stick with actual facts to exonerate the boys I don't know. The case doesn't need fabrications to prove their innocence, just common sense. Like if Jessie is smart enough to give inaccurate confessions to throw off the police (indicating a knowledge of deception), why was he not smart enough to realize they'd be able to tell the boys weren't killed in the morning, didn't skip school, had no semen in their mouths (from Damien and Jason's forced blow jobs), etc.? I mean the guy is smart enough to try to confuse the cops, yet not smart enough to realize bodily fluids can be tested or that school records can be consulted to see if the boys were in school? It makes no sense.

They never said they would have let him go if he testified, just that he would have done far less time. probably less than ten with good behavior.. But as he said later, even if they let him go home that same day, he still would not have done it. It's worth pointing out that not only did he refuse to take the Alford plea at first, but his lawyer tried to get the prosecutor to only offer the plea agreement to just jessie and damian, that way jason at least could get to go to trial , but he straight up refused to do that too. Showing not only how sincere jason was, but how laughably weak the original case was. Scott Ellington wouldn't even retry just one of the three .