Justin Ross Harris, the Georgia father whose murder conviction for the hot-car death of his 22-month-old son was overturned by the state’s Supreme Court in 2022, has been released from prison. Harris was released from Macon State Prison on Father’s Day, nearly a decade after his son, Cooper, tragically died after being left inside a hot car for seven hours on a hot day while his father went to work.
In 2016, Harris was convicted of Cooper’s murder, with prosecutors arguing that he killed his son to escape the burdens of his marriage and fatherhood. However, the Georgia Supreme Court overturned the life sentence in 2022, citing unfair prejudicial impact on the jury due to evidence of Harris’ extramarital relationships.
