MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A man has been freed after serving nearly 21 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
WSFA-TV reports Alton Dandridge was released from Kilby Correctional Facility on Thursday after evidence determined he wasn’t guilty of a murder he had been convicted of.
In 1996, Dandridge was convicted of the December 1994 killing of Robert Manning Sr. after finger prints that matched Dandridge’s were found at the crime scene.
District Attorney Daryl Bailey says the prints were reexamined in 2015. Examiners concluded the prints found at the crime scene belonged to the victim’s son, who discovered his father’s body.
Bailey says his office filed the appropriate paperwork to have Dandridge released.
David Sudduth, who was also convicted of murder in the case, remains in prison.