He entered the prison system at just 16-years-old facing a life sentence. But on Thursday, Donald Braxton was a free man. It comes after Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby agreed to support his release after his decades of work while incarcerated."It's even hard to put in words to express the feeling of being free," Braxton said.Braxton is back at his grandmother's old home in west Baltimore years removed from a society."I thought it was the end," he said.That was in 1982 when he was found guilty amongst a group of people in the fatal shooting of a man during a failed robbery attempt."I made one wrong decision and that almost cost me the rest of my life," Braxton said.While serving his life sentence, Braxton became a model example while behind bars, working as a youth mentor and receiving his associate's degree."That was one of the ways that I started waking up and growing up. But it's a journey that not many going to see through," he said.Following decades and decades in prison, his chance at freedom coming after Mosby agreed to support his release, writing in a statement, "Mr. Braxton's case is a testament to why we need to reevaluate excessive sentences imposed upon children.""And we're losing, at a rapid pace, a lot of babies. When I say babies, I'm talking about kids that haven't even started shaving yet," Braxton said.Braxton, a free man as of last week, where at his release hearing, the victim's family forgave him. Now, in a new Baltimore with, he says, some of the same problems."Think before you act, because if you make the wrong choice, you're going to pay," he said.He wants his testimony to be a breakthrough for anyone going down the wrong path."To all the young people that I left behind, I hope by me walking down that hall gave them some hope that if he can get out, I can get out," Braxton said.​