CHICAGO, BALTIMORE HAVE RELEASED 100S, VOD MOURNS DEATH OF DANIEL JONES, WARRIOR VS. LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR JUVENILES AND ALL U.S. Private investigator and former TV 2 reporter Scott Lewis interviewed Vincent Smothers in prison about his role in the Segars killing. Danny Maynard took statements from witnesses who identified two other suspects, one of whom later turned out to be the actual killer of victims, Denise Sharon Cornell and J0an Gilliam. 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. 3) Cara Clemente (Dist. On 03/02/2010 STATE OF FLORIDA filed an Other - Other Criminal lawsuit against HILL, THOMAS WAYNE. Thursday, January 5, 2023 A former Wayne County Roads Division employee pleaded guilty today to conspiring to steal over $1.7 million in county funds, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced. Scott Lewis testifies March 19, 2018 at Thelonious Searcy evidentiary hearing. As Judge Hathaway concluded, the price to be paid for this failure falls on the prosecution.. Tm overjoyed for the victory my brother and the G.O.A.T. 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. The day after this story was posted, the Detroit News published: DETROIT FACES ONSLAUGHT OF LAWSUITS FOR WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS which covers 17 exonerees wrongful conviction lawsuits vs. the City of Detroit. . In Wayne County, which handles almost two-thirds of the state's 60,000 felony cases and has 160 prosecutors on staff, a field of six Democrats are vying to replace outgoing Chief Prosecutor John . 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. 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. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy declined to comment on the judge's order. His convictions were based upon the [hearsay] testimony of his ex-girlfriend, her brother, and her brothers girlfriend, Worthy explained . Law enforcement officials in Saginaw County and in Detroit suspected the money was being used for drug trafficking. So his appeals there were denied as well. 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. As exoneree Lacino Hamilton infers in the comment at the beginning of this story, true justice for Ward and Smith, along with likely thousands of people from Wayne County who are wasting their lives away in MDOC prisons, will not come until the corrupt systems in the Wayne County Prosecutors Office and the Detroit Police Department are torn down and re-created for the benefit of the people. Photo: VOD. Kym Worthy is on the August 4 Democratic Primary ballot as a candidate for the office of Wayne County Prosecutor, an office she has held since 2004 when she became the first African American and the first female to hold the position. My motivation was getting back to my family. In a May, 2017 Detroit Metro Times article, journalist Ryan Felton exposed the rampant use of jailhouse informants (snitches) by DPD/WCPO. 'THE SECRET OF JOY IS RESISTANCE' Alice Walker. Counsel re: second fatality at the scene never investigated By Diane Continue reading, UPDATE: NEXT HEARING DATE MON. He studied law during the 10 years he served, filed multiple appeals, and was finally exonerated with the assistance of the Wisconsin Innocence Project. Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Antoine Clements, 41, of Detroit, in connection with the robbery of a Dollar Tree. In 2003, Allen signed a notarized affidavit recanting all his testimony against Smith and provided it to Smith and his attorneys, which Atty. A day after defense attorneys rested their case in Alex Murdaugh's weekslong double murder trial, prosecutors on Tuesday intend to call a handful of rebuttal witnesses before the jury visits Murdaugh's sprawling South Carolina estate where his wife and son were shot to death in 2021.. Worthy began her legal career in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in 1984, and in 1989 she became the . PATRICK MUSCAT IN ATTY. Detroit Wayne County law enforcement officials have launched an initiative to adjudicate more than 2,000 concealed weapons defendants as part of a larger effort to clear a docket of cases. Would you like to search our entire website for ". The man told investigators he made the money in real estate and as a promoter of rap groups. Nonetheless, the WCPO continued to fight Smiths appeals in federal court as they did in state court, all the while knowing he was convicted based on false testimony and evidence. On 10/31/2007 STATE OF FLORIDA filed an Other - Other Criminal lawsuit against TAYLOR, TERRY WAYNE. See:http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp- content/uploads/Dennis-Atkins-National-Registry-of-Exonerations. Federal prosecutors are rejecting claims of anti-Black bias in their criminal case against former Dodger Yasiel Puig, calling the allegations part of a last-ditch . He noted the defense had objected to qualifying Reed as an expert witness because he had no training in ballistics, but that AP Muscat had him testify at trial anyway, saying falsely that the bullets from Segars body were too deformed to analyze. Comment moderation is enabled. The man's attorney, Joshua Nucian, confirmed the settlement, describing it as appropriate and adding "the man having that much cash while flying is the same as a gambler jetting off to Las Vegas. The Judges overseeing this case are NOBLES, LINDA L and BELL, FRANK L. The case status is Disposed - Other Disposed. The discoveries will be faxed or delivered electronically to the defense attorney, so please verify that the information supplied is correct. Appeals Division | Prosecutor Wayne County Home Page Elected Offices Executive Home 2019 State of the County Biography Administration Accomplishments Inside Wayne County News & Resources Contact Us Contact Us Request an Appearance Form Commission Home Commissioners Tim Killeen (Dist. 2) Martha G. Scott (Dist. On 06/17/2008 STATE OF FLORIDA filed an Other - Other Criminal lawsuit against JAMES, DANNY WAYNE. Vincent Smothers, the self-acknowledged hit man who also admitted the murders of the four victims in the Davontae Sanford case, took the stand for two days. Please upload a copy of your appointment form. Law enforcement suspected the money was used in drug trafficking. Organized discovery and summarized lengthy depositions. Atkins was convicted at age 22 of the murder of Billie Rutledge, on June 4, 2005 on Omira Street on Detroits east-side. An investigation showed that, among other things, Nixon . But the Drug Enforcement Agency and the FBI met the Saginaw resident when his plane landed that day at Detroit Metro Airport. Collins told the court that Twilley had helped obtain convictions in 20 homicide cases. With more than 93% of precincts reporting . Wayne County Click here to visit the Wayne County Circuit Clerk website. The man from Saginaw also benefited from a change in Michigan's forfeiture law in 2019. WHITMER: XMAS PLEA FOR FREEDOM, DELIVERANCE, AND LIFE FOR MICHIGAN PRISONERS, MERRY XMAS! 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. The complaint in Wards lawsuit includes allegations against Wayne County prosecutors/defendants Robert Agacinski, Nancy Westveld, and Janet Napp, and non-defendantAPsThomas Beadle, Rosemary Gordon, William Peterson, and James Heaphy. This case was filed in Escambia County Courts, Escambia County Courthouse located in Escambia, Florida. Ongoing costs include quarterly web charges of $460.00, P.O. Keith Appling Enters Guilty Plea in Whitcomb Street Fatal Shooting. Wayne County Prosecutors Office Right TRAC program is an alternative to traditional juvenile court adjudication. According to state law, if a county prosecutor exits before their term expires, the political party they belong to votes for a . A federal lawsuit citing police misconduct was filed against Wilson by Nathaneal Taylor resulted in an undisclosed settlement amount in 2014. The lawsuit alleges that as the chief prosecutor, Agacinski even read Oliver Cowans perjured testimony from the pre-examination into the record, because Cowan had died in the interim and could not testify himself. There, the current U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3, uniting conservatives with the liberal minority, that: To demonstrate a favorable termination of criminal prosecution for purposes of a section 1983 Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim, a plaintiff need not show that the criminal prosecution ended with some affirmative indication of innocence but need only show that his prosecution ended without a conviction.Thompson v. Clark :: 596 U.S. ___ (2022) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center. It says that prior to trial, Defendant AP Robert J. Donaldson asked Childs numerous times for her notes, which she finally produced three months prior to trial in Nov. 1994, saying they were in another case file. KEEP VOD STORIES UP!! Judge Timothy Kenny, now Chief Judge of the 3rd Judicial Circuit Court, presided over Searcys trial and an evidentiary hearing in 2018. Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council 302 W. Washington St., Rm. Two eye-opening federal lawsuits filed against Wayne County, its assistant prosecutors, and Detroit police officers might help answer the question raised by Channel 7 reporters above:How did these cases go so wrong?. March 21, 1978: Gacy attacks a man in his car. It said Judge Kenny abused his discretion by evaluating and disputing Smothers testimony himself, a matter that is reserved for a jury. My faith in God empowered me to fight for my return. Siringas, a longtime assistant prosecutor at the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office who put away killers and rapists and also handled the historic perjury case of former Detroit Mayor Kwame. Thelonious Searcy with (l to r) daughter Shyra Searcy, wife Tyria Searcy, daughter Paige Braxton, This win is dedicated to God and my family, Searcy exulted in a Facebook post. 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. 4) Irma Clark-Coleman (Dist. IPAC Contact Info. Privacy Statement, Legal Notices and Terms of Use. 1:34 Detroit A company that transports inmates and witnesses for the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has waited nearly a year to get paid for about $26,000 in work done in April and May of. 5 | P a g e prosecution must reveal. Aaron Hernandez And The Inquisitorial System. EMS techs were loading him on a stretcher into their vehicle, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a release. Defendant Monica Childs interviewed him, and claimed in her progress notes that he told her witnesses could not identify him because he was wearing a hood. Smith denied he said that or any admission in the case. Abused his discretion by evaluating and disputing Smothers testimony himself, a matter that reserved. 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