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Michigan man sues police and prosecutors; alleges misconduct
Posted: January 25, 2008 4:40 pm
Claude McCollum, who was released from prison last year after serving more than a year in prison for a Lansing, Michigan, murder he didn’t commit, filed a lawsuit yesterday alleging that his wrongful conviction was caused by misconduct by police and prosecutors. The suit says that police forced McCollum to implicate himself during an interrogation and that both police and prosecutors ignored and failed to disclose evidence suggesting McCollum’s innocence.
A new interactive timeline on the Lansing State Journal’s website examines McCollum’s conviction and release, day by day.
Tags: Michigan, Claude McCollum
Report says prosecutors knew Michigan man was innocent before trial
Posted: February 15, 2008 4:20 pm
A Michigan State Police report released this week by attorneys representing Claude McCollum suggests that police and prosecutors proceeded with McCollum’s 2005 murder trial despite video evidence that he could not have been at the crime scene. McCollum was convicted of the murder despite this evidence and he served nearly two years in prison before his release last year.
The Lansing State Journal reported this week that the 2007 Michigan State Police report on the case shows that a detective knew about the video evidence and passed the information to prosecutors. Prosecutors have said they didn’t see the report until the trial was underway, and that they shared it with defense attorneys.
Read the full story here. (Lasing State Journal, 02/13/08)
View an interactive multimedia feature on McCollum’s case.
Tags: Michigan, Claude McCollum