Exonerated after 32 years in Michigan prison
Gilbert Poole Jr. was exonerated for the 1980s fatal stabbing of Robert Mejia in Pontiac after a judge vacated his first degree murder conviction. DNA testing and a bite mark dispute undermined the case, with Poole released from Jackson Correctional Facility amid claims of wrongful conviction and new evidence.
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Detroit
Gilbert Poole Jr
Innocence Project
Wmu-Cooley Law School
Oakland County
Michigan
Attorney General's Office
Poole
Jackson
Robert Mejia
Pontiac
Mejia
Michigan Court of Appeals
Robyn Frankel
Dana Nessel
Nessel
Marla Mitchell-Cichon
Law School
Michigan GOP alters ID rule for absentee ballot requests
Michigan Republicans revise a bill to allow photo ID by number rather than copy for absentee ballot requests, a move critics call a loophole. The measure aims to tighten voting rules, while Democrats say it risks disenfranchisement and does not address real problems. The panel did not vote, and related bills face potential vetoes by Gov. Whitmer.
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Lansing
Michigan
Senate Elections Committee
Meghan Reckling
Lana Theis
Brighton
Reckling
Jocelyn Benson
Dana Nessel
Gretchen Whitmer
Republican Party
House
Senate
Whitmer campaign to pay for private flight to Florida
The Whitmer re election campaign will reimburse PVS Chemicals of Detroit for the 27521 dollar private jet trip to Florida to visit her father, not a nonprofit she controls. Gov Whitmer flew with Michigan State Police security, returning with her two daughters who were in Florida visiting their grandfather.
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Florida
Lansing
Michigan Chemical Company
Gretchen Whitmer
Federal Aviation Administration
PVS Chemicals of
Detroit
Christopher Trebilcock
Free Press
Trebilcock
Steve Johnson
R-Wayland
House Oversight Committee
Michigan
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