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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…

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023