34 years later: Man serving 400-year sentence for wrongful conviction exonerated.

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34 years later: Man serving 400-year sentence for wrongful conviction exonerated.
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Sidney Holmes, a man who had been serving a 400-year sentence for a 1988 armed robbery, was released from prison after a judge vacated his sentence based on new findings that the case against him was deeply flawed. Prosecutors now firmly believe he didn't do it, citing a flawed focus on his vehicle, a witness identification process rife with bias, and a solid alibi. Holmes had contacted the Broward State Attorney’s Office Conviction Review Unit in 2020 to say he was factually innocent.

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