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Can you imagine being locked up for 35 years for a crime you didn’t commit? That’s the case for 54-year-old James Brain. He was recently released after a DNA test showed he did not kidnap and rape a 9-year-old boy in 1974. Brain was 19-years-old when he was charged.

Brain represents one of 247 people exonerated by DNA testing. Innocence project is a national organization helping exonerated innocent people through DNA testing and according to them no else has spent more time in jail than Brain.

In a press conference Brain—wearing a T-shirt with “Not Guilty”—said "I'm not angry. I got God in my head. I knew one day he will reveal me."

I can't imagine how hard its going to be for him to transition to prison life to actual life.

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