JUSTLY JOHNSON

Task force calls for change in Michigan’s court system to prevent wrongful convictions

Michigan has seen a lot of convicted felons go free recently and a closer look at how those convictions happened in the first place reveals considerable concern about the court system.

A look at the lawsuit alleging coercion, threats in overturned Detroit murder conviction

READ: Man wrongfully convicted in 1999 Mother's Day murder in Detroit files $100 million lawsuitKey individuals mentioned in lawsuit:Justly Johnson : Wrongly convicted in the 1999 murder of Lisa Kindred. : Wrongly convicted in the 1999 murder of Lisa Kindred. Kendrick Scott: Wrongly convicted in the 1999 murder of Lisa Kindred. Will Kindred : Married to Lisa Kindred. CJ: Son of Lisa Kindred and Charmous Skinner, Sr. Witnessed the murder of his mother when he was 8 years old.

Man wrongfully convicted in 1999 Mother's Day murder in Detroit files $100 million lawsuit

DETROIT - A man wrongly convicted in a 1999 murder in Detroit has filed a lawsuit asking for $100 million. Justly Johnson and Kendrick Scott spent nearly 20 years behind bars for a crime they didn't commit. Johnson has filed the lawsuit against two retired Detroit police detectives. Scott and Johnson sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Lisa Kindred on Mother's Day in 1999. "I never thought for one minute that I was going to spend the rest of my life in prison," Johnson said.