Marvin Haynes files $2 million claim for wrongful murder conviction

In 2004, a robber shot and killed Randy Sherer, 55, at his family’s flower shop in north Minneapolis. Police found no physical evidence of the killer, but one witness, Sherer’s sister, Cynthia McDermid, identified Haynes only after being shown a two-year-old photo of him with close-cropped hair.

McDermid had previously described the killer as a thin black man, nearly 6 feet tall and weighing 180 pounds, with close-cropped hair. At the time, Haynes was 6 feet tall, weighed 130 pounds and had a long afro.

Last DecemberHaynes signed an agreement with Hennepin County Judge William Koch and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, saying he was convicted based on a flawed investigation, which vacated the conviction.