“I want my life back, I was innocent from the start”: 19 years later, Marvin Haynes is told that the 2005 evidence that sent him to prison for murder was not reliable and he is released

Outside a courthouse in Minnesota, United States, there were hugs, kisses and dancing. Tears too, but this time of happiness. The family of Marvin Haynes celebrates the return to freedom of this man who was wrongly convicted 19 years ago.

He was a 16-year-old teenager when he was sent to prison. At this approaching end of the year 2023, he was acquitted after a hearing, Univisión Noticias reported on Tuesday, December 12.

“It took me nineteen years to get here “All I want to do is move on, get my life back,” Haynes said, somewhat shaken by the clash of emotions.

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Haynes’ sisters insisted he had nothing to do with the crime in which he was involved. They reiterated that he was asleep at home at the time of the crime.

They accomplished nothing and he was convicted of murder in the middle of a robbery. The victim was a man and had gunshot wounds, the news station said.

Now a judge has ruled that “the witness evidence on which the conviction was based was unreliable.”

In the US media report, prosecutor Mary Moriarty stated what Haynes and his family dreamed of: “This morning, Judge William Koch signed the agreement between the Hennepin County Prosecutor’s Office and the defense to dismiss the wrongful conviction of Mr. Haynes.”

The man left prison a free man. And so he wants to shout it to the world.

“I just want people to know that I’m innocent. I was innocent from the start. I want everyone to understand and know that I am actually innocent,” said this man who returns to freedom at the age of 36.

Grateful for a sister

“Without my sister and the Innocence Project, I wouldn’t be here,” he said.

In front of the cameras, Haynes emotionally thanked one of his sisters, who he said had “lost a lot in fighting for me to achieve innocence.” As if she had neglected herself in the process of getting my life back. “Words cannot describe what she means to my family and me.”

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A tight hug and tears sealed that demonstration of love between the two.

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Univisión Noticias emphasized: “His lawyers managed to demonstrate that Haynes’ physique did not match what was described by the main witness.” (JO)