Judge vacates life sentence of Lamar Johnson after nearly 30 years behind bars
After spending nearly 30 years behind bars for a crime he’s long claimed he didn’t commit, 50-year-old Lamar Johnson walked out of prison a free man.
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After spending nearly 30 years behind bars for a crime he’s long claimed he didn’t commit, 50-year-old Lamar Johnson walked out of prison a free man.
Lamar Johnson, who spent the last 27 years in prison for murder, walked free after a judge declared his innocence and vacated his conviction.
Lamar Johnson was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in 1995 after being convicted of murder.
Lamar Johnson was convicted for the murder of Marcus Boyd.
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