After 40 Years in Prison, Innocent Michigan Man Walks Free
I remember a time when I was younger when I had utterly blind faith in our justice system. The truth would
always prevail right? Unfortunately, that's not the case. Evidence isn't always clear, investigations can be rushed, and eye witness testimonies have been found to be unreliable and often times inaccurate. In fact, an eye witness testimony cost one Michigan man 40 years of his life.
Walter Forbes was a college kid in 1982 when he got in between two groups fighting outside of a bar in Jackson. Now, I'm not sure of the background but it sounds like there may have been some familiarity between these people, which is 100% an assumption on my part, based on the next series of events.