Former death row inmate celebrates independence

Paul House is celebrating July Fourth with family for first time in more than 22 years House, 46, was sentenced to death in 1986 for neighbor's rape and murder Former death row inmate glad to be celebrating July Fourth, but doesn't feel patriotic (CNN) -- Paul House says you'll have to excuse him if he isn't feeling especially patriotic this Fourth of July. House, 46, spent 22 years on Tennessee's death row for the rape and murder of his neighbor, Carolyn Muncey, in 1985. Thanks to an appeals court ruling, House was released Wednesday, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that new DNA evidence could have led a jury to acquit him. House, who has multiple sclerosis, is thrilled to be spending July Fourth with his family for the first time in more than 22 years. But he admits that his experience has changed him. "I'm not... [read full story]