A 35-year-old man who was jailed as a teenager for killing someone in a flower shop in Minneapolis in 2004 was freed after a judge said the eyewitness evidence that was key to his conviction was not reliable.
Marvin Haynes’ Release After Eyewitness Evidence Ruling
The story is mostly about getting Marvin Haynes out of jail. He was 16 years old when he was arrested for murder in a Minneapolis flower shop in 2004. Haynes was let out of the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater because the judge said the eyewitness evidence wasn’t reliable.
Introduces the case of Marvin Haynes and stresses that he was released from prison after the judge decided that eyewitness evidence was not reliable.
Haynes quotes Haynes thanking his supporters and saying he is innocent, then talking about his plans to get back into society.
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Reactions and Review of the Case
This part has responses from different people who were involved in the case, such as Judge William Koch and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. Plus, it goes into the specifics of the review of the case.
Key Points: Attorney Mary Moriarty’s view on the case, focusing on how she believes Haynes is innocent and how she admits the prosecution made a big mistake.
More information Judge William Koch’s decision that the eyewitness evidence was not reliable pointed out differences between Haynes and the main eyewitness’s account.