Man Exonerated by Innocence Project Graduates from Law School

Once imprisoned for murder but later exonerated by the Wisconsin Innocence Project, Christopher Ochoa will soon graduate from law school at the University of Wisconsin. He had almost completed his bachelor's degree through correspondence courses when he was released from prison in 2001. A business law class and talks he gave at law schools about his experience inspired him to become a lawyer -- part of the system that had put him away. "The funny thing is I could not stand lawyers and cops," he said.

On Christmas Eve 1996, Christopher Ochoa went back to his Texas prison cell and pressed a razor blade to his forearm.

He was serving a life sentence for a murder he did not commit and was ready to end it all.

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