Michael Parker was released from prison in August of 2014 after serving more than twenty years for a crime he did not commit.
He now lives in South Carolina where he struggles to build a new life.
Parker was exonerated with the assistance of the Wrongful Conviction Clinic at Duke Law Innocence Project.
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Audio: Paul Bieber
Photography: Jim Millay