Kansas City man is innocent in 1978 murders and should be released, prosecutors say Luke Nozicka, The Kansas City Star May 10—A Kansas City man has languished in prison for more than 40 years for a triple murder he did not commit, Jackson County's top prosecutors have determined. They are now calling for his release. Kevin Strickland, 61, is innocent in the 1978 killings for which he has been imprisoned for more than two-thirds of his life, the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office has concluded following a monthslong review of his case. The prosecutor's office is not alone in calling for Strickland's release. Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Missouri, as well as Jackson County's presiding judge, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and members of the team that convicted Strickland four decades ago now all agree he deserves to be exonerated.