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Sept. 14 marks four years since Robert Duboise was released from prison.

The Hillsborough County man, wrongly accused in the 1980s, spent 37 years behind bars for a rape and murder he did not commit.

This year, Duboise received a total of $19 million from the city of Tampa and the state of Florida as compensation for the time he spent wrongly incarcerated.

On Friday, DuBoise shared his story with some of the city's top influencers at the Café con Tampa event in downtown Tampa, talking about the importance of the dedicated unit that helped exonerate him.

“I just put it in God's hands and kept going,” said DuBoise, sharing his story and answering questions about how he spent nearly four decades behind bars — and how he spent nearly every waking minute working toward his release.

“I wrote up to 28-page letters every day and sent something in the mail. So, that's what I was focused on,” he said.

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