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 purgeAP Photo/Paul Sancya Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is under fire for her office’s handling of a third drunk driving case against Wayne County Commissioner…
Read more State AG urged to investigate how popular Detroit Democrat avoided mandatory jail time for third DUISteve Neavling The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office is inside the new Wayne County Criminal Justice Center in Detroit. A Detroit man says his ex-partner falsely…
Read more Powerful Hathaway family accused of helping Royal Oak relative get a felony charge droppedLast week, we looked at how an illegal document purge in Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office blocks freedom for the wrongfully convicted. This week, we explore how the missing…
Read more Detroit police buried evidence, and innocent men paid the priceWayne County illegally destroyed troves of criminal files allegedly when Mayor Mike Duggan was the elected prosecutor, creating a staggering obstacle for wrongfully convicted inmates seeking to prove…
Read more Illegal document purge in Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office blocks freedom for the wrongfully convictedMark 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 seriesA Wayne County woman who spent nearly 20 years in prison for allegedly shaking her child to death has been granted a new trial after the doctor who…
Read more Michigan Supreme Court orders new trial for mother in 2006 shaken baby casePart 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.
