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A Detroit man, wrongfully incarcerated for 15 years, is a free man after long-hidden DNA evidence cleared him of two sexual assault and kidnapping

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A Michigan man who spent 15 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit was moments away from being set free when he was stopped in his tracks by a rogue

Terance Calhoun is free after spending almost half of his life in prison for sexual assault crimes that he was charged with in Detroit back in 2007.

The family of 35-year-old Terance Calhoun expected him to come home Friday. Instead, the judge said his release had to wait because a Detroit Police Officer interrupted the hearing. That officer approached the judge with a binder of information which the judge refused to read.

A rediscovered rape kit has freed a man after 15 years of wrongful imprisonment, giving 35-year-old Terance Calhoun a new lease on life.

Terance Calhouns exoneration came five days after his initial hearing was halted because a Detroit police officer approached the judge in the case.

A Detroit man in prison for 15 years for kidnapping and sexual assault has been cleared of the crimes. Authorities discovered a lot of problems with two cases against Terance Calhoun — especially the fact that DNA results pointed to a different perpetrator.

Prosecutors, a defense attorney and the chief Wayne County Circuit Court Judge said a Detroit police officer acted inappropriately on Friday.