After 15 years in prison, they look forward to beginning their new lives.
University of Akron President Gary L. Miller awarded Michael Sutton and Kenny Phillips full scholarships after they were released from a wrongful conviction.When Michael Sutton and Kenny Phillips went out for Phillips' birthday in May 2006, they never thought it would result in them being wrongfully arrested and incarcerated for 15 years.of that fateful night in Cleveland. "Everybody was like, 'Let's go out for your birthday. Let's celebrate.
Sutton, 35, was planning on attending the University of Akron in the 2006 school year before being incarcerated. The Innocence Project, an independent nonprofit that works to release wrongfully convicted individuals from prison, represented Sutton in court and helped to get him released. "This is what happens when police officers get it wrong and refuse to acknowledge their mistake," Donald Caster, Sutton's attorney with the Innocence Project, told ABC News in a statement. "Michael and Kenny were robbed of their early adulthood. Everything that people do in their late teens and twenties - to college, start a career, meet their partner, start a family - has all been delayed for Michael and Kenny.
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