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A Missouri man seeking freedom after years in prison for a murder he denies committing testified that he was with his girlfriend on the night of the crime.

The judge presiding over a hearing to determine if a Missouri man’s murder conviction should be overturned questioned if police and prosecutors “were in a little bit of a rush” to convict Lamar Johnson

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is trying to vacate Johnson’s 1995 murder conviction. But she’s facing pushback from the state attorney general’s office.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The judge presiding over a hearing to determine if a Missouri man's murder conviction should be overturned questioned on Friday if

The judge presiding over a hearing to determine if a Missouri man's murder conviction should be overturned questioned on Friday if police and prosecutors "were in a little bit of a rush" to convict Lamar Johnson.

The former prosecutor who sent Lamar Johnson to prison nearly 28 years ago defended his actions Wednesday, including his use of testimony from a jailhouse snitch. Dwight Warren was an

Dwight Warren, who served in the St. Louis Circuit Attorneys Office when Johnson was convicted in 1995, defended how he handled the case

Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has filed a motion to set aside the conviction of Lamar Johnson, who was sentenced to life in prison for a 1994 murder that he did not commit. A key witness in that case testified this week that police detectives “pressured” and “bullied” him into identifying Johnson from a lineup.

A Missouri man seeking freedom after nearly three decades in prison for a murder he denies committing testified Thursday that he was with his girlfriend on the night of the crime, except for a few minutes when he stepped outside to sell drugs on a corner several blocks from where the victim was killed.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A Missouri man seeking freedom after nearly three decades in prison for a murder he denies committing testified Thursday that he was