A robbery victim was shot dead the morning she was to testify. Now the man who robbed her is going free.

Billy James Lewis, seen in this file photo, was convicted of four felony counts in the 2004 armed robbery of a Hollywood check-cashing store. The case gained great notoriety after the victim and key witness, Dorothy Jean McReynolds, 40, was murdered by a gunman at her home. But the jurors didn’t know that, and police said that Lewis is a person of interest in the case, but not a suspect. (Mike Stocker / Sun Sentinel)