by Gene Kang <\/p>\n
WHAS11.com <\/p>\n
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 12:37 PM <\/p>\n
Updated today at 6:41 PM <\/p>\n
LOUISVILLE, Ky (WHAS11) -- A Louisville man who faced the death penalty is free tonight. Thats after prosecutors dropped a murder charge against him. It was DNA evidence that ultimately cleared him but not before he spent several years behind bars. <\/p>\n
The Hall of Justice is where Carlos Lagantta claimed his freedom in more ways than one. He was waiting for trial for five years three for the current case and two for an unrelated charge. But Lagantta says he never grew bitter after being wrongfully accused of murder. <\/p>\n
Overall, Carlos Lagantta served three years in prison for a murder he did not commit. He felt an overwhelming sense of freedom as a court of law declared that he's innocent. <\/p>\n
WHAS 11 News: \"What are you doing here at the Hall of Justice today?\" \"I'm turning in my HIP equipment and being a free man. Once I turn this in I'm all the way free,\" said Lagantta. <\/p>\n
\"Not only did he put this behind him but he was facing the death penalty,\" said Ryan Vantrease, Laganttas lawyer. <\/p>\n
\"It is the Commonwealth's decision to dismiss without prejudice,\" said prosecution in Judge Audra Eckerles court in Jefferson County. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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