
08/09/2025
He was locked away for 37 years… then justice finally paid him back.
Robert DuBoise spent nearly four decades behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit and with no evidence connecting him to it.
Then in 2020, DNA testing revealed the truth. He was exonerated, free at last. He sued the city of Tampa, and in 2024, a settlement awarded him $14 million to help rebuild a life that was stolen from him.
His story hits hard because it proves cruel truths:
Our system can fail us.
But hope, evidence, and integrity can correct it.
And even when justice is delayed, it must not be denied.
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