Sentenced to life in prison for a homicide he did not devote, his time to, Jofama Coleman studiously avoided more calendar time. It become heartbreaking to think that he had unwilling threw away months and years. His younger daughter was deprived of his freedom. "One way or the other the man was capable to get thru the time, he did not even clearly consider the times. every day become the same," he stated, recalling moments when his birthday exceeded with out note. On Wednesday as Coleman sat within the front row of his courtroom in Sacramento, trying to fight for his freedom and get his time back from being behind bars changed to see the positive in potential release. His sentence was 6,481 days. The victim repayment board later voted to turn the his almost 18 years into a 900,000 payout to Coleman under a law that gives exonerees one hundred and forty for each day wrongfully imprisoned.