Published on:
May 21, 2026
Long novels teach us patience: endure enough chapters and eventually the villains get their comeuppance. Civil rights cases are less reliable in this regard. Accountability often arrives late, diluted, or not at all. But the Sixth Circuit recently offered a rare exception: affirming a $10 million judgment for prosecutorial misconduct in Detroit, where a man was framed and wrongfully spent years behind bars.
The case is Ansari v. Jimenez, No. 24-1743 (6th Cir., May 14, 2026).
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