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And so he was just above that. and he had been in special ed until he'd finally dropped out in high school when he was 16, a year earlier than this. >> jessie knew damien echols and jason baldwin but not very well. they lived in a neighborhood close by. what was your world? what was your day like? what was your life like? >> poor white trash. i think that's one of the things that made it so easy for them to put this off on us, is because we were expendable. our lives didn't matter. >> whether that was true or not, the police were struggling to solve a crime with very few leads. what kind of pr...

Is 100, then a 72 in our state, i believe that a 70 is the cutoff for mental retardation. legally. so he was just above that. and he had been in special ed until he'd finally dropped out in high school when he was 16, a year earlier than this. >> jessie knew damien echols and jason baldwin but not well. they lived in a neighborhood close by. what was your world? what was your day like? what was your life like? >> poor, white trash. that's one of the things that made them so easy for them to put this off on us is because we were expendable. our lives didn't matter. >> whether that was true or n...

Old, he came from a family that was a big family. he was a rough kid. he was low functioning in school. he had been in special ed from the time he started school. >> low functioning. >> iq i think at 72 is what he's been measured at. >> and what does that mean? how does he compare to a normal student? >> well, if the normal student is 100, then a 72 in our state, i believe that a 70 is the cutoff for mental retardation. legally. so he was just above that. and he had been in special ed until he'd finally dropped out in high school when he was 16, a year earlier than this. >> jessie knew damien ...

Marion, arkansas, a mile or two from west memphis. his best friend jason baldwin lived nearby, and so did a boy named jessie misskelley. when was the last time you talked to jessie? >> i met him at his home on a cold, winter day to learn more about his son. >> everybody loved him. little kids called him uncle jessie. >> 17 years. jessie's father says he had a good heart but his son struggled in school and he didn't make it past the ninth grade. >> at the time he was 17 years old, he came from a family that was a big family. he was a rough kid. he was low functioning in school. he had been in s...

School. he had been in special ed from the time he started school. >> low functioning. >> iq i think at 72 is what he's been measured at. >> and what does that mean? how does he compare to a normal student? >> well, if the normal student is 100, then a 72 in our state, i believe that a 70 is the cutoff for mental retardation legally. and so he was just above that. and he had been in special ed until he'd finally dropped out in high school when he was 16, a year earlier than this. >> jessie knew damien echols and jason baldwin but not very well. they lived in a neighborhood close by. what was y...