Soto and his cousin, David Ayala, second from right, served 42 years in prison for a double slaying that they did not commit. Project Gentlemen provides clothing and grooming services for high ...

Family packed the fourth-floor Cook County courtroom as a judge vacated the convictions of James Soto, 62, and David Ayala, 60. On Thursday evening, the cousins walked out of prison to freedom.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It has been 42 years since two men went to prison for a murder they said they did not commit. Those convictions were thrown out Thursday. Their family members are overjoyed.

Her brother, James Soto, and his cousin, David Ayala were convicted of murder and other felonies in the shooting deaths of 16-year-old Julie Limas and Hector Valeriano, 18, a U.S. Marine on leave ...