Man suing Hertz over receipt corroborating murder alibi says prison was ‘surreal’ Man’s conviction overturned after Hertz turns over evidence Replay Video UP NEXT A Michigan man who is suing the Hertz car rental company for failing to produce a receipt that would corroborate his alibi in connection to a 2011 murder said it's "surreal" that he had to spend nearly five years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Herbert Alford, 47, was convicted in 2016 of second-degree murder and two weapons charges in connection the murder of 23-year-old Michael Adams in Lansing, Michigan. He was sentenced to a minimum of 30 years in prison.