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Attorney General Dana Nessel said she hopes the exonerations of Melvin and George DeJesus can help prevent prosecutors from making similar mistakes in the future.
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Juwan Deering was convicted in 2005 of setting a house fire that killed five children in Royal Oak Township. On Tuesday, a judge granted a joint prosecution and defense motion to overturn those convictions, saying Deering's trial violated his constitutional rights.
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Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said Tuesday that she will join efforts to overturn the 2006 conviction of Juwan Deering.Deering was convicted of…
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Raymond Gray was released from the Muskegon Correctional Facility on Tuesday, after serving more than 48 years for a murder he always insisted he didn’t…
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive order creating a Michigan Task Force on Forensic Science — a move advocates for the wrongfully convicted…
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In 2005, Kenneth Nixon was convicted of firebombing a Detroit home and killing two children.On Thursday, he walked free from a Michigan prison, after…
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Ramon Ward walked out of a Detroit courtroom a free man on Thursday, after serving 25 years in prison for two murders he didn’t commit.Ward was just 18 in…
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A 61-year-old Ionia man will receive 1.3 million dollars from the state. In 1986, David Gavitt was sentenced to life without parole for three counts of…
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One of two men convicted of a 1999 murder is suing two ex-Detroit Police investigators for allegedly fabricating the case against him.Justly Johnson…
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More money could be added to the state’s wrongful conviction fund. Lawmakers sent a bill to add $10 million to the fund to the governor’s desk on…