WRONGFUL CONVICTION

Man wrongly convicted in Macomb County 7-Eleven robbery walks free after serving 7.5 years

Mack Howell, 62, has served seven and a half years of a 25-50 year sentence for a 2014 armed robbery. The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) investigated and asked the court to vacate and dismiss the conviction and release Howell.

Federal grant helps Michigan evaluate 1,7000 cases where person claims wrongful conviction

A federal grant is going to help Michigan evaluate more than 1,7000 cases where someone convicted of a crime proclaimed their innocence.

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.

Edward Khalils murder conviction overturned after Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit investigation

DETROIT After spending seven and a half years of his life in prison for a murder he didnt commit, Edward Khalil is finally a free man. Khalil was tried, re-tried and lost three different appeals over the years. Through it all, he never lost his faith that hed walk away a free man. I was thrown in the precinct for three nights and was taken to the county jail to post bond, Khalil said. The Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit spent a year investigating the incident.