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Mike Parson’s startling commutation of Britt Reid sentence is injustice to Ariel Young
Kansas City Star via AOL· 4 months agoFollowing a Star investigation and the advocacy of the Midwest Innocence Project, Jackson County...
Kevin Strickland alleges ‘reckless’ KCPD misconduct led to 43-year wrongful conviction
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn a new lawsuit, lawyers for Kevin Strickland say Kansas City police fabricated evidence and...
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...
Did Gov. Parson act prematurely when setting Marcellus Williams’ execution date? | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 week agoNot justice The Missouri Supreme Court setting an execution date for Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams...
Missouri man seeks exoneration in murder; 2 others confessed
Associated Press via AOL· 2 years agoST. LOUIS (AP) — A hearing begins Monday in a case that will decide if the conviction should be...
St. Louis prosecutor seeks to free man imprisoned 33 years for murder, citing evidence of innocence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSt. Louis' top prosecutor has asked a court to set aside the conviction of a man who has spent 33...
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...
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...
New St. Louis prosecutor withdraws motion seeking exoneration of Christopher Dunn
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChristopher Dunn, 51, has spent 33 years in prison. In 2020, a Missouri judge found that a jury...
Missouri has a history of death penalty injustice. Stop Leonard Taylor’s execution | Opinion
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoThe state attorney general’s office is so zealous that it told the state Supreme Court one wrongly...