Man cleared in Missouri murder says new target is innocent - STLtoday.com
3 days ago · Joshua Kezer walks out of the Jefferson City Correctional Center as a free man on Feb. 18, 2009. Kezer was wrongfully convicted for the murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless and spent 16 years in prison.
Missouri man asks federal court to free him from prison | STLPR
5 days ago · The jury that convicted Watkins in 2016 was never informed that the white officer whose testimony was the only evidence at trial had a history of racist social media posts and a previous mistaken identification of a Black man that ... a law professor at University of Missouri-Kansas City who has worked on several high-profile wrongful ...
Kurtis Watkins asks federal court to free him from prison, citing ...
6 days ago · A St. Louis man sentenced to 25 years in prison based solely on the testimony of one police officer is asking a federal court to vacate his conviction. Kurtis Watkins, a 35-year-old Black man, was found guilty on nine felony counts related to a 2013 shooting in the Dutchtown neighborhood of St. Louis.
Rockford settles wrongful conviction lawsuit for $9.5 million
4 days ago · John W. Horton, 48, had accused Rockford Police Department officers of coercing a confession, manipulating witnesses and fabricating evidence to convict him in the Sept. 19, 1993, armed...
Kurtis Watkins asks federal court to free him from prison, citing ...
6 days ago · Kurtis Watkins at Jefferson City Correctional Center, in February 2024 (Clara Bates/Missouri Independent).A St. Louis man sentenced to 25 years in prison based solely on the testimony of one police officer is asking a federal court to vacate his conviction.
Wrongfully convicted man awaits approval for $9.5M settlement …
3 days ago · ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Jon Horton, a man wrongfully convicted of murder in 1993, awaits approval from city council members to confirm that he will receive a $9.5 million settlement on January 13th. The 48-year-old spent more than two decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Horton has been out since February 2017.
Taylor Warlaw Pled Guilty to Murdering Terrell Sims | Crime News
3 days ago · A week after Sims went missing, a friend of Wardlaw’s came forward to police, and reported Wardlaw and a man named Eddie “Youngsta” Brown had just been at her house late at night. “Taylor told her, ‘I did it — I killed Terrell,’” Mitch Henry, Columbia police sergeant, said on Snapped. “Taylor said that he had come home late ...
City of Rockford reaches $9.5M settlement with wrongfully convicted man
4 days ago · ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - A $9.5 million settlement with a man wrongfully convicted of murder more than 30 years ago now heads to Rockford City Council for approval. John Horton, 48, was...
Arrest warrant issued for Missouri man accused of abuse of
4 days ago · Johnson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Thursday, Jan. 9, indicate that Zachary T. Jones, 38, of Kingsville, has been charged with the abuse of a visually impaired child.
Two men sentenced for 2020 Hamilton Heights killing | FOX 2
Jan 8, 2025 · Jerry Wafford, 29, and Reuben Smith, 35, were both sentenced Wednesday to five years in state prison. They pleaded guilty last week to one count of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting...
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