A Texas man has been freed from prison after DNA evidence cleared him of a murder he did not commit. Michael Morton had served nearly 25 years behind bars after being convicted for the 1987 murder of his wife, Christine Morton. The Innocence Project obtained testing linking the crime to another man. Shortly after his release, Morton choked up as he discussed his new-found freedom and his gratitude for not having been sent to death row.

Michael Morton: “I thank—I thank God this wasn’t a capital case, that I only had life, because it gave the saints here at the Innocence Project time to do this.”