A Florida man who spent the past 34 years behind bars walked out of court in Fort Lauderdale a free man on Monday after he was exonerated.
Sidney Holmes, 57, was sentenced to 400 years in jail in 1988 following an armed robbery in the state’s Broward County. He was released this week after the state’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU), along with the Innocence Project of Florida, reinvestigated his conviction.
According to a release from Broward State Attorney Harold F. Pryor, Holmes was arrested on Oct. 6, 1988, convicted after a jury trial in April 1989 and sentenced the following month. He was convicted
