took us to the back of the police station in a cell. And they handcuffed us and started beating us. They were beating us on our bodies, you know? They didn't hit us in the face, where no one could see it; they simply punched us in the stomach, back and legs. We screamed and screamed. We thought they were going to kill us" (NPR.org) The boys were held in cells for six days until they could see their parents at the hearing held in their case. The judge found the boys guilty of molestation and sentenced to a capital punishment. reformatory for African Americans with the possibility of being released by age 21 if they do so