A Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother's gravesite and marveling at how much the world is different.

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.

A judge has ordered the release of a Hawaii man who was imprisoned for 30 years for a murder he says he didn’t commit.