William Harvey and Chet Romatowski

The civil rights lawsuit filed in 2022 by wrongfully convicted brothers Melvin and George DeJesus against  William Harvey, a former sergeant at the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, and retired polygraph examiner Chester Romatowski, continues to crawl through the legal system in Michigan.  The brothers spent 25 years in prison and were exonerated.  They allege key evidence was falsified and withheld to secure their convictions, and hope to prevent what happened to them from happening to others.

Harvey and Romatowski’s motion for summary judgment was argued in federal court last week.

https://www.law360.com/articles/2454778/ex-cop-examiner-fight-brothers-wrongful-conviction-suit

Press coverage of the lawsuit in 2022:

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2022/11/29/wrongfully-convicted-brothers-sue-for-125m-after-25-years-in-prison/69685727007/

Surely there is a question of fact precluding summary judgment in this case, where the good old boys play games in places like Oakland County.

“Shit we, you don’t understand how close we all were.”

I will keep an eye out for the ruling to see if the judge takes this case away from jury consideration.