Man leaves Ionia prison thanks to WMU-Cooley Law Innocence Project
Kenneth Nixon has been released from prison after being wrongfully convicted for a crime almost 16 years ago.
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OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. â For nearly sixteen years, daily, sometimes multiple times every day, Kenneth Nixon thought about his innocence.
At just 19 years old, he was convicted of murder, attempted murder, and arson after a Molotov cocktail thrown into a Detroit house killed two kids and injured family members back in 2005.
Nixon received two life sentences plus 30 to 60 years for the crime he always said he didnât commit.
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The legislative virtual briefing was hosted by Rep. Tyrone Carter, D-Detroit, who on Thursday co-sponsored bipartisan legislation that would require police departments release files of disciplined police officers requested under the Freedom of Information Act, or during court cases. The proposed bills are similar to those Carter co-sponsored last year, which expired in committee.
Man freed from prison for deadly firebombing after court finds he was wrongfully convicted in 2005
By Hilary Golston and David Komer online producer
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FOX 2 - More than 15 years ago Ken Nixon was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing two young children in a Highland Park firebombing. But now - he is now home with his family and friends.
Free after 16 years in jail, man reunites with family after court rules had been wrongly convicted in fatal firebombing
Kenneth Nixon, now 34, was just let out of prison for a double murder he says he never committed.
A judge Thursday granted Nixon s freedom after the Wayne County Prosecutor s Office admitted to charging the wrong man back in 2005.
Detroit Free Press
After serving 16 years behind bars, Kenneth Nixon walked out of prison as a free man and was reunited with his family after felony murder charges were dismissed Thursday by a Wayne County Circuit Court judge.
Nixon was granted relief by Judge Bruce Morrow after an investigation found that he failed to receive a fair trial. He was immediately released from Michigan Reformatory in Ionia.
Nixon, 34, was sentenced to two life terms in connection to a Detroit house bombing that killed a 10-year-old boy and an infant in 2005. He was 18 at the time. Nixon and his girlfriend were arrested and charged with murder, arson, and four counts of attempted murder; she was acquitted by a jury.
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