Innocence Clinic is helping exonerate a man more than 22 years after he was convicted of wrongful murder

In 2002, partly because of police corruption, Hill was convicted of two murders he did not commit. Wayne County Judge Patricia Fresard dismissed the charges on Oct. 23 following an investigation by the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Conviction Integrity Unit.

Prosecutors have said they will not retry Hill.

“For nearly 23 years, I have had to live with the reality of the nightmare that I could die in prison as an innocent man based on misconduct and corruption in the Detroit Police Department, namely Sergeant Walter Bates,” Hill said.

“I'm happy to be a free man today, but I'm so sad for all the innocent men I'm leaving behind in prison. I am also very saddened that the victims’ families lost their loved ones and were lied to that I was the guy who killed them.”

Hill is the 44th wrongfully convicted person to be released through the work of the Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School.

Jenna Cobb, co-director of the Michigan Innocence Clinic, said: “We thank the Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit for recognizing this terrible injustice and agreeing to release Mr. Hill after more than 22 years of wrongful incarceration for a murder he did not commit committed.”