Prosecutor backs off Detroit man's 4 murder convictions

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

DETROIT -- A judge on Tuesday threw out the murder convictions of a young Detroit man who pleaded guilty to killing four people at age 14, a turnaround in a case that has been in doubt for years after a professional hit man stepped forward and took responsibility for the slayings at a drug den.

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