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Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison on a wrongful conviction sues St. Louis, police

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison until a judge determined he was wrongfully convicted filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that St. Louis police officers “detained, arrested, and framed him for a murder he did not commit.

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  1. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison on a wrongful conviction sues St. Louis, police (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison until a judge determined he was wrongfully convicted filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that St. Louis police officers “detained, arrested, and framed him for a murder he did not commit.

  2. Fox News

    Missouri man sues St. Louis over wrongful homicide conviction after nearly 28 years in prison (opens Fox News)

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    Lamar Johnson is seeking unspecified damages in a lawsuit against the city of St. Louis and eight police officers, accusing them of wrongdoing in his erroneous homicide conviction.

  3. NBC News

    Missouri man imprisoned for 27 years on wrongful conviction sues St. Louis and police (opens NBC News)

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    “Even after the Court declared his innocence, there have been no apologies and no consequences," said the attorney for Lamar Johnson, 50.

  4. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Missouri man wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 28 years sues St. Louis police (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Lamar Johnson seeks unspecified damages in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis.

  5. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Man wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 30 years sues St. Louis, police detectives (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    Lamar Johnson was freed last year after a judge vacated his conviction, ending a decadeslong fight to prove his innocence in a 1995 killing, beginning new struggle to start over.

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