the governor of colorado granted him clemency and he was released july 1st. >> welcome home, curtis brooksr 24 years in prison, brooks has a fresh art. >> i'm going to do everything that ist can to live a life thas worthy of all of you and that's worthy of the forgiveness that i would hope that i can one day attain. >> reporter: there's been work in maryland to prevent swruf nile cases to endup the way curtis' did but legislation hasn't gotten anywhere. senator benson plans on ro reicing legislation to try to change juvenile prison laws in maryland. in capital heights, i'm tracey . wilkins, ne >> now, as part of his release, brooks has five years of pale. he says he plans on speaking in suport of legislation in o help protect juveniles, and he wants to revisit the colorado prison system to help implement reform. >> next at 6:30, a dramatic exampleof what cano wrong in these flash floods as we hear from this father forced to carry his two girls through waist deep water. >> i'm adam tuss. the rain causing huge issues for metroiders today. take a look at some of this video from around the reg

. >> curtis brooks was 15 when he charged with murder in colorado and moved to the area as a teenager and one night witw the wrong crd he landed himself 24years in prison because of a mandatory sentencing. enson formedr joan a coalition and was brooks' principal in capital heights. brooks' case helped the u.s. supreme court to ban automatic sentences with life without parole for juveniles. the governor of colorado granted brooks clemency. >> i will do everything i can tf live a l that is worthy of all o i you and thats worthy of the forgiveness that i would hope i can one day attain. >> now as part of his release, brooks has five years of parolsa ys he plan to speak in support of legisl in colorado to help protect juveniles and he wants to th revisit e colorado prison stem to help i>lement. >> d.c. police and the fbi need your help. they are searching for a personf whored a gun toward on-duty police officers. police say this video shows the suspect circled in red and the person is firing a gun behind a tree. this was in the 4600 block of hillside road in southst early in the in the mo

. >>> when he was 15 years old curtis brooks was charged with a murdery he did notcommit, and he spentlast 24 years in prison because of mandatory sentencing. his case has helped change some mandory juvenile sentenci laws around our country, and it could have an impact he in maryland. our prince george's county bureau chief tracey wilkins has his story. >> reporter: when maryland state senator first met brooks she was his principal and the little boy who read well above grade level would eventually move to colorado where life took a drastic turn, and at 15 he ded up in prison for a murder he did not commit. >> he didn't kill anybody and was charged with felony murder. but it doesn't stop there, ladies and gentlemen. he was put in cole tr confinement for ten years in a room about the said of the bat.d >> he a a group of friends shot and killed ramos but mandator sentencing got brooks a mandatory prison sentence. i would be foolish if i knew this babe was in trouble and i didn't do zig about? >>. with help of from.s. senator van hollen brooks was granted clemency. he was released july is