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9 I. q0 }, G' e" Z A Missouri judge has ruled to vacate Lamar Johnson s murder conviction.Johnson, who spent nearly 30 years behind bars for the 1994 slaying of 25-year-old Markus Boyd mdash; a murder healways saidhe didn t commit mdash; walked free on Tuesday.Judge David Mason said the decision to vacate required reliable evidence of actual innocence mdash; evidence so reliable that it actually passes the standard of clear and convincing, The Associated Press reported. This is unbelievable, Johnson, 50, said to reporters as he left the courthouse. Lamar Johnson, center and his attorneys react on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, after St. Louis Circuit Judge David Mason vacated his murder conviction during a hearing in St. Louis, Mo. Christian Goo stanley cup den / AP In 1995, Johnson was convictedof fatally shooting Boyd over a $40 drug debt and received a life sentence. Another suspect, Phil Campbell, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in exchange for a seven-year prison term. Johnson claimed he was with his girlfriend miles stanley cup away when Boyd was killed. Years later, the state s only witness recanted his identification of Johnson and Campbell as the shooters. Two other men have since confessed and said Johnson w stanley cup as not involved.St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner launched an investigation in collaboration with lawyers at the Midwest Innocence Project. Their Kjnf U.S. stocks hit a new high as S amp 500 recovers all of its 2018 losses. K8 |! ^; ?7 a/ _9 F
MILWAUKEE -- A white Milwaukee police officer who was fired after he fatally shot a mentally ill black man adidas campus in a downtown park in April won t face criminal char adidas samba ges, the county s top prosecutor said Monday.Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said in an emailed press release that Christopher Manney won stanley cup t be charged because he shot Dontre Hamilton in self-defense. This was a tragic incident for the Hamilton family and for the community, Chisholm said in a statement. But, based on all the evidence and analysis presented in this report, I come to the conclusion that Officer Manney s use of force in this incident was justified self-defense and that defense cannot be reasonably overcome to establish a basis to charge Officer Manney with a crime. Manney is at least the third white police officer to not be charged in the past month after a confrontation that led to a black man s death.Manney shot 31-year-old Hamilton on April 30 after responding to a call for a welfare check on a man sleeping in the park. Manney said Hamilton resisted when he tried to frisk him. The two exchanged punches before Hamilton got a hold of Manney s baton and hit him on the neck with it, the former officer has said. Manney then opened fire, hitting Hamilton 14 times. CBS affiliate WDJT reported earlier this month that Hamilton s family released a copy of the Milwaukee County autopsy report, which details all the gunshot wounds found on Hamilton s b |
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