UM: Prisoner Convictions

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UM law professor David Moran writes a commentary piece in the Detroit Free Press about a case the Michigan Supreme Court will be considering that would set a one-year limit for the appeal of prisoner convictions. Moran, who is co-director of the Michigan Innocence Clinic, writes: “Since the Michigan Innocence Clinic opened last year, we have exonerated three men who had served a total of 25 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. The new evidence we presented in those cases not only clearly established our clients’ innocence (the prosecutors dropped the charges in all three cases) but also identified the real perpetrators. The proposal would effectively shut us down and would mean that almost all prisoners with new evidence of innocence could never have their claims heard.” [Source]