A New Yorker who served 29 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit walked free today after his conviction was thrown out. David McCallum, who has spent nearly two-thirds of his life in prison, sobbed into his hands as Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew D'Emic vacated his conviction on Wednesday. McCallum, 45, said he was feeling mixed emotions because his fellow convict, Willie Stuckey, had passed away behind bars in 2001 before he could see their names cleared. It's 'a bittersweet moment, because I'm walking out alone,' he told reporters outside the court. Overwhelmed: David McCallum is comforted by Rosia Nealy, the mother of  fellow convict Willie Stuckey, after their convictions were thrown out in Brooklyn  on Wednesday. McCallum has been in prison for 29 years
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David McCallum, 45, sobbed as a  judge threw out his conviction Wednesday
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As he left  court surrounded by  family, he called it a 'bittersweet moment' because he was walking out without his friend Willie Stuckey
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He and friend  Stuckey were  convicted of murdering Nathan Blenner, 20, in Brooklyn in 1985 after they made false confessions
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Stuckey passed away in prison in 2001
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The convictions were overturned after the judge ruled that the confessions were false and peppered with details apparently supplied by police
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Their cause had been championed by ex-boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
The ailing @placeholder had been working on McCallum's bid for exoneration for a decade after getting a letter from him.