GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Gwen Graham, convicted of five first-degree murders in the deaths of elderly patients at Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Walker nearly 40 years ago, is asking Michigan’s governor for clemency, arguing he never committed the crimes at all.
Graham is currently serving a life sentence with no possibility of parole. At the time of the crimes and trial, Graham identified as a woman and went by the name Gwendolyn. He now lives as a transgender man.
The Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School filed the 642-page petition on Graham’s behalf in March 2025. WZZM 13 obtained the petition from Graham’s attorney, who confirmed its filing…