Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said ‘clear and convincing evidence’ shows Christopher Dunn’s first-degree murder conviction should be set aside.
The office of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is looking to overturn the conviction of a man who has spent 33 years in prison for a murder he claims he did not commit.
“We are hopeful his wrongful conviction is set aside for the sake of Mr. Dunn, his family, and the people of the city of St. Louis,” Gardner said in a statement Monday. Dunn’s potential innocence was brought before a judge in 2020, but procedural precedent did not allow him to be exonerated.Judge William Hickle said during the evidentiary hearing that year that a jury would likely find Dunn not guilty based on new evidence, however, he declined to exonerate Dunn.
An investigation with the Innocence Project into the 1994 killing and subsequent conviction found Johnson was convicted largely on the testimony of an eyewitness, who later alleged he was coerced into making his statements. Gardner has been under fire for months as critics accused her of neglecting her duties by allowing too many cases, including homicides, to go unpunished. Her office is also accused of being too slow to take on cases.
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