Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald says an independent special prosecutor will investigate her own office after she discovered at least one case of what could be prosecutorial misconduct one that could call into question a number of convictions, and has already affected the prosecution of the men accused of conspiring to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald
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The case involves the 2006 conviction of Juwan Deering, who was found guilty of setting a house fire that killed five children in Royal Oak Township. Deering was convicted in part based on expert testimony about the fire that his attorney calls “junk science,” and the testimony of three jailhouse informants who said Deering confessed to the crime.