the single witness against him on who testimony against him rested. she said she had been pressured by the police to wrongfully accused him. and she came forward with that, and told people that she wanted nothing more than to see him set free. the legal group representing kevin strikland, the midwest in term project. they tried to use all of this to get a pardon from mr. strickland. from the republican, mike parson, he refused to do anything about it. he refused to have anything to do with the case at all. but then something happened that really never happens. the prosecutors office that brought these charges, brought the prosecution against kevin strickland back in the day. the prosecutors office came out and said that prosecution that we did, that was wrong. they came forward and said that they had independently, investigated this mattered, reinvestigate this crime, and they found that kevin
and for the entirety of the more than four decades that kevin strikland has been behind bars, he has maintained his absolute innocence of the crime for which he was convicted. last year, the city star, god bless him, did a blockbuster in-depth investigation into his case. they found very extensive problems with this case, like problems you can believe. even if you are not a lawyer. problems you can t believe even if all you ve ever seen is in cop tv shows. like for example, the two other men who were convicted of the crime, both of whom admit so i ve been being part of. it they both say that yes we had something to do with it but kevin strikland guy had nothing to do with it. kevin strikland was convicted purely on the basis of one eye witnesses testimony. the entire case against him was relied on her testimony against him. the problem is, she recanted that testimony. insistently, and repeatedly.
i m really looking forward to that interview. but before we get there, i want to give you an important update tonight on a story that we have been covering closely. this is a story that is more than four decades in the making. as i said, we have been covering it for a while now just because it is a through the looking glass absolutely bizarre impossible to believe story out of missouri. and it s related to a man name kevin strikland. kevin strikland was years old when he was arrested in kansas city, they put him on trial for a triple murder that he insisted he had nothing to do with. he had an alibi, didn t matter, he had people who cooperated his alibi. did it matter. there was no physical evidence at all connecting him to the crime. that did not matter either. it wasn t all white jury, he was 18 years old. he was convicted on all counts. he was sentenced to life in prison. well today he is 62 years old.