Michael Politte wasn't perfect.

His relationship with his mom certainly wasn't perfect either.

But he didn't expect to see his mom covered in blood and burning from the waist up on one fateful December morning in 1998.

Yet, it wouldn't be long before the police accused 14-year-old Michael of killing his mom.

From then on, the fight to prove his innocence would consume every waking moment of Michael's life.

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