He was eventually freed in 1979 after serving time for an unrelated charge .
Delbert Tibbs : African - American Florida man convicted of murdering a white man and raping his girlfriend in 1974 ; exonerated in 1976 .
Delbert Tibbs was eventually freed in 1979 after serving time for an unrelated charge .
Delbert Tibbs : African - American Florida man convicted of murdering a white man and raping his girlfriend in 1974 ; exonerated in 1976 .