You're quite aware that rape can happen without a semen sample from the vagina and panties. It was 1989. We both know there was DNA from these suspects all over the victim, they just never collected it. There were confessions made and not simply made to police, and before police interrogation. There was also good circumstantial evidence placing them at that exact spot at the right time.
You're maligning some cops who don't deserve it. The ensuing litigation was political theater,
You also know that kids like these laugh at the naive, gullible dupe-dopes who fall for this kind of stuff.