Ex-inmate cleared in Detroit girl’s 1996 murder
Buy Photo Lamarr Monson , hugs his mother, Delores Monson, after all charges were dismissed against him in the 1996 slaying of 12-year-old Detroiter Christina Brown . “It’s surreal. I want to give God the glory,” he said. (Photo: Photos by Clarence Tabb Jr . / The Detroit News) Buy Photo Lamarr Monson rejoiced with family members Friday as a Wayne County judge exonerated him in a 21-year-old murder case. “It’s surreal,” he said with tears in his eyes as he stood surrounded by relatives in the hallway of Frank Murphy Hall of Justice. “I want to give God the glory.” Monson’s mother, who said she always believed in her son’s innocence, shouted, “He’s free! He’s free! He’s free!” outside the courthouse as bystanders looked on with smiles. “I’m happy as I can be,” said Delores Monson. Monson spent more than 20 years in prison in the 1996 slaying of a 12-year-old Detroit girl, Christina Brown. Judge Shannon Walker of Wayne County Circuit Court dismissed a first- degree murder charge a...