- Jeff Titus, who spent over two decades wrongly imprisoned for the 1990 murders of two Michigan hunters, has agreed to a $5.25 million settlement.
- His release in 2023 and the overturning of his murder convictions followed accusations that police failed to disclose evidence that could have exonerated him.
- The University of Michigan's Innocence Clinic and investigators prompted authorities to acknowledge that an Ohio serial killer, Thomas Dillon, might have been the actual perpetrator.
- Dillon, who died in prison in 2011, had previously pleaded guilty to killing five people in Ohio who were engaged in outdoor activities.
- The lawsuit centred on police violating Titus's rights by not sharing information that could have cast doubt on a key witness's testimony, rather than directly on Dillon as an alternate suspect.
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