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Daily Mirror
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Shawaz Ahmad

Man jailed for 400 years released after 34 years for crime he didn't commit

A man serving 400 years in prison for armed robbery has been released from jail after 34 years after it was found he didn't commit the crime.

Sidney Holmes, from Florida, had spent over 34 years in confinement for his involvement in a carjacking near Fort Lauderdale, US, in 1988.

The judge vacated his sentence after a thorough reinvestigation of the 1988 armed robbery case that led to Holmes’ conviction “raised reasonable doubts about his guilt”.

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