- Description: Exoneree. A Baltimore man freed in 2016, after ten years in prison. Bill Ritz was lead detective and Kirk Hastings was also involved.
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Ezra Mable was convicted of murder and released after ten years in prison following a postconviction appeal. Bill Ritz investigated the case, and he and Detective Kirk Hastings were both named in a lawsuit brought by Mable. Mable claimed that police ignored multiple witnesses and tips pointing to another suspect, co-erced witnesses to testify and “lost” physical evidence.