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Toby sat on the proverbial pins and needles for two days, wondering why he was retained in jail, before the pretrial motion to dismiss the case against him was filed by the DA and signed by the judge. Later, he reported how good it felt to leave his orange jumpsuit behind (“I never looked good in orange.”) and get into street clothes. He received the few personal items he had on his person when he entered, and walked out of jail into the arms of Carrie and me. Embracing each of us with an arm, Toby squeezed, prayerfully mumbling, “Thank you, thank you, thank you.” He released us. “I now understand the hell every innocent man goes through falsely accused. At times I felt my life was over. And, it probably would be if not for you guys.”
“Grant deserves the credit. His faith in you was u
