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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Salter

Judge vacates conviction of man imprisoned nearly 3 decades

Copyright St. Louis Post-Dispatch-stltoday.com

A Missouri judge on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who has served nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a killing that he has always said he didn't commit.

Lamar Johnson, 50, closed his eyes and shook his head slightly as a woman on his legal team patted him on the back when Circuit Judge David Mason issued his ruling.

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