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Man Jailed 42 Years For Triple-Murder Is Innocent; Prosecutor Wants Him Released KEY POINTS The Jackson County office that prosecuted a now-61-year-old Missouri man in 1979 is calling for his release A review of Kevin Strickland's case found he was wrongfully convicted on the account of an unreliable lone witness The witness recanted her claims after Strickland's trial and tried to free him until her death State prosecutors called for the release of a Kansas City, Missouri man who has served over 42 years in prison, saying he was wrongfully convicted, authorities announced Monday. An amicus...

Kansas bill regulating jailhouse witness testimony unlikely to become law this year Bill regulating jailhouse witnesses in KS unlikely to pass and last updated 2021-04-16 23:53:54-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Olin “Pete” Coones went to prison for a murder he did not commit in Kansas City, Kansas, a jailhouse informant was the damning witness. No physical evidence tied Coones, whose story was featured Friday on " Dateline," to the crime. The father of five even had an alibi, but Wyandotte County prosecutors relied on a jailhouse witness, who had been convicted of “crimes of...

The Idaho House on Tuesday approved several bills, including legislation aimed at people who served prison time after erroneous convictions and a bill that

Just in time for the holidays last year, Eliseo DeLeon's 1996 murder conviction was overturned.