Corey McCall was 22 years old when he was charged with a 2005 home invasion in Benton Harbor that left three people dead and a fourth wounded. The surviving victim initially told investigators that the attackers wore ski masks and that he could not identify them. He later identified one participant, Andrew Miller, but failed to identify McCall when shown a photographic lineup containing his picture. Several weeks later, the surviving victim identified McCall during a physical lineup, saying he recognized McCall primarily by his body shape. No fingerprints, DNA, or other physical evidence from the house or vehicle connected McCall to the crime. Prosecutors also presented evidence of gunshot residue on a coat McCall was wearing when arrested, although witnesses had not identified the coat as clothing worn during the crime and testimony established that McCall and others regularly exchanged clothing. McCall told police that he had been at a nearby Walmart around the time of the shootings. His attorney was unable to confirm the account because the store’s surveillance video had already been erased, and employees testified that they could not locate the purchases McCall described. He was convicted in November 2005 of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of assault with intent to commit murder and received three life sentences. In 2020, the Michigan Attorney General’s Conviction Integrity Unit and the Cooley Law School Innocence Project reinvestigated the case. Miller admitted participating in the home invasion, identified three other accomplices, and stated that McCall was not involved. Evidence connected those men to property stolen from the house, the murder weapon, and telephone calls made after the crime. The reinvestigation also determined that the shootings occurred earlier than prosecutors had alleged, during a period for which trial testimony supported McCall’s alibi. Investigators obtained a Walmart transaction record showing the purchase of baby formula, candy, and a soft drink, corroborating details McCall had provided to police years earlier. In June 2021, prosecutors and McCall’s attorneys jointly requested that his convictions be vacated and all charges dismissed. McCall was released after spending nearly 16 years wrongfully incarcerated. (National Registry of Exonerations)