Michael Sutton, 35, and Kenny Phillips,34, have been granted full scholarships to the University of Akron. It's a chance to get the education that they were denied when both were wrongfully convicted in 2006 of crimes they had no part of. It cost them 15 years of freedom.
Their story aired on ABC News and News 5 Cleveland.
"It feels like a dream come true," Sutton said to News 5 Cleveland. "This was something I always dreamed about but being locked in prison for so long I didn't think it could happen."
Both men, high school seniors at the time of their incarceration, had gone out on Memorial Day weekend for a night of fun.
On their way back home they got stuck in traffic and witnessed someone in a gold-colored car in front of them lean out and fire at another vehicle. Two people suffered injuries. Police arrested Sutton and his friends and they were charged with multiple counts including attempted murder and assault.
