Michael Clark, the man accused of a 31-year-old Boulder murder case but freed from prison on bail in April when his original conviction was set aside, will be tried for second time, a Boulder County prosecutor announced on Thursday.

The decision comes after months of speculation on whether Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, who is running for state attorney general, would seek a new trial or drop the case against Clark after a retest of the original DNA evidence used to convict him was found to be potentially suspect.

It is a case that has become intrinsically entangled in the ongoing scandal at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s forensic lab where a former DNA expert is accused of compromising evidence for years.

On Thursday Boulder County District Judge Nancy Salo

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