A man wrongly convicted and jailed for close to 30 years has walked free after it was found he was innocent, legit.ng reported.
Johnson Lamar, 50, locked up in prison since 1994 finally regained his freedom in 2023 after the case was revisited.
Johnson was convicted for the murder of Marcus Boyd who was shot dead by two masked men in St Louis, Missouri, BBC reported.
Police authorities had always believed that the killing of Boyd was connected to a drug conflict, but Johnson maintained his innocence throughout the years.
He had always said he was at home when the murder happened and had nothing to do with it. Erika Barrow who was Johnson’s girlfriend testified that they were both at home at the time the murder happened.
The wrong conviction has now been overturned after he has spent 28 years in prison. His release was made possible after another prisoner confessed that he shot Boyd, UNILAD reports.
Johnson has thanked everyone who contributed to his release. He has described his freedom as unbelievable.
He said: “This is unbelievable.”
Johnson’s lawyers who handled the case have said there is nothing that will restore all that he lost while in detention.
“While today brings joy, nothing can restore all that the state stole from him. Nothing will give him back the nearly three decades he lost while separated from his daughters and family,” he said.
In a related story, Legit. ng reported that a lady returned home from the USA 25 years after she traveled.
The lady said in a TikTok video that she left home at the age of nine.
In the video, her mother was visibly happy when she saw her daughter after such a long time.
