AKRON, Ohio — Kenny Phillips and Michael Sutton, of Cleveland, were still in high school when they were accused of attempted murder and robbed of their future plans. It was a crime that they didn’t commit.
Gary Miller, the president of the University of Akron, said after hearing their story, leaders at the university knew they wanted to help. “It went down the same night as my 18th birthday,” said Phillips. “Everybody was like ‘let’s go out for your birthday, let’s celebrate,’ but wrong place, wrong time.”
Now, Phillips, 34, and Sutton, 35, are planning to get back some of what they lost, by starting their freshman year at the University of Akron this fall.
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