02-06-2023, 10:11 AM
By ED WHITE
11 minutes ago
DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors dropped murder charges Thursday against a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the fatal shooting of two Michigan hunters.
Jeff Titus was released in February when authorities acknowledged that critical information in police files about another suspect — an Ohio serial killer — was never shared with his trial lawyer in 2002.
His convictions were thrown out as a result. Now, after reviewing the case for three months, Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting said Titus will not face a new trial.
“This is the right thing to do,” Getting told reporters.
At the same news conference, Titus, 71, said he’s “truly innocent.”
“You can put me on the rack, the truth serum, whatever. I did not do it. ... I did not shoot those people,” Titus said.
Earlier, expressing relief, he said: “Forgive me if I start crying.”
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-hunt...2515627e2c
11 minutes ago
DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors dropped murder charges Thursday against a man who spent nearly 21 years in prison for the fatal shooting of two Michigan hunters.
Jeff Titus was released in February when authorities acknowledged that critical information in police files about another suspect — an Ohio serial killer — was never shared with his trial lawyer in 2002.
His convictions were thrown out as a result. Now, after reviewing the case for three months, Kalamazoo County prosecutor Jeff Getting said Titus will not face a new trial.
“This is the right thing to do,” Getting told reporters.
At the same news conference, Titus, 71, said he’s “truly innocent.”
“You can put me on the rack, the truth serum, whatever. I did not do it. ... I did not shoot those people,” Titus said.
Earlier, expressing relief, he said: “Forgive me if I start crying.”
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-hunt...2515627e2c