Who is Lamar Johnson? Missouri man seeks exoneration after serving 27 years for murder 2 others committed

Who is Lamar Johnson? Missouri man seeks exoneration after serving 27 years for murder 2 others committed
Lamar Johnson, who has spent decades in prison, is seeking exoneration in murder after two others confessed to the crime (Missouri Department of Corrections)

ST, LOUIS, MISSOURI: A Missouri man, who has spent almost three decades in jail for a murder that two other people subsequently confessed to committing, will have his conviction reviewed at a hearing started on Monday, December 12, 2022. Kim Gardner, a St Louis Circuit attorney, is supporting Lamar Johnson's plea to have his conviction overturned since he has long maintained his innocence. The Missouri attorney general's office, on the other hand, is certain that Johnson should remain in jail because his 1994 murder of Marcus Boyd, 25, was properly prosecuted and the conviction was valid.

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After being found guilty of murdering Boyd in 1995 on his front porch over a $40 drug debt, Johnson was given a life sentence. James Gregory Elking, a companion of Boyd, fled the scene. Another man named Phil Campbell accepted a lesser charge in return for a seven-year prison sentence, according to a report by WFIN.