(AP Photo / Jennifer Peltz)A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a roughly $550 robbery was exonerated and freed on Monday, after prosecutors said they now agree he didn’t commit the crime, Associated Press reports. According to the review, Windley testified that he’d never used a money order before and didn’t ask whether it was stolen. AP’s report continued, “Windley testified at his trial, telling jurors how his acquaintances had approached him and sold him the money order, but the jury convicted him in 2007 of robbery. “Early on, Windley told prosecutors what he knew about the men who sold him the money order: their nicknames and some information about their legal names. While heading off on Monday afternoon to celebrate with his family, Windley reportedly said he wasn’t bitter about what he’d been through.

Source: Punch March 19, 2026 20:38 UTC