reporter: what was it like since you got out? heaven on earth. reporter: he s sued the city of inkster and detectives in his case and lawyers for the city did not reply to our question for comments. detectives denied coercing the witness to fabricate a story. what does this say about the criminal justice system? no one is safe. it doesn t matter what zip code you have, how much your paycheck reflects, what is your skin color. reporter: kim worthy is confident kevin harrington doesn t belong in prison and believes there are likely other kevin harringtons in every state. this work is worth it. it must be done. it must be done because we know the criminal justice system is imperfect. we can never give a person s life back but make sure they have one outside prison walls if we find there s credibility to their claim. reporter: kate snow, nbc news, detroit. when we come back, th when we come back, th e was that your great-grandmother, keeping the family together?
allowed it to. we ve moved on with our lives. we re going to continue to do that. the wayne county prosecutor kim worthy who declined date line s request for an interview. just as we did 26 years ago, we firmly believe in the evidence in this case. we worked diligently to bring this case to trial. with the passage of time, it is an unfortunate reality that this case cannot be put back together and we must dismiss it. sadly, in this case, justice was not done. end quote. really? said the people who freed tommy and ray. it was disingenuous. it was not right. it s such a polite word. what does it really mean? it means they were saving face. it puts a stain on them that they don t deserve. they already have the stain of 25 years in prison for a crime they didn t commit.
news. moments ago, u.s. military official colonel steve warren said officials are reasonableably certain they have killed jihadi john. they have several methods to make a final determination but he would not elaborate, saying it is certain a u.s. drone fired yesterday hit its intended target, the car of jihadi john, the car he was riding in. again, we will have much more information later but right now, u.s. military spokesperson colonel steve warren indicating officials are reasonably certain they have killed jihadi john. now to the groundbreaking movement in detroit that could prove to be a model for the rest of this country. back in 2009 more than 11,000 rape kits were found at a police storage facility. they had been sitting there untested for 30 years. it would cost almost $30 million to test and prosecute. when wayne county prosecutor kim worthy went public with the
shelf, it s just not right. reporter: wayne county prosecutor kim worthy sounded the alarm on untested rape kits back in 2009. that s when her office discovered 11,341 untested rape kits in a city warehouse. the kits, they later realized, went back 30 years. all that time the women who the kits belonged to expected police to be using that evidence to help catch their attackers. detroit has completed testing on 2,000 of the rape kits. another 8,000 are in the process of being tested. of those that are done, worthy says they ve identified 188 serial rapists. 188. sadly, she expects to find more. rapists rape on average of 11 times. so again, anytime you stop one rapist by getting their dna into the database and prosecute them, you re stopping many more rapes from occurring. reporter: it s all led to a unique and desperate situation.
you have women going through these four to ten-hour exams and have their evidence sitting on a shelf is not right. reporter: wayne county prosecutor kim worthy sounded the alarm back in 2009. that s when her office discovered 11,341 untested rape kits in a city warehouse. the kits they later realized, went back 30 years. all that time the women who the kits belonged to expected police to be using that evidence to help catch their attackers. detroit has completed testing on 2,000 of the rape kits. another 8,000 are in the process of being tested. of those that are done worthy says they ve identified 188 serial rapists. 188. sadly, she expects to find more. rapists rape on average of 11 times. so again, anytime you stop one rapist by getting their dna into the database and prosecute them