[Ammi]

A man has walked free from prison after 32 years after his murder conviction was overturned due to new evidence.

Gilbert Poole Jr, 56, was jailed for the murder of Robert Mejia in 1988 in Detroit, Michigan.

He had always challenged the ruling - despite his girlfriend at the time saying he confessed carrying out the stabbing to her.

Under Michigan law, anyone released after wrongful conviction is eligible to receive $50,000 (£35,000) a year - meaning Poole could claim $1.6m (£1.1m).

His release comes following a breakthrough in the case in 2015 - when blood which did not match either Poole or Mejia was discovered at the scene.

A judge dismissed Poole's conviction, and hours later he was released on Wednesday from a prison in Jackson.

He said in court: "I spent decades learning, reading, studying law, but none of that was working for me.


https://news.sky.com/story/gilbert-p...ommit-12317920