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Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

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|Date: March 07, 2023
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Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

By Tommy Nguyen ST. LOUIS, MO - In light of recent exonerations of wrongfully convicted men in Missouri, ...

By Tommy Nguyen ST. LOUIS, MO - In light of recent exonerations of wrongfully convicted men in Missouri, Jeffrey S. Gutman, in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch opinion piece, suggested improvements the state ...

March 07, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 189: Professor Sean O’Brien Discusses Death Penalty Work in MO

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|Date: February 27, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 189: Professor Sean O’Brien Discusses Death Penalty Work in MO

https://youtu.be/7Tz1p1gN_Qk Earlier in February, the state of Missouri executed Leonard Taylor, despite ...

https://youtu.be/7Tz1p1gN_Qk Earlier in February, the state of Missouri executed Leonard Taylor, despite strong evidence of innocence. Discussing that and a number of other cases recently and over th ...

February 27, 2023
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St. Louis Man Freed After 30 Years; Attorney’s Fight to Change State Law Pays Off

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|Date: February 15, 2023
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St. Louis Man Freed After 30 Years; Attorney’s Fight to Change State Law Pays Off

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Last week Missouri carried through an execution of ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Last week Missouri carried through an execution of a man that many believed had strong claims of innocence. This week, a judge has set free anot ...

February 15, 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

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|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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Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

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|Date: December 01, 2022
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Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Despite a finding by a special prosecutor that rac ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Despite a finding by a special prosecutor that racism was a "decisive factor" in Kevin Johnson's death sentence and that it should be vacated, he ...

December 01, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 140: Tony Messenger Talks about Criminalizing the Poor

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|Date: January 31, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 140: Tony Messenger Talks about Criminalizing the Poor

Tony Messenger, a reporter for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, talks about the issue of fines and fees and i ...

Tony Messenger, a reporter for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, talks about the issue of fines and fees and is the author of the recent book, Profit and Punishment How America Criminalizes the Poor in the ...

January 31, 2022
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Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

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|Date: October 03, 2021
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Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

By Gina Kim and Joshua Cenzano JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Twenty men were executed during former Gov. Bob Holde ...

By Gina Kim and Joshua Cenzano JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Twenty men were executed during former Gov. Bob Holden’s term. But he admits to exercising clemency in exceptional cases, one being the execution of ...

October 03, 2021
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Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit

Posted by Casey Rawlings
|Date: August 20, 2021
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Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit

By Casey Rawlings and Elizabeth Garabedian ST. LOUIS, MO - Missouri governor Mike Parson has now announce ...

By Casey Rawlings and Elizabeth Garabedian ST. LOUIS, MO - Missouri governor Mike Parson has now announced 14 pardons and commutations, but excluded from those pardoned was Lamar Johnson, a man incarc ...

August 20, 2021
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Formerly Wrongly Incarcerated Watches Strickland’s Circumstance and Notices a Familiar Ring

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|Date: August 02, 2021
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Formerly Wrongly Incarcerated Watches Strickland’s Circumstance and Notices a Familiar Ring

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Kevin Strickland has spent more than 42 years in prison with all e ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Kevin Strickland has spent more than 42 years in prison with all evidence, including the actual perpetrators and the sole surviving victim, believing he was wron ...

August 02, 2021
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Vanguard Weekly Council Question: Week 6 – Economic Development

Everyday Injustice Episode 193: Daniel Medwed and the Racism of the Death Penalty

The Corruption of the Virginia Judicial System

SF Public Defender Tweets Strong Disagreement with ‘Regressive’ Solution to Public Safety

Deputies Sue Rapper Afroman – Claim Home Surveillance Video Invaded Officer’s Privacy

Nevada School District Refuses to Release Bodycam Footage of Student Bashing Incident

Defense Closes Murder Trial with Claim Witness Motivated by Plea Deal, and Charges Prosecutorial Misconduct – Jury Returns with Guilty Verdicts

Court Commissioner Denies Work Program Referral after Man Misses Court to Attend Husband’s Funeral – Official Has Recent Tough-on-Crime History

Sunday Commentary: Free Speech on College Campuses – 2023 Style

Unhoused to Be Displaced Back to the Streets from Sacramento Shelter

Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

Law Prof Suggests How Missouri Can Reform Its Wrongful Conviction Compensation Statute – and Save State Money

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 189: Professor Sean O’Brien Discusses Death Penalty Work in MO

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 189: Professor Sean O’Brien Discusses Death Penalty Work in MO

St. Louis Man Freed After 30 Years; Attorney’s Fight to Change State Law Pays Off

St. Louis Man Freed After 30 Years; Attorney’s Fight to Change State Law Pays Off

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

Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 140: Tony Messenger Talks about Criminalizing the Poor

Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 140: Tony Messenger Talks about Criminalizing the Poor

Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

Private Appeal Turned Public, Former Gov. Bob Holden Urges Gov. Parson to Stay Ernest Johnson’s Missouri Execution This Tuesday

Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit

Missouri Governor’s Pardons Don’t Include Lamar Johnson – For Now, Johnson Remains in Prison for Crime He Did Not Commit

Formerly Wrongly Incarcerated Watches Strickland’s Circumstance and Notices a Familiar Ring

Formerly Wrongly Incarcerated Watches Strickland’s Circumstance and Notices a Familiar Ring

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