Thanks to a team of lawyers, a Missouri law that changed largely because of his case, and his own dogged determination, Johnson can start to put his life back together.
St. Louis Circuit Judge David Mason also heard testimony calling into question the informant's integrity. Even more, an inmate at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri — James Howard — came forward to tell the judge that he and another man were the shooters — and that Johnson wasn't involved. Howard is currently serving a life term for an unrelated murder."It felt like a weight had been lifted off me," Johnson said.
The two became cellmates. Eventually, the Midwest Innocence Project agreed to take on Kidd's case. Meanwhile, Johnson's effort was going nowhere. Kidd recalled a night when he was awakened by Johnson’s quiet sobs and the sound of his feet pacing the floor. “Growing up where I grew up, death, shootings, all those kinds of things are kind of normal," he said. Working in hospice,"You develop a greater appreciation of life, as you see someone go through that death process.”
“He just did all of that groundwork on his own from his jail cell, with nothing but paper and stamp,” Runnels said.
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