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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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