Gordon Cordeiro, 51, who was serving a life sentence for a 1994 murder on Maui, was released on Friday after DNA evidence was presented in his case.

A Hawaii man, Gordon Cordeiro, freed after 30 years in prison for a murder he denied committing, called it "Freedom Friday" and expressed excitement to visit his mother after a judge's decision based on new DNA evidence.

After 30 years in prison, a Hawaii man walked free Friday when his conviction was overturned based on new DNA evidence excluding him from the crime scene.

A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder celebrated "Freedom Friday" after a judge ordered him to be released because of new DNA evidence.

A Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother’s gravesite and marveling at how much the wo

Gordon Cordeiro, who spent more than half of his life in prison for a murder he denied committing, walked out of a Maui correctional center on what he called “Freedom Friday” thanks to new DNA evidence.

A Hawaii man who spent 30 years in prison for a murder he long denied committing declared the day “Freedom Friday” and said he was eager to visit his mother after a judge ordered him released because of new DNA evidence.