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Former St. Louis prosecutor says Lamar Johnson conviction relied on recanted witness

2 years 11 months ago

The prosecutor in Lamar Johnson’s 1995 murder trial told a St. Louis courtroom on Wednesday that he would have never brought the case in the first place without the testimony of an eyewitness who has since recanted. “I didn’t have any evidence,” said then-assistant St. Louis Circuit Attorney Dwight Warren.  Wednesday was the third day […]

The post Former St. Louis prosecutor says Lamar Johnson conviction relied on recanted witness appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Rebecca Rivas

Garden Glow

2 years 11 months ago

Garden Glow at the Missouri Botanical Garden dazzles visitors with its exquisite light displays year after year.   Celebrate the season with more than one million twinkling lights, beautiful projections,

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Rachel Huffman

St. Louis Public Schools vote to sponsor Confluence Academies

2 years 11 months ago
During its meeting Tuesday, St. Louis’ Board of Education approved a partnership agreement to sponsor Confluence Academies for four years. The agreement means Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) will provide oversight for the Confluence schools, which will still be governed by an independent board. Confluence's current sponsor, the University of Missouri-Columbia, is ending its sponsorship of charter schools after this school year. Charter schools are tuition-free schools of choice that are publicly…
Travis Cummings, KSDK

Prosecutors in St. Louis sentenced Lamar Johnson to life. Now they're trying to free him

2 years 11 months ago
This week, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office has been making its case to overturn the conviction of Lamar Johnson. Johnson has spent the last 28 years serving a life sentence for murder – and was sent there by the same prosecutor’s office that’s now working to exonerate him. St. Louis Public Radio justice reporter Rachel Lippmann breaks down the case, and the story behind what one attorney has called a "historic moment in this court."