Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Monday she plans to conduct more sweeping, system-wide reviews of past convictions after a newly released report detailed how an innocent Detroit…
Read more Worthy promises deeper look at past convictions after system failures exposed – Detroit Metro TimesThey aren’t going away. Fifteen months after Metro Times exposed coerced confessions and illegally destroyed criminal files, exonerees and families of people still locked up are demanding action…
Read more Families and exonerees rally against Detroit detective tied to coerced confessions and false convictions – Detroit Metro TimesOverview: Exonerees are calling for a “full federal investigation” of destroyed case files and the harsh actions of a homicide detective. A civil rights complaint is urging the…
Read more Civil rights complaint targets Detroit police misconduct and Wayne County records purgeclick to enlarge Steve Neavling Mark Craighead (left) and Lamarr Monson were both exonerated of murder. Two men who were exonerated of murder implored Detroit police on Thursday…
Read more Exonerated men demand criminal probe of ex-Detroit detective accused of misconductclick to enlarge AP Photo/Paul Sancya Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is under fire for failing to investigate cases handled by retired Detroit Detective Barbara Simon. A little…
Read more Prosecutor Worthy requests funds to investigate cases handled by detective featured in Metro Times seriesMark Craighead, who was exonerated after spending more than seven years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, filed a criminal complaint Wednesday against the Detroit detective…
Read more Exonerated man files criminal complaint against former Detroit detective featured in Metro Times seriesProtesters gathered outside the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday, calling for an independent and extensive review of all cases handled by a former Detroit detective accused of…
Read more Families and exonerees rally against former Detroit detective accused of misconduct, wrongful convictionsDetroit police commissioners are calling for an internal, full-scale investigation of cases handled by a former Detroit detective after Metro Times published a two-part series exposing her aggressive…
Read more Metro Times investigation leads Detroit police commissioners to demand probe into ex-detective’s casesPart one of a series about wrongful convictions in Detroit. The day Mark Craighead lost his freedom for a murder he couldn’t have committed, he just wanted to…
Read more A Detroit detective terrorized young men into making false confessions. Some are still behind bars.
