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View Comments RICHMOND, Ind. A man who admitted more than 10 grams of methamphetamine were his after a 2018 traffic stop has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Christopher Lee Curtsinger, 27, already is in the Correctional Industrial Facility in Pendleton serving an eight-year sentence from Fayette County. His Wayne County sentence will not begin until he finishes serving the Fayette County time, which is projected to be Nov. 17, 2024. Curtsinger on March 31 pleaded guilty to Level 2 felony dealing methamphetamine, Level 4 felony dealing heroin, Level 5 felony carrying a handgun as a convicted felony and Level 6 felony dealing marijuana. He also admitted being a habitual offender. ....
Follow CNN This Wayne County, Michigan, program is helping exonerate people for crimes they didn t commit. Now it s going statewide By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Updated 4:19 PM ET, Mon March 1, 2021 From left, Kevin Harrington, Larry Smith and Bernard Howard were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned before being exonerated through the Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit. (CNN)After spending more than 26 years in prison for a murder he didn t commit, Larry Smith was released February 4 through the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Wayne County Prosecutor s Office in Michigan. The feeling, Smith said, is amazing, a God-given blessing. Smith is one of 27 wrongly convicted individuals who have been exonerated through the unit since it was established in 2018 by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym D. Worthy. ....