Police cover-up, prosecutor misconduct claims could lead to new trial for 3 in prison since 1996

Source: ABC 5 - Cleveland

CLEVELAND - A hearing for a new trial for three Cleveland men convicted of murder will include claims that a former Cuyahoga County prosecutor and East Cleveland Police withheld key evidence that resulted in a wrongful conviction.

The Ohio Innocence Project took on the case on behalf of Eugene Johnson, Derrick Wheat and laurese Glover, who were convicted murdering a 19-year-old following a 1995 shooting.

All three insisted they were innocent during the trial and have remained in prison for almost 20 years for a crime they say they did not commit.

According to court documents filed in the case, attorneys with the Innocence Project are expected to argue that new evidence has surfaced—including new eyewitnesses—after being withheld for decades.

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