How a California man dealt with freedom after he was framed for murder and locked in prison for 20 years

When Horace Roberts Jr. was freed after 20 years in prison following his conviction for the murder of a Jurupa Valley woman he did not commit, he emerged into a changed world.

Among the innovations occurring while Roberts was behind bars from 1998 to 2018 was the improvement of DNA technology that allows investigators to identify criminal suspects more precisely and from smaller sample sizes.

That technology sprung Roberts from his “lion’s den” and pointed authorities to three men who were convicted of killing Terry Cheek...