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The mayor's spokesman lied about laws protecting prosecutor files

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, News, Police, Mayor Duggan, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Detroit, Wayne County, Mark Craighead, wrongfully convicted, purged files

Retired Detroit Detective Barbara Simon is accused of coercing false confessions, unlawfully detaining suspects, and committing perjury

Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Crime, Mark Craighead, Lamarr Monson, Barbara Simon, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, exonerations in metro Detroit, Detroit Police Department

After spending a combined 27 years in prison for murders they didn’t commit, the founders of Freedom Ain’t Free are working to connect innocent people behind bars with legal resources

Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Police, Mark Craighead, Freedom Ain't Free, Lamarr Monson, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Detroit, Detroit police, wrongfully convicted, Barbara Simon, prison

The Detroit mayor is accused of illegally destroying defendants’ files when he was a prosecutor

Tags: Metro Detroit, Police, Government, Mike Duggan, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel, Michigan, Detroit, wrongful convictions, Mark Craighead

Retired Detective Barbara Simon is accused of engaging in a pattern of criminal wrongdoing

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Police, Mark Craighead, Detroit Police, Lamarr Monson, exonerations, Barbara Simon, Detroit, false confessions, wrongful convictions

The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners is also pledging take action against former Detective Barbara Simon, who is accused of using deceptive tactics to elicit false confessions

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Police, Barbara Simon, Mark Craighead, Prosecutor Kym Worthy, Wayne County, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Detroit Police Department, Warren Evans

Mark Craighead claims Barbara Simon engaged in a pattern of criminal misconduct, leading to false imprisonments

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Police, Mark Craighead, Barbara Simon, Detroit Police, Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy, The Closer, Michigan Innocence Clinic, exonerations, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners

The protest was in response to a two-part Metro Times series

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Police, Barbara Simon, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, Mark Craighead, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, Lamarr Monson, Detroit Police

A retired Detroit detective traumatized suspects and witnesses for nearly 20 years

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Police, Wayne County Prosecutor, Kym Worthy, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, Barbara Simon, Mark Craighead, exonerations, detective, protest, rally

Even the Detroit police are offering to help, but Prosecutor Worthy has balked at reviewing the cases

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Police, Barbara Simon, Detroit police, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, Mark Craighead, the closer

Detroit police pledge to work with Prosecutor Worthy, but she balks at taking action

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Police, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, exonerations, Mark Craighead

Mark Craighead, who was exonerated of murder in 2022, shares what it’s like to be imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit

Tags: Metro Detroit, Media, News, Mark Craighead, Metro Times, investigation, M.L. Elrick, journalism, podcast, ML Soul of Detroit, Barbara Simion, Detroit Police Department, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office

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

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