A Michigan man who spent more than 37 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a crime has now been freed, it is widely reported .
Walter Forbes, 63, was released from prison on November 20 after spending more than 37 years in prison. According to the Detroit Free Press , his release came after the prosecution's star witness admitted that she had fabricated her story.


According to the Free Press, back in 1982 when Forbes was a full-time student at Jackson Community College he broke up a bar fight, an act that would change his life forever. According to court documents, a man involved in the bar fight shot Forbes the next day. The same man was later killed in a fire that appeared to have been started deliberately.


Since Forbes and the man in question, Dennis Hall, had been involved in a dispute, police considered Forbes a suspect in the arson. He was eventually convicted of arson and murder in May 1983 and sentenced to life in prison.
Forbes was freed after the prosecution's star witness admitted to fabricating her story.
“It felt like all the possibilities that I was working on all those years were coming to fruition,” Forbes said. “I didn’t think it would take that long, but patience paid off.”

According to court documents from a evidentiary hearing in February of this year cited by PEOPLE, the witness testified “that she had falsely implicated Mr. Forbes because she had been intimidated into doing so by two local men who knew her from around the neighborhood and who had threatened to harm her and her family if she did not implicate Mr. Forbes.”
PEOPLE notes that since the statute of limitations for perjury is six years, the witness faces no charges.

In addition to this, prosecutors say that the building's owner was later convicted for another arson-for-insurance-money scheme. While the person in question has not officially been implicated in Hall's death, attorneys say his subsequent criminal activity casts reasonable doubt on Forbes' conviction.


When asked by the Free Press about his best moments after being freed, Forbes said, "Seeing my family for the first time."
"It was one of those moments where all you can do is grin."

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This life no balance

NA TO GIVE THE MAN NEW LIFE. BECAUSE IF NA ME BE THE. MAN THAT WITNESS MUST COLLECT WHAT WICKEDNESS

The witness is going straight to jail

the evil that men do

37years?

So American justice system only needed a witness account to convict one for murder?

She lied abi?

Forbes his name done enter forbe list at last,US will compensate him big time.

Incarceration for 37good years?
Damn!

That witness if still alive should be sentenced to imprisonment for life for telling falsehood and the freed prisoner be made the attorney general of his state. he will know how to fix the Justice system

Men are indeed becoming Endangered Species.

Zzor and fat2001 will never come to this thread to cry gender base violence.
Any man that prioritize a woman happiness over his own is digging his grave.

racist. if the man is white the story will be different.

Zzor and fat2001 will never come to this thread to cry gender base violence.Any man that prioritize a woman happiness over his own is digging his grave.

Aonkuuse:
This life no balance

At all....

If e balance our no1 citizen for be like no195,432,432 citizen

Arewa247:
racist. if the man is white the story will be different.

The way u cry racism eh... people will think black in US are saint.

falcon01:
The witness is going straight to jail

How?

Racism at its peak . if it was a white man, this wouldnt happen. Imagine, all the years wasted .

SmartyPants:


How?

you know better smart pants

BadBradley:
So American justice system only needed a witness account to convict one for murder?

well he's black and it happened 37 years ago.

Watch this movie series for "FOR LIFE" , it's about a prisoner who didn't commit the crime he is in prison for, exactly what the man passed thtough.(50 cent also starred in the movie).

If I be the man I go kill the witness, the judge and the officers wey dey involved for the case. Like what do u expect me to come and do again? After wasting all my best years in a prison cell. This man was a student for Christ sake. In the words of chance the rapper "justice for all just ain't specific enough".

I know he would be black...the system is against em blacks

EmmySparky:
I know he would be black...the system is against em blacks

What about the witch that falsely accused him? what system was flying over her head.

Redoil:
the evil that men do

Or women

Mel003:


The way u cry racism eh... people will think black in US are saint.

The guy you quoted was damn right, I knew before I saw his pictures that the man would be black. Many cases like that...be awakened brother, racism is alive.

My prayers for today:

O Lord, May I never be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Amen.

Aonkuuse:
This life no balance

At all

DukeJoe17:
[s]Zzor and fat2001 will never come to this thread to cry gender base violence.
Any man that prioritize a woman happiness over his own is digging his grave.[/s]

Don't ever call those monikers here, they are irrelevant.

Some people are pained over nothing, you shall be alright

noted, they are pained unsuccessful feminists that should be avoided,
[quote author=lkillbrokehoes post=97217073] Don't ever call those monikers here, they are irrelevant.[/quot