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Created: 2025-07-16 03:11:47 UTC
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After XX years in prison for a triple murder he said he didn’t commit, Missouri man Kevin Strickland has been freed. A judge set aside his conviction following a review of the case, making this the longest known wrongful imprisonment in Missouri’s history and one of the longest in the U.S.
Strickland, now 62, had been serving a life sentence without parole after being convicted of one count of capital murder and two counts of second-degree murder in 1979. He always maintained his innocence.
His release came after a three-day evidentiary hearing where new evidence, including a recanted eyewitness testimony, was presented. The only survivor of the 1978 shooting, Cynthia Douglas, initially failed to identify Strickland but later changed her statement under suggestion. Before her death in 2015, Douglas admitted she wrongly identified him and worked with the Midwest Innocence Project to correct the mistake.
The actual perpetrators pleaded guilty and served about XX years each.
Strickland learned of his release while watching a soap opera. From a wheelchair, he thanked those who believed in him. “Still in disbelief,” he said.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker called it a tragic example of injustice. Missouri provides no compensation for wrongful imprisonment, so a GoFundMe has been set up to help Strickland rebuild his life. He now hopes to advocate for legal reform to prevent similar injustices.
According to The National Registry of Exonerations, XX% of wrongful convictions are linked to mistaken eyewitness ID.
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