Community members on the Conviction Integrity Unit of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, added by Prosecutor Michael O'Malley in 2017, have resigned, saying it's "window dressing."
Phillips was sentenced to 92 years in prison and Sutton to 46 years following their conviction in the original trial in 2007, based largely on the testimony of two Cleveland police officers.
Over the past two years, the Cleveland police department has been using a technology called ShotSpotter to detect gunshots, reporting that it allows officers to respond to shootings more quickly.
The city’s police department has been using ShotSpotter to detect gunshots and respond more quickly for the past two years, but activists question whether the tool is really as beneficial as the city claims.