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New evidence, police misconduct cast doubt on conviction in 2000 Detroit murder

Dennis Littleton has served over two decades in prison for a crime he insists he did not commit

By Steve Neavling
Nov 25, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Crime, Dennis Littleton, Michigan Department of Corrections, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Detroit police, police, prosecutor, exoneration
Metro Detroit

Detroit man exonerated of manslaughter after judge cites detective's history of misconduct

Investigator ‘has a history of falsifying confessions and lying under oath,’ judge says

By Steve Neavling
Aug 5, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Mark Craighead, Michigan Innocence Clinic, Exoneration, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, crime, murder, Wayne County Circuit Court, Judge Shannon Walker
Michigan

Michigan is among the top states for exonerating people for wrongful convictions

Eleven people were released from Michigan prisons for crimes they didn't commit in 2021

By Steve Neavling
Apr 12, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Exoneration, Michigan, Michigan Attorney General, Innocence Project, prison, crimes, Kym Worthy, Dana Nessel
Metro Detroit

Wayne County man exonerated in 2001 double murder is awarded $10M

By Steve Neavling
Jul 26, 2021

Tags: Mubarez Ahmed, Detroit, Wayne County, exoneration, Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy, lawsuit, Detroit police, University of Michigan Law School Innocence Clinic, Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit, Scott Lewis
Metro Detroit

Detroit artist and former Golden Gloves boxing champ Ray Gray’s infamous 1973 murder case is back before the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Conviction Integrity Unit

Retired Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy Marvin Bryant, the sole surviving sibling of murder victim Reuben Bryant, says he would support Gray’s release

By Dave Mesrey
Apr 4, 2021

Tags: Metro Detroit, News Hits, prison, prisoner, conviction integrity unit, wrongful conviction, exoneration, Ray Gray, Reuben Bryant, Golden Gloves, Kym Worthy, Valerie Newman, Gabi Silver, Detroit, Michigan
Metro Detroit

Michigan may soon join the 30 other states that pay exonerated prisoners

By Allie Gross
Jun 10, 2016

Tags: News Hits, wrongful conviction, innocence project, exoneration, pay

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