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An investigation into Johnson's conviction found prosecutorial misconduct, and two other men have confessed to the crime.

Lamar Johnson's conviction was thrown out for the 1994 murder of Marcus Boyd.

Police seek motive of gunman who killed 3 at Michigan State

Judge David Mason ruled that there was no longer clear and convincing evidence to keep Lamar Johnson in prison for a 1994 murder in St. Louis. Despite the opposition of Missouri's attorney general, Johnson will become the second person freed under a recent state law allowing prosecutors to bring innocence cases.

Lamar Johnson’s case inspired a new state law for retrials.

In 1995, Lamar Johnson was convicted of killing Marcus Boyd, but he has always maintained he did not commit the crime.

A Missouri judge 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, sentenced to life for the killing, was released after judge found ‘reliable evidence of actual innocence’

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...

Johnson maintained his innocence from the beginning, saying he was with his girlfriend miles away when the crime occurred.