amaury villalobos and william vasquez can get on with their lives or what is left. >> 33 1/2 years of my life. i went in at 30 and come out at 65. >> reporter: they were arrested in 1980 along with a third man, mitchell morreale, charged morreale -- raymond mora. in a stunning reversal, brooklyn prosecutors admitted that the men were framed by the drug dealing landlord who made a death bed retraction and that fire marshals misinterpreted the evidence and in all likelihood the fire started accidentally. >> reporter: prosecutors say the men were victims of prevailing theories of arson investigation in 1980 that are now totally discredited. >> what matters to us is that we get to the truth and that we prison for murder that they did not commit. >> it won't come soon enough for raymond mora who died in prison of an apparent heart attack. >> no better christmas gift than to say that my dad is innocent and everybody knows. >> reporter: william vasquez and amaury villalobos say they loss their freedom but not fate. >> i am not angry. they did something bad to me but god is there. god is on m

amaury villalobos is now 66. locked up is now 70 and blind. raymond maura died in prison in 1989. his wife and daughter appeared in court on his behalf. >> my husband's not here today to see the victory but i know that he is looking down on us and i know that he is resting in peace now. >> there's no better christmas gift that i can get than to say that my dad is innocent and now everybody knows. >> reporter: in 2012, villalobos contacted a nyu law professor and her students in the innocence clinic. the team discovered through updated fire science there was no sign of arson in the 1980 fire. they also found the building owner hannah quick who accused the men was a known substance abuser and habitual liar who knitted to family members she sent three in -- who admitted to family members she sent three innocent men to prison. she brought the findings to the brooklyn district attorney. >> we are putting evidence on trial and convicting people on myth! >> we sit here today to admit >> reporter: but today as they embraced true freedom, villalobos and vazquez say they harbor no anger. an