wrongful conviction

Years of legal wrangling have come to an end for a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing that her attorneys argue was committed by a discredited police officer.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Tuesday rejected all arguments from state Attorney General Andrew Bailey to return Hemme to prison. Hemme served 43 years in prison — more time than any other wrongly convicted woman in the U.S.

A Missouri man is free after 34 years behind bars since his murder conviction was overturned despite the state attorney general’s efforts to keep him there.

A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn’t commit.

A St. Louis judge will decide the fate of a man who has spent more than three decades in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, following two days of testimony.

A Missouri man acquitted of murder after eight years behind bars has filed a wrongful conviction lawsuit.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Michael…