Following plea deal, man claiming prosecutorial misconduct released from prison

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Tyre Bradbury, whose murder case was pleaded down to aggravated battery this week, has been released from prison.

Under Bradbury's plea agreement, his 60-year murder sentence was cut to 20 years for aggravated battery. Based on time served, and good behavior, Judge Elizabeth Hurley ordered his release without probation or parole.  

Bradbury admits to giving convicted shooter, Robert Griffin, the gun used in a shootout at Couillard Park in South Bend back in 2014, where a stray bullet hit and killed 2-year-old John Swoveland, Jr. while he was playing in his front yard. Bradbury was 14 at the time of the shooting, according to court documents. 

Along with the roughly 10 years Bradbury has already spent incarcerated, he was granted an additional 10 years for good behavior. so essentially, once Bradbury agreed to the plea deal, he was a free man.

Before the deal with the State, Bradbury's case was set to head back to court.

Judge Elizabeth Hurley had ordered a new trial after a jailhouse witness who testified against Bradbury said they lied on the stand, claiming they were coached by investigators to fabricate testimony. There are at least two other cases going through the court system making similar allegations against the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office and now-disbanded County Metro Homicide Unit.

St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter has denied those allegations but was unavailable for comment Friday when ABC57 asked why the State negotiated a deal.

Before the agreement was signed, Bradbury's earliest possible release date was 2043. After pleading down charges, he was released from custody.

Robert Griffin, the man who actually pulled the trigger in that deadly shooting, is currently serving out a 60-year sentence after being found guilty back in 2015.