A Michigan man has been exonerated after almost 60 years in prison.

With the assistance of community justice groups, William Hunt's sentence was commuted. Advertisement

On Tuesday, he stepped out of the E.C. Brooks Correctional Facility to a crowd of supporters, embracing family with tears in his eyes.

Hunt, now 80 years old, had one word to describe the feeling: "Beautiful."

Hunt was convicted of first-degree murder in Wayne County, Michigan, in 1967. He has maintained his innocence from the beginning.

The Michael Thompson Clemency Project filed for his commutation. Its founder says Hunt took the blame for a murder his brother committed.

Michael Thompson, the group's founder, said, "Just think about it for a minute, man. Sixty years of a person's life. And you know he didn't kill n

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