"I have to say the law is not perfect, as evidenced by Dwayne's incarceration," said Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge William McGinty."The fact that any person is held in jail for one day, let alone 12,729 days, shocks the conscience of reasonable men and women."
For decades, Brooks maintained his innocence and said he wasn't even in Ohio when the shooting happened. For months, Brooks waited and wondered if prosecutors would retry him for Arnold's murder. But in a court filing earlier this week, prosecutors asked the court to dismiss the case."Relief, lots of relief," said Brooks after the court hearing."This isn't justice, but it's a semblance of justice on paper that I thought those courts weren't capable of."
Brooks thanked the judge, then hugged his attorneys, mother and children, occasionally wiping the tears from his eyes.