A suburban Chicago man who spent 22 years behind bars on charges of arson and murder in his mother-in-law's death was found not guilty by a judge Wednesday in the retrial of his case. William Amor, 62, had been convicted in 1997 and was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the 1995 Naperville fire that killed Marianne Miceli. His attorneys included representatives from the Illinois Innocence Project at the University of Illinois Springfield and the Exoneration Project. Amor confessed to police that he started the fire by leaving a smoldering cigarette on a newspaper soaked in vodka. "We have known for a long time that Bill is innocent and a terrible injustice occurred," attorney Lauren Kaeseberg said.

Source: ABC News February 21, 2018 20:26 UTC