Evidence is the cornerstone behind any criminal conviction. Police officers are the first point of contact to handle evidence in a criminal case. When law...
Mueller Law Firm’s founding attorney, Wolfgang Mueller, was honored to be part of the defense team along with Craig Daly that recently challenged key evidence...
Wrongful convictions represent one of the most devastating failures of our criminal justice system. When innocent people sit behind bars, the evidence that can free...
Wrongful convictions can happen for many reasons, including racial bias. Studies show that people of color are disproportionately affected by wrongful convictions. They often receive...
Prosecutors in Michigan and throughout the Midwest routinely use ballistics evidence – that is, matching a bullet found at a crime scene to a weapon...
The Michigan Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) reviews claims that point to your factual innocence based on new evidence. The CIU looks for information that supports...
Evidence is the foundation of every criminal case. When law enforcement and the prosecution mishandle evidence during collection, analysis, or presentation, it often leads to...
Michigan’s criminal justice system is composed of human beings. As such, the process can often be subject to mistakes, biases, and even ill will. The...
Imagine spending years, even decades, behind bars for a crime you didn’t commit. You lose precious time with your loved ones, miss out on life’s...
Wrongful convictions in Michigan occur much more frequently than you read in the news or hear from friends and coworkers. Since 1989, dedicated legal professionals...
Many wrongful convictions in Michigan have been overturned thanks to new forensic evidence. However, there are also cases where faulty forensic techniques have led to...
Research suggests that 1 to 5 percent of people in U.S. prisons are innocent. Many of these wrongful convictions result from misunderstandings, procedural errors, or...
Expert witnesses often play a key role in overturning wrongful convictions in Michigan, as they can examine evidence to point out flaws in the prosecution’s...
According to the National Registry of Exonerations, more than 3,500 people have been exonerated of crimes for which they were wrongfully convicted since 1989. Those...
Yes. If you were wrongfully imprisoned in Michigan for a crime, you did not commit, you can sue the state for compensation under the Wrongful...
Juries often find eyewitness identification evidence to be highly persuasive in the courtroom. While such evidence might seem to confirm that the defendant was the...
Under Michigan law, it is possible for those wrongfully imprisoned to be compensated for their time in prison. Who is eligible for compensation under The...
Thanks to TV shows like CSI and NCIS, you may be familiar with some forensic techniques law enforcement uses to indicate guilt. But did you...
Studies estimate that 2% – 10% of incarcerated individuals are innocent. If you have been a part of that number, you know how hard it...
Sadly, law enforcement is not often trained to find the truth, but rather an admittance. This leads to thousands of wrongful convictions. Here are the...
A wrongful conviction can significantly affect someone’s life, especially if they end up in prison. Prison time often changes who someone is, and not for...
What have you experienced over the past 25 years? If you’re like us, it’s probably difficult to grasp everything that has happened in the past...
Wrongful convictions are not rare; mistakes at every level of a case can lead to an unjust outcome. This includes the investigatory stage, where police...
Law enforcement officials are trained to get a confession, not necessarily the truth. In turn, this practice hurts many people, from the defendant themselves to...
Wrongful convictions are not rare; mistakes at every level of a case can lead to an unjust outcome. This includes the investigatory stage, where police...
An officer-involved shooting in Pontiac on March 9, 2020, has now resulted in criminal charges against the police officer. What makes this shooting especially tragic...
Eddie Khalil is finally free after serving seven and a half years for a murder he did not commit. The murder happened on September 15,...
The Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit’s purpose is clear: to review potential wrongful convictions and rectify any mistakes. As the county prosecutor’s office points out,...
There is perhaps no worse act a member of law enforcement can commit than to fabricate evidence during a criminal case. When fake evidence is...
You may have heard the saying that the law isn’t perfect or that wrongful convictions are inevitable in a system where justice usually gets served....
Law enforcement and judicial misconduct are not myths. There is ample evidence that some members of the criminal justice system ignore basic rules and, in...
While they do not enjoy a high profile in criminal courts throughout the nation, they do play a key role in securing justice for those...
As technology has become more sophisticated, law enforcement officials have used it more and more to track down criminals and identify suspects. One technology that...
A Wayne County wrongful conviction program has had so much success over the last three years that it now is expanding statewide. The Conviction Integrity...
More than 26 years after he was sentenced to three life sentences in connection with three murders he did not commit, a Detroit man was...
Great new podcast about real-life wrongful convictions in Detroit by Detroit News reporter George Hunter! It really shines a light on the causes and explores...
Over the past three decades, new scientific testing and technology have opened people’s eyes to the injustice of the justice system. This is something that...
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