The city of Philadelphia will pay more than $9.1 million to Walter Ogrod, a man who spent 28 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of murdering.
Lucido in January 2022 formed the CIU and hired Pamukov, a prominent, veteran criminal defense attorney who gained the county’s first major exoneration 20 years ago when the rape conviction of Kenneth Wyiemko.
In 2005 Kenneth Nixon was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years for an arson that killed two young children in Detroit. Now he's using his story to educate others as Wrongful Conviction Day approaches.
On Wednesday's News Hit: - A judge ruled against parents in the fight over a cell tower on top of a Wyandotte elementary. - A drunk driver fleeing police hit speeds of 105 mph before crashing into an innocent driver. - A man who spent years in prison for a crime he didn't commit is suing police.
A man who spent more than seven years in prison for a Macomb County robbery he didn't commit is now suing police for $50 million. Mack Howell was sentenced to 25–50 years in prison after he was convicted of robbing an Eastpointe 7-Eleven store.