• “I never lost hope and always knew this day would come,” Holmes said after learning he would be released, according to a statement from the Innocence Project of Florida.
• “I cannot wait to hug my mother in the free world for the first time in over 34 years.”
• Holmes was convicted of being the getaway driver for an armed robbery that occurred in 1988 at a convenience store just outside of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but in November 2020, he contacted the conviction review unit of the Broward County state attorney’s office to have them look into his case.

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