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Missouri lawmakers to pen letter to Gov. Parson asking for the release of Kevin Strickland
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Andrew McDaniel
and last updated 2021-06-04 16:52:25-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Efforts to free Kevin Strickland, who s been in prison for 43 years for a murder he didn t commit, are continuing on Friday.
In May, Jackson County Prosecutor Attorney Jean Peters Baker
In 1978, Strickland was convicted for a shooting that left three people dead and another injured.
However last month, Peters Baker, the Midwest Innocence Project and Strickland s attorney said that a co-defendant of Strickland, described the events of the shooting. The co-defendant named three people who were involved and none of them were Strickland.
Jun. 4 JEFFERSON CITY The Republican chair of the Missouri House committee that oversees the state's prison system said Friday he is sending a letter to Gov. Mike Parson requesting a pardon for Kevin Strickland, the Kansas City man incarcerated for more than four decades for a 1978 triple homicide that prosecutors now say he did not commit. Rep. Andrew McDaniel of Deering, who chairs the .
KCUR 89.3 Kevin Strickland s name is not among the 36 people listed for pardon from Gov. Mike Parson on May 31.
Gov. Mike Parson could still choose to pardon Strickland, which would be exceedingly rare, but Strickland s legal team is pursuing other options for release and exoneration.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson passed on an opportunity to release a Kansas City man who has spent 43 years behind bars for a crime prosecutors say he did not commit. Parson left Kevin Strickland off the latest list of pardons.
The move leaves Kevin Strickland and his attorneys disappointed, and with fewer options for his exoneration. It s hard to imagine how everyone can know someone s innocent and he s still there, said Tricia Rojo Bushnell, director of the Midwest Innocence Project. At this point, no one with power has done the things to let him out.