karen: released on personal robert kane. judge kane didn' t discuss the flawed fbi testimony about a hair found at the scene, but he credited the now deceased victim for refusing to go along with prosecutors, who said perrot was her attacker. judge kane: should you be in her debt for ever more. karen: prosecutors had argued he should be kept locked up while they decide whether to retry his case, citing his disciplinary record in prison and prior attempted escape. judge kane: i know out of experience that people we call reasons. karen: perrot' s bid for freedom came with the the support from his mother, who has stood by her son all these years. >> i can' t believe it, truthfully. i wanted to believe it for a long time, but i never thought it would come. karen: perrot' s attorney' s say he has a strong support network to help with this difficult transition. is grounded by his supporting, including a former prison volunteer who has championed him for years. >> i want to thank my legal team and supporters. >> did you ever lose h

today, court justice, robert kane, set george free. we'll hear more from him coming up at 6:00. karen anderson, wcvb, newscenter 5. >> thanks. right now a hit-and-run caught on camera. the victim stuck on the hood of that car as the driver, the man on the right of your screen, took off. he's also a suspect, by the way, in an assault on a police officer, but he hasn't been found. todd is live with more. todd? reporter: it was a violent crime spree and part of it happened right here at main and union streets around 9:30 this morning as surveillance cameras on the building behind me were rolling. take a look. it's startling to see. you see a white sudan make a quick turn striking a man in the crosswalk. he lands on the hood. the suspect keeps driving for several hundred yards before stopping, when the 65-year-old victim falls off the hood. police have identified that driver as 29-year-old tyson delgado of winthrop. just a few moments ago, they of him to us. now, after initially stopping at the scene, delgado and a female passenger took off after police had arrived. police say delga

judge robert kane found evidence in the original trial is now inconclusive. >> in life there are so few times when we have a chance the >> nicole: for perrot's mother beverly, the son she lost when he was just 17 is finally back home. >> i can't say anymore. i'm just so happy. >> nicole: and perrot did not say too much after he left here. he did say now he just wants to spend time with his mother. live in new bedford, nicole oliverio, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: right now police are encourage students at b.u. to keep an eye on their popular and pricy jackets because they have become a target of thieves. this canada goose jacket costs hundreds of dollars and campus police say they received several claims of thieves stealing these jackets if they're left in common areas. students say they're trying to be protective of their expensive coats. >> my friend, she was moving to another dorm, and she left it for like a minute, and she was gone and then she came back, her jacket was gone. >> if i go work out, i put it in a locker and lock the locker. jackets are being taken by membe