A man freed from prison after serving 28 years for a murder he did not commit said he would not hold any grudges.

Corey Atchison, 48, from Oklahoma, was sentenced to life behind bars in 1991 for the fatal shooting of James Lane in Tulsa in 1990, during what police believed was a gang-related attempted robbery.

But after spending almost three decades locked up, the grandfather was finally released on Tuesday by a judge who said she believed a key prosecution witness was coerced into falsely identifying him.

Speaking to television cameras as he stood with his arm around his young grandson, Mr Atchison said: “I can’t hold no grudge, life’s too short.

“I’ve got some time with this little guy to make him into a man.”

Man released from prison after 28 years for murder he did not commit Show all 6 1 /6 Man released from prison after 28 years for murder he did not commit Man released from prison after 28 years for murder he did not commit Corey Atchison, 48, is escorted into a courtroom at Tulsa County Courthouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 16 July 2019, where a judge ruled that he was wrongly convicted of the 1990 fatal shooting of James Lane in Tulsa. Mr Atchison was freed after serving 28 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP Man released from prison after 28 years for murder he did not commit Corey Atchison with his daughter Courtney Thomas, centre, and his niece Eyght Brown, two, as he is freed. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP Man released from prison after 28 years for murder he did not commit Corey Atchison is greeted by his sisters, including Laura Scott, right, as he is freed from the David L Moss Criminal Justice Center. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP Man released from prison after 28 years for murder he did not commit Ruthella Scott receives a hug from her son, and brother of Corey Atchison, after the hearing. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP Man released from prison after 28 years for murder he did not commit Family members and supporters of Corey Atchison celebrate in front of the Tulsa County Courthouse. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP Man released from prison after 28 years for murder he did not commit Corey Atchison smiles as he is freed from the David L Moss Criminal Justice Center after serving 28 years for a crime he did not commit. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP

He added that he did not know what he wanted to do now because his “goal all these years was just to be free”.

Mr Atchison was arrested just three months before his daughter was born and convicted by a jury when he was 20-years-old.

His mother, Ruth Scott, said she always knew her son was innocent.

“I knew he didn’t do it, I knew he didn’t do it when it happened,” she told Associated Press.