A man wrongly convicted of killing his unborn baby and bludgeoning his wife nearly to death 17 years ago wept as a judge apologized for the mistake and freed him from prison.
Kevin Lee Green, imprisoned since 1980, was declared innocent Thursday as authorities prepared to charge a convicted rapist with the killing of Green's daughter as well as five other unsolved slayings.Sources told The Orange County Register that the reversal of Green's conviction and the new arrest came after the other man confessed, and his statement was backed up by DNA technology not available when Green's pregnant wife was attacked.
Law enforcement authorities refused to give details of the case.