Lawmakers want changes to restitution for wrongful convictions
Lamar Johnson isn’t eligible for state restitution because DNA evidence wasn’t used to overturn his murder conviction.
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Lamar Johnson isn’t eligible for state restitution because DNA evidence wasn’t used to overturn his murder conviction.
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Lamar Johnson has waited 27 years for a chance to have his conviction overturned. He now must wait on a decision from St. Louis Circuit Court Judge David Mason that
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is trying to vacate Johnson’s 1995 murder conviction, a crime that Johnson has long held he did not commit. But she’s facing pushback from the attorney general’s office.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is trying to vacate Johnson’s 1995 murder conviction. But she’s facing pushback from the state attorney general’s office.