Wrongfully convicted man finally free after 38 years behind bars.
We already told you the story about Ronnie Long from North Carolina, who spent 44 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
Today, we tell you the story of Walter Forbes, 63, who had the same fate. Forbes spent nearly 40 years in jail. He was accused of the murder of Dennis Hall. The two men were involved in a fight outside a bar in a small Michigan town. The day after the fight, Hall shot at Forbes four times as an act of revenge. Shortly after, Hall died in an apparent arson fire, leading to Forbes receiving a life sentence in prison without parole.
By Victor Omondi
Walter Forbes, 63, spent more than 37 years at the Kinross Correctional Facility in Michigan for a crime he didn’t commit. Come November 20, 2020, Forbes walked out of prison a free man after a key witness, Annice Kennebrew, admitted to have falsely implicated him during his trial.
In 1982, Forbes was arrested and convicted of arson and murder. He became a prime suspect after reports emerged that he’d been shot by the very same man who died in an apartment fire that was deliberately lit.
According to the DailyMail, Forbes broke off a bar fight between the deceased, Dennis Hall, and another man. The news outlet writes, “Hall went on to shoot Forbes the day after he broke up the fight. Hall ended up dying soon after when a fire was deliberately set in his apartment. “
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Walter Forbes was a young college student in 1982 when he stepped between two groups fighting outside a bar in his small Michigan town. One of the men, Dennis Hall, retaliated the next day, shooting Forbes four times. Soon afterward, Hall died in an apparent arson fire, and Forbes was sentenced to life in prison without parole, according to court documents. Now, in a complex story first reported by the Detroit Free Press, Forbes has walked free after a key witness recanted her testimony. While on bail for the shooting, Hall died in a fire at his apartment in Jackson. His fiancee was able to escape with their young daughter.
The Associated Press
This photo provided by The DeKalb County Sheriffâs Office shows an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in Rainsville, Ala. The DeKalb County Sheriffâs Office said in a statement it received an anonymous tip about an alcohol operation at a municipal building in the small north Alabama town on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (The DeKalb County Sheriffâs Office via AP)
RAINSVILLE, Ala.– Sheriff’s officials say they’ve busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement it received an anonymous tip about an alcohol operation at a municipal building in the town of Rainsville on Thursday. Investigators then uncovered what’s described as a large illegal winery inside the Rainsville Waste Water Treatment Plant. Photos released by investigators show glass containers, buckets, a fermenting rack and other equipment often u