All NRE reports represent a moment in time. Loving grandfather of Shana and Carrie . Five months later, in August 2015, authorities identified another suspect, Daniel Furlong, after Furlong was arrested on suspicion of luring and assaulting a 10-year-old girl who escaped. After spending 11 months in jail awaiting trial and facing a potential life sentence, McCann pled no contest to the count involving the Tumble Dam. New evidence proved him innocent in the case and a St. Joseph County Prosecutor dismissed the charges. You may be included in this settlement if you bought certain Coffee-Mate powder creamers (listed on the settlement site) between January 1, 2017 and December 8, 2022. In re the Marriage of RAYMOND C. and KATHLEEN D. McCANN. Under terms of the settlement announced today, McCann admits no wrongdoing or liability. New York has agreed to pay at least $21,500 to each of the hundreds of demonstrators at a 2020 George Floyd protest in the Bronx who were "arrested, detained, and/or subjected to force by police . He became a person of interest after he was one of several people to suggest searching the local cemetery. Second, further investigation and a closer look at the video revealed that video camera could not have captured McCanns car because the cameras were not facing the direction of the path to the Tumble Dam. Today he acted honorably in placing his duty to seek justice ahead of his desire to preserve a wrongful conviction.. One of the perjury counts stemmed from McCanns testimony that he had searched for Parrack at the Tumble Dam, a ruin where Constantine kids often hung out. You can see it in their eyes. The girl got away and led authorities back to Daniel Furlong. That scared Ray to death, Swygert says. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. A man who was exonerated after spending nearly two years in prison for a murder he didnt commit is suing the officers who made the case against him. On December 7, 2017, St. Joseph County, Michigan Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Stutesman signed an order today granting Raymond McCann IIs motion to vacate his 2015 perjury conviction. In 2012, with the investigation going cold, the Michigan State Police detective told one of McCanns relatives that he wanted to see McCann locked up to increase the pressure on him toconfess. The detective also told lies about McCann to his family members and friends, going so far as to tell McCanns teenage son that McCann was a drug addict, in an apparent attempt to turn his family and friends against him and get McCann to confess. Loving step-father of Mark (Lori) Subelsky and Steven (Shelley) Subelsky. The motion was filed by theCenter on Wrongful Convictionsat Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and theMichigan Innocence Clinicat the University of Michigan Law School, and was joined by St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough, who stipulated that the motion should be granted and the charges dropped. McCann said under oath that he had parked at the trailhead and was prepared to search for Parrack there when he got a call and went elsewhere. Again, McCann refused to falsely confess to knowing Furlong. Steven DrizinAttorney at Northwesterns Center on Wrongful Convictions, This was one of the worst cases of police tunnel vision Ive ever seen.. After McCann was paroled from prison, Ken Kolker, a television reporter from WOODTV in Grand Rapids, contacted CWC attorney Steven Drizin and asked him to evaluate the interrogations of McCann. I lost a lot, says McCann, a father of two and grandfather of two who works at an aluminum factory. McCann was a reserve police officer that was charged with five counts of perjury, arising out of a 2007 murder case. Ray McCann said his constitutional rights were violated by various police officers in St. Joseph County. Police questioned him nearly two dozen times over five years. We are grateful to John McDonough, said Gregory Swygert, the lead attorney from the Center on Wrongful Convictions team. He was sentenced to 20 months in prison in 2015. These discoveries made it clear that the Michigan State Police detective, who had accused McCann of lying, had testified falsely about the video to Prosecutor McDonough. Report an error or add more information about this case. The whole town suspected him of doing it, and its hard to reconcile that.. The detective also told lies about McCann to his family members and friends, going so far as to tell McCanns teenage son that McCann was a drug addict, in an apparent attempt to turn his family and friends against him and get McCann to confess. Loving step-father of Mark (Lori) Subelsky and Steven (Shelley) Subelsky. He told authorities he saw Parrack riding her bike while he was cleaning his garage and asked her to help. It was a long process. Raymond McCann II is one of three men getting a total of $2.32 million through Michigan's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act. The Michigan State Police detective testified under oath that video footage from a surveillance camera on a nearby factory proved McCann was never there that night. The website is updated daily, frequently with exonerations that occurred in the past. This was one of the worst cases of police tunnelvision Ive ever seen, said Drizin. The girl got away and led authorities back to Daniel Furlong. After spending 11 months in jail awaiting trial and facing a potential life sentence, McCann pleaded no contest to the count involving the Tumble Dam, believing he had no chance of acquittal if there was a video that contradicted his recollection, especially in a community convinced he had murdered Jodi Parrack. information about the Registry, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense. Here the tunnel vision had such momentum that even after DNA and Furlongs confession completely exonerating Ray, it still took years and the force of two law school legal clinics to finally have his conviction vacated, Swygert said. The big break in the case came as a result of brilliant work on the part of the Michigan Law students, said Swygert. McCANN-Raymond B. on March 9, 2012. The National Registry of Exonerations is a project of the Newkirk Center for Science & Society at University of California Irvine, the University of Michigan Law School and Michigan State University College of Law. In March 2016, lawyers and students from both projects launched a re-investigation in the case. Even my sister turned against me at the time, he says. I have a lot of nightmares. In fact, even after Furlong was identified by DNA evidence as the killer, the authorities went to McCanns prison and tried to pressure him into admitting that he and Furlong were accomplices. Investigators identified McCann as a suspect despite the fact his DNA did not match the DNA found on her body. What they did to me was wrong, completely. If she wasnt found there, wed just continue to look, he tells PEOPLE now. All the investigators employers are also defendants in the case. Its scary. A Michigan State Police detective falsely told McCann they had evidence tying him to the murder, including that McCanns DNA was on Parracks body and Parracks DNA was in McCanns truck -- neither of which were true. Mr. McCanns case marks the Center on Wrongful Convictions third partnership with the Michigan Innocence Clinic, all of which have resulted in exonerations. He currently is serving a sentence of 30 to 60 years in prison. One of the perjury counts stemmed from McCanns testimony that he had searched for Parrack at the Tumble Dam, a ruin where Constantine kids often hung out. Furlong, who lived in Constantine at the time of Parracks murder, eventually admitted killing Parrack eight years earlier, and a subsequent DNA test on Furlong matched DNA found on Parrack. For the most accurate data, please search on the Detailed View page. Raymond McCann charged with perjury in connection with murder of Jodi Parrack McCann, 46, had been deemed a 'person of interest' by police Jodi, 11, was murdered in Michigan in 2007 after. Furlong, who lived in Constantine at the time of Parracks murder, eventually admitted to killing Parrack eight years earlier, and a subsequent DNA test on Furlong matched that found on Parrack. on our list, Other The threat of a life sentence for what could simply be differing recollections is too strong a tool for prosecutors and could lead to further wrongful convictions. On Friday, Raymond McCann II filed a federal lawsuit against the estate of the late former Constantine Police Chief James Bedell, Constantine Officer Marcus Donker, Michigan State Police. McCann understands that some people may still hold the allegation against him. Case marks third with Michigan Innocence Clinic, all result in exonerations, From left to right: Amanda Kenner, James Mestichelli, David Moran, Raymond McCann, Greg Swygert, Rebecca Wyss. McCann denied any role in the 2007 death of Parrack, but he was interviewed 20 times by state and local police in St. Joseph County. The Registry also maintains a more limited database of known exonerations prior to 1989. Parracks body was found there a short time later. Id definitely like to get back into coaching, he says. He is seeking an unspecified amount in damages. Even Judge Stutesman, who accepted the plea and sentenced Ray has said the law is terrible.. McCanns exoneration marks the end of a nightmare that began on November 8, 2007, when 11-year-old Jodi Parrack was reported missing in the small town of Constantine, Michigan. On the day Parrack went missing, McCann who knew the victim and her family well told at least four people that they should search the local cemetery, a suggestion also made by others. The detective then persuaded the county prosecutor to issue a subpoena to require McCann to testify under oath concerning his whereabouts at the time of Parracks disappearance. While elated that his legal nightmare is finally over, McCann is still trying to put the pieces of his life back together. He was sentenced to 20 months in prison in 2015. The detective also told lies about McCann to his family members and friends, even telling McCanns teenage son that McCann was a drug addict, in an apparent attempt to turn his family and friends against him and get McCann to confess. RAYMOND MCCANN OBITUARY. We are grateful to John McDonough, said Gregory Swygert, lead attorney from the Center on Wrongful Convictions team. Raymond Stanley Mccann was born in 1953. McCannbecame "person of interest" in case after helping to find victims body. An exonerated Michigan man who spent 45 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit has been awarded $1.5 million in compensation. Man Halts His Murder Trial, Confesses to Killing Teen Girl After Valentine's Dance 47 Years Ago, videotape of his confession obtained by WOODTV. He became a person of interest in the case after he was one of several people to suggest searching the local cemetery. Contract Concerns: Did St. Joseph County overpay for County-City Building security? Despite intense pressure, McCann insisted he was innocent. After spending 11 months in jail awaiting trial and facing a potential life sentence, McCann pled no contest to the count involving the Tumble Dam, believing that he had no chance of being acquitted if there was a video that contradicted his recollection, especially in a community that was convinced he had murdered Jodi Parrack. McCanns case marks the Center on Wrongful Convictions third partnership with the Michigan Innocence Clinic, all of which have resulted in exonerations. Constantine police officers and detectives from a Michigan State Police task force questioned McCann nearly two dozen times over nearly five years after Parracks body was discovered. Chicago, IL 60611-3069 When I got out of prison, I went through a lot of depression wondering why this happened, he says. Loving father of Mary, Eileen, Kathleen (Ed), Delores (Jim), Raymond (Teresa) & Gerard (Maria). Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter. Despite intense pressure, McCann insisted he was innocent. The Michigan State Police detective testified under oath that video footage from a surveillance camera on a nearby factory proved McCann was never there that night. Raymond G. McCann, a former New York City firefighter and president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians Nassau County Board, died on Dec. 11 following complications from a surgical procedure. Get the latest stories from Northwestern Now sent directly to your inbox. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, names the estate of the late former Constantine Police Chief James Bedell, Constantine officer Marcus Donker, St. Joseph County Sheriffs Detective Sgt. Please enable scripts and reload this page. McCann now says he felt no choice but to serve his time, while maintaining his innocence as authorities continued to assume he was involved even as another man eventually confessed to the crime. Drizin recruited his colleagues Greg Swygert and Megan Crane from the Center on Wrongful Convictions, and students Courtney Cronin and Caroline McMahon, to work on the case and approached David Moran, the Director of the Michigan Innocence Clinic, to see if he was interested in partnering. While McCann was in prison, a man named Daniel Furlong attempted to abduct another young girl in nearby White Pigeon, Michigan. He was 78. Ilana Braverman, co-founder and COO of Greener Northwestern University and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law hosted its annual DREAM Week, commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Held on both the Evanston and Chicago 2023 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law News, Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic Hosts Mayoral Town Hall with GoodKids MadCity, Ilana Braverman, Co-Founder and COO of Greener by Default, Speaks at the Future of Innovation, Sustainability and the Law Speaker Series, Civil Rights Lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill Speaks on the Power of Making Your Voice Heard During DREAM Week Keynote. Couple Cleared of Wrongful Murder and Rape Convictions That Put Them Behind Bars for 27 Years, Kevin Strickland Exonerated After 43 Years in Prison Following Wrongful Conviction, Tx. On December 7, 2017, St. Joseph County, Michigan Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Stutesman signed an order today granting Raymond McCann IIs motion to vacate his 2015 perjury conviction. Suspicion and accusation had raised doubts, and the town and McCanns own family turned against him. He filed a lawsuit last week in federal court. 1603 Orrington Avenue When the girls body was found at the cemetery, authorities pointed fingers back in McCanns direction. Police continued to pursue McCann aggressively for years even though DNA evidence found on the victim did not match McCann. I lost my family, I lost my son Ive only seen him three times since I got out. He missed a grandchilds birth, and his sons high school graduation. McCanns victory working with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern Universitys Pritzker School of Law and the Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School clears a man whom authorities openly accused and jailed in the stated hope that he would crack and admit involvement. Constantine police officers and detectives from a Michigan State Police task force questioned McCann nearly two dozen times over nearly five years after Parracks body was discovered. I felt like I was set up from day one.. It took him 10 years to prove it. The girl got away and led authorities back to Daniel Furlong, who lived in Constantine at the time of Parracks murder. He lost his job, was estranged from his son and his wife divorced him.. He told investigators he did not know McCann. McCann served 20 months in jail and prison after feeling pressured to plead no contest to perjury. Again, McCann refused to falsely confess to knowing Furlong. The murder of Jodi Parrack has been a subject of ongoing investigation and debate in Michigan since the 11-year-old was murdered in November of 2007. McCann had said hed briefly stopped that night to search at a trailhead near a ruin where kids often hung out, and then he was called away. He became a person of interest in the case after he was one of several people to suggest searching the local cemetery. In 2012, the Michigan State Police persuaded the county prosecutor to issue a subpoena to require McCann to testify under oath concerning his whereabouts at the time of Parracks disappearance. McCann, 47, pleaded no contest in February to one count of perjury for lies he told under oath in September 2012 during the Michigan State Police investigation of the 2007 slaying of 11-year-old. For more recent information, visit The other exonerated clients include Jamie Peterson (Kalkaska County) and Davontae Sanford (Wayne County). Ill never get an apology, I dont think, he says. I was in law enforcement, and if it can happen to me, it can happen to anybody, he says. McCann said under oath that he had parked at the trailhead and was prepared to search for Parrack there when he got a call and went elsewhere. He filed a lawsuit last week in federal court. While McCann was in prison, a man named Daniel Furlong attempted to abduct another young girl in nearby White Pigeon, Michigan. the city's database of civilian complaints against the NYPD, the department is not forthcoming despite, Read more about what weve included in the database and why, see our answers to questions we have received about this data, downloadable from ProPublicas Data Store, Abuse of Authority: Threat To Damage/Seize Property. Nov 30, 2015 40 Dislike Share WOOD TV8 170K subscribers A former Michigan State Police detective who came out of retirement to solve the Jodi Parrack murder said he has no regrets about how. He hopes to work to change the law that led to his wrongful conviction. Although the tactics failed to coerce Ray into making a false confession, they did succeed at ruining Rays reputation and destroying his relationships with family and friends, Swygert said. The Michigan students made two important discoveries that established there was no video evidence proving McCann had lied under oath about driving to the Tumble Dam. Mar 01, 2023. Raymond McCann served 20 months for perjury after taking a plea deal in what a federal lawsuit claims was a scheme to manufacture charges to pressure him into confessing to the 2007 murder of 11-year-old Jodi Parrack. All rights reserved. His wife divorced him. Constantine police officers and detectives from a Michigan State Police task force questioned McCann nearly two dozen times over nearly five years after Parracks body was discovered. Second, further investigation and a closer look at the video revealed that video camera could not have captured McCanns car because the cameras were not facing the direction of the path to the Tumble Dam. McCann held many command posts at the Chicago Police Department during his 33 years serving the people of Chicago. Copyright 2019 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. After McCann was paroled from prison, Ken Kolker, a television reporter from WOODTV in Grand Rapids, contacted CWC attorney Steven Drizin and asked him to evaluate the interrogations of McCann. Thiscase was the CWC's third partnership with the Michigan Innocence Clinic, all of which resulted in exonerations. cwc@law.northwestern.edu. In 2012, with the investigation going cold, the Michigan State Police detective told one of McCanns relatives that he wanted to see McCann locked up to increase the pressure on him toconfess. Under interrogation, Furlong insisted he did not know McCann and told the authorities that when he learned that McCann had been arrested, he believed he was in the clear.. Capt. These discoveries made it clear that the Michigan State Police detective, who had accused McCann of lying, had testified falsely about the video to Prosecutor McDonough. He was born January 1, 1925 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin to. He lost his position as a reserve officer. At the same time, theres a lot of people who will stop me in the streets and say, Hey, Im sorry, I crucified you before, and now I see what really happened,' he says. The conviction was thrown out in 2017 at the. Estate Settlement Guide. It was founded in 2012 in conjunction with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. The settlement agreement called for more than 300 protesters confined that day using a police tactic they referred to as . This case highlights the dangers of how strong tunnel can be. A Michigan State Police detective falsely told McCann they had evidence tying him to the murderincluding that McCanns DNA was on Parracks body and Parracks DNA was in McCanns truck. All content Copyright 2023 WBND. Despite intense pressure, McCann insisted he was innocent. He lost his job, was estranged from his son, and his wife divorced him.. The lawsuit alleges that McCann was the victim of a corrupt scheme by police. A complaint received from a civilian can include multiple allegations. Beloved husband to Doris Fay. The conviction was thrown out in 2017 at the request of a prosecutor, two years after another man confessed to killing 11-year-old Jodi Parrack. Christmas came two weeks early for Raymond McCann II when St. Joseph County, Michigan Circuit Court Judge Paul E. Stutesman signed an order today granting McCanns motion to vacate his 2012 perjury conviction. They were still sure he was involved, despite everything saying otherwise., Says McCann: They were so deep in it with me that they had to continue with it.. JOSEPH COUNTY, Mich. -- A man in St. Joseph County will be awarded approximately $40,000 for being wrongly convicted and imprisoned. But a detective claimed that surveillance video recorded from a nearby factory showed McCann was never there though the video evidence was later discredited. Ray has only stepped foot in this small town two or three times since being released, says his attorney. Police continued to pursue McCann aggressively for years even though DNA evidence found on the victim did not match McCann. . While McCann was in prison, a man named Daniel Furlong attempted to abduct another young girl in nearby White Pigeon, Michigan. A closer look at the video footage also revealed that it could not have captured McCanns car because the cameras were not facing the direction of the path to the Tumble Dam. Parracks body was found there a short time later. Ray McCann knew he had no connection to the 2007 strangulation murder of 11-year-old Jodi Parrack in the small village of Constantin, Michigan, where he was a reserve police officer. In 2014, the prosecutor charged McCann with perjury during a murder investigation, which carries a life sentence. The Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center (DPELC) continued its Future of Innovation, Sustainability and the Law Speaker Series in February. For more background information about the case, see Ken Kolkers Making a Monster on WOODTV. McCann, a reserve police officer, agreed to help participate in the search. I wasnt going to take the chance of going to trial and being charged with life. Offered a deal that would lock him up for 20 months with credit for time already served, he accepted and pleaded no contest in March 2015. Evanston, IL 60201. Raymond McCann served 20 months for perjury after taking a plea deal in what a federal lawsuit claims was a scheme to manufacture charges to pressure him into confessing to the 2007 murder of. Maybe if he sits in jail for a while, he will cooperate.. After McCann was paroled from prison, Ken Kolker, a television reporter from WOODTV in Grand Rapids, contacted Steven Drizin, an attorney at Northwesterns Center on Wrongful Convictions, and asked him to evaluate the interrogations of McCann. Under interrogation, Furlong insisted he did not know McCann and told the authorities that when he learned that McCann had been arrested, he believed that he was in the clear.. On February 11, 2015, after being in jail for nearly a year, McCann entered a no-contest plea to the perjury charge that was based on the surveillance video. McCanns criminal case was reopened after an investigation by law schools at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University. First, the students established that darkness made it impossible to tell whether McCanns car or any other specific cars were in the area near the Tumble Dam path. McCann, a reserve police officer, agreed to help participate in the search. In the meantime, he lost his job, his wife divorced him, and his son cut ties with him. Hundreds of people who were trapped, beaten, and wrongfully arrested by New York City police officers during a nonviolent 2020 racial justice protest in the Bronx will each receive $21,500 if a judge approves the terms of a settlement filed in federal court late Tuesday.
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