Muhammad Ali's daughter has joined the fight claiming a Michigan man's innocence after he was convicted of murdering a St. Clair Community College student in 1986.

Many people strongly believe Temujin Kensu could not have committed the murder for which he’s done decades of hard time. A big setback for Kensu and those who have committed time and energy to try to prove his innocence and gain his release on Tuesday (May 31).

The Michigan attorney general’s office said it found no new evidence to support a claim of innocence by a man who was convicted of committing murder in 1986 in a Port Huron college parking lot.

The Michigan attorney general’s office said it found no new evidence to support a claim of innocence by a man who was convicted of committing murder in 1986 in a Port Huron college parking lot.

Gretchen Whitmer -- a decision that forensic students in Ohio are questioning. Dasha and Ella are students at Oakwood High School in Dayton Ohio, they are studying forensic science. The students are taking an entry-level forensics class in high school. Dasha, Ella and their classmates have been sending letters to Whitmer, pleading for her to reconsider Kensu’s request for clemency. AdLocal 4 reached out to Governor Whitmer’s office to see why Kensu was denied clemency and get her reaction to the letters sent by students.

PORT HURON, Mich. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has turned down a request to release a man who insists he was wrongly convicted of murder in a college parking lot in Port Huron in 1986, his supporters said Monday. Whitmer spokeswoman Chelsea Parisio confirmed that Kensu's clemency request was denied. Kensu’s supporters include former U.S. Sen. Carl Levin. “It's a big blow to his supporters and justice in Michigan that this miscarriage of justice continues to live on,” Sanders said.

However, it’s a murder that at least nine people said he couldn’t have possibly committed. UPDATE: Whitmer rejects clemency for man in 1986 Port Huron murderAuthorities pointed the finger at Kensu because of an ex-lover’s ties with Macklem. But Kensu was more than 400 miles away in the Upper Peninsula in the town of Escanaba with his ex-fiance Michelle Woodworth. Welser worked for the Port Huron Police Department at the time of the murder. In 2010, Judge Denise Hood overturned the conviction in a 52-page reversal and stating that the prosecuting attorney “engaged in misconduct by using a perjured testimony”.