Wife of Ottawa County inmate who committed suicide in 2013 files lawsuit

by johannesabona84 | Jan 15, 2021 | Recent News

Sep 12, 2015, by Curtis.Wildfong@hollandsentinel.com (read the article in the Holland Sentinel) The wife of a man who in 2013 hung himself in his Ottawa County jail cell is suing the county and three jail deputies, claiming they failed to protect him from himself....

GHPC attorneys challenge Michigan EM law on behalf of National Lawyers Guild

by johannesabona84 | Jan 15, 2021 | Recent News

DETROIT, March 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Civil rights attorneys from the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice, National Lawyers Guild, Sanders Law Firm, the ACLU, and the Center for Constitutional Rights have filed an appeal in Phillips v....

What’s next for Davontae Sanford? Will he be going through a civil lawsuit?

by johannesabona84 | Jan 12, 2021 | Recent News

June 15, 2016, By Kate Wells (read the article on Michigan Radio) Davontae Sanford’s family is considering a civil lawsuit, sources close to the family tell us after he was wrongfully imprisoned for eight years. Sanford was arrested at age 14 for a quadruple homicide...

Disabled activist claims Detroit police gave him a rough ride after arrest

by johannesabona84 | Jan 12, 2021 | Recent News

June 2, 2017, By Gus Burns (read the article on MLive) A man who uses a wheelchair and was arrested while protesting Detroit water shutoffs in 2014 claims he’s the victim of a rough ride in a police vehicle. S. Baxter Jones, 61, filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday,...

After 9 years of wrongful imprisonment, Sanford is suing the city of Detroit

by johannesabona84 | Jan 12, 2021 | Recent News

September 19, 2017, By Kate Wells(read the article at Michigan Public Radio) Davontae Sanford is suing the city of Detroit, as well as former Detroit Police Commander James Tolbert and Sgt. Mike Russell, for wrongful imprisonment. Sanford spent nearly nine years in...