When Quinton Jones-Whitaker was sent to prison at 20 years old, no physical evidence tied him to the carjacking and robbery that upended his life.

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A former Melvindale cop charged with using excessive force in connection with three traffic stops was sentenced on Friday to six months in jail for one incident and probation for another. 

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CNN has picked up Metro Times’s reporting on retired Detroit homicide Detective Barbara Simon, bringing national attention to a scandal that has led to multiple exonerations, millions of dollars in settlements, and mounting calls for a full review of the cases she handled.

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A Detroit man whose murder conviction was based on coerced witness statements from a disgraced former homicide detective has been exonerated and freed after nearly 28 years in prison. 

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They were young girls and women, walking to school, home, or a friend’s house in Detroit when they were abducted at gunpoint and raped more than two decades ago. 

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A former Detroit homicide detective whose interrogation tactics have led to exonerations and multimillion-dollar settlements is now connected to another vacated conviction.

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