Tony Messenger: Lamar Johnson is an innocent man. Justice was a long time coming ST. LOUIS — Lamar Johnson is a murderer no more. St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 16, 2023
Missouri activists seek more wrongful conviction hearings As racial justice activists in Missouri celebrate the overturned conviction of Lamar Johnson, they’re questioning why other inmates with credible innocence claims aren’t getting the chance to make their cases in court The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023
Man freed after 28 YEARS for murder he always denied as 'evidence of innocence' found Lamar Johnson was freed from jai after serving 28 years of a life sentence for a killing he didn't commit, after a Missouri judge overturned his conviction Daily Mirror · Feb 15, 2023
Man freed after nearly three decades in prison as murder conviction overturned A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a 50-year-old man who has served nearly 28 years of a life prison sentence for a killing that he says he didn’t commit The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023
Judge throws out Missouri man’s conviction, confirming his innocence in 1994 murder Long before he had a graying beard, Lamar Johnson wrote to the St. Louis judge who oversaw his 1995 trial, saying he had received letters from another man admitting guilt to the murder for which he had just been convicted. Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023
Judge vacates conviction of man imprisoned nearly 3 decades A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a 50-year-old man who has served nearly 28 years of a life prison sentence for a killing that he says he didn’t commit The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023
How Rangers and Ajax gave birth to the European Super Cup at Ibrox centenary party RANGERS had been simply the best on their way to European glory. Ajax proved that they were better than all the rest. The National (Scotland) · Jan 15, 2023
Wrongful conviction case judge: Was there 'rush' to convict? The judge presiding over a hearing to determine if a Missouri man’s murder conviction should be overturned questioned if police and prosecutors “were in a little bit of a rush” to convict Lamar Johnson The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022
Lamar Johnson denies role in killing that led to life term A Missouri man seeking freedom after nearly three decades in prison for a murder he denies committing testified Thursday that he was with his girlfriend on the night of the crime, except for a few minutes when he stepped outside to sell drugs on a corner several blocks from where… The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022
Witness who helped convict man: Testimony still 'haunts' him A witness whose testimony helped send a man to prison for a killing decades ago has testified his role in the case of Lamar Johnson “still haunts" him The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Missouri man seeks exoneration in murder; 2 others confessed A hearing began Monday in a case that will decide if the conviction should be overturned for a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder that two other people have since confessed to committing The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022
For there's not a team like the Glasgow Rovers! Lost manuscript reveals Rangers were almost called Rovers THE only first-person account ever written about the formation of Rangers in 1872 has been unearthed after lying undiscovered for 76 years – and… The National (Scotland) · May 28, 2022