Kind of unbelievable. It’s been 18 years since they were imprisoned for brutal slayings in Arkansas, across the Mississippi River from Memphis.

The release was part of a complicated Alford plea deal in which the men, who had maintained their innocence all along, pleaded guilty, while maintaining their innocence, and were credited for time served.

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