Michigan is the latest state to have DNA clear a man imprisoned for
years for a crime that he did not commit. What is most striking about
the case of Jamie Peterson (right) is
that lawyers had fight to re-test evidence that could prove his
innocence. Prosecutors opposed the simple re-testing of evidence in the
case that was not analyzed previously (as have prosecutors in other
states). Finally, prosecutors relented and it was shown that it
belonged to a man that police had cleared in first-degree murder in
1998....