Walter Forbes was a full-time student at Jackson Community College in 1982. He had dreams of owning a real estate development firm after graduating.
One night that year, Forbes broke up a bar fight. He didn’t know that would change his life forever.
A man involved in the bar fight shot Forbes the next day, according to court documents.
The damage the gunshot did to Forbes’ body may have taken a few months to heal, but what happened next led to him spending nearly four decades in prison, inflicting deep lifelong wounds on him and his family.
The man who shot Forbes, Dennis Hall, died in his apartment on Maple Street in Jackson in a fire that appeared to be deliberately set on July 12, 1982.
Michigan man Walter Forbes exonerated, free after 37 years in prison
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Michigan man jailed for nearly 4 decades exonerated after witness admits to lying Omar Abdel-Baqui, Detroit Free Press © Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press Walter Forbes at his home in Belleville, on Dec. 9, 2020.
Walter Forbes was a full-time student at Jackson Community College in 1982. He had dreams of owning a real estate development firm after graduating.
One night that year, Forbes broke up a bar fight. He didn’t know that would change his life forever.
A man involved in the bar fight shot Forbes the next day, according to court documents.
The damage the gunshot did to Forbes’ body may have taken a few months to heal, but what happened next led to him spending nearly four decades in prison, inflicting deep lifelong wounds on him and his family.