Judge grants bond for Texan exonerated for rape

A Houston man who's spent the last 27 years imprisoned for a rape he didn't commit got one step closer to freedom on Friday.

During a court hearing, a judge granted Michael Anthony Green a personal bond that will let him walk out of jail.

Green's pending release was made possible after the Harris County District Attorney's Office reopened his case and new DNA tests it commissioned showed he did not commit a 1983 rape of a woman who had been abducted.

Green was expected to be released later Friday after his paperwork had been processed. The bond will allow Green to be free while the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals makes a final ruling on his …