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Lamar Johnson wipes tears from his eyes as he testifies on the stand during the fourth day of his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022.
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Lamar Johnson sheds a tear during in his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022 as he listens to testimony from Greg Elking about how Elking was pressured by police to identify Johnson as a murder suspect. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson listens as attorneys give opening statements in Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.
Lamar Johnson (third from the left) is surrounded by his lawyers as he takes a seat in court at the start of his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorney Miranda Loesch, an assistant attorney general for the state of Missouri, gives an opening statement in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson (left) and Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner (right) listen as attorney Miranda Loesch (center), an assistant attorney general for the state of Missouri, gives her opening statement in Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Circuit Judge David E. Mason listens to opening statements in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorney Miranda Loesch, an assistant attorney general for the state of Missouri, asks for clarification on a point during opening statements in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorney Charlie Weiss, special assistant to the circuit attorney, gives an opening statement in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Behind Weiss is the photo of the house where Johnson was convicted of killing a man in 1994. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorney Charlie Weiss, special assistant to the circuit attorney, gives an opening statement in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Behind Weiss is the photo of the house where Johnson was convicted of killing a man in 1994. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson (left) listens as attorney Charlie Weiss gives opening statements in Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorney Charlie Weiss (center), special assistant to the circuit attorney, gives an opening statement in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Behind Weiss is the photo of the house where Johnson was convicted of killing a man in 1994. Judge Circuit Judge David E. Mason is pictured to the right. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson listens as attorneys give opening statements in Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson takes a seat in court at the start of his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Circuit Judge David E. Mason listens to testimony in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
James "BA" Howard gives testimony that it was him that shot Marcus Boyd in 1994 and that Lamar Johnson was not even present at the scene of the crime during Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorney Jonathan Potts questions James "BA" Howard about the events on the night that Howard says he shot Marcus Boyd during a wrongful conviction hearing for Lamar Johnson in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Circuit Judge David E. Mason listens to testimony from James "BA" Howard who says he was the gunman and not Lamar Johnson, during Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Howard says he shot Marcus Boyd and that Johnson was not even present at the scene.
Circuit Judge David E. Mason listens to testimony in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Circuit Judge David E. Mason listens to testimony in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson listens to testimony in his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
James "BA" Howard steps down from the stand after giving testimony that it was him that shot Marcus Boyd in 1994 and that Lamar Johnson was not even present at the scene of the crime during Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Attorney Jonathan Potts listens to testimony in Lamar Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson listens to testimony in his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson (left) listens to testimony from James "BA" Howard during Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Howard says it was him who shot Marcus Boyd and that Johnson was not even present at the scene. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Greg Elking who was a witness to the murder of Marcus Boyd in 1994 and gives testimony that he was pressured by police to identify Lamar Johnson as the murder suspect during Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Greg Elking who was a witness to the murder of Marcus Boyd in 1994 and gives testimony that he was pressured by police to identify Lamar Johnson as the murder suspect during Johnson's wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson listens to testimony during in his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Greg Elking, a witness to the murder of Marcus Boyd in 1994, was testifying about how Elking was pressured by police to identify Johnson as a murder suspect. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
Lamar Johnson listens to testimony during in his wrongful conviction hearing in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Greg Elking, a witness to the murder of Marcus Boyd in 1994, was testifying about how Elking was pressured by police to identify Johnson as a murder suspect. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com

