Michigan Innocence Clinic

One week ago, a Wayne County judge told LaMarr Monson to go enjoy his life. In 1996, Monson was wrongfully convicted of killing a 12-year-old Detroit girl…

After the judge dismissed the murder charge against him, and advised LaMarr Monson to go enjoy his life, he held his sobbing mother in the hallway just…

It was a day 25 years in coming.A Wayne County judge threw out Desmond Ricks' murder conviction after it came to light that his 1992 conviction may have…

After spending 25 years in prison for murder, Desmond Ricks was officially exonerated Thursday.Wayne County prosecutors admitted in court they simply…

A man who was found guilty of shooting his friend outside a Detroit restaurant 25 years ago was released from prison today.A Wayne County judge threw out…

"You can just imagine the hell." The hell that Julie Baumer describes is her life after being tried and convicted for a crime that she did not commit. She…

Just try to imagine how it would feel to be accused of a crime. Wrongfully accused. You didn't do it. But you're convicted and sent to prison.Then,…

The Detroit Police Department will cooperate with the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic, helping find evidence for the clinic to investigate…

Lamarr Monson is a step closer to being a free man, after serving nearly two decades in prison for a murder he likely didn’t commit.A Wayne County judge…

Some parents and caretakers in prison for child abuse may get their cases reopened if the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic believes they were…