In 1984 at the age of 20 years old, Darrell Siggers was convicted of first degree murder and sent to prison for a crime he did not commit. While in prison Darrell educated himself and began to learn the law. Darrell maintained his innocence from the beginning.

After filing numerous appeals in 2017, Prosecutor Kym Worthy created the Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) and appointed attorney Valerie Newman as the CIU Director. Ms. Newman and the CIU team headed by Prosecutor Worthy began investigating numerous cases, including Darrell’s. After 6 months, with the recommendation of Director Newman, Prosecutor Worthy vacated Darrell’s conviction and dismissed all charges based on new evidence of his innocence and police misconduct.

Since coming home from prison at the age of 55, Darrell has had the honor of speaking at every major university in the State of Michigan about wrongful convictions and is working with students and faculty on criminal justice reforms. He has written a book called, “What you Need To Know Before Hiring A Lawyer And What You Need To Know Before Filing An Appeal.”

He has created a business called Legal Access Plus to help incarcerated men and women obtain documents and evidence needed to challenge their convictions. Darrell believes in giving back to our community and those incarcerated (“the least of these”) as stated in our Bible.