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Three years after arrests, charges against Detroit water protesters dismissed

by johannesabona84 | Jan 15, 2021 | Recent News

After nearly three years, a judge has dismissed charges against nine defendants arrested for protesting Detroit’s mass water shutoffs. The so-called “Homrich Nine” were arrested in June 2014 for attempting to block trucks belonging to Homrich, the contractor the city...

The Immunity Doctrine, Can officials be held liable for the suffering they inflict?

by johannesabona84 | Jan 15, 2021 | Recent News

On October 13, 2001, Ibrahim Turkmen answered a knock on the door of his home in West Babylon, New York, to find two FBI agents. A solemn man with a strong jaw and deeply etched features, Turkmen was thirty-five years old at the time. Though his English was limited,...

Devontae Sanford, other wrongfully convicted could be compensated for time in prison

by johannesabona84 | Jan 15, 2021 | Recent News

Devontae Sanford spent more than a decade behind bars. Now, he and his attorneys are filing litigation to compensate the wrongfully convictedImagine spending years locked up for a crime you didn’t commit – then struggling to find work when you’re finally free. That’s...

Hillsdale man suing county, city and state officials for wrongful imprisonment

by johannesabona84 | Jan 15, 2021 | Recent News

HILLSDALE, MI – A Hillsdale man is suing the state, county, and city officials for being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for failing to register as a sex offender. Anthony Hart is suing for false arrest, malicious prosecution, failures in the municipal system, and...

Sanford family readies lawsuit after imprisonment caused by wrongful convictions

by johannesabona84 | Jan 15, 2021 | Recent News

June 14, 2016, by George Hunter (read the article in The Detroit News) Detroit and Wayne County officials could find themselves in court as lawyers for Davontae Sanford anticipate filing a federal civil rights lawsuit stemming from his eight-year stint in prison for...

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....
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