Detroit's dramatic prosecutor. (Kym Worthy, lawyer in Malice Green police brutality case)

Ebony | December 1, 1993 | Copyright

Police brutality case boost lawyer's near-perfect conviction rate

SHE strides toward the witness stand, abruptly stops and strikes her now-famous pose, arms folded, head cocked to one side with her face contorted into a look of repulsed disbelief.

Detroit prosecutor Kym Worthy's withering glances, combative cross-examinations and numerous charts and graphs are just a few of the tactics she uses to persuade juries to convict perpetrators of serious crimes.

With her colorful business suits, multicolored painted fingernails and long, black tresses, ...

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