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Citing 'Profound Error,' Prosecutor Wants Kansas City Man Immediately Released After 43 Years In Prison | KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City. Local news, entertainment and podcasts.


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Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Monday that a Kansas City man imprisoned for 43 years is innocent and should be freed immediately.
Kevin Strickland, now 62, was convicted of a triple murder in 1978 on the testimony of one eyewitness and sentenced to a “hard 50.” Strickland always said he was innocent.
A Kansas City man who was convicted of a 1978 triple murder on the word of one eyewitness must be freed immediately, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said Monday.
Kevin Strickland, now 62, deserves to be exonerated because he did not commit the murders, Baker said. The case against him relied on the testimony of a woman who witnessed the murders and later recanted. ....

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Prosecutors: Missouri man wrongly convicted of triple murder


Prosecutors: Missouri man wrongly convicted of triple murder
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Last Updated May 10, 2021 at 6:37 pm EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Prosecutors called for the release of a Missouri man who has spent more than 40 years in prison for a triple murder that the prosecutors concluded he didn’t commit, a letter released Monday showed.
The release of the letter, indicating overwhelming support for the release of Kevin Strickland, 62, came after his attorneys filed a petition urging the Missouri Supreme Court to free him immediately, The Kansas City Star reports. In the letter, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker and her chief deputy, Dan Nelson, said the evidence used to convict Strickland as a teenager has since been “eviscerated.” ....

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Mo. Man Jailed 42 Years After 1978 Triple-Murder Is Innocent, Prosecutor Says


Mo. Man Jailed 42 Years After 1978 Triple-Murder Is Innocent, Prosecutor Says
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A Missouri man who has served more than 42 years in prison for a triple-murder should be set free because the evidence used to convict him doesn t add up, says the prosecutor whose office put the man behind bars.
All those who have reviewed the evidence in recent months agree Kevin Strickland deserves to be exonerated, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said in a statement released Monday. This is a profound error we must correct now.
Strickland was 18 in 1978 when the sole surviving witness of an attack in a Kansas City home that killed three others Sherrie Black, John Walker, and Larry Ingram identified him as a participant in the shooting. The witness, Cynthia Douglas, was shot in the leg and said she survived by playing dead. ....

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