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Wrongly convicted for years, now Lamar Johnson asks for help with his future

Lamar Johnson was wrongly convicted of murdering two people more than a decade ago. After being freed Johnson wants help starting a career.
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The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project is trying to help Lamar Johnson raise some cash -- to help pay for college.

Johnson was wrongly convicted of murdering two people more than a decade ago. He was freed in September 2017.

"I knew I was innocent but now I wake up like,'wow I'm actually free,'" Johnson explained.

Johnson earned his GED in prison but now he has some bigger goals.

"Getting my degree in business administration, so one day I can own my own McDonald's franchise," Johnson explained.

The Baltimore native also wants to get a degree in communications so he can be an advocate for other wrongly convicted prisoners.

After Johnson was convicted of murdering two people. He went to prison in 2004, where he was supposed to spend the rest of his life behind bars. The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project helped prove he was not the gunman.

David Benowitz is one of Johnson's lawyers and a partner at Price Benowitz. He said Johnson has had trouble finding a steady job and place of his own.

"At some point he may be able to get a settlement from the state of Maryland probably two years away," said Benowitz.

Johnson currently works at a warehouse right and he spends time with friends and family. Yet, he said he is not really trying to make up for all the time he missed.

"That's just time," Johnson recalled. "I'm never going to get that back. So I'm just looking forward to being successful— Providing for my family — enjoying life because tomorrow is not promised ."

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