Detroit man whose confession to 1999 murder was coerced by rogue cop has conviction overturned
DNA
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area judge erased a 1999 murder conviction Tuesday of a man who was serving a life prison sentence after prosecutors acknowledged his confession was coerced by a rogue police officer. In addition, recent DNA testing “further supports the lack of any evidence” connecting George Calicut Jr. to the murder of Virgie Perkins at her Detroit home, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office and his lawyers said. Calicut, 56, has been in prison for more than 25 years. He has long
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