Charges dismissed in 2003 slaying; man released from prison
Source: Associated Press
Corey Williams, Associated Press
Updated 2:57 pm CDT, Wednesday, August 15, 2018
DETROIT (AP) — A 36-year-old Detroit man who spent 15 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit has been released from prison — on his birthday.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said a review determined that Aaron Salter's case was primarily based on mistaken identification. Charges have been dismissed.
Salter left the prison in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on Wednesday with defense attorneys. He told The Associated Press in a phone interview that he's "got a lot more living to do."
The 2003 shooting left a 31-year-old man dead and two men wounded. One of the wounded men claimed at trial that he was able to identify Salter as a suspect in the shooting.
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Aaron Salter
Wrongly convicted man released after nearly 15 years in prison
James David Dickson, The Detroit News
Published 12:42 p.m. ET Aug. 15, 2018 | Updated 2:22 p.m. ET Aug. 15, 2018
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The victim, authorities learned, did not know the shooter. It was dark and the victim could only see the suspects through a privacy screen, and only for a moment, while trying to flee, with his back turned.
The victim described Salter as a black male, about 26, 5-foot-7, about 160 pounds, with low cut hair. Salter is 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds and was back home on summer vacation from college.
In three photo arrays, the victim, now 39, picked three people who resembled the shooters.
"He acknowledged not ever being sure of his identification of Aaron Salter," Worthy's statement read, and even the officer in charge of the case called in "very weak" in recent interviews.
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