Here are the latest stories on the prosecutorial misconduct crisis and efforts to stop it:

LOUISIANA — DA Robert Tew reopened a 1993 child death investigation, demanding DNA samples from the mother, Allison Statham, and her exonerated ex-partner, Chris Duncan. The probe relies on clothing found in police storage after 33 years and includes plans to exhume the child’s remains.

COLORADO — A fire investigator defended his 2003 arson findings in Deborah Nicholls’ case, despite a judge vacating her convictions after a suppressed 2007 report surfaced showing a lack of evidence.

NEVADA — Fred Steese passed away in August after spending 21 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Though “factually innocent,” prosecutors pressured Steese into an “Alford plea” — a tactic used to shield prosecutorial misconduct from scrutiny — to secure his release.

TEXAS — A DNA expert claims that prosecutors mischaracterized his findings to secure Jeff Prible’s 2002 death sentence. Unfounded, inflammatory rhetoric has kept Prible on death row for over 20 years.

CALIFORNIA — Gov. Newsom signed a law barring district attorneys from refiling charges dismissed for insufficient evidence without explanation or judicial review.

INDIANA — After nearly 19 years in prison, Iris Seabolt was exonerated of her 2004 felony murder conviction after a judge found that prosecutors had withheld evidence and used fabricated witness statements.