A judge had thrown out the murder convictions Friday and ordered the release of a man who has long claimed innocence in the slayings of two Michigan deer hunters, dating back to 1990. 71 year old, Jeff Titus, has served nearly 21 years of a life prison sentence. The state this week asked that he be freed, saying an Ohio serial killer instead could have been responsible for those deaths. U.S. District Judge Paul Borman signed off on a joint request to release Titus from a prison in Coldwater stating that a second trial is very unlikely.