darrin lapine, plaintiff, v. city of detroit, county of wayne, wayne county prosecutor office, dr. huq, dr. myles, dr. The appeal is currently under consideration by the Michigan Supreme Court. The Court did not mince words in describing the blatant lies, perjured testimony, and suppressed evidence that was known to the prosecution and investigating officers all of which was unknown to the defense at Searcys first trial. In 2019, Wilson was sued over the illegal eviction of a mother and daughter in Detroit. VODsstaff lives either on limited fixed incomes or is incarcerated. He also reports on issues in the Great Lakes Bay Region. Drag & Drop a file from your desktop here, Would you like to search our entire website for ". Despite Kennys denial of Searcys motion six months afterwards, testimony from that hearing led eventually to todays dismissal of all charges. Therefore, it holds that dismissal of the charges is appropriate given the severe and deliberate violations of the defendants due process rights that denied him and fair and impartial trial. Comment moderation is enabled. Thompson v. Clark :: 596 U.S. ___ (2022) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center. Afterwards, DPD officers placed Ward in a cell on the 9th floor of headquarters at 1300 Beaubien. To read numerous VOD stories on other cases mentioned in this article, including those of Davontae Sanford, Kenneth Nixon, and Darrell Ewing, put the individuals names in the search box at the top of the page. Detroit Man Charged with Soliciting Money from Businesses Under False Pretenses. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Bradley Doss Thurman, 19, of Detroit, in connection with the carjacking and fatal shooting of Tracie Golden, 53, also of Detroit. Former Detroit police homicide chief William Rice, now on Giglio-Brady list. Read it on VODs download of the article at:http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/Detroit-faces-onslaught-of-lawsuits-for-wrongful-convictions.pdf, DONATE TO VODhttps://www.gofundme.com/donate-to-vod, DETROIT Is anyone investigating how these cases went so wrong? Channel 7 anchor Dave Lewallen asked Feb. 4, leading into a story on the 31st exoneration reported by Wayne Countys Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU), that of Dennis Atkins. Nearly a quarter of a million dollars was found in a Saginaw's man luggage at MBS International Airport. This case was filed in Escambia County Courts, Escambia County Courthouse located in Escambia, Florida. MICH. LIFER RICKY RIMMER CITES RACIST, VIOLENT HISTORY OF DPD COPS HAIDYS, HARRIS IN MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, **********************************************************************************. E-205 Indianapolis, IN 46204 Telephone: 317-232-1836 Fax: 317-233-3599 Standing is defense attorney Michael Dezsi, at far right, AP Timothy Chambers. It's not illegal.". The Judges overseeing this case are GOODMAN, ROSS, NOBLES, LINDA L, BERGOSH, GARY L and [ C ] NOBLES, LINDA L.. to diane_bukowski@hotmail.com. Kym Worthy (l) Chief Judge Timothy Kenny (r). Allegedly, Cowan assaulted him physically and sexually while holding a blade to his neck, after he refused to talk to informant Joe Twilley, Jr. Childs then interrogated him a second time, and claimed he first confessed to the murders, but then denied them. A civil forfeiture complaint states $232,000 was found in plastic shrink-wrapped and sealed packages inside the man's checked luggage. Shawn Searcys grandmother Edna Richardson in early portrait. According to state law, if a county prosecutor exits before their term expires, the political party they belong to votes for a . 2) Martha G. Scott (Dist. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Shane Robert Shelton, 27, and Valeria Lynn Hamilton, 27, both of Detroit, in connection with the homicide of their five-year-old son, Ethan Belcher, and the non-fatal child abuse of their three-year-old son. His grandmother Edna Richardson filed a Freedom of Information Act request for him which led to the procurement of his homicide file. There was a problem when sending your message. See:http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/Wayne-County-Prosecutors-Office-CIU-Dismisses-Charges-Against-Dennis-Atkins.pdf. The Judges overseeing this case are NOBLES, LINDA L, BELL, FRANK L, KINSEY, JENNIE, [ D ] KINSEY, JENNIE and NICKINSON, E P III. In a May, 2017 Detroit Metro Times article, journalist Ryan Felton exposed the rampant use of jailhouse informants (snitches) by DPD/WCPO. Your comment may take some time to appear. KEEP VOD STORIES UP!! This Court concludes that the damage caused by the suppression and withholding of the exculpatory evidence cannot be cured, Judge Hathaway said. Attorney Dezsi was appointed to the case for that hearing, and has represented Searcy in years of hearings, evidentiary hearings, and multiple appeals since, as he told VOD. Scott Lewis testifies March 19, 2018 at Thelonious Searcy evidentiary hearing. JAIL DETAINEES SUE TOP COPS FOR DENYING SPEEDY TRIALS, OPEN COURTS, FAMILY VISITS, RECREATION, LIFER TERRY WILSON FACES NEW TRIAL IN HISTORICALLY RACIST MACOMB COUNTY; CHANGE OF VENUE NEEDED, All of Us Or None, prisoners and former prisoners, Mac Speaking: Leona McElvene YouTube site, SCG News: World News, Politics and Analysis. The Judges overseeing this case are BRODERSEN, AMY P and [ III ] BRODERSEN, AMY P. The case status is Disposed - Other Disposed. The lawsuit says that, prior to charging Ward, Collins and P.O. GRIEVANCE COMMISSION COMPLAINT, JUDGE KENNY STRIKES DOWN THELONIOUS SEARCY BID FOR FREEDOM ON ACTUAL INNOCENCE OF 2004 MURDER, PROSECUTORS, COPS, TECHS LIED, FALSIFIED EVIDENCE VS. THELONIOUS SEARCY, ATTY. Judge Hathaways ruling on suppression of Brady materials in Searcys case is expected to be cited in an ongoing case involving Searcys brother Derrico Searcy and his co-defendant Darrell Ewing. My motivation was getting back to my family. In general, felony offenses are crimes which carry a potential prison sentence of a year or more. According to court records, Collins also testified on behalf of informant Joe Twilley, Jr. during a secret motion for relief from judgment re-sentencing hearing July 27, 1994 in front of Recorders Court Judge John Shamo. Prosecutor Robert J. Donaldson, and DPD officers Monica Childs, Gene Karvonen, Roger Mueller, Walter Love, and John Dembinski. Wayne County prosecutor releases list of 74 police officers accused of dishonesty According to Kym Worthy's office, police agencies in the county were asked for a list of current and former. The case status is Disposed - Other Disposed. The Judges overseeing this case are JONES, MICHAEL, KINSEY, JENNIE and [ D ] KINSEY, JENNIE. 9) The Wayne County Commission today unanimously approved Executive Warren C. Evans' $1.67 billion 2021-2022 budget which provides for essential county services, including the creation of the. Michael Dezsi (l) with Thelonious Searcy (r) as they left court Oct. 3, 2022. FB post. FRAME-UP, STOP TELLING BLACK PEOPLE NOT TO RIOT OVER THE STATE-SANCTIONED LYNCHING OF TYRE NICHOLSKCD, A LEGAL LYNCHING? Counsel re: second fatality at the scene never investigated By Diane Continue reading, UPDATE: NEXT HEARING DATE MON. They include Thomas Beadle, Rosemary Gordon, William Peterson, and James Heaphy. MOMMALOVE! CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF LOVIE MAE RIMMER FEB. 26-27, MOTHER OF RICKY RIMMER-BEY, LIFER CARL HUBBARDS ACTUAL INNOCENCE APPEAL AT U.S. 6TH CC AFTER 31 YRS. Judge Timothy Kenny, now Chief Judge of the 3rd Judicial Circuit Court, presided over Searcys trial and an evidentiary hearing in 2018. Private investigator and former TV 2 reporter Scott Lewis interviewed Vincent Smothers in prison about his role in the Segars killing. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office knew in the mid-1990s, prior to Hamilton's conviction, that police used prisoners to obtain confessions, according to the lawsuit. The Third Circuit Court has jurisdiction over Civil, Criminal, and Family matters arising in the County of Wayne. Photo: VOD. You have permission to edit this article. 3) With more than 93% of precincts reporting . The man faces no criminal charges in connection with the $232,000. WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. - There appears to be a major staff shortage at the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jermayne Dale Fields, 47, of Detroit, in connection with the fatal shooting of Anthony Tyner, 65, also of Detroit. PROSECUTOR, STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM & CLEMENCY PUSH FOR MICHIGAN LIFERS LEFT BEHIND, AT FLINT VEHICLE CITY, MICH. LIFER TERRY WILSON STILL FIGHTS FOR JUSTICE, BATTLING RACISM IN MACOMB CO./ RE-TRIAL FEB. 2023, DONATE NOW!! On 04/11/2008 STATE OF FLORIDA filed an Other - Other Criminal lawsuit against RUTHERFORD, ANTHONY WAYNE. It is a process that refers a juvenile offender, who might otherwise be placed under juvenile court supervision, to an alternative community-based local Youth Assistance program. The Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (WCPAO) will use its SAKI grant awards to address 11,304 previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) dated 1984 to 2009. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 15-year-old juvenile male, of Detroit, in connection with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy, also of Detroit. In his ruling, Judge Hathaway wrote, Similarly, the VHS tapes confiscated by Officer Zwicker was clearly Brady material that should have been given to the defense. Mary Owens attached to his habeascorpusappeal. VOD was the only media outlet to attend every session of a powerful six-month evidentiary hearing in front of Third Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny in 2018. Ernest Wilson as the Officer who tried to find a key defense witness in the case, and claimed he was not able to do so. Larry Smith with his mother Debra Smith. Strong told Smothers thatwhile he could not bring back the lives of those he killed, he could help others Continue reading, FALSE DETROIT CONVICTION: VINCENT SMOTHERS SAYS HE, NOT THELONIOUS SEARCY, KILLED JAMAL SEGARS IN 2004 | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, SEARCY WINS EVIDENTIARY HEARING; SMOTHERS EXPECTED TO TESTIFY HE WAS THE KILLER IN 2004 CASE | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, RALLY TO FREE DETROITS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED, OUST KYM WORTHY SAT. UP TO 800 WAYNE COUNTY JAIL DETAINEES FREEZING IN BITTER COLD, NO EXTRA BLANKETS, NO VISITS, VALLEY GIRLS: TAMERRA WASHINGTON, AT WOMENS HURON VALLEY CF, JOINS VOD AS REPORTER/COLUMNIST, WHERE ARE MASS EXONERATIONS IN WAYNE CO. AND MICHIGAN? 2) Martha G. Scott (Dist. In 2016, Searcy filed apro se motion for a new trial with assistance from a jail-house lawyer friend. Agacinski exposed the ring of snitches in a Feb. 8, 1995 memorandum to Richard Padzieski, WCPO Chief of Operations, a memo which later got wide media coverage. VODs legal advisor noted many other cases involving requests for dismissal due toBradyviolations will be affected by Judge Hathaways ruling, which sets a precedent in particular for Wayne County criminal cases brought back to the trial court on post-conviction motions. Because of the policy and/or custom of the WCPO obtaining false statements and false testimony for use against criminal defendants, the lawsuit alleges that the APs were likely aware that these witnesses were indeed giving false statements and testimony. IS EXONERATION NEAR FOR THELONIOUS SEARCY, SERVING LIFE FOR MURDER VINCENT SMOTHERS CONFESSED TO? The WCPO earlier declined to comment on the merits of the two lawsuits saying they are subject to pending litigation. Related Public Records Searches Judge Shamo noted that DPD Sgt. His convictions were based upon the [hearsay] testimony of his ex-girlfriend, her brother, and her brothers girlfriend, Worthy explained . Assisted in both criminal and civil matters. Tm overjoyed for the victory my brother and the G.O.A.T. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Torrion Hudson, 22, of Detroit, in connection with the domestic assault of his 22-year-old victim, and her 42-year-old mother, also of Detroit. He said the prosecution had argued in their motion opposing the dismissal of charges that the defense could have discerned that the bullets involved were .40 calibers from the Medical Examiners report and claimed the defense had not exercised due diligence.. 4) Irma Clark-Coleman (Dist. Detroit Man Charged in Carjacking and Fatal Shooting of Tracie Golden. 6) Alisha Bell (Dist. Michael Dezsi did an amazing job on this case. This case was filed in Escambia County Courts, Escambia County Courthouse located in Escambia, Florida. A man has been charged after the remains of a missing Livingston County woman were found Thursday in Detroit. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Lemonte Richawn Jackson, 25, of Detroit, in connection with the December 16, 2022 fatal shooting of Rodney Carter, 30, and the December 22, 2022 fatal shooting of Patrick Jones, 26, both of Detroit. The dismissal is WITH PREJUDICE, meaning that the charges cannot be brought back. 17 TO FREE WRONGLY HELD PRISONERS; OPEN VISITS, COURTS, FILES | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, DETROIT: FAMILIES OF WRONGFULLY CONVICTED TELL PROS. GRANTS REHEARING TO THELONIOUS SEARCY: HITMAN CONFESSED; JUDGE, AP LIED TO JURY | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, MICHIGAN PRISONERS NEED COVID-19 VACCINES NOW, SAY ADVOCATES; A.M.A., OTHERS DEMAND 1st-TIER PRIORITY | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, APPEALS COURT TO HEAR SEARCY CASE FEB. 4: HITMAN CONFESSED TO MURDER, LIES TOLD ABOUT FATAL BULLETS | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, Your email address will not be published. Inside Wayne County News & Resources Contact Us Contact Us Request an Appearance Form Commission Home Commissioners Tim Killeen (Dist. The first rebuttal witness was Ronnie Crosby, an attorney who worked with Murdaugh and testified for the prosecution three weeks ago . Searcy fought his conviction from day one from his prison cells, researching every aspect of his case. The Wayne County executive's office has requested that the Wayne County Commission shift about $97,000 from the county's general fund to the clerk's office so it can "stand up a call center," . So his appeals there were denied as well. Mainstream media coverage of Wayne Co. exonerations generally steers clear of naming prosecutors. The District Attorney is the chief prosecuting officer for the State of Georgia within each of the State's 49 judicial circuits. He described in great detail consistent with the physical evidence how he and a now-deceased partner caught Jamal Segars in the midst of a Black Party crowded with auto traffic held outside Detroit City Airport. 26 9 AM; PREVIOUS DATE OF 3/23 POSTPONED By Diane Bukowski Former hitman takes stand on behalf of wrongfully convicted Searcy Offered only the possibility of more timeSmothers I really do believe hes going Continue reading, By Diane Bukowski March 13, 2018 Vincent Smothers repeatedly confessed on tape and in written affidavits to the murder for which Searcy has served 14 years Searcy has fought for exoneration during all those years, also based on police use Continue reading, In 2009, 36th District Court Judge Craig Strong sentenced Vincent Smothers to 50-100 years for eight of 12 murders he confessed to. The Judges overseeing this case are NOBLES, LINDA L, NICKINSON, E P III, BELL, FRANK L and [ A ] NICKINSON, E P III. Former Teacher Charged in Multiple Child Sexual Assaults. JAIL PRISONERS, AND MURDERS BY POLICE, WAYNE CO. Efforts were made to resolve this matter before it was sent to us for a charge consideration. Contemporaneous media coverage shows that the WCPO and the DPD were likely aware of the evidence on the other related homicide case before charging Atkins. Cite unlawful arrest, detention, sexual assault, use of fabricated evidence, concealment of exculpatory evidence, malicious prosecution et alia. See: Judge Thomas Hathaways complete order granting Thelonious Searcy Motion to Dismiss,Oct. 3, 2022 http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/Thelonious-Searcy-Order-Gg-Defs-Mtn-to-Dismiss-10.3.20223311-2.pdf, Thelonious Searcy (bottom r) listens March 19, 2018 as Vincent Smothers (on stand with head bowed) testifies he killed Segars, not Searcy. Keith Appling Enters Guilty Plea in Whitcomb Street Fatal Shooting. So, Im beyond elated and giving all praises to God, those who labored and beat the ground for us, making noise and protesting and the Voice of Detroit who covered our cases from day one, when no other media outlet would dare., CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH! FREE DARRELL EWING, ALL OTHERS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED, UNJUSTLY SENTENCED | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought. Decision comes after Supreme Court ruled Gov. State prosecutors rested their rebuttal case Tuesday after calling six witnesses to contradict parts of Alex Murdaugh's defense as the disgraced attorney's double murder trial neared its end.. Kenneth Kinsey, a crime scene forensics expert, was the final rebuttal witness and criticized the methodology of a defense expert who said the shooter had to have been between 5-foot-2 and 5-foot-4 in . In a press conference today, they called for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to dismiss CCW-only charges currently pending. Not one Assistant Prosecutor or Police Officer named as defendants in the Ward and Smith lawsuits has been disciplined, fired, or charged by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and her office for the offenses cited in the Ward and Smith lawsuits, or in the cases of the rest of the 31 exonerees Wayne County boasts. Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council 302 W. Washington St., Rm. 0:00 3:28 Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged seven juveniles in recent days for making threats against schools or having a weapon in school. MARCH 19, 9 AM; JUDGE KENNY | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, VINCENT SMOTHERS TAKES STAND TO EXONERATE THELONIOUS SEARCY IN 2004 DETROIT MURDER | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, SMOTHERS CO-DEFENDANT MARZELL BLACK BACKS CONFESSION TO SEGARS MURDER, AT SEARCY HEARING | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, TESTIMONY AT 2 MARCH HEARINGS SHOWED SEARCY LIKELY INNOCENT; NEXT HEARING DELAYED TO MAY 9 | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, FAVORABLE SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE SURFACES AT SEARCY HEARING ON INNOCENCE CLAIM | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, TRIAL EVIDENCE VS. THELONIOUS SEARCY IN 2004 CITY AIRPORT MURDER DISCREDITED AT MAY 15 HEARING | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, PROSECUTORS, COPS, TECHS LIED, FALSIFIED EVIDENCE VS. THELONIOUS SEARCY, ATTY. Exposed in the glare of the searchlight these lawsuits have provided, the official actions may include perjury, suborning perjury, obstruction of justice, and numerous other crimes. Angela Wypasek - Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Angela Wypasek joined the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Felony Division in 2018. If you want to be published on VOD, please submit your articles, etc. See full transcript at:http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/Dale-Collins-Snitch-Twiley.Resentencing.pdf, Full lawsuit at http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/Ramon-Ward2-COM-Federal-Complaint-112421.pdf. VODs editors and reporters, most of whom live on fixed incomes or are incarcerated, are not paid for their work. 5 | P a g e prosecution must reveal. In video above, Searcy speaks from home at June 4 rally for the wrongfully convicted at Frank Murphy Hall in downtown Detroit, 0rganized by Operation Liberation, founded by Searcy and Darrell Ewing. AP Rosemary Gordon represented the WCPO. Juvenile Charged in Fatal Shooting of Detroit Teen. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office released a brief statement on the case, saying the claimant reached an amicable agreement resolving all legal and equitable disputes in this matter.. WITNESS AFTER HE RECANTED AT TRIAL | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, EXPOSED!! On 03/02/2010 STATE OF FLORIDA filed an Other - Other Criminal lawsuit against HILL, THOMAS WAYNE. The names of Dale Collins and Monica Childs appear in multiple cases of wrongful convictions. 4) Irma Clark-Coleman (Dist. CNN After spending more than 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, Larry Smith was released February 4 through the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Wayne County Prosecutor's. Wards lawsuit is proceeding in front of U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Judge Paul Borman, and currently is in the discovery process until Dec. 20, 2022, with final dispositive motions due by Feb. 28, 2023. The prisoners have served . In 2003, Allen signed a notarized affidavit recanting all his testimony against Smith and provided it to Smith and his attorneys, which Atty. According to the Detroit Free Press, the office has lost almost a third of its staff . See full lawsuit athttp://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/Larry-Smith-COM-Amended-Federal-Complaint-012722.pdf. Reeds faulty work and other factors led to the shut-down of the entire City of Detroit crime lab in 2008. Giving up when I knew I was wronged was something I just couldnt do.. Please review your entries for any missing required elements. To date, this tape has never been produced or viewed by the defense., Judge Hathaway quoted AP Muscats testimony at the evidentiary hearing: In regard to discovery, there has been some off the record conversations about an in-store video. Ive never seen a copy of that video and Ive been told by Sgt. The Wayne County Medical Examiner turned four bullets in Segars body over to the Detroit Police. Saginaw man gets back most of $232,000 seized after flight to Detroit, Deadly car crash in Flint Township claims the life of Flushing man, Tracking down owner of forgotten excavator, Department of Health and Human Services approves Medicaid expansion for Flint, Here's when McDonald's is bringing back the Shamrock Shake, Flint City administrator, CFO: $30 million for water bills not nearly enough, Plans on hold for new Chipotle in Grand Blanc. The Smietanka Law Group of Grandville, Michigan, and the Law Office of Jarrett Adams PLLC of Milwaukee, Chicago, and New York City filed Wards lawsuit on Nov. 24, 2021. There was a problem saving your notification. Detroitstwo major newspapers and all of its main TV outlets endorsed Kym Worthy for re-election in 202o, as did all Democratic politicians locally and state-wide. The forfeiture case was settled recently, allowing the Saginaw man to keep $185,000 while the remaining $47,000 will go to the Detroit Metro Airport Police Department. He said Wayne County prosecutors and police deliberately withheld evidence that should have been given to the defense underBrady v. Maryland :: 373 U.S. 83 (1963), a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. RALLY THURSDAY MAR. Before Atkins conviction, Wilson played major roles in the wrongful convictions of exonerees Mubarez Ahmed and Marvin Cotton in separate cases in 2001. Wayne County. "There is a stranglehold on. In the Channel 7 story at the head of this article, Reporter Kimberley Craig says she called the U.S. Attorneys office, but was told they do not comment on whether investigations at their level have been opened. March 21, 1978: Gacy attacks a man in his car. Help keep us afloat by chipping in so stories on this Prison Nation and Police State, and related matters, coming! Atkins was convicted at age 22 of the murder of Billie Rutledge, on June 4, 2005 on Omira Street on Detroits east-side. No potential jury trial date has yet been set. The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office released a brief statement on the case, saying the claimant reached an amicable agreement resolving all legal and equitable disputes in this matter. Prosecutor Kym Worthy in July said she planned quarterly public releases of the "Giglio list" of officers who have been found to be untruthful, either in court or after internal investigations.. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Michael McCombs, 62, of Detroit, in connection with fraudulently obtaining funds from businesses. He and Darrell Ewing, as leaders of Operation Liberation, organized the event, which drew hundreds who filled the streets outside the Frank Murphy Courthouse in downtown Detroit, https://www.facebook.com/1302219946/videos/622812139537620, Its overFREE19its over! Thelonious Shawn Searcy, Dismissal of the charges is appropriate given the severe and deliberate violations of the defendants due process rights.Judge Thomas Hathaway, Dismissal is WITH PREJUDICE, meaning charges cannot be brought back, Judges cites suppression of evidence: .40 caliber bullets in victims body, not .45s; store videotape likely showing the actual killer, and the criminal record of key prosecution witness, Atty. If you want to be published on VOD, please submit your articles, etc. See:http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp- content/uploads/Dennis-Atkins-National-Registry-of-Exonerations. Anderson that there is not a copy.. It says the Prosecutor and police continued to house Allen at the lock-up rather than the Wayne County Jail, and plied him with food, alcohol, drugs, and the ability to go out to have sex. SAYS IN FINAL HEARING | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, JUDGE KENNY STRIKES DOWN THELONIOUS SEARCY BID FOR FREEDOM ON ACTUAL INNOCENCE OF 2004 MURDER | VOICE OF DETROIT: The citys independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought, SUPREME CT. Any amount is appreciated. DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS NAMED IN WARD LAWSUIT, Allegations include beatings, sexual assault by jail-house snitch Cowan, Informant Joe Twilley, Jr. testified for prosecution in at least 20 cases.. SAYS IN FINAL HEARING, TRIAL EVIDENCE VS. THELONIOUS SEARCY IN 2004 CITY AIRPORT MURDER DISCREDITED AT MAY 15 HEARING, VINCENT SMOTHERS TAKES STAND TO EXONERATE THELONIOUS SEARCY IN 2004 DETROIT MURDER, PACK COURT TO STOP WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF THELONIOUS SEARCY MON. (See video at head of story.). State Atty. 19-13165 . Prosecutors on Tuesday planned to call up to seven further witnesses to rebut parts of Alex Murdaugh's defense in his murder trial, according to attorneys in court. EMS techs were loading him on a stretcher into their vehicle, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a release. PRISONERS, THELONIOUS SEARCY ON NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EXONERATIONS AFTER 19 YR. BATTLE FOR FREEDOM, MICHIGAN LIFER BURT R. LANCASTER EMERGES AS ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST, WAITING FOR SENTENCE RELIEF, LIFE-LONG ACTIVIST EULA POWELL, 85, HELD IN NURSING HOME, GUARDIAN TOOK HER ID, BANK CARD, CAR, ASSETS, APPEALS CT. SAYS COPS HAD NO WARRANT FOR GEORGE RIDERS PHONE; MACOMB CO. COURT HEARING OCT. 26, KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPT. In the Marvin Cotton case, he responded to the scene of the crime and participated in Cottons interrogation. Law enforcement suspected the money was used in drug trafficking. 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