Criminal Law
Murder Charges Are Dismissed Against a Man Who Spent 15 Years in Prison
Murder charges were dismissed Thursday against a man who spent 15 years in prison for the fire-related deaths of five children in suburban Detroit, the climax of an investigation that found misconduct by police and prosecutors.
Juwan Deering will not face a second trial, Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald said. A judge granted her request to close the case a week after Deering’s convictions and life sentences were thrown out at her urging.
Wearing a three-piece suit, Deering, 50, walked into court shackled at the waist but departed as a free man with no restraints.
