Bobby Johnson walked out of prison a free man in September 2015 with the help of his family and some diligent attorneys who believed in his innocence.

Johnson endured nine years in prison for a murder he did not commit. With the help of New Haven, Connecticut-based attorney Kenneth Rosenthal and the Connecticut Innocence Project, Johnson saw a Superior Court judge vacate his sentence. Rosenthal asserted in court documents that New Haven police detectives coerced the then-teenager to confess to the shooting death of Herbert Fields.

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