'It feels like a dream come true. This was something I always dreamed about but being locked in prison for so long I didn't think it could happen.'
University of Akron President Gary L. Miller awarded Michael Sutton and Kenny Phillips full scholarships after they were released from a wrongful conviction.When Michael Sutton and Kenny Phillips went out for Phillips' birthday in May 2006, they never thought it would result in them being wrongfully arrested and incarcerated for 15 years.of that fateful night in Cleveland. "Everybody was like, 'Let's go out for your birthday. Let's celebrate.
"I was on my way here. I never got to make it here," Sutton said to News 5 Cleveland. "I was coming to Akron for business administration. I had a full ride." According to a statement sent to ABC News from the Innocence Project, on the night of their arrest in 2006, as Sutton and Phillips were on their way home with two friends, the passengers of a nearby vehicle fired shots into another vehicle, injuring the occupants. Two Cleveland officers pulled over Sutton, Phillips and their friends and detained them.
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