Michigan Man Spent 40 Years In Prison For Murder He Did Not Commit
Ledura Watkins was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1976. A Detroit jury found him guilty based on a single piece of evidence: a strand of hair allegedly found on the victim’s pants.
Police Interrogation Wrongly Admitted: Defendant Entitled To New Trial
A defendant convicted of criminal sexual conduct was entitled to a new trial because an unredacted recording of the defendant’s police interrogation was improperly admitted into evidence.
Will WICA Soon be Modified? Michigan’s Supreme Court Set to Weigh in on Tomasik Appeal.
No criminal justice system is perfect: although our state’s criminal justice system is a great regulatory strong-arm, sometimes innocent people are convicted by mistake.