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Friday, December 12, 2014

Man is finally exonerated after 40 years in prison over murder he didn’t commit



Cleveland – This is the moment a Cleveland man was exonerated of a murder he didn’t commit – 40 years after the killing took place.

Kwame Ajamu was just 17 years old when he was sentenced to death in 1975 after businessman Harry Franks was beaten and shot dead outside a convenience store in his neighborhood.

Then going under the name Ronnie Bridgeman, he was jailed alongside his brother Wiley Bridgeman, then aged 20, and their friend Ricky Jackson, 19.

But the case against them unraveled after the prosecution’s star witness, a 13-year-old, recounted his testimony last year, saying he lied after being pressured and fed evidence by detectives. More

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