A Black man spent five years behind bars for a murder he insists he didn’t commit.
His whole time behind bars, he knew there was a key piece of evidence that proved he was innocent.
But Herbert Alford couldn’t get his hands on a receipt that showed he was renting a car at a Lansing, Michigan, airport when 23-year-old Michael Adams was shot dead in October 2011.
That’s because the company from which he rented the vehicle lost the receipt. Hertz failed to produce his proof of rental for more than three years. Now Alford, 47, is suing the rental company, alleging Hertz’s negligence and inaction cost him a murder conviction and five years of his freedom, The New York Times reported.