A Detroit man imprisoned in 1989 after being accused of child molestation has been released on bond after the two accusers recanted.
A Wayne County judge last week vacated the conviction of 58-year-old Bernard Young, who'd been charged with criminal sexual conduct. Young has long maintained his innocence.
Court records say two boys told investigators that Young, a neighbor, sexually abused them a year earlier while babysitting them when they were about 5 and 6 years old.
But interviews before Young's trial show the boys accused their mother's then-boyfriend, William Clark, of the abuse. But that information wasn't given to Young.
Young's attorney asked for a new trial in May 2016, after the accusers signed affidavits saying Clark was the perpetrator. Clark was sentenced to three years' probation.
Prosecutors have requested a retrial for Young.
