Officials in Washtenaw County are making major changes in the counties approach to criminal justice.

Deja Deering-Poole said it’s the moments and conversations she dreamed about when her father, Juwan Deering, was gone.

Juwan Deering, 50, walked out of prison a free man on Thursday (Sept. 30) after his conviction in a fatal Royal Oak Township fire was vacated.

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A judge agreed to close the case against Deering, who spent 15 years behind bars for a fire that killed five children.

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Murder charges have been dismissed against a man who spent 15 years in prison for the fire-related deaths of five children in suburban Detroit.

Authorities are dropping a murder conviction against a man sentenced to life in prison for a fire that killed five children in Royal Oak Township in 2000.

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Authorities are dropping a murder conviction against a man who is serving a life sentence for a fire that killed five children in suburban Detroit in 2000.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said she is “gravely concerned” about potential ethical breaches after reviewing the 2006 murder conviction of Juwan Deering related to a deadly fire that killed five children.