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>> Devin: LAMARR MONSON HAS DONE
A LOT OF TIME BUT NEW EVIDENCE
CASTS DOUBT ON WHETHER HE
COMMITTED THE CRIME.
>> Kim: AN EMOTIONAL DAY.
LOOKS LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS
SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA RIGHT NOW.
SCENE.
JERMONT TERRY IS WORKING TO GET
STORY.
>> Devin: LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> I KNEW MY SON WAS INNOCENT
AND SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE TO
PAY FOR THIS!
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M IN HEAVEN!
I FEEL LIKE I'M IN HEAVEN!
>> Jermont: WHAT'S THE FIRST
THING YOU GONNA DO?
>> GET ON MY KNEES BEFORE GOD
DONE.
>> Jermont: WE'RE LIVE ON
CHANNEL 4, BUT THE FACT OF THE
MATTER IS, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BACKED YOU ALL OF THESE YEARS?
>> I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR
EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN IN MY
CORNER ALL THE TIME AND TRUST
THAT I'M NOT THE PERSON TO DO
THAT KIND OF STUFF AND KNEW WHAT
KIND OF FAMILY I COME FROM AND
THANKFUL THAT THEY BACKED ME AND
KEPT ME THROUGHOUT 21 YEARS.
>> Jermont: THERE'S A FAMILY
LOOKING FOR JUSTICE.
FAMILY?
>> I HOPE THEY'RE HOPEFUL THAT
JUSTICE WILL BE DONE IN THE
PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT TOO.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PRAYING
ABOUT.
HOPEFULLY THAT CAN COME TO PASS.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE OUT, WHAT DO
YOU WANT TO DO NOW?
>> GO HOME AND SIT DOWN WITH MY
FAMILY.
A WHOLE LOT OF TEARS AND SNOT
AND WE'RE GONNA LOVE EACH OTHER.
>> YES, YES, YES.
MOST?
>> I MISS EVERYTHING.
>> HE MISSED HIS DAUGHTER, HIS
GRANDDAUGHTER HE'S NEVER SEEN
BEFORE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE
LIKE?
IT'S GONNA BE LIKE HEAVEN, LIKE
HEAVEN, LIKE HEAVEN!
>> Jermont: AND YOUR FAITH IN
GOD IS WHAT YOU RELIED ON.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT HAS BROUGHT
HIM BACK, FAITH IN GOD.
>> I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD SOMEDAY
COME AND I WAS HOPEFUL BECAUSE I
IN HIS HANDS.
THAT'S WHERE MY FAITH LIES AND I
STAND ON THAT WITH EVERYTHING
THAT'S IN ME.
>> Jermont: TAKE US BACK TO DAY
THE JUDGE SAID HE WOULD GRANT A
NEW TRIAL.
TAKE US BACK TO THAT MOMENT.
>> I WAS THANKING GOD.
HE KEPT PEACE IN MY HEART AND
KEPT ME HOPEFUL AND TO SEE IT
COME TO PASS, MAN, I CAN'T
EXPRESS IT WITH WORDS.
IT'S A BLESSING.
WE GOTTA GO.
>> YOU'RE INNOCENT AND YOU DON'T
HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
YOU MIGHT SPEND SOME TIME IN
PRISON AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
YOU, PUT YOU DOWN AND SAY YOU
DID THIS AND YOU DID THAT, BUT
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT YOU DID BUT
GOD.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU ANGRY?
>> I'M NOT ANGRY.
>> NO, WE'RE NOT ANGRY.
>> I DONE GOT OVER BEING ANGRY
OR UNFORGIVEN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE WAY THE
SYSTEM IS RIGHT NOW.
I'LL TALK MORE ON THAT LATER.
RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO GO HOME
WITH MY FAMILY.
>> Jermont: KIM AND DEVIN, THAT
WAS HIM WALKING OUT.
WE'LL FOLLOW THIS VIDEO THROUGH.
AS YOU HEARD HIM SAY, HE'S
EXCITED TO BE OUT AND THANKFUL
TO THE INNOCENCE PROJECT FOR
HELPING HIM OUT.
SOMEONE DID POST A $25,000 CASH
BOND AND THEY'RE NOT REVEALING
WHO THAT INDIVIDUAL IS.
BUT HE IS HUGGING MR. BILL
PROJECT.
HE IS GETTING IN THE CAR WITH
HIS MOM WHO HAS BEEN BY HIS
SIDE, ONE OF HIS STRONGEST
SUPPORTERS FOR THE LAST 21
YEARS.
SHE SAID ALL SHE WANTED TO DO
WAS GIVE HER SON A HUG.
SHE'S IN THE BACK SEAT WITH HIM,
HE'S OUT AND SHE'S ABLE TO HUG
HIM ALL NIGHT LONG AS THEY
PREPARE FOR YET ANOTHER TRIAL IF
THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
BUT THIS IS BREAKING NEWS.
THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN GATHERING
AFTERNOON.
THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR HIM TO
COME OUT AND WHEN HE JUST
STEPPED OUT MOMENTS AGO, YOU SAY
HIS MOTHER, AND LAMARR HIMSELF.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, A
MAN WHO KNEW EVIDENCE REVEALED
HE POTENTIALLY WAS NOT INVOLVED
IN THIS MURDER.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM RIGHT NOW.
HE HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND
GIVEN OUT SO MANY HUGS.
THE MAN HE IS HUGGING RIGHT NOW
IS SOMEONE RELATED TO THE
INNOCENCE PROJECT.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS IN PRISON
FOR MANY YEARS AND ALSO GOT OUT
THANKS TO THE INNOCENCE PROJECT.
RELATE.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL BE SOMEWHAT
OF A MENTOR AS HE TRIES TO
READJUST AND BACK ON THE STREETS
AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN 20
YEARS IN PRISON.
HE IS NOW LEAVING, HEADING HOME
WITH HIS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE.
AS YOU HEARD HIS MOTHER SAY, HE
WANTS TO GIVE A HUG TO HIS
FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING HIS
CHILDREN, AS THIS IS THE LATEST.
AND HE MENTIONED THAT HE ALSO
HAS SOME CONCERNS AND PRAYERS
FOR THE 12-YEAR-OLD'S FAMILY WHO
WAS MURDERED BACK IN 1996.
LAMARR MONSON IS NOW OUT AND HE
IS HOPING THE FAMILY WILL FIND
JUSTICE BECAUSE HE BELIEVES HE
IS NOT THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED
THIS CRIME BACK IN 1996.
THAT'S THE LATEST REPORTING
JERMONT TERRY, LOCAL 4.
>> Kim: YOU HEARD IT LIVE AND
RAW HERE ON LOCAL 4.
REPEATING.
IT'S NOT EXACTLY AN EXONERATION.
WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER
TRIAL COMING FOR THIS.
AS JERMONT MENTIONED, THE OTHER
SIDE IS CHRISTINABROWN'S FAMILY
YOU ARE HANDS.