Judge frees Kansas City man who's spent 43 years behind bars in triple murder
(Cross post from LBN)
Source: KCTV-5
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -- A judge has freed Kevin Strickland, a Kansas City man who spent over 40 years in prison for a triple murder he denied having any involvement with.
The ruling is a culmination of months filled with legal procedures and on and off again court hearings.
It took two trials, but Strickland was convicted in the April 25th, 1978 fatal shootings of John Walker, Sherrie Black and Larry Ingram.
The first trial ended in a hung jury when one juror determined Strickland should be acquitted. A second trial was held and he was convicted of one county of capital murder and two counts of second-degree murder.
Proponents of Strickland’s release point to the fact that it was an all-white jury in the second trial that convicted him.
Strickland, who was 18 at the time, told authorities he was at home watching television at the time of the three murders.
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Kevin Strickland is finally going FREE!
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