In 2009, two men who'd been incarcerated for twelve years were released from prison. Exonerated for the murder they'd been convicted of in 1997, they were paid over two million dollars in compensation from the state of Texas, and one of them was even named Texan of the Year by "The Dallas Morning News."

Some would see this as justice finally getting it right. In actuality, this is a shocking twist on how crime pays.

But if they were guilty, how did their conviction get overturned? True crime book "Rush to Freedom" sets the record straight once and for all. Reviewing the original...