Death row inmate free after three decades

After walking out of prison for the first time in three decades, former death row inmate Henry McCollum tried to climb into his father’s car but put his head through the loop of the seatbelt that is supposed to cross his chest. A TV cameraman showed him how it works.

The safety gear isn’t all that’s changed since the 50-year-old McCollum and his younger half brother were sent away for a 1983 rape and killing that new DNA evidence shows they did not commit.

McCollum has never accessed the internet or owned a mobile phone. And he looked ill at ease in a tie and white dress shirt, the collar at least an inch too large, shedding the red jumpsuit he wore in his jail cell. His relief was obvious, though.