After 28 years in prison, Lamar Johnson is a free man. Johnson, 49, has been in prison for almost three decades after being found guilty of murdering Marcus Boyd in 1994. His story has repeatedly made national headlines and is often cited by advocates for reform in Missouri's handling of post-conviction claims of innocence.
HARDIN - David P. Robertson, 32, of Granite City, pled guilty to a Class X Felony charge of Armed Violence and was sentenced to 12 Years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Jan. 31, 2023. These charges were filed in response to an incident from October 2022 in which Robertson stole a pickup truck and several firearms - one of which was loaded and on the front seat - and attempted to flee the police. A press release from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office describes the incident as follows: “On Oct. 19, 2022, at 3:20 p.m., the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary that occurred at a residence on Illinois River Road, south of Hardin, Illinois. The caller stated that he came home from work and his house was ransacked and all his firearms were missing. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office immediately responded to the residence, where the victim also noticed his vehicle, a red 2019 Dodge Ram, was also stolen. The victim believed
Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed that the world’s most tenacious paralegal, Kathryn Tewson, has been carefully dismantling claim after claim after claim from the company DoNotPay and its CEO Joshua Browder. I won’t rehash all of her discoveries, but many of them called into question Browder’s apparent tendency to massively overstate […]
CHICAGO — A music icon will be putting on a show at the "Friendly Confines" this year. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band announced Tuesday they're adding Wrigley Field to their 2023 international tour. The band will play at the ballpark on Wednesday, August 9, which is the first of 18 North American shows [...]
After spending nearly 30 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, a St. Louis judge on Tuesday ruled Lamar Johnson should be set free. “I spent quite a bit of time on this, and these questions are not easy,” said St. Louis Circuit Judge David Mason, when he announced his decision in the […]
CARROLLTON - In recent news, there has been considerable discussion of fentanyl exposure and presence within regional communities. Molly Peters, Greene County Health Department Director said: "We know fentanyl is here and that it has been here for some time. The Greene County community must do more to continue to protect ourselves, our families, and our loved ones. Over the past year, Greene County Health Department has increased its presence and tools to combat this crisis including providing Naloxone (Narcan) throughout the community. "We have provided over 660 doses to key partners, friends, and family members. We must continue to do more because this crisis isn’t going away soon. Naloxone is a powerful lifesaving tool that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose when administered in time. Naloxone won’t hurt someone if used when an overdose involves other substances or someone has another medical emergency, so it’s always best to use it if you even suspect
A few weeks ago Florida schools started temporarily removing books from their libraries so they could check them individually to make sure they complied with a new bill that restricts content for kids. Among the one million titles that have been removed from shelves in Duval County is Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates. ...continue reading "In which I give Ron DeSantis a break"
Several survivors of childhood sexual abuse, including from Kanakuk and Boy Scouts of America, testified at a House judiciary hearing Monday night in support of a bill that would extend the civil statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
St. Louis Circuit Judge David Mason signed paperwork officially vacating Johnson's conviction and making the 49-year-old a free man. Johnson buried his face in his hands and wept; tears of vindication.
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