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Charges dropped against Robert Johnson after spending nearly 30 years in prison for Chicago murder

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By Elyssa Kaufman Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Charges were dropped on Tuesday against a man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a murder he never committed. On February 21, 2025, Robert Johnson, 45, was released from prison, after a judge vacated his 1996 murder conviction. On Tuesday, Cook County prosecutors announced in court that they would not retry Johnson, and dropped all charges against him. Johnson, at a…

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Charges dropped against Robert Johnson after spending nearly 30 years in prison for Chicago murder

By Elyssa Kaufman Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Charges were dropped on Tuesday against a man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a murder he never committed. On February 21, 2025, Robert Johnson, 45, was released from prison, after a judge vacated his 1996 murder conviction. On Tuesday, Cook County prosecutors announced in court that they would not retry Johnson, and dropped all charges against him. Johnson, at a…

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Cook County drops all charges against man wrongly convicted of 1996 murder

Cook County prosecutors have dropped all charges against a man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

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Charges dropped against wrongfully-convicted Chicago man who spent nearly 29 years in prison

The Cook County prosecutor's office dropped murder charges against Robert Johnson 29 years after his wrongful conviction for the Chicago crime.

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Murder conviction against former Las Vegas police officer overturned nearly 30 years later

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A federal court ruled an imprisoned former Las Vegas police officer found guilty of a deadly drive-by shooting nearly 30 years ago should receive a new trial. The order filed Monday by U.S. District Judge Kent Dawson said the murder conviction against Ronald Mortensen must be vacated and that he must receive a new trial. Mortensen, now 59, is currently serving two life sentences without parole at High Desert State Prison, abo…

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The Brian Buckle case – calls to amend payout rules for wrongly convicted

A tip of the hat to Sean BW Parker and Briuan Buckle for this interview (video, 30:19). A BBC piece on Brian’s case, published two weeks ago. It starts with this: “I just burst out crying,” says Brian Buckle, recalling the moment he read the rejection letter from the Ministry of Justice after applying for compensation. It said it accepted Brian was “innocent” of the sexual offences he had been wrongly imprisoned for, but he had failed to prove “…

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KLAS - 8 News Now broke the news in Las Vegas, United States on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
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