While I watched Corey talk, it struck me how different his demeanor was from the other guys who had testified. Stoic and confident. Composed. They had been nervous, speaking quietly and stammering over themselves, guzzling water throughout their testimony. What does someone being honest have to worry about? Corey was repeating facts, not hemming and hawing trying to paint the picture the prosecution wanted, covering up others’ lies, developing amnesia. I thought, “Good for him for getting this off his chest.” He’d had this bottled up inside for so long, I can’t imagine what it was like for
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