Fundraiser raises over $100K for Lamar Johnson
A GoFundMe set up by The Midwest Innocence Project for the recently released Lamar Johnson nears its financial goal.
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A GoFundMe set up by The Midwest Innocence Project for the recently released Lamar Johnson nears its financial goal.
A Missouri man wrongly convicted of murder has finally walked free after serving nearly 28 years in prison after a judge declared him innocent.
Lamar Johnson was freed from prison after a Missouri judge found there was clear and convincing evidence he did not murder Marcus Boyd in 1994. But since DNA evidence wasn’t used to set aside his conviction, Johnson is not eligible for state restitution.
The murder conviction of a Missouri man, who has already served almost 28 years of a life sentence, was overturned by a judge.
A 2021 Missouri law that allows prosecutors to ask courts to set aside wrongful convictions has resulted in the exoneration of a man who spent 28 years in prison for murder.