QUOTE OF THE DAY: "“This has been 12 and half years coming, we have been waiting for this; Mike has been waiting for this and he is just he is such a good man, he is such a good father and this is the happy day that we’ve been waiting for for so long,” said Adam Frank, Clark’s defense attorney."
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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "After charges were filed against Woods, Clark filed a Motion for Relief, citing misconduct from Woods, juror misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel. Until Monday, he had been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. District Court Judge Nancy Woodruff Salomone ordered the conviction be vacated on Friday and reinstituted a bond of $100,000. She set a status conference on June 6 to decide the next steps in the case."
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GIST: "A man convicted of first-degree murder in 2012 had his conviction vacated last week, and after posting bond on Monday, he walked out of jail for a second chance.
Michael Clark was sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1994 shooting death of Marty Grisham, 48, who was killed at his apartment while having dinner with his girlfriend, according to police. Clark was arrested in 2012 in connection to the case.
“I’m grateful for them, for Amy, for our other daughter, (for) their love and support. Adam’s support and tenacity and everybody that stuck with us over the years and believed in me and believed in us and helped Amy to raise them the amazing kids that they are,” Michael Clark said after he was released, referencing his family and attorney.
The Twentieth Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a release last week that a DNA swab in the case had been originally tested by Yvonne “Missy” Woods, a former forensic scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation who is now facing over 100 charges after “anomalies” were discovered in her DNA testing and analysis for criminal cases.
“This has been 12 and half years coming, we have been waiting for this; Mike has been waiting for this and he is just he is such a good man, he is such a good father and this is the happy day that we’ve been waiting for for so long,” said Adam Frank, Clark’s defense attorney.
The DA’s office said Woods provided the first analysis of DNA from Grisham’s death and said the DNA belonged to Clark, resulting in his arrest and conviction. Woods worked for CBI for nearly 30 years, and prosecutors are worried further cases will be impacted.
“I’m just so grateful to be here and be with them and move on with our lives,” Clark said, referencing his family.
After charges were filed against Woods, Clark filed a Motion for Relief, citing misconduct from Woods, juror misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel. Until Monday, he had been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
District Court Judge Nancy Woodruff Salomone ordered the conviction be vacated on Friday and reinstituted a bond of $100,000. She set a status conference on June 6 to decide the next steps in the case.
At the time of the murder, Clark was 19 years old. He was an acquaintance of Grisham’s daughter, according to police."
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FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
