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Michael Politte was charged with killing his mother when he was 14 years old. Now out on parole after 23 years, he maintains his innocence and claims he knows who is responsible.

Michael Politte was charged with killing his mother when he was 14 years old. Now out on parole after 23 years, he maintains his innocence and claims he knows who is responsible.

A 2021 state law to help innocent people get out of prison doesn’t apply in a case where the conviction was obtained after a change of venue.

The Missouri Supreme Court weighs the attorney general’s role in cases where prosecutors bring forth innocence claims.

Michael Politte was charged with killing his mother when he was 14 years old. Now out on parole after 23 years, he maintains his innocence and claims he knows who is responsible.

An inside look at the case against a 14-year-old boy accused of killing his mother and how decades later, doubt has been cast on his guilt.

Michael Politte, a 14-year-old boy, was arrested and later convicted of killing his mom. More than two decades later, the case has been reopened, and a key witness breaks his silence to "48 Hours."

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says that Eric Schmitt’s office has been trying "bizarre" and costly tactics to stop the innocence cases of three men who've served decades in prison for crimes they did not commit.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has been the biggest roadblock for prosecutors in wrongful conviction cases.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is hoping to exonerate Lamar Johnson through a Missouri law that allowed Jackson County prosecutors to free Kevin Strickland.