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A witness whose testimony helped send a man to prison for a killing decades ago has testified his role in the case of Lamar Johnson “still haunts" him. Johnson has

Johnson has contended he had nothing to do with the 1994 killing of Marcus Boyd, who allegedly was slain over a $40 drug debt. This is Day 2 of the hearing.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — 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 assistant St.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The former prosecutor who sent Lamar Johnson to prison nearly 28 years ago defended his actions Wednesday, including his use of

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lamar Johnson has wrongly spent nearly three decades in prison for a St. Louis killing after a witness was coerced into falsely identifying him as the shooter, an attorney for the local prosecutor's office told a judge Monday.

The man is now requesting to be released from prison.

A trial will determine whether Lamar Johnson will be exonerated after spending 28 years in prison for a fatal shooting in 1994.

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Lamar Johnson has wrongly spent nearly three decades in prison for a St. Louis killing after a witness was coerced into falsely identifying him as the shooter, an attorney for the local prosecutors office told a judge Monday.

Lamar Johnson has long maintained his innocence in the 1994 slaying of 25-year-old Marcus Boyd.

Lamar Johnson takes a seat in court at the start of his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch