Exonerees Face Challenges Adjusting Back to Society

Published: Feb. 12, 2010, 5 a.m.

On October 13, 2009, a Jefferson County judge exonerated Louisville man Edwin Chandler. He was arrested in 1993 and falsely accused of robbery and murder. It wasn't until after he had been released on parole that Chandler won his exoneration. Chandler is one of nine innocent people exonerated in Kentucky since 2000. But once they're out, many exonerees face challenges adjusting back to society. Angela Hatton has more.