Two cousins who spent almost half a century behind bars for a they didn't commit have finally tasted freedom after being exonerated for murder. Jimmy Soto, 62, and his cousin David Ayala, 60, were convicted in 1981 of the murders of two teenagers, despite no physical evidence ever linking them to the crime. Both men pleaded their innocence for 42 years, until they were finally released on Thursday evening, with Soto seen in heartwarming footage being greeted by his family as walked out of Stateville Correctional Center for the last time.
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