Man imprisoned 45 years for wife's killing is acquitted by Cleveland jury: "I've become free"

A jury acquitted an 83-year-old man Wednesday who was convicted at his first trial of killing his wife and spent 45 years in prison. The Cleveland jury deliberated for less than 90 minutes before delivering its verdict in Isaiah Andrews' second aggravated murder trial, according to the Ohio Innocence Project, which represented him.

Andrews said after the verdict that it "relieved all the weight off" him. "I've become free," he said.

"At close to 46 years, Isaiah's time served stands as the second-longest known wrongful incarceration in U.S. history," the Ohio Innocence Project said.