SERVE.
HOW MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
TROOPERS ARE BEING RECEIVED HERE
AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
>> Carmen: AND DAVONTAE SANFORD
GETS THE GUARANTEE HE WAS
FIGHTING FOR.
>> Devin: SOMEONE MAY STILL BE
HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIME HE
SPENT IN PRISON, BUT THE LEGAL
ORDEAL IS FINALLY OVER.
>> Carmen: IT BEGAN ON DECEMBER
17th, 2007 WHEN FOUR PEOPLE WERE
KILLED IN DETROIT.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR, DAVONTAE
SANFORD PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDER
AND SENT TO PRISON.
AFTER SOMEONE ELSE WAS LINKED TO
THAT QUADRUPLE HOMICIDE, HIS
CONVICTIONS WERE THROWN OUT AND
HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON JUST
OVER A MONTH AGO.
PAULA TUTMAN SPOKE WITH HIM A
SHORT TIME AGO AND JOINS US WITH
THE REASON BEHIND TODAY'S RULING
IMPORTANT.
PAULA?
>> Paula: HEY GUYS, HIS CRIMINAL
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARE OVER AT
THIS POINT.
FOR THE MANY CONVERSATIONS I'VE
HAD WITH DAVONTAE SANFORD, ONE
OF THE THINGS HE HAS MAINTAINED,
MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM IN ORDER
TO MOVE ON WITH HIS LIFE, THAT
THE CHARGES BE OFFICIALLY
DROPPED, AND THAT DID HAPPEN
TODAY.
ACCORDING TO ONE OF HIS
VICTIM.
TODAY, HE RACED TO GET TO SCHOOL
TO CONTINUE HIS LIFE AND
BELIEVES HIS LIFE ACTUALLY
STARTS OVER TODAY.
>> I'M HAPPY TO FINALLY GO.
THERE.
>> Paula: TODAY, ALL MURDER
CHARGES WERE DROPPED AGAINST
DAVONTAE SANFORD WHO WAS
CONVICTED OF FOUR GRUESOME
MURDERS AND WRONGFULLY SENT TO
PRISON FOR 9 YEARS AT THE AGE OF
DURING OUR NUMEROUS SIT-DOWN
INTERVIEWS, HE TOLD ME HAVING
BEEN WAITING FOR.
>> HAVING THE CHARGES HANGING
OVER MY HEAD IS LIKE, IT'S LIKE
I CAME HOME WITH CHAINS ON.
IT FEELS LIKE SOMETIMES I'VE
STILL GOT CHAINS ON.
>> Paula: BUT THERE IS STILL
AMBIGUITY.
THIS CASE IS THICK WITH
SPECULATION, CONJECTURE,
CONFUSION, AND UNANSWER
QUESTIONS, F THINNER ON
EVIDENCE.
THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT GUN
RESIDUE ON THE SLACKS OF
DAVONTAE.
BILL GOODMAN SAID WE'RE
CONFIDENT HE WAS SET UP AND
FRAMED AND WE'RE CERTAIN WE CAN
PROVE THAT AND WILL.
HE WAS INNOCENT.
HE WAS FRAMED BY CERTAIN POLICE
OFFICERS, AND WE PLAN TO PROVE
THIS WITH CIVIL LITIGATION.
FO DAVONTAE'S PART, TODAY HE
WAS ALL GRINS.
HIS MOTHER HAS ALL FIVE OF THE
CHILDREN UNDER ONE ROOF.
HE WAS LEAVING THE FAMILY HOME
BECAUSE HE HAS SCHOOL TO GET TO
AND A G.E.D. TO GET.
NOW HE CAN CROSS STATE BORDERS
WITHOUT FEAR, AND HE HAS ONE
THING ON HIS MIND.
ARE YOU GOING TO CEDAR POINT?
>> YEAH, I'M ON MY WAY TO SCHOOL
NOW, THOUGH.
THEN CEDAR POINT.
>> Paula: YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S
ANOTHER THING THAT'S A CONSTANT
POINT.
HE WENT INTO THE ADULT PRISON
SYSTEM AT AGE 14.
HE'S NEVER BEEN TO CEDAR POINT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS
BEEN VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO
FORWARD TO THAT.
I REACHED OUT TO THE WAYNE
COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
THEY WERE VERY QUICK TO POINT
OUT THAT THEY INDEED ASKED FOR
THE DISMISSAL OF THE CHARGES.
BEYOND THAT, NO NEW COMMENTS
FROM PROSECUTOR KYM WORTHY.
AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT IS
CIVIL ATTORNEY, YES, INDEED.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CIVIL
PROCEEDINGS, HE IS INDEED MAKING
CIVIL CHARGES, AND THAT'S
ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS STORY THAT
WE WILL INDEED FOLLOW.
AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO GET
SCHOOL.
HE HAS BEEN GETTING ON WITH HIS