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Mr Johnson spent 28 years in prison for the 1994 murder of his friend Markus Boyd.

Federal civil rights lawsuit filed against city of St. Louis and police officers involved in 30-year-old wrongful conviction case.

Exoneree Lamar Johnson has filed a wrongful incarceration lawsuit against the City of St. Louis and individual members of the police department who worked or supervised his case.

When Lamar Johnson went to prison in the '90s, people were using pagers. He said adjusting to technology after his release has been one of the biggest challenges.

Lamar Johnson was convicted of murder despite being three miles away from the crime scene. “48 Hours” takes a drive to see if it would have even been possible for Johnson to kill Markus Boyd. Source

Missouri man spent almost three decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit before he was finally released.

Lamar Johnson was convicted of Markus Boyd's murder in 1995. He always insisted he was innocent, but it would take almost three decades for a court to agree.

Lamar Johnson spent 28 years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. Two months after his release, he was there to celebrate his youngest daughter's wedding day.

Kiera Barrow was just 5-months-old when her father Lamar Johnson was locked up for a crime he didn't commit. After a nearly three-decade legal battle Johnson was exonerated. He walked out of a St. Louis, Missouri, courthouse as a free man on Feb. 14, 2023, Valentine's Day.  Johnson's exoneration came at a very meaningful time for his youngest daughter.  "I'm getting married in April of this year," Barrow told "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty throu...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Six days after a judge declared him a free man, Lamar Johnson told members of a Senate panel Monday, Feb. 13 that the state must compensate