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An innocence hearing for Kevin Strickland was set for Thursday in the court that handed down his guilty verdict 43 years ago. Instead, a judge will meet with attorneys to determine a new schedule.
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Like face masks and Medicaid expansion, the future of Kevin Strickland seems to have entered the state's political arena.
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A TikTok post about Kevin Strickland and Lamar Johnson reached nearly 1 million people with their claims of unjust incarceration and their pleas for pardons or overturned convictions.
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Strickland has been behind bars since 1979. A judge in DeKalb County could choose to release him at the end of a two-day hearing set for August.
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Despite setbacks, Strickland's legal team still has an avenue to securing their client's freedom.
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The probable causes behind the spike in COVID-19 cases in two north central Missouri counties, and the next legal step for Kevin Strickland who has been wrongly imprisoned for 43 years.
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Gov. Mike Parson could still choose to pardon Strickland, which would be exceedingly rare, but Strickland's legal team is pursuing other options for release and exoneration.
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The decision means the state's high court will not settle questions about whether a person's innocence is enough to overturn a wrongful conviction.
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Despite being declared innocent by the prosecutor's office that convicted him, Kevin Strickland is still doing time for a triple-murder from decades ago that he was not involved in.
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Kevin Strickland, now 62, was convicted of a triple murder in 1978 on the testimony of one eyewitness and sentenced to a “hard 50.” Strickland always said he was innocent.
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Segment 1: Public defenders are calling prisons during pandemic ticking time bombsIn light of the ongoing COVID-19 scare, individual correctional…
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Segment 1: A Missouri man is free after spending 23 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.With his newfound freedom, Ricky Kidd said he's excited…