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Carnes, who is now 52, was convicted of killing 24-year-old Larry White in October 2003 and sentenced to life in prison. The Missouri Supreme Court set aside his conviction earlier this week.
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After 43 years in prison, Kevin Strickland’s conviction was overturned but despite his wrongful incarceration, he won't receive any compensation from the state.
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The attorney general's job is to seek justice, not to defend prior convictions, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker told KCUR. "They exploited these victims again," Peters Baker said of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office.
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After 43 years in prison, Kevin Strickland has finally been freed as a Missouri judge overturned his conviction. Strickland's case was among the longest wrongful imprisonments in the country. Plus, some Missouri homeowners are get rid of racial covenants that banned nonwhite people from buying houses.
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"The Court's confidence in Strickland's conviction is so undermined that it cannot stand," the judge wrote. Strickland's wrongful imprisonment for nearly 43 years is among the country's longest.
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After 43 years in a Missouri prison, Kevin Strickland's braided hair could be the key to his freedomThe Kansas City man has spent 43 years behind bars for a crime prosecutors now say he didn’t commit. A judge is considering whether to set him free, and Strickland’s exoneration, at least partially, depends on his hair.
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Prosecutors contend that once a high-speed car chase ended, there were no urgent circumstances requiring Eric DeValkenaere and his partner to trespass on private property with guns drawn without first obtaining a search warrant.
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“I feel really good about the case,” Kevin Strickland told reporters as Jackson County Sheriff's officers wheeled him out of the courtroom after his third day in court.
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Prosecutors say Eric DeValkenaere acted carelessly and recklessly in going onto Lamb’s property without probable cause or a warrant because there was no obvious crime in progress at that point.
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Prosecutors have said since May that Kevin Strickland is innocent. For the first time in four decades, he got to make his case to a judge.
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For the first time ever, a Kansas City police officer is standing trial in a fatal shooting. A grand jury indicted Eric J. DeValkenaere in the killing of a Black man in his own backyard last year. Plus, after months of courtroom delays, a judge will hear evidence in the innocence petition of Kevin Strickland.
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After months of courtroom delays, a judge will hear evidence this week in the innocence petition of a Kansas City man who has spent 43 years in prison for a crime prosecutors now say he didn't commit.