A Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother's gravesite and marveling at how much the world is different.

Gordon Cordeiro, who spent more than half of his life in prison for a murder he denied committing, walked out of a Maui correctional center on what he called “Freedom Friday” thanks to new DNA evidence.

A judge has ordered the release of a man who was imprisoned for 30 years for a murder he has always denied committing. The judge says DNA test results and other new evidence would likely change the outcome of another trial against Gordon Cordeiro.

Gordon Cordeiro spent three decades in prison in a case involving the killing of Timothy Blaisdell on the island of Maui in 1994.

A judge on Friday ordered the release of a Hawaii man who was imprisoned for 30 years for a murder he has long said he didn’t commit. New evidence, including DNA test results, would likely change the results of another trial against Gordon Cordeiro,