Strangers have raised tens of thousands of dollars to help two former death row inmates who spent decades in prison for a 1975 murder before being exonerated. Ricky Jackson, 57, and Wiley Bridgeman, 60, walked free from prison on Friday after a witness, who was just 12 at the time, revealed he had lied about seeing the murder in Cleveland, Ohio. The witness recanted his testimony last year, saying he had accused the men of killing a businessman following police threats. In just three days since their release, thousands of dollars in donations have been sent to fundraising pages for the two men.
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Ricky Jackson, 57, and Wiley Bridgeman, 60, were convicted of murdering a businessman in Cleveland, Ohio in 1975 and were put on death row
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Their sentences were commuted to life in 1978 after Supreme Court ruling
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But a witness, who was 12 at the time, recently revealed that he had accused the men after coercion from police and recanted his account
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They walked free from prison on Friday
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Thousands of dollars have now been raised for the men on gofundme
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