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Lamar Johnson: "I am a freed man ... and a blessed man"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThis story was originally posted on April 29, 2023. Lamar Johnson, a St. Louis, Missouri man, had...
Prosecutor in Lamar Johnson case defends his actions
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe former prosecutor who sent Lamar Johnson to prison nearly 28 years ago defended his actions Wednesday, including his use of testimony from a...
Missouri activists seek more wrongful conviction hearings
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs racial justice activists in Missouri celebrate the overturned conviction of Lamar Johnson,...
Lamar Johnson was convicted of murder before two people confessed to the same killing. Why is he...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLamar Johnson has always maintained that he’s innocent and after almost 30 years in prison for a...
Missouri judge vacates Lamar Johnson's murder conviction
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Missouri judge has ruled to vacate Lamar Johnson's murder conviction. Johnson, who spent nearly 30...
Exonerated man fulfills dream of walking daughter down the aisle
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLamar Johnson spent 28 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. Two months after his...
Judge throws out Missouri man’s conviction, confirming his innocence in 1994 murder
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoLong before he had a graying beard, Lamar Johnson wrote to the St. Louis judge who oversaw his 1995...
Wrongfully convicted man, now free: ‘I was finally heard’
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting...
Exonerees urge Missouri lawmakers to expand restitution program for wrongfully convicted
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJEFFERSON CITY — A week after he was released from prison after 28 years for a murder he didn't...
The fight for exoneration: Over 29,100 years 'lost' in prison in wrongful convictions, database...
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSidney Holmes, who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 400 years, was exonerated after 34...