A Detroit man whose murder conviction was based on coerced witness statements from a disgraced former homicide detective has been exonerated and freed after nearly 30 years in prison.
Roy Blackmon is at least the sixth person to be freed because of the misconduct of retired Det. Barbara Simon, whose coercive actions were reported extensively by Metro Times in 2024.
Roy Blackmon walked free Tuesday, 27 years to the day after a jury convicted him of second-degree murder, felony firearm, and two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm in a 1998 Detroit shooting that left one man dead and two others wounded…