On Thursday, March 27, two men who were convicted of sex offenses had their convictions overturned by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, according to The Bangor Daily News. The two men include 32-year-old Spencer T. Glover of Bryant Pond, and 41-year-old Jason M. Lovejoy of North Carolina. In August of…
In 2009, Lam Luong, a Vietnamese immigrant, was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of four children who were thrown off the Dauphin Island Bridge in Mobile County in Alabama in January of 2008. In 2013, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Luong’s conviction. Now, the Alabama Supreme…
In August of 2010, Lois Kay Cloud was convicted of hiring a hitman to kill her husband, Kenneth Cloud. Cloud was sitting in his truck outside a Burgers and Beer restaurant and was struck in the neck by a bullet when Vincent Lee Accardo, the alleged hitman, fired a gun.…
In May of 2010, former Marine John Thuesen went on trial for capital murder in the shooting deaths of Rachel and Travis Joiner, Texas A&M student siblings who were found dead in their home in College Station. Rachel Joiner was Thuesen’s ex-girlfriend; it is believed Thuesen killed her out of…
In 2002, Sarah Jo Pender of Indiana was convicted of double murder in the shotgun killings of Tricia Nordman and Andrew Cataldi in 2000; the victims were Pender’s roommates along with her boyfriend, Richard Hull. According to USA Today, Nordman and Cataldi were Nevada fugitives who were dealing in drugs…
In June and August of 2011, Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Ian Glick conducted searches on property owned by a family with licenses to grow a specific amount of marijuana to be used for medical purposes under MMMA (Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Act). Gerald Duval Jr., one of the property owners, is…
In April of 2013, we wrote about the successful appeal of Shawn D. Gardner, a Flint man who had been convicted of murdering Lennon Johnson Jr. outside a Flint nightclub. Johnson’s conviction was reversed by the Michigan Court of Appeals based on ineffective counsel during his 2011 trial. The appeals…
Being convicted of a crime in Michigan can not only take away your freedom, it can affect your employment, reputation, even your immigration status. If you or a loved one have been convicted of armed robbery, home invasion, theft, or even a sex or homicide crime, you may have heard…
In June of 2012, Albert Lewis Woods Jr., who is now 25 years old, was convicted of robbing a Comstock Park McDonald’s. Woods was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison for the crime in which he and Cedric Welch escaped with cash and gift certificates after pulling guns…
Nearly one year ago, we wrote about a man whose sentence had been vacated by the Michigan Court of Appeals because the panel felt the sentence of 40 to 70 years was excessive. Robert Schwander is accused of murdering Carly Lewis, a 16-year-old whose dead body was found in a…