Justice system failure in US tip of iceberg
For Lamar Johnson, it was 25 years; the same for Leon Benson. For Sheldon Thomas, 18 years; more than 34 for Sidney Holmes and nearly 40 for Maurice Hastings.
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For Lamar Johnson, it was 25 years; the same for Leon Benson. For Sheldon Thomas, 18 years; more than 34 for Sidney Holmes and nearly 40 for Maurice Hastings.
Sidney Holmes was exonerated and released after spending nearly 35 years in prison. He was wrongfully convicted in an armed robbery case in Broward County in 1988.
Broward State Attorney Harold Pryor told WLRN that the exoneration of Sidney Holmes represents his goal to have a "fair and equitable" criminal justice system.
After spending more than three decades behind bars, a man who was serving a 400-year prison sentence for a 1988 robbery has been released.
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