Before Gregory Berry could walk out of prison in December 2020 after more than 17 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, he said he had…
Read more Wayne County prosecutors accused of freeing innocent man only if he agreed not to sue – Detroit Metro TimesDetroit/Wayne County Port Authority Wayne County Commissioner Jonathan Kinloch. Wayne County Commissioner Jonathan Kinloch, a longtime political activist and Detroit Democrat, never served a 30-day…
Read more Politically connected Democrat Jonathan Kinloch avoided mandatory jail sentence after third drunk driving arrestDetroit Police Department Malique Javon Fails was charged with murdering a transgender woman in Detroit. An 18-year-old Highland Park man was charged with homicide and…
Read more Highland Park teen charged with hate crime, murder of transgender woman in Detroitclick to enlarge City of Detroit DDOT bus in downtown Detroit. A former Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) bus driver who was involved in 19 crashes during her…
Read more DDOT bus driver with history of crashes sentenced for killing pedestrian in downtown Detroitclick to enlarge Steve Neavling The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office is now located at the new Wayne County Criminal Justice Center in Detroit. Thousands of files belonging to…
Read more Michigan AG not investigating illegal destruction of Wayne County prosecutor filesclick to enlarge Steve Neavling Wayne State University police arrested several pro-Palestinian activists on Thursday morning. Pro-Palestinian protesters who were arrested after setting up an encampment at Wayne…
Read more Prosecutor declines to charge Wayne State protesters arrested during pro-Palestine demonstrationclick 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 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 convictionsThe Detroit Police Department said it’s “fully committed to cooperating” with prosecutors to review cases handled by a former police detective who terrorized young Black men for nearly…
Read more Pressure mounts on Wayne County prosecutor to investigative detective’s misconduct cases featured in Metro Times seriesclick to enlarge Steve Neavling Mark Craighead, who was exonerated of murder in 2022, is interviewed on the podcast ML Soul of Detroit. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter M.L. Elrick’s…
Read more Metro Times two-part series on Detroit detective featured on popular podcast ML Soul of DetroitDetroit 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 casesMichigan Department of Corrections Ivory Thomas was sentenced to life without parole after he was convicted of murder in 1965. An elderly man who has been in prison…
Read more Elderly Detroit man freed after he was sentenced to life in prison at the age of 18
