In 2001, DNA tests proved Brewer did not commit the crime, but prosecutors wanted to retry Brewer and he remained in jail for over five more years.
After an Innocence Project investigation led to an alternate suspect in the case, Brewer became the first person to be exonerated through post-conviction DNA testing in Mississippi in 2008.
He served seven years on death row and eight years in jail awaiting trial.
Watch Steve Kroft's 2002 report ''Forensic Evidence.''