Michael Green A Houston man is expected to be freed this week after serving more than 27 years in prison — the longest time behind bars of any Texan who has been exonerated - for a rape prosecutors now say he did not commit. Michael Anthony Green, 45, is expected to be in court today, when his attorney, Bob Wicoff, will ask that he be released on bail while the case moves forward. If freed, Green would be the eighth local man let out of prison in recent years, and the second in a week, after serving time for a crime he did not commit. "He is innocent," Wicoff said. "We've got the bad guys, too. We've pegged the bad guys." Green was sentenced to 75 years in prison for the 1983 rape of a Houston woman based on faulty eyewitness identification, Wicoff said. Read more . Source: Houston Chronicle , July 28, 2010 Innocent prisoner's angry outburst delays release A Houston man expected to be freed today after being imprisoned 27 years for a rape he d