wrongful conviction

Prosecutors drop murder charges against Jeff Titus, in prison for 21 years for a double murder. His lawyer was never told about another prime suspect — an Ohio serial killer.

Justly Johnson and Kendrick Scott were convicted of the 1999 Mother’s Day murder of Lisa Kindred. The proposed settlements, which still need Detroit City Council approval, would pay each man $8.25 million.

The Michigan attorney general’s Conviction Integrity Unit has received funding for post-conviction DNA testing that it can use to address some of the 1,700 pending claims of wrongful conviction in the state.

Terence Calhoun pleaded no contest to several charges in 2007. That same year, investigators found DNA evidence that did not belong to Calhoun. But that evidence wasn’t turned over to Calhoun’s defense team until 2019.

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.

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.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said Tuesday that she will join efforts to overturn the 2006 conviction of Juwan Deering.Deering was convicted of…

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…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive order creating a Michigan Task Force on Forensic Science — a move advocates for the wrongfully convicted…

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…