A Florida man sentenced to 400 years in prison was allowed to walk free after serving 34 years when prosecutors determined he had been wrongfully convicted.
“Reliable, corroborated evidence now proves that Mr. Strickland is factually innocent of the charges for which he was convicted in 1979,” the letter stated.
“This is a profound error we must correct now,” Baker said Monday, according to The Kansas City Star.
Four people were attacked by at least four gunmen who broke into a home on April 25, 1978. Two men and one woman were shot to death, while a fourth woman was shot in the leg but pretended to be dead and eventually survived, KCTV reported.
Police reportedly pressured the surviving victim Cynthia Douglas to identify Strickland who closely resembled one of the attackers as the fourth gunman.