U-M Law Clinic Sues When Detroit Police Department Can't Afford To Access Old Reports

Lawsuit: Detroit Police Lost Access To Crucial Records Because Of Unpaid Storage Bill

By John Counts

The City of Detroit lost access to records of murders and other crimes that occurred before 2004 because it failed to pay its bill to a storage company, the Michigan Innocence Clinic alleges in a lawsuit.

The clinic, a center within the University of Michigan Law School that investigates cases that may have resulted in a wrongful conviction, is in the process of settling a suit that alleges the Detroit Police Department violated the Freedom of Information Act nine times in the past year.

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