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Man wrongfully convicted in Pontiac murder case should be freed, prosecutor review finds
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFire investigator Robert Trenkle is starting to resemble Santa Claus. In March, he decided not to...
After 25 years, Michigan man wrongfully convicted in arson deaths on brink of freedom
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn investigation has concluded that a Michigan man was wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years after he...
Exonerated Pontiac man sues officials involved in his murder case
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA man exonerated of starting a Pontiac house fire that killed four people is now suing, and said any...
Elisha Anderson wins national award for Free Press coverage of men wrongly imprisoned
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoElisha Anderson, a Free Press staffer from 2007 until last month, has been honored for her coverage...
Murder convictions overturned, Michigan man released after 25 years behind bars
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHours after being released from prison, Anthony Kyles visited his mother’s grave. “I’m home,” he said. His mother died in 2005 while Kyles was serving a life sentence for a house fire in Pontiac ...
Why Are So Many Indigenous Women Being Wrongly Convicted?
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSteps must be taken to prevent vulnerable women from becoming the target of racist prosecution,...
Participant “Gratitude & Pride”: Ava DuVernay, Martin Sheen, Regina King, Alfonso Cuarón, Matt...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAs Neil Young once sang, the now shuttered Participant is gone, but not forgotten. Some of...
Adnan Syed asks Maryland Supreme Court to overturn appellate ruling to reinstate his convictions
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAdnan Syed is asking the Supreme Court of Maryland to overrule a lower court’s decision to bring back his convictions in the 1999 murder case examined in the hit podcast “Serial.” Filed Wednesday ...