Improper conduct: how undisclosed evidence can put Ohioans behind bars
Michael Buehner served 12 years of an 18-to-life prison sentence for murder before finding evidence that would support his innocence claim — evidence that Cuyahoga County prosecutors in Ohio withheld from him and his attorneys.
He lost two appeals and was starting to lose hope when, one day, a friend visited him in prison, armed with a stack of police reports.