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Judge rejects Missouri AG’s motion to recuse Jackson County judges from Kevin Strickland case

Strickland has been in prison for murder since he was 18

Judge rejects Missouri AG’s motion to recuse Jackson County judges from Kevin Strickland case

Strickland has been in prison for murder since he was 18

COUNTY COURTROOM. OKAY, STRICKLAND IS 62. HE’S BEEN IN JAIL SINCE HE WAS 18 CONVICTED OF A 1978 KANSAS CITY. TRIPLE MURDER EVIDENCE IS NOW EMERGED LEADING THE JACKSON COUNTY PROSECURTO GENE PETERS BAKER TO BELIEVE HE IS INNOCENT. I AM PROFOUNDLY, SORRY. FOR THE HARM THAT HAS COME TO YOU IN 1978 STRICKLAND WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE KILLERS BY A WOMAN WHO SURVIVED THE ATTACK BUT YEARS LATERHE T LATE CYNTHIA RICHARDSON IN AN EMAIL TOOK HER CLAIM BACK TWO OTHERS WHO EDPL GUILTY TO THE SAME CRIME ALSO SAY THAT STRICKLAND WAS NOT INVOLVED TODAY. JACKNSO COUNTY JUDGE. KEVIN HARRELL SAID A HEARING TO REEVALUATE STRICKLAND'’ CASE. THIS WILL BE OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH SEVENTH THOSE DAYS WILL BE THE DAYS. THAT THE SUBSTANTIVE CASE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BEEARD H STRICKLAND LAWYER SAYS WITNESS RICHARDSON WAS DRUNK AND HIGH THE NIGHT OF THE KILLINGS AND HAD JUST WATCHED THREE FRIENDS GET MURDERED LAWYERS THINK THAT SCIENCE NOW SHOWS THOSE FACTORS CAN IMPAIR MEMORY AND HOW THOSE ISSUES ARE PROVED IN COURT TODAY VEUSRS HOW THEY WERE PROVED IN COURT IN 1979. THERE'S ’ SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES. SO KEVINTR SICKLAND WHO SPENT 42 YEARS IN PRISON, WE’LL NOW GET ANOTHER HEARING IN EARLY
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Judge rejects Missouri AG’s motion to recuse Jackson County judges from Kevin Strickland case

Strickland has been in prison for murder since he was 18

A Jackson County judge rejected a request Friday from the Missouri attorney general's office to have every Jackson County judge banned from hearing any more of the wrongful conviction case of Kevin Strickland.The attorney general's office argued that when Presiding Judge Dale Youngs agreed with Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker that Strickland is innocent, that went into Strickland's file. The attorney general's office claimed the prosecutor used the judge's remarks as credence for her case.The AG's office argued that Young's comments disqualified all the judges because he's their boss.Strickland has served more than 40 years in prison for a 1979 triple murder in Kansas City that prosecutors said he did not commit.Strickland has been in prison for murder since he was 18. Now, he's 62. The main witness against Strickland recanted her testimony. Two others in on the crime also said he was not involved.A hearing has been set for next month to re-evaluate his case.

A Jackson County judge rejected a request Friday from the Missouri attorney general's office to have every Jackson County judge banned from hearing any more of the wrongful conviction case of Kevin Strickland.

The attorney general's office argued that when Presiding Judge Dale Youngs agreed with Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker that Strickland is innocent, that went into Strickland's file. The attorney general's office claimed the prosecutor used the judge's remarks as credence for her case.

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The AG's office argued that Young's comments disqualified all the judges because he's their boss.

Strickland has served more than 40 years in prison for a 1979 triple murder in Kansas City that prosecutors said he did not commit.

Strickland has been in prison for murder since he was 18. Now, he's 62. The main witness against Strickland recanted her testimony. Two others in on the crime also said he was not involved.

A hearing has been set for next month to re-evaluate his case.