Prosecutors say Kevin Strickland is in prison for a crime he didn't do. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declined to pardon him. (KCUR)
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson passed on an opportunity to release a Kansas City man who has spent 43 years behind bars for a crime prosecutors say he did not commit. Parson left Kevin Strickland off the latest list of pardons.
Earlier this week the Missouri Supreme Court declined to consider Strickland's innocence conviction and, in the process, left unanswered questions about whether innocence is enough to exonerate a non-death penalty conviction in the state.The Jackson County Prosecutor's office charged Strickland with capital murder in 1978 for his alleged involvement in the killing of Sherrie Black, John Walker and Larry Ingram at 6934 S. Benton Ave. in Kansas City.
Last month, after reviewing evidence that emerged since the murders, the prosecutor's office said Strickland is innocent and should be set free. Federal prosecutors in the Western District of Missouri, Jackson County’s presiding judge and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas agreed.
, which includes a provision that would allow prosecuting attorneys to file such innocence motions with the circuit court that handed down the conviction. "We've got two pardons for murder in Missouri in two centuries, if you want to know if that's a viable alternative," he said in an interview earlier this week.
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