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WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project Gains Another Release
Published: February 18, 2021
Kenneth Nixon hugs his mother after being released from prison after 16 years. (Photo: WMU-Cooley Law School. Used by permission)
When Wayne County Judge Bruce Morrow set aside the conviction of Kenneth Nixon today, it was another legal victory for the Western Michigan University Innocence Project. Morrow s ruling confirmed Nixon was wrongfully convicted of murder, attempted murder and arson in 2005.
Some background on the case:
On May 19, 2005, a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a home on Charleston street in Detroit, causing the deaths of a 10-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl. The mother and other children, including her 13-year-old son were also in the home and sustained injuries. Nixon and his then girlfriend, Latoya Caulford, were charged with two counts of felony murder, one count of arson and four counts of attempted murder. Caulford, accused of driving Nixon to the Charleston hou
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DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Detroit man is free after a judge overturned his 28 convictions in a double murder and arson case from 2005. Kenneth Nixo.