Missouri Supreme Court declines to hear Kevin Strickland case; Jackson County prosecutor vows to pursue justice Updated: 9:44 AM CDT Jun 2, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff Share Updated: 9:44 AM CDT Jun 2, 2021
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Show Transcript THE RELEASE OF KEVIN STRICKLAND. FOR 43 YEARS, KEVIN STRICKLAND HAS BEEN IN PRISON FOR A 1978 TRIPLE MURDER IN KANSAS CITY TODAY. MY JOB IS TO APOLOGIZE TODAY. JACKSON COUNTY PROSECUTOR. JEAN PETERS BAKER SAYS HE IS AN INNOCENT MAN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WHEN THE SYSTEM HAS MADE WRONGS. AND WHAT WE DID IN THIS CASE WAS WRONG AND SAYING NOW HE SHOULD GO FREE SO TO MR. STRICKLAND, I AM PROFOUNDLY SORRY FOR THE HARM THAT HAS COME TO YOU PROSECUTOR. PETER’S BAKER SAYS STRICKLAND’S WRONGFUL CONVICTION RELIED HEAVILY ON A WITNESS FROM THE CASE THAT WITNESS EARLY ON NAMED STRICKLAND AS A SUSPECT BUT NOT LONG AFTER CHANGED HER STORY DENYING HIS INVOLVEMENT FOR YEARS UP UNTIL HER DEATH. SHE WAS SIMPLY MISTAK
The Missouri Supreme Court decided Tuesday they would not hear Kevin Strickland’s case, but Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said she would continue to pursue justice in Strickland’s attempt to exonerate himself. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office – along with the Midwest Innocence Project and international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner – have been calling for the release of Strickland for months. Sign up for our.
Updated: 11:21 AM CDT May 24, 2021 KMBC 9 News Staff A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 20 years in a Missouri prison for the fatal shooting in April 2015 of Dominique Stafford, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Monday.Derius Taylor, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action, Peters Baker said in a news release. Peters Baker said a Jackson County judge sentenced Taylor to 10 years in prison on each of those convictions.According to court records filed, charges were filed in 2017 alleging Taylor fatally shot Stafford, who was found slumped over in a car left at 37th Street and Elmwood Avenue in Kansas City. Court records indicate Stafford’s phone records showed calls to his phone from a friend of Taylor s. A witness told police that Taylor shot the victim after he arranged to meet him. Taylor told the witness he knew he would need to shoot the victim because he intended to rob him. Court records indicated t