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The Latest Breaking News from Lamar Johnson

Missouri man makes life-or-death effort to prove innocence before execution scheduled for next month

Testimony begins in a hearing with life-or-death implications for Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams

The Independent UK

Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom?

A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of his “actual innocence” and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle

The Independent UK

St. Louis prosecutor urges judge to take action freeing a man whose murder conviction was tossed

St. Louis' top prosecutor on Wednesday asked a judge to enforce his ruling ordering the release of a man whose murder conviction was overturned after 33 years in prison — but who remains behind bars at the urging of Missouri’s attorney general

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A man’s murder conviction was overturned after 33 years. The prison refused to release him

Christopher Dunn wasn’t released after his conviction was overturned

The Independent UK

Missouri judge overturns the murder conviction of a man imprisoned for more than 30 years

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit

The Independent UK

Three courts agree that a woman deemed wrongfully convicted should be freed. She still isn't.

A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison

The Independent UK

Fate of Missouri man imprisoned for more than 30 years is now in the hands of a judge

A St. Louis judge will decide the fate of a man who has spent more than three decades in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, following two days of testimony

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Hearing to determine if Missouri man who has been in prison for 33 years was wrongfully convicted

Christopher Dunn has spent 33 years in prison for a murder in Missouri he has always claimed he didn’t commit

The Independent UK

Brother review – brilliantly acted Canadian coming-of-age drama

A single mother struggles to protect her two very different sons, growing up in Toronto, in Clement Virgo’s deeply moving film

The Guardian - UK

Brother review – textured portrait of Black masculinity is like the Canadian Moonlight

A sumptuously filmed adaptation of David Chariandy’s novel tackles heavy-duty issues such as police brutality, racism and closeted desire with a relatively light touch

The Guardian - UK

The Last of Us star, 10, makes Emmy history as youngest ever nominee in guest acting category

Young actor was honoured alongside co-stars Nick Offerman, Lamar Johnson and Murray Bartlett

The Independent UK

Missouri governor to announce his pick as new St. Louis prosecutor after Kim Gardner resignation

Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday will announce his pick to serve out the remainder of Kim Gardner’s term as the chief prosecutor in St. Louis, following her sudden departure earlier this week

The Independent UK

Kim Gardner steps down as St. Louis' elected prosecutor 2 weeks sooner than planned

Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who had announced she would resign effective June 1, says she is leaving office immediately

The Independent UK

St. Louis prosecutor seeks to free man imprisoned 33 years for murder, citing evidence of innocence

St. Louis’ top prosecutor has asked a court to set aside the conviction of a man who has spent 33 years in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, after witnesses who testified against him later said authorities had pressured them to lie

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lamar Johnson calls on Missouri lawmakers to start compensation program for exonerees

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Six days after a judge declared him a free man, Lamar Johnson told members of a Senate panel Monday that the state must compensate people who have been freed from prison for crimes they didn’t commit.

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The Independent UK

After 30 years, man wrongfully convicted of murder is free

As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Missouri wrongly convicted them. They shouldn’t need to beg with a GoFundMe to get by

Lamar Johnson, and Kevin Strickland before him, are the first two beneficiaries so far of a measure Missouri lawmakers approved two years ago giving local prosecutors an avenue to correct a grave injustice. Under the new law, a prosecutor may, at any time, file a motion for a judge to…

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tony Messenger: Lamar Johnson is an innocent man. Justice was a long time coming

ST. LOUIS — Lamar Johnson is a murderer no more.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: If you’re tough on crime, you better celebrate Missouri setting Lamar Johnson free

Ricky Kidd. Carrody Buchhorn. Keith Carnes. Floyd Bledsoe. Kevin Strickland. Lamonte McIntyre. Olin “Pete” Coones Jr. Missouri or Kansas threw all of them behind bars — many of them for a long, long time — for crimes they swore they didn’t commit.

The Independent UK

Missouri activists seek more wrongful conviction hearings

As racial justice activists in Missouri celebrate the overturned conviction of Lamar Johnson, they’re questioning why other inmates with credible innocence claims aren’t getting the chance to make their cases in court

Daily Mirror

Man freed after 28 YEARS for murder he always denied as 'evidence of innocence' found

Lamar Johnson was freed from jai after serving 28 years of a life sentence for a killing he didn't commit, after a Missouri judge overturned his conviction

The Independent UK

Man freed after nearly three decades in prison as murder conviction overturned

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a 50-year-old man who has served nearly 28 years of a life prison sentence for a killing that he says he didn’t commit

Tribune News Service

Judge throws out Missouri man’s conviction, confirming his innocence in 1994 murder

Long before he had a graying beard, Lamar Johnson wrote to the St. Louis judge who oversaw his 1995 trial, saying he had received letters from another man admitting guilt to the murder for which he had just been convicted.

The Independent UK

Judge vacates conviction of man imprisoned nearly 3 decades

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a 50-year-old man who has served nearly 28 years of a life prison sentence for a killing that he says he didn’t commit

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