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State Police must rean­a­lyze Detroit’s mis­han­dled evidence

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says her office has iden­ti­fied 147 cases of con­victed and impris­oned peo­ple that will require the retest­ing of evi­dence as part of the inves­ti­ga­tion into the now-closed Detroit police crime lab — unveil­ing the first of poten­tially thou­sands of cases that are at

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DETROIT (AP) — Authorities have iden­ti­fied 147 cases of con­victed and impris­oned peo­ple that will require retest­ing of evi­dence as part of a search for cases where the now-shuttered Detroit police lab may have mis­judged results.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy told the Detroit Free Press for a story Sunday the num­ber rep­re­sents the “tip

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