Judge in Michael Jordan’s dad’s murder case thinks the wrong man might’ve been convicted

The judge from the trial involving the murder of Michael Jordan’s father, James Jordan, said that he has been haunted by the verdict for nearly 30 years and has asked for the convicted killer to be released.

James Jordan was murdered on the side of the highway in North Carolina in 1993 as he was sleeping in his car in the passenger seat.

In 1996, Daniel Green was convicted and sentenced to life in prison by judge Gregory Weeks after his co-defendant, Larry Demery, testified as a witness for the prosecution that Green pulled the trigger.

In a stunning development to the case, Weeks petitioned North Carolina’s parole commission for Green’s release, according to ABC News.

Rev. Thomas Jones, a criminal justice advocate, also lobbied for Green’s release, and was blown away by what the judge told the commission.

“When I heard the judge speak on his behalf, I was weeping,” Jones told ABC News. “I was flabbergasted.”