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Walter Forbes of Michigan Exonerated After 37 Years in Prison
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2021
by Kevin Bliss
published in Criminal Legal News
March, 2021, page 49
Filed under:
Wrongful Conviction.
Location:
Michigan.
by Kevin Bliss
Walter Forbes was exonerated, then freed in November 2020 after 37 years in prison for an arson and murder he did not commit. The state’s key witness admitted to fabricating the story that convicted Forbes after she and her family were threatened by a couple of men ...
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