wrongful conviction

The first hearings to compensate people who’ve been wrongfully convicted started today, but some left the courtroom unsatisfied. The hearings come after a…

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is adding staff to look into possible wrongful convictions."No prosecutor wants to be party to knowingly convicting or…

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…

A Detroit man who was serving a long prison sentence instead prepared to walk free Monday, after a post-conviction investigation cleared him in a 2012…

"It was an out-of-body experience."That's how Raymond Highers described the moment when the judge sentenced him and his brother Tommy Highers to life…

When the police knocked on his door, it never crossed Konrad Montgomery's mind that they were there for him. The authorities were looking for a suspect in…

"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,…

Lawyers made their final arguments in court Wednesday, but it will take more than a month for a Wayne County judge to decide whether Lamarr Monson…

Governor Snyder has signed into law legislation compensating people who’ve been wrongfully imprisoned.Under the “Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act,”…