At 20 years old, Quinton Jones-Whitaker was sentenced to 12 and a half to 22 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
On Tuesday, 12 and a half years later, his convictions for carjacking, armed robbery, and felony firearm possession were vacated by the Third Circuit Court of Michigan with the help of the Michigan Innocence Clinic and the Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU).
“It was an emotional rollercoaster because it was like finally somebody trying to help me,” said Jones-Whitaker, who is now 33…