Williams was convicted of homicide and arson in connection with a 2012 fire on Fielding Street in Detroit that claimed the lives of 67-year-old Bobby Cross and 42-year-old Daryl Simms. In 2024, his ...

(CBS DETROIT) - A Detroit man who has spent the last 11 years in prison will be released after a judge vacated his convictions and sentences, officials said. Duane Williams, 53, was convicted of ...

Duane Smith, commonly known as Duane Williams, filed a civil lawsuit July 22 in U.S. District Court in Detroit over his wrongful conviction. Smith was charged, convicted in 2012 house fire that ...

DETROIT, MI — A man once sentenced to life in prison will go free this week after 11 years behind bars because a Wayne County judge vacated his convictions and sentences, officials said. Duane ...

Duane Williams said even though he's been out of prison for months, serving 11 years for a crime he didn't commit continues to haunt him. The Detroit resident recalled he was out of town recently and ...