'Freak Out' Delays Release of Freed Inmate

HOUSTON - He went in to prison at just 18 years old.

Michael Green will be 44 years old when he finally walks out of prison a free man.

Green spent 27 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.

But, before he could set foot outside, he will have to wait one more day.

Green's attorney, Bob Wicoff, explains why.

"He's an 18-year-old boy who was put in prison with really bad guys and he's been there for a long time and this day, now that it's finally come, is highly emotional for him. None of us could anticipate or can... how we would react in his situation."

Wicoff declined to speak specifically about how Green reacted.

Green was the only person ever convicted for the 1983 kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman.

He was sentenced to 75 years.

Then, the newly created "Post Conviction Review Section" of the Harris County District Attorney's Office took a look at the case.

DNA tests, that were not available decades ago, not only cleared Green, they identified four other suspects.

An agreement was reached among the judge and the attorneys that Green would remain in custody for another day to compose himself.

His family is just as angry with the decision.

His oldest brother, Adrian Taylor could not understand why it happened.

"It is no reason that a man has to spend this long and to have to wait to be free. If he's innocent, let him go, just let him go."

Green's aunt echoed the sentiment.

"It's not today? That's sad. That is pitiful. That is pitiful and this court and the judge and everybody else should be ashamed of themselves. They should be shamed. This is bad."

Because the statute of limitations has run out, no one will ever charged or prosecuted for the crime.

The irony is that Green would have been up for parole in October.

FOX 26 web producer Alexander Supgul contributed to this report.