FRIDAY, July 21 The Michigan Court of Appeals sided yesterday with Lansing Township in upholding a ruling that stops the city of Lansing’s efforts to annex the Groesbeck Neighborhood …
A Black man spent five years behind bars for a murder he insists he didn’t commit.
His whole time behind bars, he knew there was a key piece of evidence that proved he was innocent.
But Herbert Alford couldn’t get his hands on a receipt that showed he was renting a car at a Lansing, Michigan, airport when 23-year-old Michael Adams was shot dead in October 2011.
That’s because the company from which he rented the vehicle lost the receipt. Hertz failed to produce his proof of rental for more than three years. Now Alford, 47, is suing the rental company, alleging Hertz’s negligence and inaction cost him a murder conviction and five years of his freedom, The New York Times reported.
LANSING A Lansing man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of two men, despite objections from the men s family.
Zacharey Diederichs, 31, is charged with fatally shooting stepbrothers Marcus Jackson-Burton and Steven Jackson on Aug. 3 inside a restaurant in the 3400 block of Pleasant Grove Road.
He pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of second-degree murder and one count of possession of a weapon by a felon. The sentencing agreement was for a minimum of 30 and a half years to 50 years in prison for the murder charges. Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Clinton Canady III will set the maximum sentence, which can be up to life in prison.
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February 8, 2021
The battle between the Iron Pig Smokehouse and the state continues as a contempt hearing was held on Monday.
The issue at hand was the restaurant violating the temporary restraining order put on them on Feb. 4.
Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Clinton Canady presided and will decide if the Iron Pig should face any punishment or fines.
During the hearing, the attorney representing the Iron Pig, David Delaney told Judge Canady the restaurant was hurt financially when they weren’t open for Super Bowl Sunday, and he should consider that when determining possible fines.
The opposing side argued other restaurants were hurting while The Iron Pig disobeyed orders put out by the health department.