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A 35-year-old man who was sent to prison for the 2004 killing of a man in a Minneapolis flower shop was released after a judge ruled the eyewitness evidence on which his conviction rested was unreliable.

It was a dramatic moment in Hennepin County District Court on Tuesday, as a convicted killer, serving a life sentence, told the judge he did not do the crime 20 years ago.

Marvin Haynes, 35, will have his homicide case reconsidered after nearly two decades behind bars for the killing of Randy Sherer — for which he denies responsibility.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man serving life in prison for a deadly 2004 flower shop robbery has gone befor...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man serving life in prison for a deadly 2004 flower shop robbery has gone befor...

It was an extraordinary courtroom moment. Convicted murderer Marvin Haynes, serving a life sentence, telling a judge he did not do it, that he is an innocent man wrongly convicted in a 2004 Minneapolis flower shop slaying that rocked the community.

A man serving life in prison for a 2004 murder got the rare chance on Tuesday to argue in court for his exoneration. Attorneys from the Great North Innocence Project are asking a judge to overturn the conviction of Marvin Haynes in the shooting death of Harry “Randy” Sherer.

A Minnesota man serving life in prison for a deadly 2004 flower shop robbery had a simple message at a hearing reexamining his conviction: “I’m innocent 100 percent.” Marvin Haynes

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota man serving life in prison for a deadly 2004 flower shop robbery has gone before a judge reexamining his conviction and...