Michigan Innocence Clinic

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Ionia man to receive $1.3M under wrongful conviction compensation law

A 61-year-old Ionia man will receive $1.3 million from the state.In 1986, David Gavitt was sentenced to life without parole for three counts of felony…

Desmond Ricks and members of the Michigan Innocence Clinic pose outside the prison where Ricks had been held since 1992.

Around Michigan & State Government

Expert: To prevent wrongful convictions, crime labs need independence from police departments

Stateside Staff

It was a day 25 years in coming. A Wayne County judge threw out Desmond Ricks' murder conviction after it came to light that his 1992 conviction may...

Julie Baumer spent more than four years in prison for a crime she did not commit.

Around Michigan & State Government

Compensating for lost time: Michigan woman served four years for child abuse she didn’t commit

Josh Hakala

"You can just imagine the hell." The hell that Julie Baumer describes is her life after being tried and convicted for a crime that she did not commit....

Public Act 343 makes Michigan the 32nd state to provide exonorees with compensation for time served.

Around Michigan & State Government

No apology, no compensation, no longer: New law helps wrongly convicted rebuild lives

Stateside Staff

Just try to imagine how it would feel to be accused of a crime. Wrongfully accused. You didn't do it. But you're convicted and sent to prison. Then,...

Bill Proctor (right) with Walter Swift, who spent 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

Michigan Arts & Culture

Former Detroit TV reporter spending retirement years on his "Proving Innocence" project

Josh Hakala

Bill Proctor retired after he spent 33 years as a well-known Detroit television reporter. But rather than focus on his golf game, he's using his skills...