Bryan Hooper Sr. celebrates his freedom after 27 years in prison for murder he didn’t commit

After spending nearly three decades behind bars for a murder that officials now say he didn’t commit, Bryan Hooper Sr. is a free man.

Hooper had been imprisoned for the murder of 77-year-old Ann Prazniak in 1998, but he had always maintained his innocence.

“I can’t begin to explain what it felt like to be sent to prison for a crime you didn’t commit, but I knew one thing: I was never gonna stop fighting for my freedom,” Hooper said during a news conference Monday to celebrate his exoneration and release…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS