The couple tried to help the woman for more than 30 minutes -- and when they couldn’t fix the car -- that’s when deputies say the woman tried to rob them.

CNN(CNN) - A 22-year-old man in Alabama was sentenced to life in prison in the 1980s after he stole about $50 from a bakery. After more than three decades behind bars, he is now set to walk free. As a judge in Alabama sentenced Alvin Kennard to time served on Wednesday, video from the courtroom showed his family raising their fists into the air. All of us cried," Patricia Jones, Kennard's niece, told CNN affiliate WBRC. But as for what's next, Jones said Kennard's family will be there for him in this next phase of his life.