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Midwest Innocence Project Deplores Lack of Justice within Criminal Legal System after Execution of Leonard Raheem Taylor

Posted by Paloma Sifuentes
|Date: February 09, 2023
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Midwest Innocence Project Deplores Lack of Justice within Criminal Legal System after Execution of Leonard Raheem Taylor

By Paloma Sifuentes and Roni Ayalon KANSAS CITY, MO - Leonard Raheem Taylor was executed in Missouri Tues ...

By Paloma Sifuentes and Roni Ayalon KANSAS CITY, MO - Leonard Raheem Taylor was executed in Missouri Tuesday, convicted of murders that took place in 2004, but according to the Midwest Innocence Proje ...

February 09, 2023
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Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: February 07, 2023
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Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

By Amy Berberyan, Vaiva Utaraite and Kimberly Torres BONNE TERRE, MO - A man named Leonard Taylor is to b ...

By Amy Berberyan, Vaiva Utaraite and Kimberly Torres BONNE TERRE, MO - A man named Leonard Taylor is to be executed here in a state prison Tuesday, Feb. 7 after 6 p.m. unless appeals for a day are suc ...

February 07, 2023
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Prosecutor Motions for Convicted Murderer’s Release – but Missouri AG Prevents It

Posted by Carson Eschen
|Date: September 07, 2021
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Prosecutor Motions for Convicted Murderer’s Release – but Missouri AG Prevents It

By Carson Eschen KANSAS CITY, MI - Jean Peters Baker, prosecutor of Jackson County, MI, submitted a motio ...

By Carson Eschen KANSAS CITY, MI - Jean Peters Baker, prosecutor of Jackson County, MI, submitted a motion on Aug. 28 to overturn the conviction of Kevin Strickland, citing “clear and convincing evide ...

September 07, 2021
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Lamar Johnson Denied Petition to Overturn Murder Conviction – He Swears He Did Not Commit Crime, Confessed Shooters Even Say He Didn’t Do It

Posted by elizabethgarabedian
|Date: July 15, 2021
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Lamar Johnson Denied Petition to Overturn Murder Conviction – He Swears He Did Not Commit Crime, Confessed Shooters Even Say He Didn’t Do It

By Paulina Buelna, Elizabeth Garabedian, Casey Rawlings ST. LOUIS, MO - After nearly 26 years of incarcer ...

By Paulina Buelna, Elizabeth Garabedian, Casey Rawlings ST. LOUIS, MO - After nearly 26 years of incarceration, Lamar Johnson, who has been serving life without parole, has been denied a petition to o ...

July 15, 2021
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Attorneys Claim Kevin Strickland Is Innocent after More than 42 Years in Prison for Triple Homicide

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 14, 2021
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Attorneys Claim Kevin Strickland Is Innocent after More than 42 Years in Prison for Triple Homicide

By Natasha Feuerstein KANSAS CITY, MO - Kevin Strickland has spent more than 42 years in prison, and yet ...

By Natasha Feuerstein KANSAS CITY, MO - Kevin Strickland has spent more than 42 years in prison, and yet the real perpetrators and the sole surviving victim maintain his innocence. The Midwest Innocen ...

May 14, 2021
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Midwest Innocence Project Deplores Lack of Justice within Criminal Legal System after Execution of Leonard Raheem Taylor

Midwest Innocence Project Deplores Lack of Justice within Criminal Legal System after Execution of Leonard Raheem Taylor

Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

Man Faces Missouri Execution Tuesday – Organizations Call on Court, Governor to Review Death Sentence of Leonard Taylor After Witness Recants, Other Facts Surface

Prosecutor Motions for Convicted Murderer’s Release – but Missouri AG Prevents It

Prosecutor Motions for Convicted Murderer’s Release – but Missouri AG Prevents It

Lamar Johnson Denied Petition to Overturn Murder Conviction – He Swears He Did Not Commit Crime, Confessed Shooters Even Say He Didn’t Do It

Lamar Johnson Denied Petition to Overturn Murder Conviction – He Swears He Did Not Commit Crime, Confessed Shooters Even Say He Didn’t Do It

Attorneys Claim Kevin Strickland Is Innocent after More than 42 Years in Prison for Triple Homicide

Attorneys Claim Kevin Strickland Is Innocent after More than 42 Years in Prison for Triple Homicide

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