APNewsBreak: State cops looking at teen's murder conviction

Source: AP

By ED WHITE

DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors have turned to Michigan State Police for help as two law schools try to overturn the conviction of a young Detroit man who was 15 years old when he pleaded guilty to killing four people.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy for years has refused to retreat from Davontae Sanford's conviction — despite a hit man's confession to the same crime.

But on May 4, Worthy asked state police for "investigative assistance" after a new, highly publicized effort to clear Sanford was launched. The letter to the director, Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue, was obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request.

The 2007 case, known as the Runyon Street murders, had been handled by Detroit police.

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In this photo provided by the Michigan Department of Corrections is Davontae Sanford, who pleaded guilty at 15 to killing four people at a Detroit drug house. Prosecutors have turned to Michigan State Police for help as two law schools seek to overturn the conviction of Sanford. (Michigan Department of Corrections via AP)

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