Most Convincing Evidence of All Left Out of Movie

In the real case, the reporter began to suspect something fishy because the two 'cop killers' did not get the electric chair. Cop killers were 'fried' PRONTO and with no endless appeals in those days. But neither of the supposed killers got 'the chair'. This is loud and clear evidence that the judge on the case was very leery of their guilt and didn't want to kill the wrong men.