Photos: Lamar Johnson wrongful conviction hearing, Day 2
Photos: Lamar Johnson wrongful conviction hearing, Day 2
Lamar Johnson, found guilty in 1995 of first-degree murder in the 1994 death of Marcus Boyd, is asking a court to vacate his conviction, which resulted in a life sentence. Photos by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Former prosecutor Dwight Warren, right, gives testimony on the second day of Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Warren was the prosecutor in Johnson's 1994 case. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorney Charlie Weiss questions former prosecutor Dwight Warren, not pictured, about evidence on the second day of Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Johnson is pictured seated at the table second from the left. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorney Charlie Weiss questions former prosecutor Dwight Warren, not pictured, about evidence on the second day of Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
James "BA" Howard testifies that he realizes he could be charged with murder for admitting on Monday that it was him and not Lamar Johnson who killed a man in 1994. The testimony came during the second day of Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.Â
Missouri assistant attorney general Miranda Loesch questions evidence of parking tickets being dismissed for murder witness Greg Elking in 1994 before Elking testified in a trial during testimony on the second day of Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Anthony Box, center, formerly with ºüÀêÊÓƵ Circuit Attorney's Conviction Integrity Unit, looks at evidence of payments to witness Greg Elking in 1994 as Missouri assistant attorney general Miranda Loesch, right, questions the evidence during testimony on the second day of Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Pictured to the left is Circuit Court Judge David Mason is holding the hearing. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Circuit Court Judge David Mason, left, asks questions of witness Anthony Box, formerly with ºüÀêÊÓƵ Circuit Attorney's Conviction Integrity Unit, about evidence of payments in 1994 to murder witness Greg Elking during testimony on the second day of Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorneys Tristin Estep, left, Miranda Loesch, Jonathan Potts, and Charlie Weiss talk with Circuit Judge David E. Mason during the second day of hearings in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction trial in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
ºüÀêÊÓƵ Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner responds to questions from Circuit Court Judge David Mason about if she plans to charge James "BA" Howard with murder during the second day of Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. James "BA" Howard says it him that shot and killed a man in 1994 and not Lamar Johnson. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson listens to testimony during the second day of his wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.Â
ºüÀêÊÓƵ Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner looks to other attorneys at the defense table after responding to questions from Circuit Court Judge David Mason about if she plans to charge James "BA" Howard with murder during the second day of Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in ºüÀêÊÓƵ on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Howard says it was him that shot and killed a man in 1994 and not Lamar Johnson.Â
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ST. LOUIS — The judge presiding over the effort to overturn Lamar Johnson's conviction and life sentence said Tuesday that the testimony of a …
Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner seeks freedom for man she says was wrongfully convicted.Â
