article_snippet: Bridgeman Ricky Jackson Wiley Bridgeman Wiley Bridgeman were sentenced to death in 1975 for the 1975 murder of Harry Franks after a 12-year-old boy said a 12-year-old boy saw Ricky Jackson, 59, and his friends Ronnie and Wiley Bridgeman commit the crime.
article_snippet: Ricky Jackson, 59, and his friends Ronnie and Wiley Bridgeman were exonerated in November after the witness, Eddie Vernon, recanted a 12-year-old boy testimony last year and said a 12-year-old boy had been pressured and threatened by police to testify.
article_snippet: Bridgeman Jackson Jackson Wiley Bridgeman were exonerated in November for the 1975 murder of Harry Franks .
article_snippet: Jackson (pictured left in Jackson original mugshot and right in February) is the longest-serving wrongfully convicted prisoner.
article_snippet: Eddie Vernon recanted Jackson testimony last year and said Jackson had been pressured and threatened by police to testify when Jackson was 12 years old . '
article_snippet: Jackson was only 18 when Jackson was convicted of the May 19, 1975, murder of Cleveland businessman Harry Franks, who was attacked, robbed and shot to death.
article_snippet: their case was based on the testimony of 12-year-old Eddie Vernon, who said he saw the May 19, 1975, murder of Cleveland businessman Harry Franks, who was attacked, robbed and shot to death.
highlights_snippet: Ronnie and Wiley Bridgeman were all exonerated in November for the 1975 murder of Harry Franks .
  