Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus from New York City during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction (St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...

Christopher Dunn emerges from a St. Louis courtroom with his wife, Kira, on July 30, 2024, after being freed following 34 years in prison. ... Dunn did not testify at the hearing.

Christopher Dunn, center, listens during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction, May 21, 2024, at the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis.

Christopher Dunn was halted from leaving prison last week after convictions ... Judge William Hickle agreed at a 2020 evidentiary hearing that a jury would likely find Dunn not guilty based ...

Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction in May at the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis.

Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction on May 21, at the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis.

Christopher Dunn listens as St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore argues to vacate Dunn’s conviction during closing arguments on the second day of a hearing Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at the ...

Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction on May 21, at the Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis.

Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus from New York City during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at ...

Christopher Dunn, 52, ... In February, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore filed a motion requesting that the court vacate Dunn’s guilty verdict. After a hearing in May, ...

FILE - Christopher Dunn, right, listens to his attorney Justin Bonus from New York City during the first day of his hearing to decide whether to vacate his murder conviction, Tuesday, May 21, 2024 ...

A St. Louis judge has ruled Monday that Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than three decades in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, can be a free man again.