Crosley Green, 65, has been ordered to resume his life sentence, years after being released from Florida prison in connection with the 1989 death of Chip Flynn.
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How Crosley Green, whose conviction has been overturned, spent his first day of freedom. 2021 Apr 16
On April 7, 2021, as night settled on the Calhoun Correctional Institution outside Tallahassee, Florida, Crosley Green took his first steps as a free man after spending half his life behind bars. His case, say his lawyers, exposes an ugly truth about the American criminal system: it s easy to send a Black man to prison, but a nearly impossible feat to get a wrongful conviction corrected and overturned. 48 Hours has been covering Crosley Green s case for 22 years. He is now out of prison and off of death row. Correspondent Erin Moriarty was there for his first taste of freedom and has the very latest in his case in Crosley Green Comes Home, airing Saturday, April 17 at 10/9c on CBS.