A man is being freed after spending decades in prison for a murder he said he did not commit.
A judge vacated the conviction and sentence of Francisco "Frankie" Benitez Tuesday, after he spent 34 years in prison.
"This has been a very, very long road, and I'm glad my son is coming home," Benitez's mother Betty Benitez said. "Every month, every week, and now this is the day we don't have to do it no more," Benitez's brother Victor Benitez said.He was arrested when he was just 18 years old, but maintained his innocence, saying that he had an alibi, and was being framed by Chicago Police Department detectives.
"The third man to have a conviction vacated and come home based on actions they took as police officers to frame innocent men," said Anand Swaminathan, with LoevyBenitez's advocates said a former gang units officer came forward admitting in court that he never believed Benitez was the right suspect.
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