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 a second time, a Boulder County prosecutor announced on Thursday.

The decision comes after months of speculation as to 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 Nan

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