Tag: Michael Clark
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Dismissal sought in Michael Clark’s second trial
The murder conviction of Michael Clark should be dismissed due to a 32-year delay that led to crucial evidence being lost or destroyed, a bungled police investigation and “outrageous conduct” at the state crime lab, according to defense motion filed late Friday afternoon. Clark, now 50, was convicted of first-degree murder in October 2012 in…
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Judge tosses request for JonBenet murder investigative materials
Boulder County District Judge Nancy Woodruff Salomone on Tuesday rejected a subpoena by Michael Clark’s defense attorney that sought the first 48 hours of police investigative records in the infamous 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey. Clark, 50, is facing a second trial in the 1994 murder of Marty Grisham. His lawyer earlier this month sought…
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Michael Clark murder defense seeks to link case to JonBenét investigation ‘mistakes’
In new legal filings, Michael Clark, now facing a second trial for a 1994 murder, seeks to link alleged Boulder police missteps in his case with the city’s most notorious cold case: JonBenét Ramsey. The unusual claim came within a flurry of 12 subpoenas to Boulder authorities seeking documents and other information connected to the…
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Boulder prosecutors to re-try man accused of murder; case part of CBI DNA scandal
Michael Clark, the man accused of a 31-year-old Boulder murder case but freed from prison on bail in April when his original conviction was set aside, will be tried for second time, a Boulder County prosecutor announced on Thursday. The decision comes after months of speculation on whether Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, who…
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‘I felt this sense of peace’: Amid CBI lab scandal, Colorado man gives first interview since release from prison
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Michael Clark awoke with a start at his usual time, just after 5 a.m., his eyes adjusting to the darkness, his brain gauging the surroundings that felt familiar yet also somehow foreign. What struck him most that first morning was the quiet. It had never…
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Court filing: DNA retest against convicted killer Michael Clark now excludes him, casting doubt on entire case
New revelation contradicts key testimony of former CBI forensic scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods
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Colorado’s DNA scandal: Hundreds of cases affected, but very few retests ordered
It has been 17 months since a young forensic biology intern doing research at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s forensic lab noticed something amiss in data sets produced by Yvonne Woods, the state’s most prolific and revered DNA analyst. She alerted supervisors. What followed that September day in 2023 has grown into a scandal of…
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Colorado DNA scandal: Review of former CBI DNA scientist’s 10,786 cases causes rape evidence logjam
The time to process a rape kit in Colorado has now nearly doubled, leaving victims in limbo due to the continuing scandal at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the director of the embattled agency told lawmakers Wednesday. In November 2023 it took an average of 275 days to analyze the DNA evidence in a sexual…
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Groups accuse Colorado Bureau of Investigation of skirting oversight in forensic lab investigation
Two groups accused the Colorado Bureau of Investigation of skirting a federally required oversight process to investigate misconduct in its forensics lab, adding to mounting allegations of wrongdoing at the embattled agency. In a five-page letter dated Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado and the Korey Wise Innocence Project demanded more accountability and…
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Prosecutor requests new DNA testing in Colorado murder case tied to CBI scandal
The Boulder County district attorney has asked for new DNA testing in the murder case of a defendant who was convicted largely on the strength of the analysis done by now disgraced Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientist Yvonne Woods, who goes by Missy. In a court filing Nov. 1, Michael Dougherty said the additional…