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Man wrongly convicted of killing 2 Michigan hunters in 1990 agrees to $5.25M settlement
Jeff Titus was freed in 2023 after nearly 21 years in prison, and prosecutors later erased his murder convictions over withheld evidence claims.
- On Monday, Jeff Titus agreed to a $5.25 million settlement for his wrongful conviction, having spent nearly 21 years in prison after alleging police withheld evidence that could have aided his defense.
- Doug Estes and Jim Bennett were fatally shot near Titus' property in Kalamazoo County in 1990; although investigators initially cleared him, prosecutors filed murder charges 12 years later, portraying him as a hothead.
- Students at The Innocence Clinic and investigators Jacinda Davis and Susan Simpson discovered a 30-page file at the county sheriff's office linking the crimes to Ohio serial killer Thomas Dillon.
- Prosecutors requested erasure of Titus' murder convictions in 2023, and attorney Wolf Mueller stated the settlement allows him to "put this part of his life behind him."
- While the lawsuit centered on police failure to disclose evidence, Thomas Dillon died in prison in 2011; the case underscores media investigations through Undisclosed and Investigation Discovery in raising doubts about Titus' guilt.
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A man who was wrongfully convicted of the murder of two hunters in Michigan and spent more than twenty years in prison has reached a settlement with the justice department. He will receive $5.25 million (€4.51 million) in damages.
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