After 30 years, man wrongfully convicted of murder is free


              Lamar Johnson, pictured at a law office in Clayton, Mo., on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, is now free after spending nearly 28 years in prison for the death of a St. Louis man. A St. Louis judge on Tuesday overturned Johnson's conviction.  (AP Photo/ Jim Salter)
            
              Lamar Johnson, right, talks with his friend and former cellmate Ricky Kidd on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, at a law office in Clayton, Mo., near St. Louis. Both men have been freed from prison after judges determined they were wrongfully convicted in murder cases.  (AP Photo/Jim Salter)
            
              Lamar Johnson, center, and his attorneys react on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, after St. Louis Circuit Judge David Mason vacated his murder conviction during a hearing in St. Louis, Mo. Johnson served nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a killing that he has always said he didn't commit. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool)
            
              FILE - Lamar Johnson listens to testimony during the third day of his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis, Dec. 14, 2022. A Missouri judge on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, overturned the conviction of Johnson, a man who has served nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a killing that he has always said he did not commit. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool, File)
After 30 years, man wrongfully convicted of murder is free