exactly why green should be incarcerated and ashley moody s office told us in a statement that read quote. the florida attorney general s office is charged by statute to represent the state of florida and upholding judgments and sentences sought by state attorneys in each circuit. and imposed by trial courts when they are appealed. green s attorneys tell me that they re going to start the process before trying to get before parole board in the coming months now when it comes to clemency, that discretion is really up to florida governor ron desantis as well as two of the three cabinet members and one of those cabinet members that would also have to sign off on clemency. is florida s attorney general. guys. alright carlos suarez for us in orlando . what a process! what a remarkable story, carlos. thank you very much, kate. technical troubles are forcing space extra call off today s much anticipated launch of the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. the starship rocket
go home that federal court of appeals came back and said, look , green has to finish out his life sentence, which is why he is going to turn himself in later today, that really only leaves the 65 year old with two options at freedom we re talking about going before a parole board here in the state of florida or clemency. now we spent a part of green s final weekend as a free man. here s what he told us about his mindset going into today. i can t be angry with no one i don t want no one else to be angry. no. one angry. gonna take you nowhere. do harm you. i m happy now. i m not happy about going back. but i m happy. yes stand said. i m happy because i got my wife, my future wife. i got my friends that came along up here with me today and here right now i got my family. so we reached out to florida s attorney general s office on
the crime can t be angry with no one i don t want no one else to be angry with no. one we will take you nowhere. due to harm you. i m happy. i m not happy about going back. got my wife, my future wife. i got my friends that came along up here with me. i got my family in 2009. green s death sentence was changed to life in prison due to a legal technicality and in 2018, a federal judge ruled prosecutors improperly withheld evidence that police suspected green was not the shooter. his original conviction was overturned, the state of florida could choose to retry green or release him. to 1021. green was allowed to go home while his case was being appealed, a year after he was freed. appellate court ruled against green siding with florida s attorney general ashley moody, when asked why greens should be incarcerated,
closed captioning brought to you by flexible family of products will swift here this is flex superglue, flex superglue and the entire flexible family of products at flex seal products .com. so a man who spent decades behind bars for a murder he says he didn t commit is set to turn himself back in today. crosley green spent the last two years free was after a judge overturned his murder conviction. but the state appealed that ruling and one now green, who has maintained his innocence since the 1989 killing is due back in prison. cnn s carla suarez reports. it s been two years since crossley green was conditionally released from prison during that time, the 65 year old bonded with his family held down a job and fell in love expressing this is my woman. this is my future. wife.
moody s office said. quote the florida attorney general s office is charged. by statute to represent the state of florida and upholding judgments and sentences sought by the state attorney in each circuit and imposed by trial courts when they are appealed. the u. s supreme court was his final hope to win his legal battle. the high court declined to hear the case. that means clemency or parole are his only options of freedom. it s heartbreaking. it s it is, though. you know you you ve given something to him and then and then taking it away again and is it s gut wrenching . the context of all of this is that he is actually innocent of this crime, and there s a tremendous amount of evidence. and i think that that would be part of any petition or application to get relief to preach, though, but i do make me feel good. green spent his final sunday as a free man at church, relying on his faith to find