(CBS DETROIT) – Protesters gathered outside the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office Wednesday, demanding that Prosecutor Kym Worthy launch an investigation into all cases handled by a retired Detroit Police Department homicide detective who has been accused of improper conduct during investigations.
One case involved Mark Craighead, who served seven years in prison and was exonerated in 2003, 13 years after he was released on parole in 2009.
The judge who tossed that conviction, Wayne Circuit Court Shannon Walker, said the conduct of lead investigator Barbara Simon showed a pattern of lying and coercing false confessions…