The Missouri Senate has given initial approval to a wide-ranging crime package. State Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, R-Parkville, wants to bolster protections for assault on a law enforcement animal. On the Senate floor, he called his bill a penalty enhancement. “The purpose...
The wrongful convictions of Kevin Strickland and Lamar Johnson have convinced a state Senator that Missouri needs a statewide unit dedicated to reviewing convictions. Strickland spent about 43 years and Johnson spent 28 years behind prison walls before being found...
After 43 years in prison, a man wrongfully convicted of killing three people in Kansas City, Missouri is a free man. A judge ordered today to have Kevin Strickland immediately released. As Strickland left prison, he told reporters he learned of the news when a news...
A veteran Missouri lawmaker who chairs the House Corrections and Public Institutions Committee is calling on Governor Parson to grant an immediate release to an inmate who prosecutors say was wrongly convicted of murder 40 years ago. State Rep. Andrew McDaniel...
