DETROIT (FOX 2) - Gilbert Lee Poole Jr. has been in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of a murder in 1989, but he will soon be free after his sentence was vacated thanks to advancements in DNA technology.Poole was accused of stabbing Robert Mejia to death in Pontiac on June 7, 1988.
Mejia was last seen leaving a bar, and witnesses had provided a description of the person he was with to police. Composite sketches of the man were published in a newspaper, but there were no leads until the fall.Related: Michigan had 2nd highest number of wrongful conviction exonerations in 2020In November 1988, Poole's then-girlfriend said he committed the crime.