Not 'bitter:' Michigan man cleared after 45 years in prison
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March 29, 2018
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area man whose murder conviction was thrown out after he spent 45 years in prison was exonerated Wednesday and won't face a second trial.
Richard Phillips, 71, was upbeat, saying the criminal justice system "works — it just didn't work fast enough."
A judge granted a request to permanently drop the case against Phillips, whose conviction was erased last year. Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy said a new investigation by her office backed his claim that he had no role in a 1971 fatal shooting.
She said a key witness lied at his 1972 trial.
"There's nothing I can say to...
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