Over the past three years, we’ve discussed the troubling case of Davontae Sanford several times. As you may recall, Davontae was taken into police custody in Detroit at the age of 14 for the murder of four people. We’re told that Davontae, who is developmentally disabled, and blind in one eye, confessed to the murders. […]
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Davontae Sanford, in prison for murders he almost certainly didn’t commit, finally gets national exposure in The New Yorker
Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit Also tagged Christine Moellering, coerced confessions, confessions, Davontae Sanford, getting away with murder, Kim McGinnis, Michael Russell, Michigan Court of Appeals, murder, murder for hire, murder mystery, prison, prison industrial complex, Runyon Street, Taminko Sanford, The Innocence Project, Vincent Smothers 30 Comments
Dateline Detroit
I don’t have a functioning television, so I didn’t see last night’s Dateline special on Detroit, but I’m watching clips now on my computer, and, from what I can see, Chris Hansen and his producers did a pretty good job of it. I know some people are are up in arms today over it, claiming […]