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Date: 06-06-2023
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Judge: Philip D. Schaefer
Court: Judith B. Ketchum
Plaintiff's Attorney: Judith B. Ketchum
Defendant's Attorney: Public Defender's Office
Description: Kalamazoo, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of murder.
Jeff Edward Titus was accused of killing two Michigan hunters in 1990.
Doug Estes and Jim Bennett were fatally shot near Titus’ rural property in 1990.
Titus was hunting deer 27 miles at the time but he was still charged.
Outcome: Defendants was found guilty and was sentenced to prison.
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Comments: Research by the Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan found exculpatory evidence in a file in the Sheriff's office which pointed to Thomas Dillion of Magnolia, Ohio, as the perpetrator. Titus was released after having service 21 years in prison.
Titus could be eligible for more than $1 million under a state program that compensates the wrongly convicted.
Titus was represented on his efforts to be exonerated by Mary Chartier.