/ Source: The Associated Press
A New York City man was freed after spending nearly two decades behind bars for murder before a judge declared him innocent, a prison system official says.
Fernando Bermudez was released from the Sing Sing prison in Ossining Friday. A Manhattan judge overturned Bermudez's 1992 conviction last week, saying it stemmed from unreliable witness testimony.
But Bermudez remained behind bars because he hadn't served a 27-month sentence in a federal drug case.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered that Bermudez be released at least until June 30 while his lawyers ask federal officials to credit his drug sentence as served.