Gordon Cordeiro, who spent more than half of his life in prison for a murder he denied committing, walked out of a Maui correctional center on what he called “Freedom Friday” thanks to new DNA evidence.

Behind bars for 30 years, Gordon Cordeiro's first desire was to visit the grave of his mother, who died of ALS just before he was arrested.

Gordon Cordeiro, 51, who was serving a life sentence for a 1994 murder on Maui, was released on Friday after DNA evidence was presented in his case.

Gordon Cordeiro spent three decades in prison in a case involving the killing of Timothy Blaisdell on the island of Maui in 1994.