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(AP) A hearing begins Monday in a case that will decide if a murder conviction should be overturned for a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades claiming innocence.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is backing Lamar Johnson, saying that two other people have confessed to the murder that Johnson was convicted of in 1995. But Missouri attorney general Eric Schmitt says Johnson was rightfully convicted, and accused Gardner of concealing evidence in the case.
Johnson was convicted of killing 25-year old Marcus Boyd in an alleged drug dispute in St. Louis. The hearing is expected to last up to five days.
