Kym Worthy

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy’s office will not press charges against the Detroit police officers who shot and killed Porter Burks, who had schizophrenia. Worthy said evidence indicates the officers acted in self-defense.

A warehouse full of more than 11,000 untested rape kits were found abandoned in 2009. All of those kits have been tested. But there are still thousands of cases to prosecute.

This week, a judge tossed out charges against seven defendants in the case.

A Detroit man named Lionel Wells was sentenced last week for sexually assaulting five teenage girls between 2007 and 2014. He’s the latest perpetrator of a violent crime identified with the help of a relatively novel investigative technique called genetic genealogy.

Today on Stateside, we’ll talk about what’s changed for survivors and law enforcement after the years long effort to process thousands of backlogged rape…

Raymond Gray was released from the Muskegon Correctional Facility on Tuesday, after serving more than 48 years for a murder he always insisted he didn’t…

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has survived a strong challenge to win the Democratic primary.With 83% of precincts reporting, Worthy has garnered…

Prosecutor’s races don’t usually get much attention from voters, but that’s not the case this year. With ongoing protests against police violence and…

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a Detroit man for allegedly making death threats against Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General…

Ramon Ward walked out of a Detroit courtroom a free man on Thursday, after serving 25 years in prison for two murders he didn’t commit.Ward was just 18 in…